Parking and transport

The main entrance to The Prince Charles Hospital is located on the Ground floor of the Main Building, accessed via Rode Road. Hospital facilities can also be accessed via entrances on Webster and Hamilton Roads; however, upcoming construction works will close Public car park 2 and impact how patients and visitors access the Extended Care Building. Please read the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) below for more information about the impacts to the Extended Care Building, which includes Palliative Care, Cancer Care Services, CAM Unit, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Cystic Fibrosis Outpatients, Outpatients Teal and the Children’s Allied Health Clinics. The FAQs also contain information about alternative car parking and the main entry pick-up and drop-off point. If you are using a GPS to get to our hospital, use address 627 Rode Road, Chermside. There is no complimentary parking for visitors on the hospital grounds.

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.

• Hospital Car Parking – Patient and Primary Carer Car Parking Concessions Policy
• TPCH Patient and Primary Carer Car Parking Concessions Procedure

There are 2 public carparks available on the campus; however, public car park 2 is scheduled to permanently close in mid-September 2024 due to construction works. Both carparks are independently operated and charges apply. Patients and visitors are required to pay for their parking at the pay stations before returning to their vehicle. For more information on parking fees, please phone the carpark office on (07) 3350 6421.

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 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.

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.

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.