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Guide 4 of 6 · Light rail and buses

Six stops, Alinga Street to Swinden Street

Transport Canberra's notice lists the stops from Alinga Street to Swinden Street in order: Alinga Street, Elouera Street, Ipima Street, Macarthur Avenue, Dickson Interchange, Swinden Street.

How to read the plan

Stop
a light rail stop on the avenue, in order from the City
Nature reserve
a reserve at the district's edge, with its height
City Centre
the City, as the district policy names it
Lake Burley Griffin: beyond the City. The extension from Alinga Street to Commonwealth Park is to improve the link between the city and the lake LAKE BURLEY GRIFFIN Black Mountain Nature Reserve: 434 hectares on the northern side of Lake Burley Griffin, its hill 812 metres above sea level under a 195-metre tower Black Mountain Nature Reserve · 812 m on the northern side of Lake Burley Griffin Mount Ainslie Nature Reserve: 637 hectares adjoining Mount Majura Nature Reserve; together they overlook the city of Canberra from its north-east Mount Ainslie Nature Reserve · 842 m overlooking the city from its north-east Mount Majura Nature Reserve: 502 hectares adjoining Mount Ainslie Nature Reserve to the south, its hill 888 metres above sea level, the highest in northern Canberra Mount Majura Nature Reserve · 888 m adjoining Mount Ainslie to the south Northbourne Avenue: the district policy’s own area heading names Braddon, Dickson, Downer, Lyneham, O’Connor and Turner as the Northbourne Avenue area Federal Highway: Transport Canberra’s notice puts the replacement bus stop for Phillip Avenue on the Federal Highway, after Phillip Avenue. Federal Highway Swinden Street: the sixth stop from the City, as Transport Canberra lists it SWINDEN STREET Dickson Interchange: the fifth stop from the City, as Transport Canberra lists it DICKSON INTERCHANGE Macarthur Avenue: the fourth stop from the City, as Transport Canberra lists it MACARTHUR AVENUE Ipima Street: the third stop from the City, as Transport Canberra lists it IPIMA STREET Elouera Street: the second stop from the City, as Transport Canberra lists it ELOUERA STREET Alinga Street: the first stop from the City, as Transport Canberra lists it ALINGA STREET City Centre: the district policy identifies the City Centre Entertainment Precinct; light rail runs from the city to Gungahlin via Dickson. CITY CENTRE The twelve localities, in the order the district policy lists them. Ainslie, named for James Ainslie (1787–1844). Opens the guide to the twelve localities. AINSLIE James Ainslie (1787–1844) Braddon, named for Sir Edward Braddon PC KCMG (1829–1904). Opens the guide to the twelve localities. BRADDON Sir Edward Braddon PC KCMG (1829–1904) Campbell, named for Robert Campbell (1769–1846). Opens the guide to the twelve localities. CAMPBELL Robert Campbell (1769–1846) City, named for City. Opens the guide to the twelve localities. CITY City Dickson, named for Sir James Dickson, KCMG (1832 – 1901). Opens the guide to the twelve localities. DICKSON Sir James Dickson, KCMG (1832 – 1901) Downer, named for Sir John Downer (1843 – 1915). Opens the guide to the twelve localities. DOWNER Sir John Downer (1843 – 1915) Hackett, named for Sir John Winthrop Hackett KCMG (1848 – 1916). Opens the guide to the twelve localities. HACKETT Sir John Winthrop Hackett KCMG (1848 – 1916) Lyneham, named for Sir William Lyne, KCMG (1844 – 1913). Opens the guide to the twelve localities. LYNEHAM Sir William Lyne, KCMG (1844 – 1913) O’Connor, named for Richard Edward O'Connor, QC (1851 – 1912). Opens the guide to the twelve localities. O’CONNOR Richard Edward O'Connor, QC (1851 – 1912) Reid, named for Right Honourable Sir George Reid, PC GCB GCMG KC (1845 – 1918). Opens the guide to the twelve localities. REID Right Honourable Sir George Reid, PC GCB GCMG KC (1845 – 1918) Turner, named for Rt Hon Sir George Turner PC KCMG (1851 – 1916). Opens the guide to the twelve localities. TURNER Rt Hon Sir George Turner PC KCMG (1851 – 1916) Watson, named for Hon John Christian Watson (1867 – 1941). Opens the guide to the twelve localities. WATSON Hon John Christian Watson (1867 – 1941) Lake Burley Griffin: beyond the City. The extension from Alinga Street to Commonwealth Park is to improve the link between the city and the lake LAKE BURLEY GRIFFIN Northbourne Avenue: the district policy’s own area heading names Braddon, Dickson, Downer, Lyneham, O’Connor and Turner as the Northbourne Avenue area Federal Highway: Transport Canberra’s notice puts the replacement bus stop for Phillip Avenue on the Federal Highway, after Phillip Avenue. Federal Highway Alinga Street: the first stop from the City, as Transport Canberra lists it Alinga Street Elouera Street: the second stop from the City, as Transport Canberra lists it Elouera Street Ipima Street: the third stop from the City, as Transport Canberra lists it Ipima Street Macarthur Avenue: the fourth stop from the City, as Transport Canberra lists it Macarthur Avenue Dickson Interchange: the fifth stop from the City, as Transport Canberra lists it Dickson Interchange Swinden Street: the sixth stop from the City, as Transport Canberra lists it Swinden Street City Centre: the district policy identifies the City Centre Entertainment Precinct; light rail runs from the city to Gungahlin via Dickson. City Centre
North is to the rightup. The avenue and its stops are set in Transport Canberra’s order, the City at the line’s southern end and the lake beyond it. No locality is placed on it: the official pages linked here set none on a map, so the register below carries all twelve.

