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Drivers of peak-hour Brisbane City Council buses won't be dishing out change for much longer.

Cash free zones: buses to go card-only

Marissa Calligeros A move to cashless buses in Brisbane should be met with cheaper off-peak fares, commuter lobby group says.

Waste truck spills human excrement over motorway

Christine Kellett It was an emergency call no firefighter wants at breakfast time.

Extra buses and trains for Broncos semi

Tony Moore There will be an extra 149 buses and 18 trains to help people get to Suncorp Stadium on Saturday night for the Brisbane Broncos' NRL semi-final showdown with St George Illawarra.

Sewage spill forces snap bus driver strike

Bus

Marissa Calligeros Council bus drivers have walked off the job this morning, forcing the cancellation of key city services.

Brisbane bus stand-off over sewage ends

Tony Moore Council agrees to pay drivers for shift missed due to strike action.

Train chaos strands commuters

Marissa Calligeros Eleven trains on the Ipswich line grind to a halt

Footy fix to provide transport test

Chris Barrett and Phil Lutton Brisbane's public transport capacity is poised to be pushed to the limit on Saturday night with more than 80,000 sports fans to stream out of the city’s premier two grounds within minutes of each...

Life in the slow lane of Brisbane's most agonising kilometres

Tony Moore Drivers are crawling to work at barely a quarter the speed of Sunday's Bridge to Brisbane winner.

CityCat sale to go through this morning

Brisbane CityCat

Tony Moore Brisbane City Council will reject offers from three banks and sell its CityCat ferries to the State Government saving Council between $15 million and $19 million a year in running costs.

Brisbane gets 24 hour 'party night' buses

Tony Moore A 24-hour bus service will operate in Brisbane from the middle of next year, running from West End, through the arts precinct at South Bank and the City, and into Newstead.

Queensland Rail fined for poor performance

Tony Moore Number of late trains getting worse, figures show, with QR to be fined for the second year in a row over 'unacceptable' delays.

One-third of commuters use go cards: survey

Go Card Queensland Transport.

Tony Moore More than a third of trips on buses, trains and ferries in South East Queensland now use the go card, a new survey reveals.

New 'park and ride' plan for Brisbane's west

Bus stop.

Tony Moore Would you use council's planned new commuter hub?

Man killed by train on Brisbane's northside

Christine Kellett Buses have replaced trains on parts of the Caboolture and Shorncliffe lines after a man was struck by a train on Brisbane's northside.

Gen Y freeloaders cost $16 million

Fare evasion

Christine Kellett They're accused of refusing to move out of home and withdrawing from the Bank of Mum and Dad, but now Generation Y has been outed for an even more sinister form of freeloading: fare evasion.

Brisbane loves buses - 5.7 million passengers up by 7.4 per cent

Tony Moore More than 5.7 million Brisbaneites caught a bus last month, showing a 7.4 per cent growth in bus customer numbers and putting bus popularity at the top of Brisbane's public transport list.

Commuters face rail delays

Daniel Hurst Rail commuters face delays of up to 45 minutes on the Ipswich-Rosewood line this morning.

QR faces huge fine over rail delays

QR train.

Tony Moore Queensland Rail was fined $6.7 million for not getting their trains to run on time in 2007-08 and is set for a second large multi-million fine for its performance during 2008-09.

Huge delays for morning trains

Staff reporters Electrical fault affecting three main train lines this morning has been cleared but commuters should still expect lengthy delays

Caboolture line cleared following crash

Christine Kellett Train services resume on Caboolture line after truck crashes through boom gates