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Need to plan a trip over the Christmas / New Year period? We’ve got you covered! See below for a quick reference of Metro’s Depot Offices (Burnie & Launceston), Metro Shops (Springfield & Hobart), Hotline (13 22 01) and Timetable information from December 22 to January 2. Alternatively, plan your trip with our online trip planner!…

The Tasmanian Department of State Growth determines that Metro Tasmania will commence running school bus services from the first day of Term 1 for Tasmanian government schools. This means that for 2026, all Metro school services will commence on Thursday 5 February. If your school resumes prior to this date, you may need to utilise…

Get festive this season with Metro’s Christmas Colouring Competition — open to all Tasmanian children aged 4-16 years! To celebrate the launch of this year’s Metro Christmas Bus, we’ve created three colouring pages featuring artwork by Tasmanian illustrator Bec Adamczewski (Becski). Now it’s your turn to bring them to life! Three prize packs are up…

Metro Tasmania is pleased to announce the appointment of Jessica Paton as our new Chief Executive Officer. Jess joins Metro with nearly 20 years of senior leadership experience in public transport, spanning operational readiness, safety and risk, workforce development, strategic network planning, and major transport reform programs. Most recently serving as the General Manager Strategy…

Christmas spirit has officially arrived and it’s on wheels! Our 2025 Metro Tasmania Christmas Bus made its debut at the Myer City of Hobart Christmas Pageant, bringing colour, smiles and a whole lot of festive fun to Hobart’s streets. A huge thank you to our Metro team members who joined the parade – on foot…

Metro is aware of a fraudulent promotions on Facebook and Instagram claiming to offer free public transport and GreenCards offers. Please be advised, this is NOT an official Metro Tasmania offer. If you’ve encountered this scam, please report it directly to Facebook by clicking the three dots above the post and clicking “report”. Stay aware…

Today, we celebrated our Hydrogen Electric Buses (HEBs) with key partners and stakeholders in Hobart. The three bright green HEBs are part of Metro’s Hobart fleet in our Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) trial — a first for a public transport project in Tasmania using locally produced hydrogen as fuel. These innovative buses use electric motors…

At the 2025 TasICT Excellence Awards, Metro, together with Ionata Digital, Loop Foundry, Department of State Growth (Tas), and Mattersoft, received the award for Best ICT Initiative or Industry Collaboration. The award recognises the collaborative approach to the successful delivery of real-time bus tracking in the Metro Tas app, an important step in our ongoing…

Half price fares for Tasmanian public transport have been extended. Adult, concession, urban, non-urban, child and student fares remain at half price. If paying with cash, our bus operators will charge the half price fare. If using a GreenCard, just tap on as usual and the half price fare will be applied, in addition to…

Metro is thrilled to announce that our Manager Statewide Operations, Damien Arkley, won the 2025 TasBus Achiever of the Year Award. During his 14 years with Metro, Damien’s operational leadership ensures a high-quality customer experience across these regions. Damien is well-known for his strong connection to local issues and regularly represents Metro at key forums, advocating for…