SYDNEY BUS ROUTES Renumbering of Sydney private bus routes from the 1925 number system to the Sydney Region Route Number System 1981 – 2004 A work in progress. Corrections and comments welcome – [email protected] This is a list of the renumbering of Sydney private bus routes from the older 1925 system to the newer, geographically-based Sydney Region Route Number System between 1981 and 2004. The list shows only details of each route as at the date of renumbering. Further details of each route before and after renumbering can be found in the “Route Histories” pages on this site. Some background to the renumbering is included in the page entitled “The Development of Bus Route Numbers in Sydney from 1925 to the Present”. For each route or group of routes, the route/s prior to renumbering are shown above the broken line, and the route/s following the renumbering below the broken line. Sydney 1925 Route Region Route Destinations Operator/s No/s No/s 1 Auburn – Ermington Auburn Bus Services 406 Auburn – Ermington Effective date: 15 December 1986 Extent of associated route alterations: Little/no alteration. 2 St Marys – Carpenter St St Marys – Dunheved/Ropes Creek industrial area St Marys – Lethbridge Park St Marys – North St Marys St Marys – Oxley Park St Marys – South St Marys St Marys – St Clair St Marys – Tregear – Mt Druitt St Marys – Willmot – Mt Druitt Bosnjaks St Marys Bus 766 Mt Druitt – Tregear – Willmot Service 767 Mt Druitt – Tregear – St Marys 768 St Marys – Willmot – Lethbridge Park 769 St Marys – North St Marys 770 St Marys – Oxley Park 771 St Marys – Colyton via Carpenter St 772 St Marys – Erskine Park Rd, St Clair 773 St Marys – West St Clair 774 Mr Druitt – West St Clair Unnumbered St Marys – Dunheved/Ropes Creek industrial area Effective date: 1 February 1984 Extent of associated route alterations: 766-770 little/no route alteration. 771-773 rearranged. 774 new. St Marys – industrial area became unnumbered (but see further entry at foot of list). Page 1 of 25 10 June 2016 Renumbering of routes numerical Sydney 1925 Route Region Route Destinations Operator/s No/s No/s 3 Parramatta – East Parramatta – Webb St Harris Park Transport 546 Parramatta – Bettington Rd via Kissing Point Rd North & Western Bus 546 Parramatta – Bettington Rd via Brickfield St Lines Effective date: 24 January 1994 Extent of associated route alterations: 546 rerouted to absorb 3. 5 Auburn – South Granville – Guildford 13 Auburn – Regents Park 14 Auburn – South Auburn via Cumberland Rd 116 Auburn – Berala 123 Berala – Lidcombe – Regents Park – Bankstown 125 Lidcombe – Bankstown via Rookwood Rd Auburn Passenger 149 Auburn – South Auburn via Chisholm Rd Transport 499 Auburn – Regents Park (Sundays only) 917 Lidcombe – Auburn – Guildford 918 Auburn – South Auburn via Cumberland Rd 919 Auburn – Regents Park – Bankstown 920 Lidcombe – Potts Hill – Bankstown (ext’d to Auburn on Sundays) Effective date: 31 July 1985 Extent of associated route alterations: Network considerably revised. 6 Arncliffe – Earlwood (ext’d to Rockdale) Sydney Coach Lines 471 Rockdale – Arncliffe – Earlwood State Transit Authority Effective date: 14 October 1996 Extent of associated route alterations: Little/no alteration. 8/17 Arncliffe – Bexley – Rockdale Moores Tours 471 Rockdale – Arncliffe – Earlwood 471 Rockdale – Bexley – Arncliffe – Earlwood – Five State Transit Authority Dock Effective date: 20 December 1996 Extent of associated route alterations: 471 rerouted via 8/17 through Bexley between Rockdale & Arncliffe. 9 Gymea – Grays Point Sutherland – Grays Point Southtrans Sutherland – Hunter St 975 Sutherland – Grays Point – Miranda via Hunter St Effective date: 12 October 1992 Extent of associated route alterations: Amalgamation of routes & extended to Miranda. 10 Camperdown – Newtown – Redfern Mall 18 Camperdown – Newtown – Bondi Junction ABC Coach Lines 453 Camperdown – Waterloo (including Briens Bus 454 Marrickville Metro – Redfern Mall Service) 455 Camperdown – Marrickville Metro – Bondi Junction Effective date: 16 November 1987 Extent of associated route alterations: Routes altered & extended due to opening of Marrickville Metro shops. 