Route 209 between Carindale Bus Terminal and UQ Lakes

[Nina M Blackwell]

Hello all.  The first bus on a Saturday from Carindale is 8:15 or so arriving at UQ Lakes about an hour later.  How reliable is this bus particularly on Saturdays?

[Golliwog]

Don't think it'd be too bad, but if you're coming from Carindale, you could also catch a 222 to Buranda Busway where you can still hop on a 209, but also a 139 or 169 that all run to UQ.

[James]

Don't think it'd be too bad, but if you're coming from Carindale, you could also catch a 222 to Buranda Busway where you can still hop on a 209, but also a 139 or 169 that all run to UQ.

139 doesn't operate on Saturdays. The 169 also syncs up badly with the 222 (169 departs 1 min after the 222 leaves), so beware that. You may be better off just changing to a 66 at Mater Hill.

On the whole, the 209 is pretty reliable and often runs a bit early, mainly because nobody is travelling on it on a weekend because there's no undergrad classes occurring (just a few postgrad ones).

[Nina M Blackwell]

Thanks everyone.  It's just that my son had a meeting at 9.00 at the Uni on Sat.  We live in Cleveland and it is a bloody long drive out to UQ with pretty heavy traffic even at 8am on a Saturday.  I told him next time I'm taking him to Carindale to catch the 209!