As normal bus services do not operate on Christmas Day, ACTION run free loop services on hourly frequencies between 9am and 4pm (with a gap between 12noon and 1pm). In addition to this, an Blue Rapid (300 route) service is also run, allowing people to connect to the services across town if required.

The Christmas Day services are always run out of the one depot, and this is alternated between them from year to year. This is so that only one depot is required to be staffed on Christmas Day.

The service numbers have changed a few times in recent years as the networks changed. Each of the current routes are listed below

Current Services
090 Parkes Barton Alexander Maconochie Centre (limited service) (commenced 2010)
091 Oxley Monash Gowrie Macarthur Erindale Fadden Wanniassa Kambah Tuggeranong
092 Waramanga Fisher Stirling Chapman Rivett Duffy Holder Cooleman Ct Lyons Curtin Woden
093 Hughes Garran Canberra Hospital Mawson Isaacs Farrer Torrens Pearce Chifley Woden
094 Yarralumla John James Hospital Deakin Red Hill Symonston Fyshwick Narrabundah Griffith Kingston Manuka City
095 Page Scullin Latham Macgregor Holt Kippax Higgins Hawker Weetangera Cook Jamison Belconnen
096 Florey Melba Charnwood Fraser Spence Evatt McKellar Giralang Kaleen Belconnen
097 Nicholls Ngunnawal Amaroo Gungahlin Palmerston Belconnen
098 Campbell Ainslie Hackett Watson Downer Dickson North Lyneham Lyneham O’Connor City
099 Bonython Gordon Banks Conder Theodore Calwell Chisholm Isabella Plains Tuggeranong

2006 Services
001 Oxley Monash Gowrie Macarthur Erindale Fadden Wanniassa Kambah Tuggeranong
002 Waramanga Fisher Stirling Chapman Rivett Duffy Holder Cooleman Ct Lyons Curtin Woden
003 Hughes Garran Canberra Hospital Mawson Isaacs Farrer Torrens Pearce Chifley Woden
004 Yarralumla John James Hospital Deakin Red Hill Symonston Fyshwick Narrabuncah Griffith Kingston Manuka City
005 Page Scullin Latham Macgregor Holt Kippax Higgins Hawker Weetangera Cook Jamison Belconnen
006 Florey Melba Charnwood Fraser Spence Evatt McKellar Giralang Kaleen Belconnen
007 Nicholls Ngunnawal Amaroo Gungahlin Palmerston Belconnen
008 Campbell Ainslie Hackett Watson Downer Dickson North Lyneham Lyneham O’Connor City
009 Bonython Gordon Banks Conder Theodore Calwell Chisholm Isabella Plains Tuggeranong

Prior to 2006 Services
900 Oxley Monash Gowrie Macarthur Erindale Fadden Wanniassa Kambah Tuggeranong
901 Waramanga Fisher Stirling Chapman Rivett Duffy Holder Cooleman Ct Lyons Curtin Woden
902 Hughes Garran Canberra Hospital Mawson Isaacs Farrer Torrens Pearce Chifley Woden
903 Yarralumla John James Hospital Deakin Red Hill Symonston Fyshwick Narrabuncah Griffith Kingston Manuka City
904 Page Scullin Latham Macgregor Holt Kippax Higgins Hawker Weetangera Cook Jamison Belconnen
905 Florey Melba Charnwood Fraser Spence Evatt McKellar Giralang Kaleen Belconnen
906 Nicholls Ngunnawal Amaroo Gungahlin Palmerston Belconnen
907 Campbell Ainslie Hackett Watson Downer Dickson North Lyneham Lyneham O’Connor City
908 Bonython Gordon Banks Conder Theodore Calwell Chisholm Isabella Plains Tuggeranong

This page was last updated on 5 August 2022