Re: [Melb] Eastern suburbs bus operation changes

["Johann Fan" <yags@SPAMSUX.geocities.com>]

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>A couple of major route rearrangements in Melbourne's outer East
>would take place as from Monday 14th December 1998. The bus
>companies involved are Invicta Bus, Ventura Bus Lines and
>Moorabbin Transit. A new information sheet has been posted on
>most buses from Ventura Knox Depot and possibly Invicta/Moorabbin
>buses as well. The same sheet is also advertised in local newspaper.
>Major changes as follows:
>
>Invicta Route 691 Bayswater - Waverley Gardens,
>via Boronia, Ferntree Gully and Stud Park
>(was Boronia - Monash)
>Route extended, plus some re-routing in Ferntree Gully area.
>
>Invicta Route 664 Chirnside Park - Knox City,
>via Croydon and Bayswater
>(was Croydon - Knox City)
>Route extended, and connection is provided with 691 at Bayswater
>on Sunday to provide quick run from Lilydale to Waverley Gardens.
>
>Route 634 Lilydale - Croydon likely to be cancelled, but
>still required confirmation.
>
>Ventura Route 737 Croydon - Monash,
>via Boronia, Knox City and Glen Waverley
>Extra service between Boronia and Glen Waverley.


Is that extra service from Boronia to Glen Waverley? They already operate in
that direction till later than Glen Waverley to Boronia (last service
Boronia -> Glen Wav. arr GW 8:40pm, Glen Wav -> Boronia dep Boronia 7:45pm)


>Ventura Route 736 Blackburn - Mitcham,
>via Forest Hill, Burwood East, Glen Waverley and Vermont South
>Re-routed to via Rooks Road and Maroondah Highway to terminate
>at north side of Mitcham railway station.
>(Formerly via Mitcham Road and terminate at south side of station)
>Off peak service reduced from 30 minutes to 40 minutes.
>Saturday service cut from 30 minutes to 40 minutes and
>terminate at Glen Waverley instead of Monash.
>Former shuttle between Glen Waverley and Monash will cease to
>operate, and Route 737 and 736 will connect at Glen Waverley
>for through service between Mitcham and Monash.


It seemed a bit stupid when they started to run the shuttle bus which you
couldn't depend on for a connection to Monash... and the 736 and 737 buses
sometimes left at the same time as each other... patronage on 736 during the
off peak doesn't really justify the 30 mins (although it was good because it
met up (kinda) with the train). The thing they should have done was keep the
736 at 30mins all day and brought the 737 to 15mins so that the buses could
meet up at Glen Wav (for 736 passengers to monash and the trains)... but
that would involve improving the service... so that will never happen :)

>Route 755 Knox - Bayswater.
>Re-routed
>
>Moorabin Transit 631 Southland - Waverley Gardens,
>via Clayton and Monash
>(was Southland - Monash)
>Extended to Waverley Gardens to cover the re-routing of
>Route 691.
>
>Route 708 Carrum - Hampton
>Better connection with route 820/1 to provide smooth ride
>for Carrum - Mordialloc - Southland - Hampton.
>
>On Wednesday (9/12) the 1929 Reo from Ventura was at
>Glen Waverley to promote the changes. Sure this is the most
>high-profile announcement of service changes for a while!