This is a list of bus routes that are part of the bus network, in Melbourne, Australia, which is overseen by Public Transport Victoria.
Kinetic Melbourne operate approximately 30% of the bus network, signing contracts in 2021 as part of the Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Franchise. The remaining 70% of the network is operated under 23 contracts with other bus operators, all of these contracts were entered into in mid-2018 and will expire in 2025 or 2028.[1] [2]
The route number of buses in Melbourne can tell a little about the route's operator, area served and even its history.
Route numbering was a reflection of the designated zonal area used during the 1980s. Areas were referred to as "Neighbourhood Zones". However, as part of the "Grow or Go" policies, route numbers across the bus network were affected. There are no two-digit route numbers – these are used exclusively by trams.
Route | Image | Destinations | Operator(s) | Notes | |
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Oakleigh----Bentleigh | Ventura Bus Lines | ||||
Blackburn----Middle Brighton | Ventura Bus Lines | SmartBus route, operates all night on Friday & Saturday nights as part of the Night Network | |||
Westall station----Oakleigh | Ventura Bus Lines | Previously ran to East Clayton until 15 May 2020 | |||
Mordialloc via Braeside & Clayton South----Springvale | Ventura Bus Lines | ||||
Mordialloc via Aspendale & Edithvale----Chelsea | Ventura Bus Lines | ||||
Carrum via Westfield Southland----Hampton | Ventura Bus Lines | ||||
709 | Mordiallocvia Governor Road----Noble Park station | Ventura Bus Lines | |||
Box Hill stationvia Vermont South Tram Terminus----Upper Ferntree Gully | Ventura Bus Lines | Services to/from Westfield Knox connect with tram route 75 to/from the City at Vermont South. | |||
Box Hill station----Oakleigh | Ventura Bus Lines | ||||
Glen Iris----Glen Waverley | Ventura Bus Lines | ||||
Box Hill station----via K-Mart Plaza, Forest Hill Chase Shopping Centre----Nunawading | Ventura Bus Lines | ||||
Mitcham via Glen Waverley----Blackburn | Ventura Bus Lines | ||||
Croydon station----via Boronia Station, Westfield Knox, Glen Waverley station----Monash University, Clayton campus | Ventura Bus Lines |
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Mitcham station----via Knox Private Hospital, Wantirna College----Westfield Knox | Ventura Bus Lines | ||||
Mitcham station----via Reserve Avenue, Churinga Avenue----Vermont East | Ventura Bus Lines |
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Ringwood station----via Vermont South, Glen Waverley station, Oakleigh Station----Chadstone Shopping Centre | Ventura Bus Lines |
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745A | Westfield Knox----via Victoria Road and Sasses Avenue----Bayswater station | Ventura Bus Lines | |||
745B | Bayswater station----Via Victoria Road and Sasses Avenue----Boronia station | Ventura Bus Lines | |||
745C | Bayswater station----Via Victoria Road and Sasses Avenue----Wantirna Primary School | Ventura Bus Lines | |||
745D | Bayswater station----Via Mountain Highway and Stud Road----Wantirna Primary School | Ventura Bus Lines | |||
Bayswater via Boronia----Glen Waverley | Ventura Bus Lines | Only limited services run the full route to Bayswater, any services commence or terminate at Boronia | |||
Glen Waverley via Wheelers Hill----Rowville | Ventura Bus Lines | During the morning peak, some services run express to Glen Waverley, during the evening peak, some services run express to Rowville | |||
Bayswater via The Basin & Ferntree Gully----Westfield Knox | Ventura Bus Lines | Some weekday off-peak services terminate/commence at The Basin, Westfield Knox bound buses serve Ferntree Gully station, Bayswater bound buses do not | |||
Westfield Knox----Scoresby | Ventura Bus Lines | ||||
Westfield Knox----Knoxfield Shops | Ventura Bus Lines | ||||
760 | Cranbourne via Carrum Downs ----Seaford | Ventura Bus Lines | |||
Box Hill station via Blackburn----Mitcham | Ventura Bus Lines | ||||
Box Hill station----Burwood | Ventura Bus Lines | ||||
Westfield Southland via Deakin University----Box Hill station | Ventura Bus Lines | ||||
Frankston via Ashleigh Avenue----Karingal Hub Shopping Centre | Ventura Bus Lines | ||||
Frankston via McMahons Road or Orwil Street----Langwarrin | Ventura Bus Lines | Service alternates between travelling down Orwil Street (which return to Frankston station) and McMahons Road | |||
Frankston----Eliza Heights | Ventura Bus Lines | Loop service, which returns to Frankston via Delacombe Park | |||
