Sydney Government Bus Routes
SYDNEY GOVERNMENT BUS ROUTES Brief histories from 1932 to the present of Government bus services in the metropolitan area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Route histories – Inner Western & Southern Suburbs (continued) Part 3: Route numbers in the ranges 461-541, 813-887, 958-992 (See Part 1 for Routes 9-418) (See Part 2 for Routes 419-460) Route 461 CITY (various termini) – BURWOOD Extended from Burwood to Ryde (early morning, night & weekends) CITY (various termini) – CONCORD – NORTH STRATHFIELD – HOMEBUSH CITY (York St) – STRATHFIELD – RYDE Burwood – Concord – North Strathfield – Homebush (nights, Saturday afternoons & Sundays) (1950-57) (City terminus at York St [at Queen Victoria Building] was renamed Queen Victoria Building in about 1993.) (“Concord Hospital” is used to denote the hospital variously known as Yaralla Military Hospital, Concord Military Hospital or 113th Australian General Hospital during World War II & in the immediate post-war era, then Repatriation General Hospital (until 1993) & Concord Repatriation General Hospital (since 1993).) Timeline 29 August 1943: Monday-Saturday feeder service, Annandale (Johnston St) – Concord – North Strathfield – Homebush renumbered from 961. Connected at Annandale (Johnston St) with Fort Macquarie trams. 21 July 1946: Sunday service restored. 21 September 1947: Extended from Annandale (Johnston St) to City (York St), making route City (York St) – Concord – North Strathfield – Homebush, same as 961 prior to 1942. 17 December 1956: Curtailed to run: City (York St) – Concord – North Strathfield (peak hours) (selected trips extended to Homebush?) City (York St) – Burwood (Burwood Rd/Parramatta Rd) (off-peak) Sunday service altered/curtailed to run as a feeder service, Burwood – Concord – North Strathfield.
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