Melbourne Transport Listings

Melbourne City Tourist Shuttle

The Melbourne City Tourist Shuttle is a free bus service, stopping at key tourist attractions and destinations in and around the City of Melbourne. Onboard you can view the city in comfort, while listening to an informative commentary about the city's attractions, and browse the various brochures available. You can hop on and hop off at any of the 13 stops. Stop 1. Arts Precinct Stop 2. Federation Square Stop 3. Sports Precinct Stop 4. Chinatown Precinct & Theatres District Stop 5. Melbourne Museum and Carlton Gardens Stop 6. Lygon Street Precinct Stop 7. University of Melbourne Stop 8. Queen Victoria Market Stop 9. Waterfront City, Docklands Stop 10. Docklands Stadium & Victoria Harbour Stop 11. William Street Stop 12. Southbank & Yarra River Stop 13. The Shrine and Royal Botanic Gardens Runs daily, every 30 minutes from 9:30am to 4:30pm excluding Good Friday and Christmas Day. For more information: - visit the Melbourne Visitor Centre at Federation Square - visit the Melbourne Visitor Booth in the Bourke Street Mall - call City of Melbourne Hotline on 9658 9658 - or visit the website above.

Qantas Airways Limited

Qantas, the 2004 Air Transport World Magazine - Airline of the year, has been flying to and around Australia for over 83 years. Qantas offers approximately 540 international services every week from 77 destinations in 33 countries across Eurpoe, North America, South America, South Africa and the Asia-Pacific region. Qantas is a member of the airline alliance oneworld. oneworld comproses eight of the world's leading airlines - Qantas, Aer Lingus, America Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair and LanChile - and provides services provides services to 550 destinations in 134 countries. Within Australia, Qantas and its regional airline subsidiary QantasLink, offer more flights within Australia than any other airline, with over 5000 domestic flights each week, serving 58 city and regional destinations across the country.

SkyBus

Melbourne Airport - City- Non Stop -Express Transfers SkyBus - operates Melbourne Airport to City- non stop - average travel time - 20 minutes.Opperates 24 hours, 7 days a week - including all public holidays-from every ten minutes. SkyBus is approximately 70per cent less than a taxi to and from the airport to the city. Tickets can be purchased and printed online or purchased on arrival at departure. Enhanced mobility-impaired access, on-board baggage storage, air-conditioning and on-board closed circuit media, news and tourism. SkyBus is also a greener way to travel. SkyBus supports Greenfleet and plants over 6,000 trees each year to offset carbon emissions from our fleet's fuel consumption. When choosing to travel on our airport/city bus transfer service it is not only fast, providing an express service, convenient, safe and cost effective by saving money compared to a taxi but you will also leave a smaller carbon footprint contributing to Victoria's environmental health. Passengers board SkyBus at: * Terminal T4 -Tiger Air * Terminal T3 -International Airlines -Virgin Blue and Regional Express * Terminal T1 -Qantas domestic, QantasLink and Jetstar domestic * Melbourne City, corner Spencer Street and Bourke Street in the Southern Cross Railway Station complex undercover bus interchange Terminal Free Hotel Service to all CBD accommodation venues during most hours operating from the bus terminal in the city. (See website for details) SkyBus can accommodate large groups of travellers visiting Melbourne for major events, sport, conferences and meetings.

Spirit of Tasmania

Spirit of Tasmania sails nightly from Melbourne and Devonport (Tasmania). During the summer peak period, Spirit of Tasmania also offers day sailings. Turn your holiday into a touring adventure! Take your car on board Spirit of Tasmania from just AUD72* each way, all year round. Load up your car with extra suitcases, fishing rods, golf clubs - whatever fits. It's convenient, great value for money and you can travel at your own pace. Start your holiday relaxed by taking advantage of the facilities on board, enjoying the entertainment or relaxing in the fully equipped cabins. Cabins include two or four single beds, private ensuite facilities, wall-mounted reading lights and desk with a mirror. All bedding and towels are provided so all you need to take on board is an overnight bag. Every cabin on the ship is air-conditioned with an adjustable control in each cabin to ensure comfort throughout the journey. Twin and four berth porthole cabins also have a large porthole window so you won't miss out on the ship's best feature: the view! Stretch your legs by walking around the many outdoor or inside areas. Or if you would rather stay seated, have a drink in one of the bars while soaking up the magnificent scenery en route to Tasmania. Spirit of Tasmania - the start of one of Australia's great journeys.

