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Australian Capital Territory Internal Omnibus Network

ACTION buses logo.svg
ACTION - BUS 417 - Custom Coaches 'CB60' Evo II bodied MAN 18.320 (Euro V).jpg
Custom Coaches bodied MAN 18.320 in January 2011
Parent Transport Canberra and City Services Directorate
Founded 1926 (1926) by Federal Capital Commission as Canberra City Omnibus Service
Commenced operation 19 July 1926
Headquarters ACTION House, 200 Scollay Street,
Greenway
Locale Canberra
Service area
Service type Bus services
Stops
  • ANU Bus Station
  • Barton Bus Station
  • Belconnen Community Bus Station
  • City Bus Station
  • City West Bus Station
  • Cohen St Bus Station
  • Erindale Centre
  • Gungahlin Bus Station
  • Kippax Centre
  • Tuggeranong Bus Station
  • Westfield Belconnen Bus Station
  • Woden Bus Station
Lounge Westfield Belconnen
Depots
  • Belconnen
  • Tuggeranong
  • Woden
Fleet 430 (March 2017)
Annual ridership 17.8 million (2015/16)
Chief Operating Officer Bren Burkevics
Website www.action.act.gov.au

ACTION is a bus service operator in Canberra, Australia.

On 19 July 1926, the Federal Capital Commission commenced operating public bus services between Eastlake (now Kingston) in the south and Ainslie in the north.

The service was first known as Canberra City Omnibus Service, but it has had a number of names over the years, including Canberra City Bus Service, Canberra Omnibus Service and Canberra Bus Service. On 14 February 1977, it was renamed as the Australian Capital Territory Internal Omnibus Network, or ACTION for short.

As part of the move to ACT self-government, responsibility for ACTION passed from the Federal Government to the ACT Government in 1989.

ACTION is a business unit of the Public Transport Division of the Transport Canberra and City Services Directorate of the ACT Government. Transport Canberra was formed on 1 July 2016 combining the Public Transport Division and Capital Metro Agency to manage all public transport operations within the ACT.

ACTION operates two separate networks of bus routes: one on weekdays and the other on weekends and public holidays.

Blue Rapid services provide a high-frequency link between the City and the bus stations at Belconnen, Woden and Tuggeranong town centres. Blue Rapid services consist of the 300 series routes (300, 313, 314, 315, 316, 318, 319 and 343) on weekdays and route 900 on weekends and public holidays.


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