Sunbus is the principal provider of public transportation at Cairns in Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

, Australia. It operates bus

Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...

 routes under the new QConnect

QConnect

qconnect is a system of integrated public transport that covers subsidised rail, bus, and air networks in Regional Queensland, Australia. It was introduced by the Queensland Government in December 2007, and is an agency operated by the Department of Transport and Main Roads with an annual budget of...

 scheme in Regional Queensland.

Service Area

Sunbus operates from Palm Cove

Palm Cove, Queensland

Palm Cove is a beach community in Far North Queensland, Australia located north of the city of Cairns. It is named for the palm trees that line the beach. At the 2006 census, Palm Cove had a population of 1,215.-History:...

 and Trinity Beach in the north, and as far south as Gordonvale

Gordonvale, Queensland

Gordonvale is a small sugar-growing suburb situated in the southern end of Cairns on the Mulgrave River. At the 2006 census, Gordonvale had a population of 4,420....

 and Edmonton

Edmonton, Queensland

Edmonton used to be an independent township supporting a sugar mill, but in recent times has become a suburb of Cairns, Queensland, Australia. It is located approximately 10 km south of the centre of Cairns on the Bruce Highway and within the Cairns Region local government area...

. The area with the best service coverage along the Captain Cook Highway between Smithfield Shopping Centre and Cairns CBD.

Qconnect services

Bus

Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...

 route numbers and destination information are displayed on the front and side of the buses. In addition, route numbers are also displayed on the back on some of the buses.

For a complete list of Marlin Coast routes, please refer to the Marlin Coast Sunbus section of the QConnect

QConnect

qconnect is a system of integrated public transport that covers subsidised rail, bus, and air networks in Regional Queensland, Australia. It was introduced by the Queensland Government in December 2007, and is an agency operated by the Department of Transport and Main Roads with an annual budget of...

 website.

For accurate travel information, see the Sunbus website linked below.

Interchanges

• Cairns City Place Transit Mall
• James Cook University
  James Cook University
  James Cook University is a public university based in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. The university has two Australian campuses, located in Townsville and Cairns respectively, and an international campus in Singapore. JCU is the second oldest university in Queensland—proclaimed in 1970—and the...
  
  
• Stockland Earlville
• Smithfield Shopping Centre
• Cairns Hospital
• Kuranda Skyrail
  Kuranda Skyrail
  Skyrail Rainforest Cableway is a scenic cableway running above the Barron Gorge National Park from the Cairns suburb of Caravonica to Kuranda, Queensland. The development of Skyrail was controversial as some local residents believed that damage may be done to World Heritage listed rainforest...
  
  
• Westcourt Plaza

Fleet

Marlin Coast Sunbus operates a large fleet of minibuses, medium and large sized buses. The fleet comprises large low-floor accessible Volvo B12BLE

Volvo B12BLE

The Volvo B12BLE is a low-entry city and suburban bus chassis launched in 2001 with an engine mounted on the rear overhang. It replaced the Volvo B10BLE and is used as a base for single deck buses in Europe and Australia....

 buses with VST bodywork, manufactured by Bustech

Bustech

Bustech is an Australian bus bodywork company, established in 1998 on the Gold Coast, Queensland. It is owned by the Transit Australia Group, where buses are produced for its sister companies, Surfside Buslines and Sunbus, as well as other major Australian customers...

. There are many other wheelchair accessible buses in the fleet such as the Volvo B7RLE

Volvo B7RLE

Volvo B7RLE is a low-floor single-deck citybus launched initially in Australia in 2001, and then in the United Kingdom in 2003 to supplement the B7L single-decker, which was unsuccessful in both countries. It is similar to the B7L's predecessor, the B10BLE...

, the Mercedes O815D minibus using CB20 bodywork, manufactured by Custom Coaches

Custom Coaches

Custom Coaches is an Australian bus manufacturing company started in 1935 in Guildford, New South Wales, Australia as the Cycle Components Manufacturing Company by Stanley James Hillsdon.-Origins:...

, and the new Bustech MDi low-floor midibuses. Most of their non-accessible fleet are progressively being replaced with newer accessible buses.

Livery

Blue and white; with the Sunbus logo displayed on the front and sides of the buses.
In addition, advertising is displayed on the back and side on some buses.

External links

• Marlin Coast Sunbus Website