Cairns — Mareeba — Atherton
Trans North Bus & Coach Service operates a passenger and light freight service between Atherton and Cairns and all towns and villages enroute. This service also connects at Atherton for Ravenshoe with Kerry’s Bus Service, and at Mareeba with Chillagoe Bus Service.
Ticket purchases can be made:
- From the driver as you board the bus.
- At Piagnos News, Mareeba, or
- At Phillips News, Atherton.
The bus stops are located at:
- Cairns Central Shopping Centre, Bus bays at Qld Rail (platform 1)
- Smithfield Bus Shelter, Kennedy Highway
- 15 Therwine Street, Kuranda,
- Speewah Bus Shelter
- Old Railway Station, Mareeba, and
- Phillips News, Atherton.
You can also Hail and Ride at any location enroute, where the bus can safely stop. Upon request, this service will drop off at the Airport, Reef Fleet Terminal and Hospitals and Doctor Surgeries in Cairns.
For further information regarding this service, please contact our Atherton depot directly on (07) 4095 8644 during business hours (or 0400 749 476 after hours) or via email.
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Timetable
| Atherton Tablelands to Cairns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departures | Monday to Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |||
| Atherton | 6:15am | 9:00am | 3:30pm | 6:15am | 9:00am | 9:00am |
| Mareeba | 6:45am | 9:30am | 4:00pm | 6:45am | 9:30am | 9:30am |
| Speewah | 7:10am | 9:55am | 4:25pm | 7:10am | 9:55am | 9:55am |
| Kuranda | 7:30am | 10:05am | 4:35pm | 7:30am | 10:05am | 10:05am |
| terminates at Cairns (Central) | 8:30am | 11:15am | 5:40pm | 8:30am | 11:15am | 11:15am |
| Public Holidays operate on Sunday times. No Service on Christmas Day or Good Friday. |
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| Last updated: Monday 20 May 2013 |
| Cairns to Atherton Tablelands | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departures | Monday to Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |||
| Cairns (Central) | 8:45am | 3:20pm | 5:45pm | 8:45am | 3:20pm | 3:20pm |
| Smithfield (Bus Shelter) | 9:00am | 3:35pm | 6:00pm | 9:00am | 3:35pm | 3:35pm |
| Kuranda | 9:20am | 4:05pm | 6:25pm | 9:20am | 4:05pm | 4:05pm |
| Speewah | 9:25am | 4:10pm | 6:30pm | 9:25am | 4:10pm | 4:10pm |
| Mareeba | 9:55am | 4:40pm | 6:55pm | 9:55am | 4:40pm | 4:40pm |
| terminates at Atherton | 10:30am | 5:10pm | 7:30pm | 10:30am | 5:10pm | 5:10pm |
| Public Holidays operate on Sunday times. No Service on Christmas Day or Good Friday. |
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| Last updated: Monday 20 May 2013 |
