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The Times November 2016 A journal of transport timetable history and analysis RRP $4.95 Inside: Four AM at the Airport Incl. GST What branch WAS that? Woden & Weston The Times A journal of the Australian Timetable Association Inc. (A0043673H) Print Publication No: 349069/00070, ISSN 0813-6327 November 2016 Vol 33 No. 11, Issue No. 394 The Times welcomes all contributions. Our Authors’ Guide is available on our web-site. Reproduction Material appearing in The Times may be reproduced in other publications, with an acknowledgement. Disclaimer Opinions expressed in our magazines are not necessarily those of the Association or its members. Editor, The Times Geoff Lambert 179 Sydney Rd FAIRLIGHT 2094 NSW thetimes@austta.org.au A full ATA contact list can be found periodically in Members News, at http://www.austta.org.au/newsletter.pdf The Times back issues here —Contents— HILAIRE FRASER WODEN AND WESTON—A 50-YEAR HISTORY 3 DAVID HENNELL PICK-A-BOX ANSWERS 7 JIM WELLS FOUR AM AT THE AIRPORT 14 2 The Times November 2016 Serving Canberra’s Woden Valley and Weston Creek Hilaire Fraser HIS ARTICLE DETAILS BUS services to Woden Valley and T Weston Creek—continuing our series on Canberra’s bus services. (Jan 2016). In the 1960s, Canberra was to outgrow the plan developed by Walter Burley Griffin. It was decided to extend Can- berra by means of several satellite towns, so that Canberra would not be characterised by the usual urban sprawl. In 1964 construction started on Woden Valley, the first satellite town, to the south west of Walter Burley Griffin’s original city. In 1968 con- struction of the first suburbs in Weston Creek, an offshoot of Woden Valley, commenced. In 2011 construction of the first suburbs in Molonglo Valley commenced. Examining the 1968 Woden Valley- Deakin-Yarralumla Bus Route Map accompa- nying this article (below left), Woden Valley bus routes were:- 9 Woden Interchange-Pearce-Torrens 10 Woden Interchange-Mawson-Farrer 11 Woden Interchange-Lyons-Chifley-Pearce 15 City-Deakin-Hughes-Garran-Woden Inter- change 16 City-Woden Valley Express via Yarra Glen 17 City-Curtin-Woden Interchange Like Inner Canberra Bus Services, Woden Valley bus services were coupled as follows:- 9/15, 10/16, 11/17. Woden Interchange was a humble affair at this time simply comprising a number of waiting sheds adjacent to Phillip Swimming Pool on Melrose Drive. The present Inter- change adjacent to the shopping centre at Woden Town Centre was opened in Decem- ber 1972. Routes 9/15, 10/16, 11/17 (both northbound and southbound) arrived at Woden Inter- change at 18 and 48 minutes past the hour Mondays to Fridays and departed at 20 and 50 minutes past the hour providing what is now called a “pulse” system. Monday to Fri- The Times November 2016 3 day evening services were provided operate via the new shopping centre. 25 Woden-Cooleman-Rivett-Chapman every 30 minutes on routes 9, 10, 11 (operates 60 mins daytime, 20 In Spring 1977, route 17 was split into and 16, and hourly on routes 15 and minutes peak, 60 minutes evening, 230 City-Russell-Barton-Curtin West- 17. Weekend services were re- supplemented by peak hour 726 Woden and 231 City-Barton- configured to operate hourly as 9/15, City-Cooleman-Rivett-Chapman, 3 Yarralumla-Curtin East -Woden. The 10/17 and 11/15. am inward trips, 2 pm outward old route 17 operated at weekends but trips) Examining the Weston Creek routes was numbered 232. Route 15 was al- 18, 19 and 20 map from 1971 (page 3, tered to also serve Barton and was 27 Woden-Waramanga-Fisher-Stirling upper right) the Weston Creek bus numbered 234. -Cooleman (operates 60 mins day- routes were:- time, 20 to 30 minutes peak, 60 Since 1999, weekday Canberra bus minutes evening) 18 Woden Interchange-Waramanga- routes have reverted to one and two 83 Woden-North Weston-Wright- Fisher digit route numbers and the current Cooleman (operates 60 mins day- Woden/Weston Creek weekday net- 19 Woden Interchange-Lyons North- time, 20 to 30 minute peak, 60 work (as on the maps on page 5 and 6) Rivett minutes evening, supplemented by is as follows:- peak hour 783 City-Wright- 20 Woden Interchange-Weston-Holder 1 Dickson-Lyneham-Turner-City- Cooleman, three morning inward -Duffy Yarralumla-Hughes-Woden: trips, two afternoon outward trips) Route 18 operated half-hourly whilst (operates 60 mins daytime, 20 mins On 29 August 2016, routes 83/783 routes 19 and 20 operated hourly dur- peak, 60 mins evening) were extended into Coombs. ing Monday to Friday business hours. 