The Overland

An Easy Way to Travel to Melbourne - The Overland There s no more relaxing way to enjoy a trip to Melbourne than on the newly refurbished Overland. The Overland provides a comfortable, relaxing way to travel or to ease into a great holiday in Melbourne and surrounding regions. The Overland runs a daylight service between Adelaide and Melbourne in both directions, three times a week. The Overland passes through classic Australian country towns including Nhill, Dimboola, Horsham, Ararat and Geelong. Guests have the opportunity to disembark from the train to explore the many regions and towns The Overland passes through along its route. These guests simply re-join The Overland on a scheduled service that suits their holiday timetable. On board, The Overland guests have the choice of two levels of service; Red Service and Red Premium Service. Red Service offers a value for money option with all the comforts you need, while Red Premium gives guests more services and more personal space. Both service levels offer guests ample room to move around the train and stretch their legs. The licensed Caf Carriage also provides the chance to meet your fellow travellers and socialise in a comfortable, friendly environment. Great Southern Rail also offer great Overland holiday packages for those planning a holiday, including many touring and accommodation options that will allow you to discover Melbourne as well as regions and sightseeing highlights nearby.

Tiger Airways

Tiger Airways is Asia-Pacific's true low fare airline. It consistently strives to offer passengers the lowest airfares on safe and convenient point-to-point air travel. Tiger Airways took to the skies from Singapore in September 2004 with two aircraft in its fleet and three routes in its network. Within four years of operation, Tiger Airways operates from its Singapore and Melbourne bases, with a third base in Adelaide. Tiger Airways now flies to more than 32 destinations across nine countries in Asia and Australia on a fleet of brand new Airbus A320 aircraft.

V/Line

Experience the best of Victoria with V/Line - our trains and coaches take you to all Victoria's great destinations. As the state's regional rail and coach provider, we run more than 1400 train services and 600 coach services every week, helping 1.3 million people get from place to place for work, study, leisure and many other activities. We also offer services for Melburnians, as well as interstate and overseas visitors, who want to visit or work in the country. So our customers get to experience the best of country and city life. We offer great value for money ticket options, whether you are travelling by yourself, with friends or with your family. Forget about navigating unknown roads and worrying about petrol prices. Let us do the driving for you, and arrive at your destination relaxed and ready to embark on your adventure. Buying V/Line tickets is easy. You can either call us on 136 196 between 06.00 and 22.00 AEST (GMT+10 hours). International customers call +61 3 9697 2076. Alternatively, visit our metropolitan hub, the newly renovated award-winning Southern Cross Station on Spencer Street in the west end of Melbourne CBD. You can also pick up tickets from other staffed V/Line stations, most premium metropolitan Connex station as well as from our ticket agent network in regional Victoria. You'll be amazed at how inexpensive travelling with V/Line is - especially when compared to the car! Visit vline.com.au to plan your journey, or to check out our timetables and see where we can take you. And find out how you can use your V/Line ticket to get around Melbourne or regional centre public transport at no extra cost!

Virgin Blue

Virgin Blue offers low fare travel and high quality service on one of the worlds youngest fleets fitted with leather seats operating on a network of direct and connecting flights to 22 domestic throughout Australia and 8 international destinations between, Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. Virgin Blue is committed to providing you with the very best service and continues to be the leader in innovation offering features such as web check-in and Kiosk check-in, Velocity, the award winning loyalty program that rewards you faster and offers redemption on any seat, any flight, and any time. The Lounge offers a stylish new destination to do business with state of the art business facilities with wireless broadband access, relax zones and complimentary premium food and beverages available through an all inclusive membership or single visit entry fee. 2007 will also see the introduction of live2air offering 24 channels of Foxtel entertainment live to screens in every seat. Virgin Blue operates from Tullamarine Airport.

Westbourne Limos

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