The Tasmanian Transport Museum is open on Sundays and by appointment for school and tour groups.  The museum has a large collection of transport related exhibits. These include:

  • railway locomotives, railcars, carriages and wagons
  • trams and trolley buses
  • buses and trucks
  • a large model train display

The museum offers train rides on selected dates and coming soon our heritage Bedford bus will also be offering bus rides on selected days.

Opening Hours, Train and Bus Ride Schedule

To view our opening hours and to see when our next train ride and bus ride days are scheduled, click on the applicable months below.

* Please note that train rides only operate on days where we open between 11am and 4pm.  To learn more about where the trains operate click here: Where our trains operate

* Train rides are subject to change

*Bus rides coming soon 


Train Ride Departure Times

Note:  On Steam train days, the 11:15am is TryBooking only sales, no walk-up tickets available for this service unless advertised the evening prior on Facebook.

11:15 am departure (see note above for when Steam Trains)

11:45 am departure

12:15 pm departure

12:45 pm departure

1:45 pm departure 

2:15 pm departure

2:45 pm departure

3:15 pm departure

Important Information

All train rides are subject to availability of rolling stock and could change or be cancelled at short notice.

Train rides are approximately 15 minutes in duration.

Special events may have higher ticket prices or be online tickets only.


Bus Ride Departure Times

*COMING SOON

Where We Operate Our Bus Rides

*COMING SOON


Where We Operate Our Train & Bus Rides

Click here to see where we operate our train rides.


School Group Visit Information & Bookings

Visit the School Group information under the Visit tab in the Main menu or click here.

Group Visit Information & Bookings

Visit the Groups Visit information under the Visit tab in the Main menu or click here.

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