If you are a full-time CQ University student or TAFE student, you may be eligible for concession fares on Young's Bus Service. To be eligible you must be; enrolled in an approved course as a full-time student studying internally have a current Student ID card issued by CQ University … [Read more...]
Meet the bus named Jason Rich
Young’s Bus Service has been providing transport services to parts of the Central Queensland area for over 65 years. Operations Manager Phil Young said "One of the reasons for our success has been because of the work we do every day to maintain the transportation needs of our customers with the … [Read more...]
Bus services on Labour Day public holiday
This Monday 1 May is the Labour Day public holiday. Young’s Bus Service will be operating on a Sunday timetable for Route 20 (Capricorn Coast) services only. What is Labor Day? Labour Day is an annual public holiday that celebrates the eight-hour working day, a victory for … [Read more...]
Young’s driving Project Booyah participants to a possible future as a mechanic
In January 2016, we announced our latest community engagement initiative to have our bus fleet named after local iconic places, people or organisations. At that time we had also invested in the purchase of a new bus so what a great way to have her named before being put her into service. We put the … [Read more...]
Meet bus driver Dani
Meet Dani. She is one of our newest recruits here at Young’s Bus Service having only started back in January this year (2016). We caught up with Dani to see how things are going. Read the interview below. What did you do before driving buses? "I worked in the New Zealand army in the 101 … [Read more...]
Trial bus services for Keppel Cove Estate
From Monday 18 April, Keppel Cove Estate residents will have improved access to bus services as part of a trial which will add 4 new weekday route 20 services. The 4 new trial services (2 morning and 2 afternoon) will be extended to travel between Eagle Heights Road at Keppel Cove Estate and … [Read more...]
Meet bus driver Laxman
Meet Laxman. He is one of our newest recruits here at Young’s Bus Service having only started back in January this year (2016). We caught up with Laxman to see how things are going. Read the interview below. What did you do before driving buses? “I was a Chef for 19 years. Always working … [Read more...]
Latest road closure information
Looking for road closure information? We suggest you check out the following sources. Queensland Government Traffic and travel information http://131940.qld.gov.au/Home.aspx Fitzroy Road Conditions report by Queensland … [Read more...]
Our driver Peter Copeland has been driving with Young’s since 1974
Driving a bus is a job of love for one of our longest serving employees Peter. He's been a bus driver since 1969 and started with Young's Bus Service in 1974. That's long enough to receive messages from family's who used to travel with Peter when they attended school and now have their own children … [Read more...]
Meet the bus named “Project Booyah”
On Friday 19th of February, our newest member of the fleet was the first to be officially named. We called our new Bustech XDi 55 seater bus "Project Booyah". Project Booyah is a community inclusive program helping young people develop necessary life skills to make sound decisions and … [Read more...]