Speaking of public transport, Australian public transport is very difficult to evaluate, you can say it is developed, you can say it is very earthy, but sometimes the soil is also good (after all, we also want to save money for backpackers to save money channels).
After three months in Brisbane, I finally got a rough idea of the general rules of Queensland public transport and the use of Go Card.
My Go Card is as above
At the same time, mainly to share a Brisbane domestic, international airport to the city of the cheapest public transport route. After all, when you go out at the airport, you`ll find that in addition to taking a taxi, calling uber is train..
Bucun latest Traffic zone and expense Chart
The above is a screenshot of the latest cost of Queensland Public Transport website translink. You can see that the airport line is black, and in particular, it also shows that the airport line is special fare,. How much is that? 18.5 Australian dollars per person and two people 37 Australian dollars. Uber to the city is estimated to be that price. It`s expensive, isn`t it? (a brief explanation of how specific public transport costs are calculated at the end of the article)
However, this does not mean that more than two people are sure to take a taxi. And there are no buses to choose from at the airport. Therefore, there is a small difference in the price of the scheme, from the airport to the city for a maximum of 4.77 Australian dollars a person!
You`re right, it really costs up to $4.77 ($3.90 normally)! $18.5 / 4.77 / 13.73. Save 13 bucks, you know, maybe two steaks in the supermarket.
Well, let`s not say much. Let`s start with the introduction:
1, you can buy Go Card at the airport, be sure to buy Go Card. first Deposit 10, charge $5 up to $200 to seal the top. Be sure to use Go Card, even if you only stay in Brisbane for one day, even if you only take the bus three times, as long as you are less than three people, must buy, it is very cost-effective.
2, you can see the above public transport cost division map, Brisbane City as the center, draw out concentric circle, from inward to outward from Zone 1 to Zone 13 (13 has not been discussed by Keynes); the location of the airport in Zone 2.
3. First, describe the pricing methods of Brisbane public transport as follows:
An example of valuation on Translink official Web site
It doesn`t matter what you can read, but I simply explain what you can`t understand. Zone is the meaning of each zone, and the same ring is a zone.. You`ll have to pay at least one zone. That is, you take the bus today without essay, what kind of public transport (train, bus, the boat, the cost has nothing to do with what public transport you do, it only depends on where you get on and get off, so you can sit whatever you want. The price is the same.
Adult bus cost chart
How many areas do you do: the number of the highest area of the entire journey, the number of the lowest area of the route, plus 1. 1. It sounds complicated.
To cite examples:
a. Suppose you took a bus in City today, got on and got off the bus early in the area of zone1 on the City, traffic map, and you`re always on 1zone. then your fee is: (1 / 1) + 1 / 1, Your corresponding price is the first line: $3.20 for Go Card peak hours, $2.56 for idle hours and $4.60 for cash on board without Go Card.
b. Suppose you sit from Daisy hill (in 3zone to Sunnybank (in 2zone), and your fee is (3) + 1 (2) and the corresponding price is the second line.
c. Suppose you get from Daisy Hill (in 3zoneto North Lake (in the north of zone3,), and you need to cross the City (Zone1, doesn`t get off the bus in that area), then your fee is: (3) 1 + 1 + 3, The corresponding price is the third line.
What I also know is that another form of transfer, the Bucun Public Transport, the first time you swipe a card to get on the bus is the first trip, from the first time you get out of the car, within an hour, you take another public transport. Or within a trip, the price of a uniform trip is always related only to the area you pass through. For example: if you take a bus from City (1zone) to Sunnybank (2zone), the cost is $3.90 for two districts. And then within an hour, you take a bus from Sunnybank to Daisy Hill (3zone), and it`s still the same as if you took a ride directly from City to Daisy Hill, and you`ve been detained 3.9 on the first train. So you only have to pay the difference on the second train: $5.96 to 3.90 and $2.06.
The idle hours of public transport in the village are as follows:
Weekdays Monday to Friday: 8:30 to 3: 30 p.m., 7:00 to 6: 00 a.m., weekend all day, public holidays. It`s a little cheaper when you`re free. And the above is not to mention the problem of connection, perhaps you said that your time on the bus is idle, midway around a lot of buses, after two hours, get off is a peak hour, how to charge? Charge according to the first time you swipe the card to get on the bus! Be careful!
4, after introducing the pricing rules of public transport, we can introduce the cheap routes of the airport. There is a shopping mall next to the airport, and friends who have stayed in Australia know that DFO, is the same place where the factories and shops are concentrated anyway, such as Artie, Nike, NB and all kinds of cheap ones! Well, that`s not the point. You can spend a lot of time shopping. At the location of DFO next to Bucun Airport, there is also a shopping center called Skygate, which specially arranged a free bus between Skygate and the domestic and international airports in order to attract tourists from Laibu Village to spend. And this bus does not belong to Translink operation. The bus leaves from Skygate to the international airport, to the domestic airport, and back to the Skygate, cycle.
Skygate bus latest timetable
So whether you come out of the international airport or from the domestic airport, find an orange bus stop. Just ask the staff, say you`re going to DFO, they`ll tell you where to take the bus and remind you that there`s a free bus.
5, Skygate bus only four stations in total, so all will call, and all will stop. Never mind. Can smoothly from the airport to DFO.
6, pay attention, DFO, where you get off is the Skygate bus stop1,1 platform! And then you`ll see that there`s another bus going by, 590bus. Of course, don`t sit here 590bus. don`t, especially the first time you come to the village, the direction of the 590bus stop in stop1, the traffic over there is complicated, and it is not too much, it is easy to make mistakes.
7, when you get out of the car, please look ahead, that`s the direction in front of the bus you got off, go one hundred meters and you`ll see another small bus stop. Please make sure it`s Skygate bus stop 2! Listen here 590 bus. the direction to go is Garden city direction, do not rest assured that please confirm with the driver. And get in the car!
Garden city is the terminal, 55 minutes by car. Don`t worry that the bus does not report to the station. You must remember to pay by card when you get on the bus. Just get off and pay by card. Garden City is the location of the bus terminal in the southern district of Bucun, and there are so many express buses to City. In theory, you can easily transfer to any place in the village, and the place is very convenient.
9, small popular Inbound refers to the direction of City, Outbound is pointed out of the direction of the city, I hope you do not take the wrong car!
