Which Brisbane bus routes are never operated by tags/artics

I’ve been wanting to know which routes in Brisbane that don’t get any tags or artics used on them, whether it is for regular service or as a cover trip and the reason for it (low patronage, the streets that the routes run on etc)

This table (found in page 76 of an E&C Adoption Report) includes all the routes that require TAGs/artics. You can grasp the sense that the southside is privy to all the high capacity vehicles.

The northside, on the other hand, has no TAGs/artics. And same goes with the western suburbs.

Queensland Bus Tracker also has historical data regarding all the routes and the many, many buses that council owns.

Route history for 130 Parkinson - City BUZ on April 14th 2026

W1620, an artic, and its past 60 trips.

Visual overview of the entire TfB network at 11:50PM.

I’m fairly confident I saw a 460 the other day that was an artic. Maybe it was one of the sweepers from Richlands station though.

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