The line

Transport Canberra opened the Gungahlin to City alignment on 20 April 2019, and counted more than one million boardings in its first three months. Its guide to central Canberra puts the trip from the City to Gungahlin at 24 minutes, through Dickson and Mitchell, with a service every five or six minutes in peak periods, every ten to fifteen minutes off peak on weekdays, and every fifteen minutes at weekends.

Transport Canberra says all stops carry CCTV cameras around the clock, and passengers tap on at the platform validator before boarding. The doors open when you press the yellow button as the vehicle arrives. Its rules say the network, its stops and its vehicles meet the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002.

Travelling with a bicycle, Transport Canberra’s rule is to use the bike racks at all times. Cross the tracks and the road at the marked crossing points, and only when the signal shows it is safe.

The stops on the avenue

Transport Canberra’s notice lists the line’s stops in order, and the six it places on Northbourne Avenue run from Swinden Street in the north to Alinga Street at the City.

The six stops on the avenue, north to south, and where the notice places each
StopWhere the notice places it
Swinden Streetthe stop stands on Northbourne Avenue, after Swinden Street
Dickson Interchangethe stop is at the Dickson Interchange, platform 1
Macarthur Avenuea temporary bus stop in front of 216 Northbourne Avenue
Ipima StreetNorthbourne Avenue, on the north side of Ipima Street
Elouera StreetNorthbourne Avenue, on the north side of Elouera Street
Alinga Streetno separate place given; the notice’s line for it reads N/A

Buses

Transport Canberra’s rapid network map names two rapid routes that call at Dickson: R1, the light rail line from Gungahlin through Dickson to the City, and R9, from Belconnen through Dickson to Watson. Its guide to central Canberra has rapid buses linking the town centres and other key destinations at least every fifteen minutes from 7am to 7pm on weekdays, and every fifteen to thirty minutes at other times, weekends included.

That guide adds that from the City, rapid routes R4 and R5 reach Woden in about twenty minutes, and R2, R4 and R5 reach Belconnen in about the same time. Local buses run every thirty minutes or less on weekdays, connecting the suburbs to their local shops and the City. Shared e-scooters can be hired across central Canberra. Bike rails and bike cages sit at many stops and stations, and a bicycle can travel on light rail or on the racks at the front of a bus.

South to Woden, and where the line stands

Transport Canberra's network planning page, checked on 12 October 2026, says it is getting ready to deliver Stage 2A – City to Commonwealth Park. The project scope includes: three new stations, at City West, City South and Commonwealth Park. The first section, from Alinga Street to Commonwealth Park, adds three stops and 1.7 kilometres of track, and London Circuit is raised as part of it.

Infrastructure Canberra calls the raising of London Circuit a critical project that enables light rail to Woden, extending the network by 1.7 kilometres to connect the City better with the lake. Works to raise London Circuit have begun, and the road is closed between Edinburgh Avenue and Constitution Avenue.

Work is under way on the design, planning and approvals for Stage 2B, Commonwealth Park to Woden. At least nine more stops are expected with Stage 2B. The ACT Government projects the network will carry 39,000 passengers a day as the city’s population grows beyond half a million.

Transport Canberra’s notice says no light rail services will run over the weekend of Saturday 31 October and Sunday 1 November 2026, while critical works for the Stage 2A extension are carried out. On that weekend replacement buses will run in both directions along the whole corridor between Alinga Street and Gungahlin Place.