Streets - Routes under the 1925 system
NOTES on SOURCES and FORMAT of STREETS
These lists do not claim to show all routes or all changes to bus routes, but rather represent “snapshots” of routes at different dates.
SOURCES
Routes in the 1925 route number system: The source of information about streets for these routes is annotated for each route.
Routes in the Sydney Region Route Number System: The source of information about streets for these routes is almost invariably the relevant timetable. By the later 1980s, most timetables included maps of the route. Maps of routes in timetables became compulsory when revisions to the Passenger Transport Act came into effect in 2004.
Government Gazettes (GG)
The GG’s between 1925 and 1930 (and earlier) listed the streets along which bus routes ran (from December 1926, showing only where alterations to routes were made). These routes have been reproduced herein. They purport to list the routes in both directions.
Gregory’s street directories of circa 1946 and 1948
These two street directories list the streets along which both private and Government bus routes ran. Those of private buses routes have been reproduced herein. In almost all cases, the streets are shown for only one direction. Thus, turning movements and possibly differences in routes in opposing directions are not shown. Where there is only an entry for 1946, the route had not changed between 1946 and 1948.
RGH Notes
This refers to the maps which I (Robert G Henderson) traced from street directories after riding on bus routes during the 1960s, 70s and early 80s. At that period, few private bus timetables contained maps or even a textual description of the route.
Timetables
Prior to the 1980s, in the few cases where timetables had maps or route descriptions, that information has been used herein. For routes in the Sydney Region Route Number System, timetables almost invariably contained maps and information from those maps has been used herein.
FORMAT
Alterations to routes
Where a route is shown as “altered”, only that part of the route which has altered is shown. The listing of an alteration mostly starts with the direction of the route (“ex ….”) and then shows a street already listed for the route (“from ….”) and continues until the altered part of the route regains a street previously listed.
Diversions
A diversion is normally a section of route that leaves and later returns to the main route and which runs or ran at a lesser frequency than the main route.
Extensions
An extension is normally where a route has been extended from one end (or near it).
Current street or suburb names
I have tried to show the current names of streets and suburbs (“now ….”), where they have changed since the time of the original source, to help the reader identify locations in terms of current terminology.
Bus interchanges
These are almost invariably located adjacent to railway stations, providing facilities for passengers to transfer easily between bus and train.