Rural and regional fare changes from 1 January 2020

Rural and Regional Bus

From 1 January 2020, most fares for our North Coast services will increase in line with the maximum fares for rural and regional bus services determined by IPART.

Regional Excursion Daily (RED) tickets will stay the same at $2.50 per ticket.

Busways will be charging less than the maximum fare for:

Schofields Diversion

From Thursday 2 until Wednesday 25 January, 2020 route 734 services will omit stops along Junction  Rd, Schofields between St Albans Rd & Queensbury St.

Buses will divert along Station St, Chester St & St Albans Rd due to roadworks.

Diversion map

Customers can check the Schofields diversion map for missed stop locations and diversion route.

Missed stops

  • Junction Rd after Station St (Stop ID 276218)
  • Junction Rd opp Schofields Public School (Stop ID 276227)

Nearest alternative stops

  • Schofields Primary School, St Albans Rd (Stop ID 2762109)
  • St Albans Rd opp Junction Rd (Stop ID 2762112)
Region
Western Sydney
Start date
Thu, 02 Jan 2020 12:00
End date
Tue, 25 Feb 2020 23:59

Schofields Diversion

From 7am Saturday 14 until Sunday 15 December, route 734 services will omit stops along Junction Rd, Schofields between St Albans Rd & Queensbury St.

Buses will divert along Station St, Chester St & St Albans Rd.

Diversion map

Customers can check the Schofields diversion map for missed stop locations and diversion route.

Missed stops

  • Junction Rd after Station St (Stop ID 276218)
  • Junction Rd opp Schofields Public School (Stop ID 276227)

Nearest alternative stops

  • Schofields Primary School, St Albans Rd (Stop ID 2762109)
  • St Albans Rd opp Junction Rd (Stop ID 2762112)
Region
Western Sydney
Start date
Sat, 14 Dec 2019 07:00
End date
Sun, 15 Dec 2019 17:00

Lalor Park Diversion

From 6:30pm every night (until last bus) between Friday 6 December to Tuesday 31 December, route 743 will divert via Boronia St and Stephen St due to the Christmas lights display in Lawson St, Lalor Park

Diversion map

Customers can check the Lalor Park diversion map for missed stop locations and diversion route.

Missed stops

  • Lawson St before Stephen St (Stop ID 214789)
  • Lawson St at Venn Ave (Stop ID 2147167)
  • Venn Ave at Boronia St (Stop ID 2147168)

Nearest alternative stop

Customers can use this stop for affected services:

  • Venn Ave opp Jopling Cres (Stop ID 214788)
Region
Western Sydney
Start date
Fri, 06 Dec 2019 18:30
End date
Tue, 31 Dec 2019 23:59

Temporary changes to St Marys Interchange

  • Updated Monday 2 December, 11.14am to include route S11 changes

From Thursday 5 December to Friday 20 December, Stands 5, 6 and 7 at St Marys Interchange will be temporarily closed to allow for Sydney Metro to conduct drilling works within the interchange.

The following changes will be in place at St Marys Interchange for services to Mt Druitt (only) during the closures:

  • Route 771 & 779 will depart from Stand 1
  • Route 759 & S11 will depart from Stand 2
  • Route 770, 774, 775 & 776 will depart from stand 9/10

Region
Western Sydney
Start date
Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:00
End date
Fri, 20 Dec 2019 23:59

Port Macquarie Diversions

From 5.30pm to 6.15pm on Thursday 28 November, routes 322, 324, 325, 334K and 335W will divert and miss some bus stops due road closures on Horton St to allow for the Countdown to Christmas event.

Missed stops

  • Port Macquarie Hotel, Clarence St (Stop ID: 244670)
  • Glass House, Clarence St (Stop ID: 244671)
  • Short St after Clarence St (Stop ID: 244672)
  • Short St after William St (Stop ID: 244673)
  • Short St before William St (Stop ID: 244374)
  • Short St before Clarence St (Stop ID: 244375)

Temporary bus stop

Customers can catch affected services from a temporary bus stop on the western side of Murray St (between William St and Church St).

Nearest alternative stops

  • Kooloonbung Creek Nature Park, Gordon St (Stop ID: 2444167)
  • Port Macquarie Coach Stop Gordon St (Stop ID: 2444192)
Region
Port Macquarie
Start date
Thu, 28 Nov 2019 17:30
End date
Thu, 28 Nov 2019 18:15

Woy Woy diversions

From 6am to 3.30pm on Sunday 24 November, route 50, 53 and 70 bus services will divert and miss some bus stops due to road closures on George St for the Deepwater Plaza's Santa Arrival Parade.

Diversion map

Customers can check the Woy Woy diversion map for missed stop locations and diversion route.

Missed stops

  • George St Near Victoria Rd (Stop ID: 2256214)
  • Victoria Rd - Opp.No.56 (Before George St) (Stop ID: 2256217)
  • Victoria Rd Near Station St (Stop ID: 2256213)

Nearest alternative stop

Customers can use stop Woy Woy Station, Stand C, Woy Woy (Stop ID 225614) for affected services

Region
Central Coast
Start date
Sun, 24 Nov 2019 06:00
End date
Sun, 24 Nov 2019 15:30

Temporary bus stop closures in Jordan Springs

From Monday 18 November to Sunday 1 December, the following bus stops in Jordan Springs will be temporarily closed to allow for the installation of new bus shelters:

  • Jordan Springs Shopping Centre, Jordan Springs Bvd (Stop ID 2747379)
  • Jordan Springs Bvd opp Jordan Springs Shopping Centre (Stop ID 2747385)

Installation works is expected to take approximately two weeks to complete (weather permitting).

Nearest alternative stops

Customers can use these nearest alternative stops for route 783 services:

  • Jordan Springs Shopping Centre, Lakeside Pde (Stop ID 2747410)
  • Lakeside Pde opp Jordan Springs Shopping Centre (Stop ID 2747411)
Region
Western Sydney
Start date
Mon, 18 Nov 2019 00:00
End date
Sun, 01 Dec 2019 11:59