Getting Around Adelaide

Adelaide provides Free City Services with Adelaide Metro. There are free bus and tram services around Adelaide city. You don’t need a metroCARD to use free Adelaide Metro services.

Free City Buses

Free city connector buses link popular city attractions, shopping, dining, education and services. The buses start just before 7am and finish at 7.15pm, with Friday buses finishing at 9.15pm.

Routes 99A and 99C loop around the CBD and are available Monday-Friday.

Routes 98A and 98C follow the same loop around the CBD and extend to North Adelaide. They are available every day.

Free City Tram

Tram routes around the CBD are free. The free zone is the area between the South Terrace stop, Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Festival Plaza and the Botanic Gardens.

If you are going from the city towards Glenelg and stay on the tram past the South Terrace stop, you need to pay a fare.

Free Jetty Road Tram

The tram is free between the Brighton Road and Moseley Square stops. If you are going from Moseley Square towards the city and stay on the tram past the Brighton Road stop, you need to pay a fare.

Service Routes
  • Free City Connector Bus Route98A, City & North Adelaide Anti-Clockwise Loop
  • Free City Connector Bus Route98C, City & North Adelaide Clockwise Loop
  • Free City Connector Bus Route99A, City Anti-Clockwise Loop
  • Free City Connector Bus Route99C, City Clockwise Loop
  • Free City Connector Bus RouteBTANIC, Botanic Gardens to Entertainment Centre
  • Free City Connector Bus RouteFESTVL, Glenelg to Festival Plaza
  • Free City Connector Bus RouteGLNELG, Glenelg to Royal Adelaide Hospital
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