New timetables were introduced by Metro Trains and V/line from 27 August 2017. Highlights of the new Metro Trains timetables: An additional service on the Sunbury, Craigieburn & Werribee lines in each peak Extension of Laverton – Altona – Newport…
2017-08-27:
2017-08-31: Melbourne Visitor Shuttle to end
At their May meeting Melbourne City Council councilors voted to withdraw funding for the Melbourne City Visitor shuttle, with services to conclude at the end of August, citing dramatic falls in patronage. The service, which commenced in February 2006, ahead…
2017-08-27: Route 833 to Carrum
PTV have announced that effective 27 August 2017, services on Ventura’s Route 833 between Frankston and Carrum Downs will be extended west to Carrum through Sandhurst and Patterson Lakes, along Thompson Rd and McLeod Rd. For the first time, residents…
2017-06-19: Route 343 Greensborough – Hurstbridge Link
As part of the as part of the Hurstbridge Line upgrade funded in the 2016/2017 state budget, a new parallel bus service, Route 343, will be introduced on 19 June. The service, operated by the Dineen Group’s Panorama operation, was…
2017-05-14: Warragul & Drouin Network Upgrade
The long anticipated upgrade to town bus services in the West Gippsland towns of Warragul and Drouin finally commenced on 14 May 2017. The new network was originally due to be implemented in 2010 following planning and community engagement at…
2017-02-01: SkyBus to Avalon
SkyBus continues to grow their Melbourne operation, announcing in mid-December 2016 that they have purchased Sita’s Avalon Airport Shuttle route, with the handover to taking place on 1 February 2017. Sita have operated the service since commercial flights at the…
2017 General Timetable Changes
Coinciding with the new V/Line timetable from 29 January, connecting bus services at these locations received revised timetables: Campberdown – Timboon intertown service (Pope’s) Geelong area: Routes 1, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25 & 43 (CDC Geelong) Routes 19, 30,…
2017-01-29:
2017 Caroline Springs Changes – Stage 1
Stage 1: 29 January 2017 In conjunction with the opening of the new V/Line station at Caroline Springs on the Ballarat Line, January 29 also sees the implementation of the first stage of the new Caroline Springs bus network. Route…
2016-12 to 2017-01: Christmas & New Year Timetable Changes
Timetable Adjustments While there are now scarce examples compared to little over a decade ago, a select number of bus routes operated to a reduced weekday timetable in the weeks after Christmas, largely clustered around Moonee Ponds in Melbourne’s north.…
2017-01-29: Ballarat Bus Boost
By Craig Halsall and Geoff Foster Ballarat is the latest regional centre to enjoy a major revision to their bus network, with more direct and more frequent services introduced by CDC Ballarat on 29 January alongside a revised V/Line timetable.…