News & events

From 7pm to 1am Thursday 18 May, buses replace light rail due to planned maintenance. Bus routes 11 and 13 will also run along Hunter and King St. Normal services will resume at 5am Friday 19 May. You can view the light rail bus replacement map here Plan ahead using the Trip Planner at transportnsw.info/trip

Newcastle Transport authorised officers are out and about on buses, ferries and light rail. The new team, based here in Newcastle, are ready to help customers. If you see them during your travels, don’t hesitate to ask them for assistance with your journey or ask any public transport questions. As well as providing travel assistance, […]

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 3.30am, light rail services will run every 7.5 minutes and ferry services will operate every 20 minutes. There will be […]

Newcastle Writers Festival, one of the largest literary festivals in Australia is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The festival runs from Friday 31 March to Sunday 2 April, with over 100 writers from Newcastle and across Australia featured in the program. Most events will take place in the Civic precinct, so take the stress out of […]

There’s nothing like seeing the mighty Newcastle Knights play on their home turf at McDonald Jones Stadium. We’re looking forward to operating the McDonald Jones Shuttle Stadium service for another season, with 5 different services operating from key locations across Newcastle and Lake Macquarie. You can also get to any of the Knights home games […]

Here at Newcastle Transport, we have a fleet of almost 200 buses, completing hundreds of trips across Newcastle and Lake Macquarie each day. Since launching in 2015, the NSW Road Safety “Be Bus Aware” campaign, comprising Bus Safety Week, has been raising awareness on how to improve safety on and around buses for all road […]

Today Newcastle Transport begins an exciting journey of energy transition with the first Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) hitting the road. Minster for Transport and Roads, David Elliott said this was the first permanent electric bus introduced in Regional and Outer Metropolitan NSW, supporting Transport for NSW’s energy transition. “The NSW Government is committed to transitioning […]