In short
- Urban buses in all seven cities cost a flat 50 cents per trip, and you can still pay the driver in cash.
- Cairns has 18 day routes and 4 night routes in our data, with live departures.
- Airport buses: route 222 in Townsville and route 303 in Mackay.
- Queensland Rail Travel’s Spirit of Queensland runs from Brisbane to Cairns.
Outside South East Queensland, Translink runs urban bus networks in the regional cities. buses.app covers seven of them: Cairns, Townsville, Toowoomba, Mackay, Rockhampton, Bundaberg and Hervey Bay with Maryborough. In all of them a trip currently costs a flat 50 cents (checked on 24 October 2026).
Cairns
Our timetables list 18 routes in Cairns plus 4 night routes. Almost everything meets at the Cairns City bus station and at Cairns Central shopping centre on Spence Street. Cairns is the only regional Queensland city with live data, so you see real-time departures on buses.app. The Kuranda Scenic Railway runs from Cairns up to Kuranda.
Townsville
Townsville has 17 routes in our data. The main stops are the Townsville City bus hub and the Townsville Shopping Centre. Route 222 links the city bus hub with Townsville Airport.
Toowoomba
In Toowoomba, 8 routes start in the city centre on Victoria Street and at the Toowoomba bus station.
Mackay and Rockhampton
Mackay has 11 routes, centred on Caneland station; route 303 runs between Caneland and Mackay Airport. Rockhampton has 19 routes, most of them through Stockland Rockhampton and along Musgrave Street.
Bundaberg and Hervey Bay
Bundaberg has 13 routes that meet on Woongarra Street in the city centre. In Hervey Bay and Maryborough, 14 routes serve the two towns, with stops at Stockland Hervey Bay and Bay Plaza.
How much does it cost?
Every trip on a Translink urban bus in these cities costs 50 cents, with a go card, a contactless card where the bus accepts it, or cash paid to the driver. Concession and off-peak discounts do not apply, because everyone pays the flat fare. Children aged 4 and under travel free.
How do I travel between the cities?
Queensland Rail Travel runs the Spirit of Queensland from Brisbane to Cairns, the Tilt Train from Brisbane to Rockhampton and the Inlander from Townsville to Mount Isa. See the intercity section for coach and rail connections.
Except in Cairns, live data is not published, so buses.app shows scheduled times. Check the timetable for your day of travel before you set out.
