EXPRESS routes were associated with “all stops” routes and operated express over part of the route during weekday peak hours, in order to provide longer distance passengers with a speedier journey.
Route E41
LIVERPOOL – CECIL HILLS via Matthew Ave, Bonnyrigg & Cowpasture Rd
14 September 1998: Some 841 weekday peak hour trips renumbered, running express over part of route. Operated by Oliveri’s Metro-Link (Oliveri Transport Services).
22 March 2010: Ceased as a result of MoT review of Region 3. Replaced by all stops service on part of 807.
Route E42
LIVERPOOL – THE VALLEY PLAZA
14 September 1998: Some 842 weekday peak hour trips renumbered, running express over part of route. Operated by Oliveri’s Metro-Link (Oliveri Transport Services).
15 December 1999: E42 altered to approach The Valley Plaza via Hinchinbrook Dr, South Liverpool Rd & Wilson Rd in a reorganisation of 842, E42, 844 & 845 in Green Valley/Hinchinbrook area
22 March 2010: Ceased as a result of MoT review of Region 3. Replaced by all stops service on parts of 804/5.
LIMITED STOP routes pick or set down passengers only at certain key stops along a route in order to provide passengers to or from those stops with a speedier journey.
Route L70 (or L270)
TOWN HALL, CITY – TERREY HILLS
3 April 2006: Some 270 weekday peak trips altered to limited stops and renumbered L270 (as per early timetable) or L70 (as per later timetable and destination sign). Operated by Forest Coach Lines (Royle family).
NIGHT routes operated through an area covered by more than one daytime route, because of the reduced patronage experienced after dark (and in some cases during daylight hours at weekends also). They were a concept of Westbus and all operated only between 1 November 2004 and 11 October 2009. (The prefix “N” is also used for Nightride bus routes, which operate in place of trains between roughly midnight and dawn, under contract to the Ministry of Transport. Even though many of those routes are operated by private bus operators, their contractual arrangements mean that they are effectively Government-owned routes, and so they are not included in these lists.)
Route N1
PENRITH – GLENMORE PARK
1 November 2004: Fixed route weekend & night service instead of daytime 797 & 798, commenced by Westbus (National Express group), replacing “MoveZone” service in same area.
August 2005: Westbus Group transferred to Comfort Delgro/Cabcharge joint venture.
11 October 2009: Ceased and replaced by trips on individual routes to the relevant suburbs, as a result of MoT review of Region 1.
Route N2
PENRITH – SOUTH PENRITH – JAMISONTOWN
1 November 2004: Fixed route weekend & night service instead of daytime 791 & 794, commenced by Westbus (National Express group), replacing “MoveZone” service in same area.
August 2005: Westbus Group transferred to Comfort Delgro/Cabcharge joint venture.
11 October 2009: Ceased and replaced by trips on individual routes to the relevant suburbs, as a result of MoT review of Region 1.
Route N3
PENRITH – CRANEBROOK via Cambridge Gardens & Cambridge Park
1 November 2004: Fixed route night service instead of daytime 782-6, commenced by Westbus (National Express group), replacing “MoveZone” service in same area.
August 2005: Westbus Group transferred to Comfort Delgro/Cabcharge joint venture.
11 October 2009: Ceased and replaced by trips on individual routes to the relevant suburbs, as a result of MoT review of Region 1.
Route N4
ST MARYS – MT DRUITT via North St Marys, Tregear, Willmot, Lethbridge Park & Whalan
1 November 2004: Fixed route night service instead of daytime 766 & 769, commenced by Westbus (National Express group), replacing “MoveZone” service in same area.
August 2005: Westbus Group transferred to Comfort Delgro/Cabcharge joint venture.
11 October 2009: Ceased and replaced by trips on individual routes to the relevant suburbs, as a result of MoT review of Region 1.
Route N5
ST MARYS – ERSKINE PARK via Colyton & St Clair
1 November 2004: Fixed route night service instead of daytime 770-3, commenced by Westbus (National Express group), replacing “MoveZone” service in same area.
August 2005: Westbus Group transferred to Comfort Delgro/Cabcharge joint venture.
11 October 2009: Ceased and replaced by trips on individual routes to the relevant suburbs, as a result of MoT review of Region 1.
SHOPPER HOPPER routes generally provide service on weekdays between approx 9.30am & 2.30pm over parts of routes which were otherwise abolished with the introduction of the new integrated networks at the time of MoT reviews. They cater for passengers unable to access higher frequency routes and/or retain links which no longer justify a full time service.
