List of bus routes in Melbourne
This is a list of bus routes that are part of the bus network, in Melbourne, Australia.
Kinetic Melbourne operate approximately 30% of the bus network, signing contracts in 2021 as part of the Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Franchise. The remaining 70% of the network is operated under 23 contracts with other bus operators, all of these contracts were entered into in mid-2018 and will expire in 2025 or 2028.[1][2]
Route numbering scheme
The route number of buses in Melbourne can tell a little about the route's operator, area served and even its history.
Route numbering was a reflection of the designated zonal area used during the 1980s. Areas were referred to as "Neighbourhood Zones". However, as part of the "Grow or Go" policies, route numbers across the bus network were affected. There are no two-digit route numbers – these are used exclusively by trams.
- 150–199, 400–899: These routes are run by private companies. Most are found in the middle and outer suburbs, where they provide feeders to railway Stations and provide local travel.
- 200–399: These routes were former government-run routes (Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board and then MetBus). They are found mostly in inner suburbs such as Footscray/Sunshine, Elsternwick-Brighton, Clifton Hill and Port Melbourne. Routes in the Doncaster/Templestowe area also have these numbers due to a Tramways board takeover after the area's private operator collapsed. In the 1990s all MetBus routes were put out to private franchise. Until August 2013, these services were operated by Melbourne Bus Link and National Bus Company. All of these services were taken over by Transdev Melbourne, which were since taken over by Kinetic Melbourne
- 900 series: Historically these route numbers were used by Victorian Railways, who ran buses co-ordinated with trains on some routes. Routes with these numbers have either been abolished or incorporated into other routes. The 900 series is now used for the high frequency SmartBus services, which are mostly cross-town and orbital routes.
By route number
100-199
200–299
300–399
400–499
500–599
600–699
700–799
Route No. | Destinations | Bus Operator(s) | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
701 | Oakleigh
Bentleigh |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
703 | Blackburn
|
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
704 | Westall Station
Oakleigh |
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
705 | Mordialloc via Braeside & Clayton South |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
706 | Mordialloc via Aspendale & Edithvale Chelsea |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
708 | Carrum Hampton |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
709 | Mordialloc
via Governor Road |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
732 | Box Hill station
via Vermont South Tram Terminus |
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
733 | Box Hill station
Oakleigh |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
734 | Glen Iris
|
Ventura Bus Lines | |
735 | Box Hill station
via K-Mart Plaza, Forest Hill Chase Shopping Centre |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
736 | Mitcham via Glen Waverley |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
737 | Croydon Station
via Boronia Station, Westfield Knox, Glen Waverley Station |
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
738 | Mitcham Station
via Knox Private Hospital, Wantirna College |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
740 | Mitcham Station
via Reserve Avenue, Churinga Avenue |
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
742 | Ringwood Station
via Vermont South, Glen Waverley Station, Oakleigh Station |
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
745A | Westfield Knox
via Victoria Road and Sasses Avenue |
Ventura Bus Lines | [16] |
745B | Bayswater Station
Via Victoria Road and Sasses Avenue |
Ventura Bus Lines | [16] |
745C | Bayswater Station
Via Victoria Road and Sasses Avenue |
Ventura Bus Lines | [16] |
745D | Bayswater Station
Via Mountain Highway and Stud Road |
Ventura Bus Lines | [16] |
753 | Bayswater via Boronia |
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
754 | Glen Waverley via Wheelers Hill |
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
