Student Portal / Before You Arrive / Getting Around Adelaide
Getting around Adelaide is easy. With wide, flat streets, you can walk or cycle around the city. And our extensive public transport system will get you wherever you need to be.
Adelaide Metro is Adelaide’s public transport which covers the entire metropolitan region. It includes buses, trains and trams that run from the city out to the inner and outer suburbs.
If you’re a full time student using public transport regularly, you can buy a metroCARD which will allow you to ride on Adelaide’s buses, trains and trams at a discount. High School students can buy a student metroCARD, all other students will need to buy a concession metroCARD.
Visit Adelaide Metro to find where to buy or recharge a metroCARD, get information about how to catch a bus, train or tram, and access to timetables, routes and maps. Find your nearest metroCARD agent to buy your metroCARD.
Use your metroCARD, by validating it each time you ride on a bus, train or tram (except the FREE ones).
The FREE City Connector bus loops around the city and up to North Adelaide. You can ride the tram for FREE between the Entertainment Centre and South Terrace (you must validate your ticket beyond these stops).
Adelaide's city centre is only 7km from Adelaide Airport. There are buses, taxis and ride sharing options waiting at the airport to take you to your new home. Find out more about travelling to the city from Adelaide Airport.
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