The ongoing bus strike action in Brisbane has come to end with the Brisbane City Council reaching a wage deal with the drivers, but it has come at a cost to ratepayers.

The existing Enterprise Bargaining Agreement expired in October and was followed by months of industrial action across several council departments, including bus drivers who took strike action and offered free-fare days.

Brisbane City Council has finally come to an agreement with its bus drivers over pay. Credit:Glenn Hunt

On Thursday, Deputy Mayor and Public Transport chairman Adrian Schrinner announced bus drivers and office workers would receive a one-off $500 bonus and 2.5 per cent wage increase for the next two years, with the possibility of a further increase in the third year.

Unions had previously campaigned for a salary increase of 3.5 per cent over three years as well as an $800 signing bonus.