Our Articles section contains an archive of news stories regarding Canberra Buses dating back to the 1920s
Canberra’s bus company ACTION launched the first trial of bike racks on buses in Australia. This is what ACTION said in their media release on 14 February 1997: “ACTION will be launching bicycle racks which will be fitted to the fronts of buses and will allow cyclists to reach their Read more…
The Canberra Times, 28 July 1985
ACTION is confident everything is ready for the complete introduction of its electronic ticketing system on Monday.
A newly completed $16.5 million state of the art bus depot in the outskirts of Canberra creates a new benchmark for the design of environment – and user-friendly transport services, it is claimed. The Tuggeranong Bus Depot uses Lysaght steel roofing materials to set a new standard for form and Read more…
It is refreshing to see a major Government transport undertaking admitting that it has made a couple of ‘blues’. Generally, the Government and the bureaucracy never admit to making mistakes although the boners might be of monumental and hugely costly proportions. I suppose that’s a development of the old principle Read more…
The Canberra Times, 29 July 1988
The Urban Transit Authority of Sydney has lent ACTION a Mercedes-Benz O405 bus to evaluate.
The Canberra Times, 25 April 1987
ACTION unveiled yesterday the first of its new generation of passenger buses that it hopes will win more custom and provide for Canberra’s growing public transport needs during the next decade.
The Canberra Times, 5 July 1985
ACTION to evaluate a French-made Renault PR100 bus.
The Canberra Times, 14 January 1982
Construction work has begun on the city bus interchange.
Canberra, Tuesday.—A two-man inquiry into Canberra’s bus system has recommended the introduction of one-man buses to ease present heavy losses. The report has been sent to the Minister for the Interior, Mr. W. S. Kent Hughes, whose department runs Canberra buses. The report also discusses economies in the ministerial and Read more…
A new omnibus time table embracing the Canberra City area will operate as from Monday. Features of the new service will be the introduction of shopping buses, speedier transport from the north to the south side of the river and improved services to outlying suburbs. The introduction of the new Read more…