Townsville Bus Network

[ari]

2026-06-09: Townsville Airport Bus Announced

BTQ is pleased to learn that the state government has listened to community calls for a Townsville airport bus with the recently announced route 222, starting on the 29th of June. This service will run hourly from 4am to 11pm, 7 days a week serving key destinations on the route from Townsville airport to the CBD, where it will interchange with the wider network. While the frequency could be improved, the long operating hours and all-week running represent a very solid base for the new service, c…

[Beerwatcher]

Great to see some investment in Townsville.

This also means that the span of hours for public transport connection to Townsville Airport is better than that of Brisbane Airport which is absolutely wild. More of a reflection on Brisbane’s service level than anything else, but 4am to 11pm is really impressive for a regional bus service.

[ari]

Absolutely, the all-day hourly frequency is a bit of a mixed bag but the hours are very impressive. I wonder if they’ve just gone “alright, let’s just get a bus going whenever there’s flights”. If nothing else this shows that it’s possible if the political will is there!

[Ozbob]

New 50 cent airport bus could cost disheartened Townsville business

[Axilya]

So it’s official, Townsville now has an airport public transport service with a longer span of hours than Brisbane’s!

[Electro_Sykes]

A win for Townsville.

[Electro_Sykes]

Now we need to push for a bus service to Cairns Airport as well as a buy back of Airtrain and Metro to Brisbane Airport, and Light Rail (and eventually also heavy rail) to the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast Airports.