🌊How to get from Brisbane to Redcliffe
A getting-there guide from GoThere Brisbane, the free live journey planner for South East Queensland.
Can you get there without a car?
🟢 Yes, all the way
Yes, the whole way on a flat 50c fare. Redcliffe Peninsula line to Kippa-Ring (~55 min), then 680 bus to the jetty (~15 min).
The short answer
- 1🚆Redcliffe Peninsula line to Kippa-Ring (~55 min)
- 2🚌680 bus to the jetty (~15 min)
The journey, end to end
- Brisbane
🚆Redcliffe Peninsula line to Kippa-Ring (~55 min)
- Change 1
🚌680 bus to the jetty (~15 min)
- Redcliffe
2 legs, 1 change. Dashed lines are the parts that aren't public transport.
A bayside peninsula with a jetty, a lagoon and a Sunday market, on the newest line on the network.
What is Redcliffe?
Redcliffe was the first European settlement in Queensland, briefly, before the whole operation moved up the river to what became Brisbane. It spent a long time as a slightly faded seaside suburb and then got a railway line in 2016, which changed it.
The peninsula runs from Woody Point up through Redcliffe to Scarborough, with a foreshore path most of the way along it and calm bay water the whole distance.
Why go, and what to see
Redcliffe Jetty
Rebuilt and lit at night, with the Sunday markets alongside it
Settlement Cove Lagoon
Free public swimming lagoon on the foreshore, patrolled in season
Bee Gees Way
A laneway commemorating the brothers, who grew up here
Scarborough
The northern end, with the harbour and the better fish and chips
Every way to get there, compared
Including the ones that aren't public transport, because pretending the car doesn't exist helps nobody.
🚆 Public transport, 1 change
Our pick- 🚆Redcliffe Peninsula line to Kippa-Ring (~55 min)
- 🚌680 bus to the jetty (~15 min)
Time
About 1¼ hr from Central
Cost
50c each way
Best for
Cheapest by a distance, and no parking to find
🚗 Drive
- 🚗43 km from the city centre, about 40 min in normal traffic
Time
about 40 min
Cost
Fuel and parking
Best for
Carrying gear, odd hours, or several people splitting the cost
Usually quicker than the train, and that is worth being honest about. What it costs you is parking, tolls and driving home tired.
The connecting service, as it actually runs
Straight from the timetable data, not from a brochure. The days it runs and the last service back are the two things that decide whether a day trip works.
🚌 Route 680, Kippa-Ring to Redcliffe
Runs seven daysFirst
~4:55 am
Last
~7:26 pm
Weekday trips
31
Midday
~30 min
Planning the day around it
- 🌅 Earliest connection out is around 4:55 am, so an early start is possible.
- 🌙 The last one is around 7:26 pm. That, not closing time, is when your day ends.
- ⏳ Which leaves a window of about 14 hours between the first service out and the last one back, before you subtract the travelling at each end.
Work backwards from the last service rather than forwards from breakfast. Missing it here is a taxi fare, not a short wait.
Scheduled times on a typical weekday, counted one way and timed at Humpybong Esplanade, so the gaps are the ones you would actually wait. Check the live board before you go.
When to go
Sunday morning for the jetty markets. Winter afternoons on the bay are close to perfect.
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Times from the station you change at.
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The route drawn across South East Queensland.
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Getting to Redcliffe: quick answers
Is there a train to Redcliffe?+
Yes. The Redcliffe Peninsula line opened in 2016 and runs to Kippa-Ring, about 45 minutes from Central for 50 cents. From Kippa-Ring the 680 bus runs down to the Redcliffe jetty and foreshore.
How do you get from Brisbane to Redcliffe without a car?+
Redcliffe Peninsula line to Kippa-Ring (~55 min), then 680 bus to the jetty (~15 min). Allow about 1¼ hr from Central station. Every leg on the TransLink network is a flat 50 cent fare.
How long does it take to get to Redcliffe from Brisbane?+
About 1¼ hr from Central, door to platform to door, depending on how the connection lands. The planner on this page works it out from where you actually are rather than from the city centre.
How much does it cost to get to Redcliffe?+
A flat 50 cents each way on the TransLink network, however far you travel.
What time is the last service back from Redcliffe?+
It changes by day and by line, and it is the thing that catches people out on a long day trip. Check the last service home tool before you head out so you know your cut-off rather than guessing at the end of the day.