755 | Bayswater via The Basin & Ferntree Gully |
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
757 | Westfield Knox
Scoresby |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
758 | Westfield Knox
Knoxfield Shops |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
760 | Cranbourne via Carrum Downs |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
765 | Box Hill station via Blackburn Mitcham |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
766 | Box Hill station
Burwood |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
767 | Westfield Southland |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
768 | Box Hill station
|
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
770 | Frankston via Ashleigh Avenue |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
771 | Frankston via McMahons Road or Orwil Street |
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
772 | Frankston
Eliza Heights |
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
773 | Frankston
Frankston South |
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
774 | Frankston
Delacombe Park |
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
775 | Frankston
Lakewood |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
776 | Frankston
|
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
777 | Karingal Hub Shopping Centre
McClelland Drive, Langwarrin |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
778 | Kananook Station
Carrum Downs |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
779 | Frankston
Belvedere |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
780 | Frankston
Carrum |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
781 | Frankston via Mornington |
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
782 | Frankston via Hastings |
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
783 | Frankston
|
Ventura Bus Lines | |
784 | Frankston
via Mornington Osborne |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
785 | Frankston
Mornington East |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
786 | Rye
|
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
787 | Sorrento
|
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
788 | Frankston
|
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
789 | Langwarrin via Langwarrin North |
Cranbourne Transit |
|
790 | Langwarrin via Langwarrin South |
Cranbourne Transit |
|
791 | Cranbourne
|
Cranbourne Transit | |
792 | Cranbourne Pearcedale |
Cranbourne Transit |
|
795 | Cranbourne
|
Cranbourne Transit | |
796 | Cranbourne
|
Cranbourne Transit | |
798 | Cranbourne
Selandra Rise Estate |
Cranbourne Transit | |
799 | Merinda Park Station
The Avenue Village Shopping Centre |
Cranbourne Transit |
800–899
Route No. | Destinations | Bus Operator(s) | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
800 | Dandenong
via Springvale and Oakleigh |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
802 | Dandenong
via Mulgrave and Oakleigh |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
804 | Dandenong
via Wheelers Hill and Oakleigh Chadstone Shopping Centre |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
811 | Dandenong
via Springvale and Westfield Southland Brighton |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
812 | Dandenong
via Parkmore and Westfield Southland Brighton |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
813 | Dandenong
via Parkmore and Springvale |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
814 | Dandenong
via Waverley Gardens Shopping Centre |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
816 | Keysborough South
Noble Park |
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
821 | Westfield Southland
Clayton |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
822 | Chadstone Shopping Centre
Sandringham |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
823 | North Brighton
|
Ventura Bus Lines | |
824 | Moorabbin
via Clayton Keysborough |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
825 | Moorabbin
via Mentone |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
828 | Hampton
via Dandenong Berwick |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
831 | Kingsmere Estate
via Casey Hospital |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
832 | Frankston
Carrum Downs |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
833 | Frankston
|