11 Parramatta – Pendle Hill – Toongabbie Western Road Bus 174 Parramatta – Wentworthville (ext’d to Toongabbie) Service 705 Parramatta – Wentworthville – Toongabbie Effective date: 2 April 1982 Extent of associated route alterations: Amalgamation of 2 routes, with altered route. Page 2 of 25 10 June 2016 Renumbering of routes numerical Sydney 1925 Route Region Route Destinations Operator/s No/s No/s 12 Bankstown – Milperra Bridge – Panania South Western Coach 38 Bankstown – Padstow – Revesby Heights – Revesby Lines 69 Liverpool – Chipping Norton – Milperra Bridge Liverpool – Milperra Bridge via Milperra Rd Milperra Bus Service Liverpool – Warwick Farm 137 Padstow – Revesby – Panania South Western Coach Lines 858 Liverpool – Warwick Farm 859 Liverpool – Chipping Norton (ext’d to Milperra Milperra Bus Service Bridge) 860 Liverpool – Bankstown “Red Arrow” 925 Milperra Bridge – Revesby – Revesby Heights South Western Coach 926 Bankstown – Padstow – Revesby Heights Lines Effective date: 27 February 1982 Extent of associated route alterations: The Bankstown – Milperra part of 12 was transferred from South Western Coach Lines to Milperra Bus Service (initially on trial) to enable it to be amalgamated with the Liverpool – Milperra Bridge part of 69 as 860. Other routes altered as a result. 13 See 5 14 See 5 17 See 8 18 See 10 20 Bankstown – Bankstown Showground Baxters 930 Bankstown – Bankstown Showground Effective date: 17 December 1995 Extent of associated route alterations: Little/no alteration. 21 Bankstown – Georges Hall Bankstown – Bass Hill – Villawood 902 Parramatta – Villawood Baxters 902 Parramatta – Villawood – Bankstown 932 Bankstown – Georges Hall Effective date: 17 December 1995 Extent of associated route alterations: Bankstown – Villawood and 902 amalgamated, but otherwise little/no alteration. 22 Bankstown – Milperra – East Hills South Western Coach 922 Bankstown – Milperra – East Hills Lines Effective date: 27 February 1984 Extent of associated route alterations: Little/no alteration. 23 Bankstown – Picnic Point via various routes South Western Coach 923 Bankstown – Picnic Point via Kennedy St Lines 924 Bankstown – East Hills – Picnic Point Effective date: 27 February 1984 Extent of associated route alterations: Altered to 2 standard routes. 24 Bankstown – Padstow – One Tree Point South Western Coach 927 Bankstown – Padstow – One Tree Point Lines Effective date: 27 February 1984 Extent of associated route alterations: Little/no alteration. Page 3 of 25 10 June 2016 Renumbering of routes numerical Sydney 1925 Route Region Route Destinations Operator/s No/s No/s 25 Bankstown – Condell Park Bankstown – Georges Hall Bankstown – Yagoona West – Rex Rd & Bambil St West Bankstown Bus 935 Bankstown – Condell Park Service 936 Bankstown – Yagoona West – Georges Hall (Rex Rd & Bambil St) 937 Bankstown – Georges Hall (Henry Lawson Dr) Effective date: 12 January 1992 Extent of associated route alterations: Little/no alteration. 27 Strathfield – Enfield – Bankstown via Rawson Rd Strathfield – Enfield – Bankstown via Roberts Rd Strathfield – Enfield – Greenacre Bankstown – Strathfield 484 Strathfield – Enfield – Greenacre Bus Service 485 Strathfield – Enfield – Bankstown via Roberts Rd 486 Strathfield – Enfield – Bankstown via Rawson Rd Effective date: 18 September 1988 Extent of associated route alterations: Little/no alteration. 28 Killara – East Killara Lindfield – East Killara East Killara Lindfield 183 Roseville – East Lindfield – Lindfield (ext’d to Bus Service Chatswood) 556 Lindfield – Killara – East Killara 557 Lindfield – East Lindfield – Roseville East West Bus Lines 558 Chatswood – Roseville – Lindfield – East Lindfield – (change of trading name) East Killara – Gordon (combined 556/557) Effective date: 5 April 1990 Extent of associated route alterations: Some route alteration, including extension to Gordon. 29 Hurstville – Riverwood – Peakhurst 33 Bankstown – Punchbowl – Roselands – Hurstville via Salvia St 36 Punchbowl – Riverwood – Mortdale 189 Bankstown – Punchbowl – Roselands – Lugarno 244 Bankstown – Punchbowl – Roselands – Hurstville Punchbowl Bus Co 940 Bankstown – Punchbowl – Roselands – Hurstville via Salvia St 941 Bankstown – Chullora – Roselands – Hurstville 942 Bankstown – Punchbowl – Roselands – Lugarno 944 Mortdale – South Peakhurst – Punchbowl – Roselands Effective date: 18 August 1997 Extent of associated route alterations: 5 routes rearranged as 4 routes, by incorporating some streets of 29 into remaining routes. 30 Brooklyn – Mooney Mooney (ext’d to Cheero Point) Shorelink 592 Brooklyn – Mooney Mooney (ext’d to Cheero Point) Effective date: 6 February 1995 Extent of associated route alterations: No alteration. Page 4 of 25 10 June 2016 Renumbering of routes numerical Sydney 1925 Route Region Route Destinations Operator/s No/s No/s 31 Berowra – Berowra Heights Hornsby – Berowra Heights 55 Chatswood – Hornsby – Mt Kuring – gai Chatswood – Hornsby – Parklands Rd, Mt Colah 104 Hornsby – Asquith Golf Links – Bolton Av, Mt Colah Shorelink 590 Hornsby – Chatswood 593 Hornsby – Asquith Golf Links – Parklands Rd, Mt Colah 594 Hornsby – Berowra Heights 597 Berowra – Berowra Heights Effective date: 28 September 1987 Extent of associated route alterations: Route network north of Hornsby revised. 32/113 Peakhurst – Hurstville – Ramsgate – Kogarah Peakhurst Bus Co 947 Peakhurst – Hurstville – Ramsgate – Kogarah