Route S1
CABRAMATTA – LANSVALE
18 September 2006: Commenced by Transit First as part of MoT review of Region 13. Replaced part of 817.
1 February 2007: Transferred to Veolia Transport.
Route S2
AUBURN – AUBURN BOTANIC GARDENS – GRANVILLE
18 September 2006: Auburn – Botanic Gardens commenced by Transit First (Threlkeld family) as part of MoT review of Region 13. Replaced part of 917.
1 February 2007: Transferred to Veolia Transport.
12 February 2007: Extended from Auburn Botanic Gardens to Granville.
8 December 2008: Western leg of S2 and S3 (Sefton – Chester Hill) amalgamated as S2 – see next entry. Eastern leg of S2 renumbered S3.
GRANVILLE – CHESTER HILL – SEFTON
8 December 2008: Western leg of S2 and S3 (Sefton – Chester Hill) rerouted and amalgamated as Granville – Chester Hill – Batt St, Sefton. Operated by Veolia Transport.
Route S3
SEFTON – CHESTER HILL
18 September 2006: Commenced by Transit First (Threlkeld family) as part of MoT review of Region 13. Replaced part of 908.
1 February 2007: Transferred to Veolia Transport.
8 December 2008: Rerouted and amalgamated with western leg of S2 as S2, Granville – Chester Hill – Batt St, Sefton.
AUBURN – CHISHOLM RD
8 December 2008: Eastern leg of S2 renumbered S3. Operated by Veolia Transport.
Route S4
FAIRFIELD – VILLAWOOD – CHESTER HILL
18 September 2006: Villawood – Chester Hill commenced by Veolia Transport as part of MoT review of Region 13. Replaced part of 818.
8 December 2008: Extended from Villawood to Fairfield.
Route S5
PADSTOW - MILPERRA
9 October 2006: Commenced by Transit First (Threlkeld family)subsequent to MoT review of Region 13. Replaced parts of 925 & 926.
1 February 2007: Transferred to Veolia Transport.
8 December 2008: Route altered between Revesby and Padstow via Sphinx Av, instead of Neptune & Hydrae Sts. Off-peak service to Neptune & Hydrae Sts now provided by an extension of 926 at those times.
Route S7
BLACKTOWN – PARKLEA GARDEN VILLAGE
2 May 2007: Commenced by Busways Blacktown (Rowe family). Number “7” was allocated on the basis that other routes in the area commence with that digit.
Route S8
CONSTITUTION HILL – WENTWORTHVILLE
11 May 2009: Commenced by Hillsbus (Comfort Delgro/Cabcharge), as a result of MoT review of Region 4.
Route S9
GLENFIELD – GLENQUARIE SHOPS
23 February 2009: Commenced by Busabout (Calabro family).
Route S10
MILLER – HECKENBERG
22 March 2010: Renumbered from equivalent part of 841, as a result of MoT review of Region 3. Operated by Metro-Link (branch of the Oliveri family)
Route S11
ST MARYS – OXLEY PARK – COLYTON – ST CLAIR
11 October 2009: Commenced by Westbus (Comfort Delgro/Cabcharge), as a result of MoT review of Region 1. Replaced parts of 770 & 772.
Route S12
QUAKERS HILL LOOP
11 October 2009: Commenced by Busways Blacktown (Rowe family), as a result of MoT review of Region 1.
Route S13
PENRITH – MULGOA ROAD via Mountainview Retreat retirement village
11 October 2009: Commenced by Westbus (Comfort Delgro/Cabcharge), as a result of MoT review of Region 1. Replaced diversions of 794 to Mountainview Retreat retirement village.
Route S14
LAKEMBA – ROSELANDS – PUNCHBOWL – MT LEWIS
22 March 2010: Commenced by Punchbowl Bus Co as a result of MoT review of Region 5. Replaced parts of 447 & 942.
TRANSITWAY routes operate along the whole or part of a Transitway, most of which is in the form of an exclusive bus roadway. The digit following the “T” in the route number is that which is the first digit of other routes in the same geographical area.
The current Transitways traversed by private bus routes for any significant distance are:
- NW (ie, North-west) Transitway between Parramatta & Rouse Hill Town Centre (mostly adjacent to Old Windsor & Windsor Rds)
- NW Transitway (Sunnyholt Rd) between Blacktown and Burns Rd/Old Windsor Rd (almost entirely adjacent to Sunnyholt Rd).
Some private bus routes also run along relatively short distances of the Liverpool-Parramatta Transitway, but such routes are not given numbers prefixed with “T”.
Route T60
PARRAMATTA – CASTLE HILL via NW Transitway & Kings Langley
11 May 2009: Commenced by Hillsbus (Comfort Delgro/Cabcharge) as part of MoT review of Region 4. Replaced 606 between Winston Hills and Castle Hill.