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
834 | Berwick
via Narre Warren Berwick |
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
835 | Berwick
via Narre Warren Berwick |
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
836 | Eden Rise Shopping Centre
via Bridgewater Estate |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
837 | Berwick Station
Beaconsfield East |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
838 | Emerald
via Beaconsfield |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
839 | Berwick Station
North Berwick |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
840 | Gembrook
|
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
841 | Narre Warren North
Cranbourne |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
842 | Endeavour Hills
Westfield Fountain Gate |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
843 | Dandenong
via Daniel Solander Drive Endeavour Hills |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
844 | Dandenong
Doveton |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
845 | Dandenong
via Kennington Park Drive Endeavour Hills |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
846 | Eden Rise Shopping Centre
via Bryn Mawr Boulevard |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
847 | The Avenue Village Shopping Centre
|
Ventura Bus Lines | |
848 | Dandenong
Brandon Park Shopping Centre |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
850 | Dandenong
via Waverley Gardens Shopping Centre |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
857 | Chelsea
via Patterson Lakes Dandenong |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
858 | Edithvale
via Chelsea Aspendale Gardens |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
861 | Dandenong
via Dandenong Hospital Endeavour Hills |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
862 | Dandenong
Chadstone Shopping Centre |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
863 | Endeavour Hills
|
Ventura Bus Lines | |
881 | Merinda Park Station
|
Cranbourne Transit |
|
885 | Glen Waverley
|
Ventura Bus Lines | |
887 | Frankston Station
via Monash University, Peninsula campus |
Ventura Bus Lines | |
888 | Berwick Station
|
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
889 | Berwick Station
|
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
890 | Lynbrook Station
|
Cranbourne Transit | |
891 | Lynbrook Station
Westfield Fountain Gate |
Cranbourne Transit | |
892 | Narre Warren South
Dandenong |
Cranbourne Transit | |
893 | Cranbourne
via Hampton Park Dandenong |
Cranbourne Transit | |
894 | Amberley Park (Narre Warren South)
|
Cranbourne Transit | |
895 | Narre Warren South
via Hampton Park Westfield Fountain Gate |
Cranbourne Transit | |
897 | Lynbrook Station
Clyde |
Cranbourne Transit | |
898 | Cranbourne
Archers Field Drive (Cranbourne East) |
Cranbourne Transit | |
899 | The Avenue Village Shopping Centre
|
Ventura Bus Lines |
900–999
Airports
Destinations | Bus Operator(s) | Comments |
---|---|---|
City (Southern Cross Station)
Melbourne Airport |
SkyBus |
|
City (Southern Cross station)
via Werribee RSL |
SkyBus |
|
Former Routes
This article needs additional citations for verification. (April 2016) |
Route No. | Destinations | Bus Operator(s) | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
201 | City via Kew Junction Westfield Doncaster |
Transdev Melbourne |
|
202 | Box Hill station via Balwyn Kew East |
Transdev Melbourne |
|
203 | City via Eastern Freeway Bulleen |
Transdev Melbourne |
|
205 | Melbourne University via Kew Junction Westfield Doncaster |
Transdev Melbourne |
|
219 | Sunshine South via Footscray, City Gardenvale |
Transdev Melbourne |
|
238 | City (Port Melbourne) |
Transdev Melbourne |
|
249 | City La Trobe University, Bundoora |
National Bus Company |
|
253 | Garden City (Port Melbourne) via City North Carlton |
Transdev Melbourne |
|
283 | Westfield Doncaster Bulleen |
National Bus Company |
|
286 | Box Hill station via Blackburn The Pines Shopping Centre |
Transdev Melbourne |
|
289 | Box Hill station Donvale |
National Bus Company |
|
291 | Box Hill station via Westfield Doncaster Heidelberg |
National Bus Company |
|
301 | City via Templestowe The Pines Shopping Centre |
National Bus Company |
|
306 | City via Doncaster East, Canopus Drive Ringwood North |
National Bus Company |
|
307 | City via Donvale Mitcham |
National Bus Company |
