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Hobart City Interchange Changes

The Hobart City interchange changed Sunday 11 October 2020.

  • Your bus stop may have moved or have a new name
  • Your service may use a different stop or leave a few minutes earlier or later

Why are things changing?

  • Buses can access the western side of the interchange again now that hotel construction is complete
  • Stop names are now easier to find and understand
  • Some services changed departure time or stop to reduce congestion at the busiest times of the day

Map

Stops have been renamed and routes now depart as follows.

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More information

See below for changes by region.

Our customer service team is here to assist – visit us at the Metro Shop in the Hobart City Interchange, ask a Metro representative in the interchange in the first days of the change, call 13 22 01 or email correspondence@metrotas.com.au.

To learn more, visit the Department of State Growth website. 


Changes by region – northern services 


Previous Stop Name: Elizabeth St Stop E
Previous Routes: 500 to 504, 510 to 513, 520, 522, 722

New Stop Name: Elizabeth St Stop A1
Route changes: No change
Timetable changes: No change


Previous Stop Name: Elizabeth St Stop F
Previous Routes: 540, X10, X11, X20, X21, X22, X23, X30, X42

New Stop Name: Elizabeth St Stop A2
Route changes: Route 540 now departs from Stop L1, Liverpool St corner Elizabeth St.
Route X42 now departs from Elizabeth St Stop B1, the new stop on the western side of the interchange.

Timetable changes:

  • The 3.16pm Route X10 now departs six minutes earlier at 3.10pm
  • The 3.25pm Route X21 now departs three minutes earlier at 3.22pm
  • The 3.41pm Route X30 now departs four minutes earlier at 3.37pm
  • The 4.02pm Route X10 now departs four minutes later at 4.06pm
  • The 4.25pm Route X21 now departs four minutes earlier at 4.21pm
  • The 4.40pm Route X11 now departs four minutes later at 4.44pm
  • The 4.43pm Route X30 now departs nine minutes later at 4.52pm
  • The 5.12pm Route X21 now departs five minutes later at 5.17pm
  • The 5.21pm Route X30 now departs three minutes later at 5.24pm
  • The 5.27pm Route X20 now departs four minutes later at 5.31pm
  • The 6.14pm Route X10 now departs seven minutes earlier at 6.07pm
  • The 6.17pm Route X20 now departs three minutes earlier at 6.14pm
  • The 6.20pm Route X30 now departs one minute later at 6.21pm

 


Previous Stop Name: Macquarie St Stop M
Previous Routes: 560, 561, 562, 654, 655, 664, 665, X64, X65, 676

New Stop Name: Macquarie St Stop C1
Route changes: No change
Timetable changes: No change


Previous Stop Name: Liverpool St Stop 1
Previous Routes: 540

New Stop Name: Liverpool St Stop L1
Route changes: No change
Timetable changes: No change

This stop was the second stop on Route 540, but is now the starting point for the route. Services continue to depart this stop at the same time as they did before.


Previous Stop Name: Elizabeth St Stop 1 (past Liverpool St)
Previous Routes: 541, 550 to 553, X50

New Stop Name: No change
Route changes: These routes now commence from Elizabeth St Stop B1 in the interchange.
Timetable changes: Departure times for these routes from this stop remain unchanged. The departure times from the bus mall are three to four minutes earlier.


Previous Stop Name: N/A
Previous Routes: N/A

New Stop Name: Elizabeth Stop B1
Route changes:

  • Routes 541, 550, 551, 552, 553 and X50 commence from this stop (previously commenced from Elizabeth St/Liverpool St Stop 1).
  • Route X42 commence from this stop (previously commenced from Stop F)

Timetable changes:

  • Routes 541, 550, 551, 552, 553 & X50 commence three to four minutes earlier than the previous departure time from Elizabeth St Stop 1.
  • Route X42 departure times remain the same as they were for Stop F, EXCEPT the 3.28pm service which now departs thirteen minutes earlier at 3.15pm.

Changes by region – eastern services


Previous Stop Name: Elizabeth St Stop J
Previous Routes: 615, 616, 624, 625, 634, 635, 646, 685, 695, X15, X16, X34, X44

New Stop Name: Elizabeth Stop A3
Route changes: No change
Timetable changes: No change


Previous Stop Name: Macquarie St Stop M
Previous Routes: 560, 561, 562, 654, 655, 664, 665, X64, X65, 676

New Stop Name: Macquarie St Stop C1
Route changes: No change
Timetable changes: No change


Changes by region – southern services


Previous Stop Name: Franklin Square Stop N
Previous Routes: 446 to 449, 457, 458 & X58

New Stop Name: Franklin Square Stop D2
Route changes: No change
Timetable changes: No change


Previous Stop Name: Franklin Square Stop P
Previous Routes: 401, 402, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 415, 416, 417 426, 427, 428, 429, 500, 501, 601, 710, 712 to 719

New Stop Name: Franklin Square Stop D1
Route changes: No change
Timetable changes: No change