Route T61
PARRAMATTA – CASTLE HILL via NW Transitway & Crestwood
11 March 2007: Commenced by Hillsbus (Comfort Delgro/Cabcharge) in connection with opening of the first section of NW T-way. Follows 718 through Kings Langley.
Route T62
PARRAMATTA – NORTH KELLYVILLE – ROUSE HILL via NW Transitway & Bella Vista
ROUSE HILL – BELLA VISTA via Sanctuary Dr
11 March 2007: Parramatta – North Kellyville commenced by Hillsbus (Comfort Delgro/Cabcharge) in connection with opening of the first section of NW T-way. Replaced 706.
25 September 2007: Parramatta – North Kellyville route extended from North Kellyville to Rouse Hill Town Centre.
4 November 2007: Additional trips Rouse Hill – Bella Vista via Sanctuary Dr commenced.
11 May 2009: Altered to Parramatta – Castle Hill via NW Transitway & Bella Vista – see next entry. Rerouted T64 and new T66 replaced most of route through Kellyville & Rouse Hill.
PARRAMATTA – CASTLE HILL via NW Transitway & Bella Vista
11 May 2009: Altered to run to Castle Hill as part of MoT review of Region 4. Route unaltered between Parramatta and Windsor Rd/Showground Rd.
Route T63
PARRAMATTA – KELLYVILLE RIDGE – ROUSE HILL via NW Transitway & Glenwood
11 March 2007: Parramatta – Kellyville Ridge commenced by Hillsbus (Comfort Delgro/Cabcharge) in connection with opening of the first section of NW T-way. Renumbered from 730, but rerouted via T-way and transferred from Busways Blacktown.
25 September 2007: Extended from Kellyville Ridge to Rouse Hill Town Centre via T-way.
Route T64
PARRAMATTA – ROUSE HILL via NW Transitway & Beaumont Hills
11 March 2007: Commenced by Hillsbus (Comfort Delgro/Cabcharge) in connection with opening of the first section of NW T-way.
25 September 2007: Extended from Adelphi St, Rouse Hill to Rouse Hill Town Centre via T-way.
11 May 2009: Altered to leave T-way at Norwest Blvd, then via Bella Vista and old T62 through Kellyville, then to Rouse Hill via Sanctuary Dr, as part of MoT review of Region 4. Route through Rouse Hill replaced by new T66.
Route T65
PARRAMATTA – ROUSE HILL TOWN CENTRE via NW Transitway direct
11 March 2007: Parramatta – Merriville & Windsor Rds commenced by Hillsbus (Comfort Delgro/Cabcharge) in connection with opening of the first section of NW T-way.
25 September 2007: Extended from Merriville Rd to Rouse Hill Town Centre via T-way.
Route T66
PARRAMATTA – ROUSE HILL via NW Transitway & Milford Dr
11 May 2009: Commenced by Hillsbus (Comfort Delgro/Cabcharge), replacing T64 through Rouse Hill, as part of MoT review of Region 4. Terminates at Adelphi St, Rouse Hill.
Route T70
BLACKTOWN – GLENWOOD – CASTLE HILL via NW Transitway (Sunnyholt Rd)
4 November 2007: Renumbered from 740 and rerouted via Sunnyholt Rd T-way and through Bella Vista in connection with opening of Sunnyholt Rd section of NW T-way. Operated by Busways Blacktown (Rowe family).
Route T71
BLACKTOWN – STANHOPE GARDENS – CASTLE HILL via NW Transitway (Sunnyholt Rd)
4 November 2007: Renumbered from 741 and rerouted via Sunnyholt Rd T-way and via Rouse Hill Town Centre in connection with opening of Sunnyholt Rd section of NW T-way. Operated by Busways Blacktown (Rowe family).
Route T74
BLACKTOWN – THE PONDS via NW Transitway (Sunnyholt Rd)
29 June 2009: Commenced by Busways Blacktown (Rowe family) to new suburb, under the NSW Government’s Growth Buses Program.
Route T75
BLACKTOWN – STANHOPE GARDENS – ROUSE HILL – RIVERSTONE via NW Transitway (Sunnyholt Rd) and either Rouse Hill Caravan Park or Schofields
4 November 2007: Trips on 742, 742R & 742S, other than those entirely between Riverstone and Rouse Hill, renumbered and rerouted via Sunnyholt Rd T-way in connection with opening of Sunnyholt Rd section of NW T-way. Operated by Busways Blacktown (Rowe family).
11 October 2009: Separate “via Rouse Hill Caravan Park” and “via Schofields” routes merged into a single route. The few remaining trips on 742 (including Riverstone Township trips) also merged into this route. All as a result of MoT review of Region 1.