|
313 | City Doncaster Park & Ride |
Transdev Melbourne |
|
315 | City Box Hill station |
Transdev Melbourne |
|
316 | City Deep Creek |
National Bus Company |
|
340 | City via Thornbury La Trobe University, Bundoora |
Transdev Melbourne |
|
365 | Ringwood via Tunstall Square Westfield Doncaster |
National Bus Company |
|
366 | Ringwood via Croydon Hills Croydon |
Transdev Melbourne |
|
367 | Ringwood via Ringwood East Croydon |
Transdev Melbourne |
|
413 | Laverton via Hoppers Crossing Pacific Werribee |
CDC Melbourne Operated by CDC Melbourne – Altona Depot |
|
416 | Laverton Hoppers Crossing |
CDC Melbourne Operated by CDC Melbourne – Altona Depot |
|
422 | St Albans Delahey |
CDC Melbourne Operated by CDC Melbourne – Sunshine Depot |
|
429 | Yarraville Altona East |
Sita Buslines |
|
430 | Yarraville Geelong Road, Yarraville |
Sita Buslines |
|
433 | Newport Geelong Road, Brooklyn |
Sita Buslines |
|
438 | Werribee Manor Lakes |
Westrans |
|
440 | Werribee via Wyndham Vale, Pacific Werribee Hoppers Crossing |
Westrans |
|
442 | Hoppers Crossing via Pacific Werribee, The Grange Tarneit |
CDC Melbourne |
|
447 | Werribee via Ballan Road Manor Lakes |
CDC Melbourne |
|
448 | Pacific Werribee via Greaves Street North Manor Lakes |
CDC Melbourne |
|
449 | Werribee via Black Forest Road Manor Lakes |
CDC Melbourne |
|
451 | Sunshine Brimbank Central Shopping Centre |
Sita Buslines |
|
454 | Sunshine Sunshine West |
Sita Buslines |
|
475 | Moonee Ponds Junction via Niddrie Keilor East |
Kastoria Bus Lines |
|
493 | Williams Landing Station via Point Cook Town Centre East Werribee |
CDC Melbourne |
|
500 | Broadmeadows via Melbourne Airport Sunbury |
Tullamarine Bus Lines |
|
501 | Moonee Ponds Junction via Strathmore Niddrie |
Kastoria Bus Lines |
|
509 | Brunswick West Sydney Road |
Hope Street Bus Line |
|
520 | Doreen via Yarrambat Greensborough |
Dysons | |
547 | Kew La Trobe University, Bundoora |
Ivanhoe Bus Company |
|
560 | Greensborough via Bundoora, Keon Park Broadmeadows |
East West Bus Company |
|
562 | Whittlesea via South Morang Station, Mill Park, Bundoora Northland Shopping Centre |
Dysons |
|
565 | Greensborough Greensborough North East |
Dysons |
|
565 | Kinglake via Humevale Whittlesea |
Dysons |
|
568 | Northland Shopping Centre North Watsonia Greensborough |
Dysons |
|
571A | Roxburgh Park Epping |
Dysons East West Bus Company |
|
572 | University Hill via Mill Park Stables Shopping Centre, South Morang Station, Mernda Doreen |
Dysons (Ceased from July 2016) |
|
573 | University Hill
Mill Park Lakes/Palisades |
Dysons |
|
581 | Eltham Research |
Panorama Coaches |
|
615 | Box Hill station Balwyn North |
Quince's Scenicruisers |
|
627 | Elsternwick
|
Driver Bus Lines |
Ceased 25 September 2010 and Split and simplified into:
|
634 | Middle Brighton Lilydale |
Quince's Scenicruisers |
Split up between:
|
665 | Ringwood Dandenong |
Invicta Bus Services |
|
673 | Lillydale Lakes
Lillydale Lakes |
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
676 | Lilydale
via Lilydale East Lilydale |
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
700 | Box Hill station Mordialloc |
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
731 | Camberwell Balwyn North |
Quince's Scenicruisers |
|
769 | Karingal Hub Shopping Centre
|
Peninsula Bus Lines |
|
794 | Cranbourne Pearcedale |
Cranbourne Transit |
|
797 | Cranbourne Town Service | Cranbourne Transit |
|
801 | Dandenong Keysborough |
Grenda's Bus Services |
|
815 | Dandenong
Noble Park |
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
826 | Hampton via Westfield Southland, Westfield Fountain Gate Pakenham |
Grenda's Bus Services |
|
830 | Dandenong Frankston |
Grenda's Bus Services |
|
831 | Dandenong Frankston |
Grenda's Bus Services |
|
849 | Dandenong
via Gleneagles Dr Mossgiel Park |
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
886 | Rosebud
Chisholm TAFE – Rosebud Campus |
Ventura Bus Lines |
|
888 | Nunawading
via Edithvale |
Grenda's Bus Services | |
889 | Nunawading
via Chelsea Heights |
Grenda's Bus Services |
|
896 | Cranbourne Station
Cranbourne East |
Cranbourne Transit |
|
By bus company
Image | Operator | Routes | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Broadmeadows Bus Service | 511, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 533, 537, 544 | Owned by Northern Transit Holdings | |
