Released 23/12/2019
Transport Canberra would like to remind the community the Christmas holiday timetable is in effect from Monday 23 December through to 10 January 2020 (inclusive). The means regular bus services will operate with less frequency during peak times. Travel on buses and light rail on Christmas Day will be free, so passengers are advised not to tap on or off.
“With free travel all day, whether catching a bus or light rail across Canberra, passengers should be aware that tapping on or off is not necessary on Christmas Day,” Judith Sturman, Executive Group Manager, Transport Canberra said.
“On Christmas Day, ticket vending machines and platform validators on light rail platforms as well as the ones in major bus interchanges will not be operating.
“Transport Canberra will also assist with New Year’s Eve celebrations by providing additional services for people getting to and from events.
“Buses and light rail services will be running late into the evening and early morning to help passengers to bring in the new year,” Ms Sturman said.
Some changes to the City platform locations will be in operation during New Year’s Eve due to some road closures in the City Interchange. Customer service assistants will be at the interchange to help direct passengers and signage will be on site helping to make it easy to find the temporary platform locations.
Road closures for New Year’s Eve in the city include:
- London Circuit between Northbourne Avenue and Akuna Street
- Southbound lane of Northbourne Avenue between London Circuit and Cooyong Street
- East Row between Alinga Street and London Circuit
Light rail services will continue to operate as normal during the Christmas/New Year period with the exception of public holidays. On public holidays light rail will run to a Sunday frequency of every 15 minutes between 8 am and 11 pm.
For information on road closures and platform changes in the City Interchange please review the Transport Canberra service alerts at www.transport.act.gov.au
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