Busways

Template:Public transport operators in Sydney Busways is a company that operates bus services in the western suburbs of Sydney, Central Coast and North Coast of New South Wales, Australia.

Blacktown services

Busways provides services in Rouse Hill, Quakers Hill, Prospect, Blacktown, Rooty Hill, Mount Druitt and Riverstone, as well as many other suburbs.

721-750 - Blacktown

The Blacktown area operates to extend the reach of the CityRail network with most routes providing connecting services to CityRail railway station / bus interchanges.

Route	Start	Via	End	Service type/Comments
718	Seven Hils	Kings Langley	Daily daytime service
721	Blacktown	Blacktown Hospital Loop service	Blacktown	Daily daytime service
722	Blacktown	Prospect Loop service	Blacktown	Daily fulltime service
724	Blacktown	Arndell Park Loop service	Blacktown	Daily fulltime service
725	Blacktown	Doonside Loop service	Blacktown	Daily fulltime service
726	Blacktown	Monash Road	Doonside Station	Daily daytime srvice Limited service Sun.
727	Blacktown	Tallawong Loop service	Blacktown	Mon- Fri daytime service Limited service Sat- Sun
737	Mount Druitt	Rooty Hill	Eastern Creek	Daily fulltime service
738	Mount Druitt	Rooty Hill	Eastern Creek	Limited weekday service
739	Mount Druitt	Minchinbury Loop service	Mount Druitt	Mon- Sat fulltime service Limited service sun.
740	Castle Hill	Glenwood Bella Vista	Blacktown	Daily fulltime service, T-way service
741	Castle Hill	Kellyville Ridge Stanhope Gardens Beaumont Hills	Blacktown	Daily fulltime service, T-way service
742	Blacktown	Parklea	Rouse Hill
742R/S	Blacktown	Schofields Rouse Hill	Riverstone	selected 742 trips extended to Riverstone via 742R/S
743	Kings Park	Lalor Park	Blacktown	Daily fulltime service, T-way service
745	Plumpton	Norwest	Castle Hill
750	Plumpton	Macquarie University	Macquarie Centre

Campbelltown services

Busways provide services in Campbelltown to Camden and Wollongong. For the area they have 2 depots, 1 at Smeaton Grange and 1 near Airds. The Routes they operate are:

878 Eschol Park via Campbelltown Road and Raby Rd 880 Minto Mall via Claymore, Eagle Vale and Kearns 881 Leumeah Nth 882 Leumeah Sth via Waminda Av 882B Leumeah Sth via O'Sullivan Rd 883 Ruse 883K Kentlyn 884 Airds 884W Wedderburn via 884 route through Airds 885 Bradbury and St Helens Park Nth 886 Bradbury and Airds via Macarthur Square 887 St Helens Pk Sth via Crispsarkle Dr and Cleopatra Dr 889 St Helens Pk Sth via Copperfield Dr 890 Appin and Wollongong 891 Glen Alpine 892 Menangle (some sevices operate via 891 route) 893 Blair Athol 894 Harrington Pk, Currans Hill and Camden 895 Camden South (some services operate through Smeaton Grangle and at night and on sundays operate as 896) 896 Narellan Vale via Mt Annan and narellan and Catherine Fields

Macarthur Square changed around the bus rank there from in the carpark to on Kellicar Rd heading towards Menangle in February 2006.

Central Coast services

Busways provides services in Gosford, Kincumber, Terrigal, Tuggerah and Wyong, as well as many other suburbs.

Busways currently have 8 timetables in circulation in the Central Coast Area. 5 of these are from the Gosford Area (Kincumber depot)and 3 of these are from the Wyong Area (Woongarah Depot).

Timetables are as follows:

GOSFORD:

Route 33-34 Kariong, Somersby Mangrove Mountain (Bottle Green); Route 36,37,38 Gosofrd, Narara, Wyoming, Lisarow, Westfield Tuggerah (Red); Routes 50-60 PENINSULA BUS BOOK covering the Woy Woy Peninsula (Pink); Routes 67-69 Terrigal, Erina Fair, Wamberal (Blue); Routes 61,63-66,69 KINCUMBER BUS BOOK covering Kincumber, Erina & Avoca Areas (Light Green)

WYONG:

Routes 78-82 Lake Haven, Wyong and Tuggerah, also contains routes 79N & 83 (Blue); Routes 90-92 Toukley, Norah Head, Budgewoi, San Remo (Yellow); Routes 97-99 Blue Haven, Gwandalan, Swansea and Charlestown (Bottle Green)

The longest service that is on the Central Coast Network is the 99 from Charlestown to Lake Haven via Lake Munmorah, Summerland Point, Gwandalan, Catherine Hill Bay, Nords Wharf and Swansea up the Pacific Highway taking 1 hour and 37 minutes. The next longest is the 60 from Gosford to Woy Woy via Erina Fair, Kincumber, Avoca Drive, Empire Bay Drive, Bensville, St Huberts Island, Ettalong, Umina and Woy Woy. This journey take 1 hour and 30 minutes

Network maps are avaialable on the Busways website for both the Wyong and Gosford Areas.

The tickets that are sold are Single Ride Tickets, PET, and Bus Plus (from City Rail). All fares are based on sections more information availbale on the website.

Wyong and Gosford services meet only at Westfield Tuggerah, making it possible to travel from Charlestown/Swansea through to Patonga only on Busways buses.

Many buses in the Central Coast area have started to change their livery. Buses with fleet numbers 300 and above generally, are going from the Red and Gold Livery with the old logo, to all over white with the new logo (above)

School bus services

The New South Wales state government sub-contracts some school bus services on the Central Coast to Busways, which enable students to travel to and from school for free provided they show an appropriate bus pass.

North Coast services

Busways provides services throughout Grafton, Coffs Harbour, Port Macquarie, Yamba and Great Lakes.

See also

• Buses in Sydney

External link

• Busways Website