Plan ahead for Newcastle Transport bus timetable changes

14.10.24

Newcastle Transport will be making minor changes to bus timetables from Sunday 20 October.   Keolis Downer Hunter General Manager, Emmanuel Genlot said the minor changes to Newcastle Transport bus timetables, including dedicated school services, would make sure buses maintain connections to the new rail timetables and improve reliability.   “From next week, we’re making […]
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School Holiday fun with Newcastle Transport

20.09.24

These Spring school holidays, we’re hosting some exciting events for the whole family! Catch Ferry-tales on the Ferry, Superheroes on the Bus, or the Carnival on the Light Rail. Enjoy face painting, balloon twisting, and meet our friendly customer service team, ready to assist with all your transport questions.   Ferry-tales on the Ferry – […]
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How Do You Plan Your Trip? Here’s What You Told Us!

19.09.24

Newcastle Transport recently reached out to customers with a quick survey to find out how you plan your public transport trips. Here’s what we learned: How you plan: 40% of you use travel apps, 17% prefer map apps like Google Maps, and 9% enjoy the spontaneous approach, simply showing up at the stop! Top travel […]
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Newcastle Transport Travel Experience Day

9.09.24

Newcastle Transport Travel Experience Day is designed to help customers become more familiar with public transport. You can practice getting on and off our accessible trams, buses and ferry in a static situation, and have a chat to our customer service officers who will be there to assist you. The event helps people of all […]
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Getting to Lake Mac Living Smart Festival 2024

6.09.24

Lake Mac Living Smart Festival  Held on the traditional lands of the Awabakal People, the Living Smart Festival is one of Australia’s largest community sustainability events. The festival will be held on Saturday 21 September at Speers Point Park from 9am to 3pm.  Getting to the festival Catch one of the free shuttle buses to […]
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Women’s State of Origin comes to McDonald Jones Stadium

21.05.24

Go NSW! With one win under their belt already, we’re excited to cheer on the Sky Blues in the Women’s State of Origin series right here in Newcastle!  Game two will be held at McDonald Jones Stadium on Thursday 6 June, with a 7.45pm kick off time.  Use Newcastle Transport to get to the game! […]
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Hamilton Depot Community Open Day

14.05.24

Join us on Saturday 25 May as we open the doors of Hamilton Depot to the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie community! This is your chance to find out more about what we do, chat to Bus Operators about their career and look back at public transport across the last 100 years. There will be something […]
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Additional services for ANZAC Day

10.04.24

Newcastle Transport will run additional bus, ferry and light rail services on ANZAC Day to help Novocastrians travel to and from the dawn service at Nobbys Beach and other commemorative events on the day. From 3.28am, light rail services will run every 7.5 minutes and ferry services will operate every 20 minutes. There will be […]
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Free School Holiday Activities

10.04.24

As part of the April school holidays, Newcastle Transport will be offering free face painting and balloon magic on Wednesday 17, Wednesday 24 and Friday 26 April. Fairies, superheroes and carnival artists will be using ferry, bus and light rail to get around these school holidays – make sure you catch them! As well as […]
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