Parking and transport
Parking
Concessional parking
Patients or their primary carer may be eligible for concessions that enable discounted parking where commercial car parking fees apply.
Applications for discounted commercial parking can be made at: Admissions Desks, Outpatients Departments and Ward Reception Desks. View the concessional car parking flyer for more information.
On-campus parking
The Prince Charles Hospital
Public car park 1 (Multi-story car park)
Location: This large, undercover public carpark is next to the main entrance of the hospital, accessed via Rode Road.
Open: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
The pedestrian doors to the carpark close at 10.00pm on weekdays and 9.30pm on weekends. You will need to carry your parking ticket with you to access the car park after these times. View car parking fees.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Public car park 2 outside Palliative Care is scheduled to permanently close on 16 September 2024
Public car park 2
Location: This small, open air car park is located north of the main hospital, accessed via Webster Road. It provides best access to the Extended Care Building, which includes Palliative Care, Cancer Care, CAM Unit, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Cystic Fibrosis Outpatients, Outpatients Teal and the Children’s Allied Health Clinics. When public car park 2 closes in mid-September 2024, patients and visitors requiring access to the Extended Care Building should consider parking in Public Car Park 1 (the multi-storey car park) or get dropped off at the front main entry.
Open:This car park will remain open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week up until it closes in mid-September 2024
Disabled parking
We have facilities to assist people with disabilities accessing the hospital. This includes:
- Disabled parking spaces on the ground floor of the multi-storey carpark, with ramp access to the main hospital building and Private Practice Clinic.
- Disabled parking is also available in the carpark next to the Extended Care Building; however, this car park will permanently close in mid-September 2024.
Short term and emergency parking
Short-term parking bays are available:
- opposite main hospital entrance
- directly outside of and nearby the Emergency Department.
Where you need to stay with an ill relative in the Emergency Department for a period of time, patients are encouraged to liaise with the clinical team.
Please note, parking on the hospital grounds must be within marked car parking bays. Penalties may apply for failure to comply with parking notices and conditions.
Pick-up and drop-off zone
There are 2 dedicated pick-up and drop-off zones at the hospital, both accessed via Rode Road:
- outside the main entrance to the hospital, in front of the Main Building.
- outside the Emergency Department.
The pick-up and drop-off zones are strictly short-term. We ask that you be considerate of fellow patients and visitors by adhering to the sign guidelines.
Surrounding parking
Parking around the hospital campus is regulated. There are some free and metered parking in surrounding streets, accessed via Webster Road.
Courtesy shuttle bus service
The Prince Charles Hospital is introducing a free shuttle service to help patients and visitors get to where they need to go, particularly those requiring access to the Extended Care Building. The eight-seater shuttle will operate during the hospital’s busiest times, Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays).
When this new service starts in September 2024, the shuttle will operate on a loop, stopping at five pick-up and drop-off points, including:
- The main entrance to the hospital, next to the multi-storey car park
- The Education Centre (nearest stop to Gastroenterology / Endoscopy and Surgical Outpatients)
- Entrance to Outpatients Teal, Cystic Fibrosis Outpatients and Cognitive Assessment and Management
- (CAM) Unit
- Entrance to Cancer Care and Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre
- Entrance to Palliative Care
Patients and visitors can hop on and off the shuttle at any of these five locations.
With works for The Prince Charles Hospital Expansion now underway, this new shuttle service will help patients and visitors get where they need to go quicker and easier.
Public transport
Buses
There are regular bus services to and around The Prince Charles Hospital.
Bus stop in the hospital precinct:
- The Prince Charles Hospital on Main Road; you can catch Route 354 from the hospital front entrance, on Main Road, to the Chermside bus station at Westfield Chermside.
Bus stops near the hospital:
- Rode Road, stop 36: Route 598 (Great Circle Line anticlockwise loop towards Indooroopilly) and Route 599 (Great Circle Line clockwise loop towards Chermside and Toombul)
- Webster Road, stop 38: Routes 325 and 335
- Hilltop Avenue near Rainey Street, stop 34b: Routes 334 and 354
- Wallace Street at Prince Charles Hospital, stop 35: 334, 354 and 598
- Hilltop Avenue at Prince Charles Hospital, stop 35: Routes 334, 354 and 599
- Hamilton Road at Farnell Street, stop 39: Routes 325, 335, 340 (high frequency) and 353.
Plan your journey with TransLink’s journey planner or call the TransLink Hotline on 131 230 for timetable information.
Train stations
All of these stations are approximately 10 minutes by car or taxi to The Prince Charles Hospital:
- Nundah Station
- Toombul Station
- Virginia Station
- Sunshine Station
- Geebung Station.
For timetable information, call the TransLink Hotline on 131 230 or visit http://translink.com.au/.
Taxis
A taxi rank is located at the main entrance to the hospital. Free taxi phones are located in the main foyer of the hospital near the Outpatients Desk and in the Emergency Department. Visitors to the Mental Health and Palliative Care Units, located at the back of the main hospital, should ask reception staff for assistance to call a taxi.
New multistorey car park
Construction of a new multistorey car park will commence from July 2023.