Tap your foreign contactless debit or credit card (or phone/watch wallet) directly at the go card reader on any bus, train, tram, or ferry — no need to buy a go card. Fares are a flat 50 cents per trip either way.
Getting to start
Central Station (train) or Queen Street Bus Station (bus), ~10min walk
SITE STATUS UPDATE: brisbanemarathon.com.
Public transport strongly recommended;
extra free train services run from 3:52am for bib-wearers/companions/volunteers.
Rail-replacement buses also depart Central Station ~4:50am via Fortitude Valley and Bowen Hills to the Murarrie temporary bus stop (per 2026 edition, expected to repeat).
Getting to the finish
Same CBD-area stations serve the finish at City Botanic Gardens, a short walk away
Limited weekend street parking;
overflow parking at King George Square and Myer Centre car parks.
More details
Two-lap route through the CBD, full closure of the Story Bridge, through Kangaroo Point Cliffs and New Farm.
Road closures roughly 3:00am-1:00pm across New Farm, Kangaroo Point, South Brisbane, Woolloongabba, West End (per 2026-edition Brisbane City Council advisory;
the 2027-specific map is not yet published).
More details
Free extra train services for bib-wearing runners/companions/volunteers from ~3:52am;
rail-replacement buses from Central Station in past editions.
IC card
go card
Newsagents, 7-Eleven stores, airport train stations, and go card vending machines at train stations across South East Queensland
Works directly at the gates
More details
Contactless bank card/phone tap-on tap-off is accepted on all South East Queensland trains, buses, trams (Brisbane Metro) and ferries.
All journeys currently cost a flat 50 cents regardless of distance or payment method,
so there's little reason for a short-term visitor to buy a physical go card.