Cranbourne Transit | 789, 790, 791, 792, 795, 796, 798, 799, 881, 890, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895, 897, 898 | Formerly known as FA Phillips Bus Service. Owned by Pulitano Group. | |
CDC Melbourne | 150, 151, 153, 160, 161, 166, 167, 170, 180, 181, 190, 191, 192, 400, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 414, 415, 417, 418, 419, 421, 423, 424, 425, 439, 441, 443, 461, 477, 478, 479, 482, 484, 490, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498, 543, 601, 605, 606, 612, 623, 624, 625, 626, 630, 900 | Subsidiary of ComfortDelGro Australia | |
Dysons | 301, 356, 357, 358, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 504, 505, 508, 509, 513, 517, 518, 534, 536, 538, 540, 541, 542, 546, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 561, 564, 566, 567, 569, 570, 577, 609 Ruthven Secondary College – 001,002,003,004,005 Merrilands Express. | ||
Kastoria Bus Lines | 460, 462, 475, 476, 501 | Owned by Northern Transit Holdings | |
Kinetic Melbourne | 200, 202, 207, 215, 216, 219, 220, 223, 232, 234, 235, 236, 237, 246, 250, 251, 270, 271, 273, 279, 280, 281, 282, 284, 285, 293, 295, 302, 303, 304, 305, 309, 318, 350, 364, 370, 380, 426, 600, 901, 902, 903, 905, 906, 907, 908, 922, 923 | ||
Martyrs Bus Service | 683 | Owned by Dineen Group | |
McKenzie's Tourist Services | 684, 685, 686, 687 | Owned by Dineen Group | |
Moonee Valley Coaches | 503, 506 | ||
Moreland Buslines | 510, 512 | ||
Panorama Coaches | 343, 578, 579, 580, 582 | Owned by Dineen Group | |
Ryan Brothers Bus Service | 465, 467, 468 | ||
Transit Systems Victoria | 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 420, 422, 427, 428, 431, 432, 453, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 471, 472 | Owned by Transit Systems | |
SkyBus | Melbourne Airport – City, Avalon Airport - City | ||
Sunbury Bus Service | 481, 483, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489 | Owned by Donric Group | |
Ventura Bus Lines | 526, 527, 548, 549, 550, 551, 631, 663, 664, 670, 671, 672, 673, 675, 676, 677, 679, 680, 681, 682, 688, 689, 691, 693, 690, 694, 695, 696, 697, 699, 701, 703, 704, 705, 706, 708, 709, 732, 733, 734, 735, 736, 737, 738, 740, 742, 745, 753, 754, 755, 757, 758, 765, 766, 767, 768, 770, 771, 772, 773, 774, 775, 776, 777, 778, 779, 780, 781, 782, 783, 784, 785, 786, 787, 788, 800, 802, 804, 811, 812, 813, 814, 815, 821, 822, 823, 824, 825, 828, 831, 832, 833, 834, 835, 836, 837, 838, 839, 841, 842, 843, 844, 845, 846, 847, 848, 849, 850, 857, 858, 861, 862, 863, 885, 886, 887, 899, 900, 925, 926, 927, 928, 929, 966, 968 |
See also
- Buses in Melbourne
- Transport in Melbourne
- List of Victorian Bus Companies
- Transportation in Australia
References
- ^ "Metropolitan Bus Services Contract - Dineen Group". Buying for Victoria. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "Metropolitan Bus Services Contract - Cranbourne Transit". Buying for Victoria. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "Route 109 Express". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 9 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ "200 City (Queen St) - Bulleen". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "201 Box Hill Station - Deakin University". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^
- ^ "215 Caroline Springs - Highpoint SC". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "223 Yarraville - Highpoint SC". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "232 Altona North - City (Queen Victoria Market)". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ "234 Garden City - City (Queen Victoria Market)". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ a b "Wyndham - Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ a b Little hope for Brunswick bus route favoured by aged The Age 10 August 2012
- ^ Consultation begins on reinstatement of Hope Street bus Public Transport Victoria 22 May 2015
- ^ New bus route 509 introduced to Brunswick West Archived 2016-04-10 at the Wayback Machine Public Transport Victoria
- ^ Hope St bus service returns to Brunswick from 4 January Leader Community Newspapers 17 November 2015
- ^ a b c d "745 Knox City - Bayswater - Wantirna Primary School". Public Transport Victoria.
- ^ [1] Bus services tripled and a new station to boost public transport for Point Cook area
External links
- Public Transport Victoria (PTV) (official public transport website)