With thousands set to be flocking to Canberra to get a peek of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla, Transport Canberra is providing free shuttle buses to make the trip a little smoother.
Visiting the Australian War Memorial and Parliament House today, October 21, leave the car at home and jump aboard one of the free services.
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To access the Australian War Memorial event, free shuttle services will run approximately every 15 minutes from 10:00 am with the last service departing at 11:30 am.
This shuttle will provide frequent pick-up and drop-off services from the City Interchange platform 5 via the Canberra Centre to the Australian War Memorial at Treloar Crescent (bus stop 4797).
Return shuttles will commence from the drop off location at the Australian War Memorial (bus stop 4797) 20 minutes after the completion of the event.
To access the Parliament House event, free shuttle services will run every 15 minutes from 10:30 am with the last service departing at 12:30 pm. This shuttle will provide frequent pick up from the City Interchange platform 3 and drop off at Parliament House.
Return shuttles will commence from the drop off location at Parliament House 20 minutes after the completion of the event. This location will be a temporary bus stop in front of the Parliament House at the intersection of Queen Victoria Terrence and Federation Mall.
Fare-free travel is also still available on all regular bus and light rail services across the network as part of the transition to the new MyWay+ system.
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