The Darwinbus New Year’s Eve special event buses will operate again this year, providing a safe transport option to welcome in the New Year.
All Darwinbus services will be free between 6pm New Year’s Eve and 6.30 am New Year’s Day. Route 14 from Darwin to the Waterfront has been extended to run every 15 minutes from 6pm New Year’s Eve to 1am New Year’s Day dropping off and picking up passengers at the Convention Centre.
The special event buses will depart from Mitchell St (via Darwin Interchange) at 15-minute intervals to Casuarina and 30-minute intervals to Palmerston.
The Casuarina, Palmerston and Darwin special event buses operating from each of the interchanges will pick-up and drop-off at all bus stops along the routes:
Ex Casuarina:
Casuarina to Darwin via Rapid Creek, Nightcliff and Fannie Bay
Casuarina to Darwin via Lee Point Rd, McMillans Rd and Bagot Rd
Casuarina to Palmerston via Leanyer, Karama, Vanderlin Drive and Stuart Highway.
Ex Palmerston:
Palmerston to Darwin via Pinelands, Berrimah, Winnellie and Stuart Highway
Palmerston to Casuarina via Pinelands, Vanderlin Drive, Karama and Leanyer
Palmerston CONNECTOR via Gray, Bakewell, Rosebery, Bellamack, Woodroffe, Moulden and Driver.
Ex Darwin: Mitchell Street & Darwin Interchange:
Darwin to Casuarina via Fannie Bay, Nightcliff and Rapid Creek
Darwin to Casuarina via Bagot Rd, McMillans Rd and Lee Point Rd
Darwin to Palmerston via Stuart Highway, Winnellie, Berrimah and Pinelands.
Transit Safety Officers will be patrolling the network to manage antisocial behaviour.
The hours security guards will patrol the bus interchanges have been extended through to 6.30am New Year’s Day.
Most urban bus services revert to the normal timetables from 7 am on New Year’s Day.
New Year’s Eve buses have been running for 25 years, beginning in 1990 when it carried 893 passengers.
For further information
phone the Department of Planning, Infrastructure and Logistics on 8924 7666 between 6.45am and 4.30pm Mon to Fri, and 9am to 1pm Sat, or visit: nt.gov.au/specialeventbuses