2 Dickson-Hackett-Ainslie-City- 80 City-Fyshwick-Woden (operates 60 Monday to Friday evening services Deakin-Curtin-Woden (operates 30 mins daytime, 30 mins peak, no were hourly on all routes. Weekend mins daytime, 20 mins peak, 60 evening service) services were approximately every mins evening, supplemented by 88 Woden-Hume via Alexander Ma- ninety minutes with extra services on peak hour route 732 City-Curtin- conochie Correctional Centre Saturday mornings. Woden operating every 30 mins) (operates approximately 120 3 Belconnen-Bruce-ANU-City-Deakin minutes daytime) With the opening of the new Woden -Hughes-Garran-Woden (operates Town Centre in December 1972, route 182 City-Molonglo Valley-Cooleman- 30 mins daytime, 20 mins peak, 60 17 was altered to operate Woden- Woden. “Weston Line” - this ser- mins evening) Curtin-Yarralumla-City-War Memori- vice was introduced on 29 August al-Campbell Park incorporating route 4 City-Russell-Red Hill-Woden 2016 and operates every 30 minutes 14 Yarralumla-Forrest-City-War Me- (operates 30 mins daytime, 20 mins during the day and 40 minutes in morial. Forrest was now included in peak, 60 mins evening) the evening. route 15 City-Forrest-Deakin-Hughes- 5 City-Russell-Narrabundah-Woden 720 City-Hughes-Garran-Mawson- Garran-Woden. Route 12 Yarralumla- (operates 30 mins daytime, 20 mins Farrer “Xpresso” service operates Manuka-Kingston-Barton was altered peak, 60 mins evening) three morning inward trips, two to operate Woden-Hughes-Yarralumla 21 Woden-Lyons-Chifley-Pearce- afternoon outward trips. Torrens-Southlands-Woden -Manuka-Kingston –Fyshwick. By Canberra has a separate weekend net- (operates 60 mins daytime, 30 January 1977 route 12 was cut back to work operating at hourly intervals operate Woden-Kingston with a new 4 minutes peak, 60 minutes evening) usually. Saturday evening services operating Kingston-Fyshwick, route 22 Woden-Southlands-Torrens-Pearce operate, but Sunday evening services 17 was cut back to operate Woden- -Chifley-Lyons-Woden (operates have final departures at about 6.30pm. City with the City-Campbell Park sec- 60 mins daytime, 30 minutes peak, Woden/Weston Creek weekend routes tion becoming route 33. 60 minutes evening) are as follows:- With the new network of January 1977 23 Woden-Mawson-Farrer-Isaacs- 921/2 same as 21/2 but operating eve- the Weston Creek network now com- O’Malley-Woden (operates 60 mins ry 120 minutes each way provid- prised:- daytime, 30 minutes peak, 60 ing a 60 minute frequency com- minutes evening) bined. 14 Woden-Waramanga-Stirling 24 Woden-O’Malley-Isaacs-Farrer- 923/4 same as 23/4 but operating eve- 18 Woden-Fisher-Chapman Mawson-Woden (operates 60 mins ry 120 minutes each way provid- daytime, 30 minutes peak, 60 19 Woden-Rivett ing a 60 minute frequency com- minutes evening) bined. 20 Woden-Weston-Holder-Duffy East 25 Woden-Weston-Holder-Duffy- 925/926/927/983 same as 25/26/27/83. Cooleman (operates 60 mins day- 21 Woden-Lyons North-Duffy East A 983 extension into Coombs to time, 20 minutes peak, 60 minutes match 83 became effective on 27 In mid-1978 routes 14, 18, 20, 21 were evening, supplemented by peak August 2016. renumbered 210 to 214 respectively hour 725 City-Holder-Duffy- 932 Belconnen-Giralang-Kaleen- with 210, 211 and 213 extended to the Cooleman, three morning inward Northbourne Av-City-Yarralumla Cooleman Court Shopping Centre at trips, two afternoon outward trips) -Curtin-Woden (combines week- Weston. 212 to Rivett was altered to 4 The Times November 2016 day 30/31/1 South/2 South) do they compare? Stirling is served by 27 via Fisher & Waramanga. 934 Belconnen-Bruce-ANU-City- First: the network is now more com- Deakin-Hughes-Garran-Woden plex. In 1972 the Woden Valley/ Also Warragamba Av North Duffy (same as weekday 3 with addi- Weston Ck network could be summed was served by 214 from Woden serv- tional deviations to National Mu- up from Woden Interchange as 3 ing North Weston and North Holder seum (weekday 7 South) and Par- routes up to the City, 3 down to South on a direct line. Now the 83 goes via liament House (weekday 1 Woden and 3 west out to Weston Ck. North Weston then a big detour to South)) From 1977 Weston Creek was served Coombs and Wright. 935 City-Red Hill-Narrabundah (same by 14 18 19 20 21 later 210 211 212 Third: services were more frequent. as weekday 4 but via Parkes ra- 213 214 respectively. Now Weston For example, in the late 1970s the ther than Russell and terminates Creek is served by Woden weekday Weston Creek services operated at 30 at Narrabundah rather than Wo- services 25 26 27 83 and weekend minute intervals during the Monday to den) services 925 926 927 983 (which are Friday off peak, now equivalent ser- 938 City-Russell-Narrabundah-Woden identical except for the 83 extension vices operate every 60 minutes. (same as weekday 5) into Coombs) as well as peak hour 988 Woden-Alexander Maconochie City services 725 726 783 and week- Canberra Bus (ACTION) routes and Correctional Centre (3 trips each day full-time City service 182.