PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Buses
The Australian Capital Territory Internal Omnibus Network (ACTION) is the main provider of passenger transport in the ACT and has been in operation since 1977. ACTION became a statutory authority on 1 January 2002 and provides:
- passenger bus network and school services, with a range of express and route services to and from all suburbs
- a special needs transport service - a door-to-door service for disadvantaged people in the community
- charter bus services.
For the 2005-06 financial year, ACTION employed 712 full-time equivalent staff, operating:
- a bus fleet of 387 buses (369 passenger buses and 18 special needs buses), including 85 disability accessible buses
- depots and workshops (located in Tuggeranong and Belconnen)
- four bus interchanges (located at Belconnen, Tuggeranong, Civic and Woden)
- ACTION Authority's head office at Tuggeranong.
Total
Passenger boardings for ACTION buses increased by approximately 688,000 between 2004-05 and 2005-06.
Bus kilometres travelled increased by 0.5% in 2005-06 to approximately 23.5 million km, up from 23.3 million km in 2004-05.
14.6 ACTION bus service, Selected statistics - ACT |
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Operating statistics | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | Change 2004-05 to 2005-06 | |
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Passenger boardings | '000 | 16 305 | 16 240 | 16 928 | 688 | |
Bus kilometres | '000 | 22 988 | 23 339 | 23 450 | 111 | |
Buses in fleet | no. | 388 | 391 | 387 | -4 | |
Employees (full-time equivalent) | no. | 677 | 700 | 712 | 12 | |
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ACTION Authority Annual Report, 2004-05 and 2005-06. |
Taxis
Taxi dispatch services in the ACT are provided by Canberra Cabs (with a fleet of 134 taxis), Elite Taxis (Canberra) (with a fleet of 82 taxis), and Cabxpress (with a fleet of 21 taxis). Almost all of these taxis are independently owned and operated, and compete for hirings throughout the ACT. Additionally, Canberra Cabs operates 4 wheelchair accessible taxis, while Cabxpress operates 14 wheelchair accessible taxis.
A cross-border arrangement for the provision of taxi services exists between the ACT and NSW Governments. This arrangement enables Canberra and Queanbeyan taxis to operate freely within the region. Queanbeyan has a fleet of 16 taxis.
Coach and rail services
The numbers of rail and coach passengers into and out of Canberra decreased between 2005 and 2006, following increases between 2004 and 2005.
In 2006, 44,942 passengers boarded trains leaving Canberra, a decrease of 11% from 2005 (50,331 passengers). There were also 47,506 passengers arriving by rail into Canberra during 2006, a 9% decrease on 2005 (52,438 passengers).
For coach passengers in 2006, 19,027 passengers arrived in Canberra and 18,934 passengers departed. These numbers represent decreases of 12% and 13% respectively when compared with the coach arrivals and departures for 2005.
14.7 Coach and rail passengers, Origin or destination Canberra |
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| | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | Change 2005-06 | |
| | no. | no. | no. | % change | |
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Origin Canberra | | | | | |
| Rail passengers | 47 642 | 50 331 | 44 942 | -10.7 | |
| Coach passengers | 20 699 | 21 723 | 18 934 | -12.8 | |
Destination Canberra | | | | | |
| Rail passengers | 49 679 | 52 438 | 47 506 | -9.4 | |
| Coach passengers | 20 401 | 21 718 | 19 027 | -12.4 | |
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CountryLink, State Rail NSW, Data available on request. |
Domestic and regional aircraft travel
Airline services into and out of the ACT are classified as either 'domestic' or 'regional' services. The domestic airlines are those performing Regular Public Transport (RPT) services primarily between capital cities and major tourist centres within Australia. The regional airlines are those performing RPT services primarily to regional centres within Australia.
The number of fare-paying (revenue) passengers for both domestic and regional travel (i.e. total traffic) through Canberra International Airport increased by 3% from 2004-05 to 2005-06. The number of domestic revenue passengers increased by 3% (an increase of 57,144 passengers), as did the number of regional revenue passengers (an increase of 16,276 passengers).
14.8 Regular passenger transport services, Revenue passengers - ACT |
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| Domestic | Regional | Total traffic | |
| In | Out | Total | In | Out | Total | In | Out | Total | |
| no. | no. | no. | no. | no. | no. | no. | no. | no. | |
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2000-01 | 640 915 | 648 030 | 1 288 945 | 410 396 | 407 878 | 818 274 | 1 051 311 | 1 055 908 | 2 107 219 | |
2001-02 | 478 545 | 483 775 | 962 320 | 441 134 | 437 848 | 878 982 | 919 679 | 921 623 | 1 841 302 | |
2002-03 | 659 527 | 653 615 | 1 313 142 | 301 034 | 302 175 | 603 209 | 960 561 | 955 790 | 1 916 351 | |
2003-04 | 900 367 | 892 305 | 1 792 672 | 251 648 | 259 102 | 510 750 | 1 152 015 | 1 151 407 | 2 303 422 | |
2004-05 | 981 742 | 972 766 | 1 954 508 | 255 671 | 266 530 | 522 201 | 1 237 413 | 1 239 296 | 2 476 709 | |
2005-06 | 1 008 934 | 1 002 718 | 2 011 652 | 265 580 | 272 897 | 538 477 | 1 274 514 | 1 275 615 | 2 550 129 | |
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Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics, Aviation Statistics, Airport Traffic Data, 1995-96 to 2005-06. |
Total passenger aircraft movements into and out of Canberra International Airport decreased slightly - by less than 1% - between 2004-05 and 2005-06. Decreases of less than 1% were recorded in both regional aircraft movements and domestic aircraft movements between 2004-05 and 2005-06.
14.9 Regular passenger transport services, Aircraft movements - ACT |
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| Domestic | Regional | Total traffic | |
| In | Out | Total | In | Out | Total | In | Out | Total | |
| no. | no. | no. | no. | no. | no. | no. | no. | no. | |
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2000-01 | 8 378 | 8 376 | 16 754 | 17 484 | 17 629 | 35 113 | 25 862 | 26 005 | 51 867 | |
2001-02 | 5 455 | 5 446 | 10 901 | 14 403 | 14 412 | 28 815 | 19 858 | 19 858 | 39 716 | |
2002-03 | 7 668 | 7 665 | 15 333 | 10 344 | 10 309 | 20 653 | 18 012 | 17 974 | 35 986 | |
2003-04 | 9 522 | 9 516 | 19 038 | 9 676 | 9 651 | 19 327 | 19 198 | 19 167 | 38 365 | |
2004-05 | 9 491 | 9 477 | 18 968 | 8 940 | 8 938 | 17 878 | 18 431 | 18 415 | 36 846 | |
2005-06 | 9 461 | 9 438 | 18 899 | 8 934 | 8 930 | 17 864 | 18 395 | 18 368 | 36 763 | |
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Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics, Aviation Statistics, Airport Traffic Data, 1995-96 to 2005-06. |