Frankston----Frankston South | Ventura Bus Lines | Loop service, returning to Frankston, on Saturday, the bus runs to Frankston South via an alternate route, returning via the normal route | |||
Frankston----Delacombe Park | Ventura Bus Lines | Loop Service, which returns to Frankston via a different route | |||
Frankston----Lakewood | Ventura Bus Lines | ||||
Frankston----Pearcedale | Ventura Bus Lines | Loop Service, returning to Frankston, the route is Clockwise in the morning, and anti-clockwise in the afternoon | |||
Karingal Hub Shopping Centre----McClelland Drive, Langwarrin | Ventura Bus Lines | ||||
778 | Kananook station----Carrum Downs | Ventura Bus Lines | |||
Frankston----Belvedere | Ventura Bus Lines | ||||
Frankston----Carrum | Ventura Bus Lines | ||||
Frankston via Mornington----Dromana | Ventura Bus Lines | Extended from Mount Martha to Dromana on 20 February 2022 | |||
Frankston via Hastings----Flinders | Ventura Bus Lines | Country fares apply from Sandy Point Road to Flinders | |||
Frankston----Hastings | Ventura Bus Lines | ||||
Frankstonvia Mornington----Osborne | Ventura Bus Lines | ||||
Frankston----Mornington East | Ventura Bus Lines | ||||
786 | Rye----St Andrews Beach | Ventura Bus Lines | Country fares apply | ||
Sorrento----Rosebud | Ventura Bus Lines | Country fares apply, truncated to Rosebud Plaza on 20 February 2022 | |||
Frankston----Portsea | Ventura Bus Lines | Country fares apply, operates all night on Friday & Saturday nights between Sorrento & Frankston station as part of the Night Network | |||
Langwarrin via Langwarrin North----Frankston | Cranbourne Transit | Truncated to Langwarrin from 13 November 2016, reviously ran to Cranbourne West | |||
Langwarrin via Langwarrin South----Frankston | Cranbourne Transit | Truncated to Langwarrin from 13 November 2016, previously ran to Cranbourne West | |||
Cranbourne----Frankston | Cranbourne Transit | ||||
792 | Cranbourne Pearcedale | Cranbourne Transit |
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Cranbourne----Warneet | Cranbourne Transit | ||||
Cranbourne----Clyde | Cranbourne Transit | ||||
Cranbourne----Selandra Rise Estate | Cranbourne Transit | ||||
Merinda Park station----The Avenue Village Shopping Centre | Cranbourne Transit |
Destinations | Operator(s) | Notes | |
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City (Southern Cross station)----Melbourne Airport Express Service | SkyBus | ||
City (Southern Cross station)via Werribee RSL----Avalon Airport | SkyBus |
Route | Destinations | Operator(s) | Notes | |
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201 | City via Kew Junction Westfield Doncaster | Transdev Melbourne | Ceased 27 July 2014, replaced by route 304 | |
202 | Box Hill station via Balwyn Kew East | Transdev Melbourne | Ceased 27 July 2014, incorporated into route 302 | |
203 | City via Eastern Freeway Bulleen | Transdev Melbourne | Ceased 27 July 2014 | |
205 | Melbourne University via Kew Junction Westfield Doncaster | Transdev Melbourne | Ceased 27 July 2014 | |
219 | Sunshine South via Footscray, City Gardenvale | Transdev Melbourne | Ceased 16 November 2019, replaced by Routes 216, 429 & 603 | |
238 | City (Port Melbourne) | Transdev Melbourne | Ceased 27 July 2014 | |
249 | City La Trobe University, Bundoora | National Bus Company | Route Scrapped | |
253 | Garden City (Port Melbourne) via City North Carlton | Transdev Melbourne | Ceased 27 July 2014, replaced by route 236 | |
283 | Westfield Doncaster Bulleen | National Bus Company | Incorporated into routes 280/282 on 24 November 2008 | |
286 | Box Hill station via Blackburn The Pines Shopping Centre | Transdev Melbourne | Ceased 27 July 2014, partly replaced by route 271 | |
289 | Box Hill station Donvale | National Bus Company | Incorporated into routes 280/282, 281 & 305 on 24 November 2008 | |
291 | Box Hill station via Westfield Doncaster Heidelberg | National Bus Company | Incorporated into route 903 on 20 April 2009 | |
301 | City via Templestowe The Pines Shopping Centre | National Bus Company | Replaced by route 905 on 4 October 2010 | |
306 | National Bus Company | Incorporated into route 303 on 4 October 2010 | ||
307 | City via Donvale Mitcham | National Bus Company | Replaced by route 907 on 4 October 2010 | |
313 | City Doncaster Park & Ride | Transdev Melbourne | Ceased 27 July 2014 | |
315 | City Box Hill station | Transdev Melbourne | Ceased 27 July 2014 | |
316 | City Deep Creek | National Bus Company | Ceased on 4 October 2010 | |
340 | City via Thornbury La Trobe University, Bundoora | Transdev Melbourne | Ceased 27 July 2014, replaced by route 350 | |
365 | Ringwood via Tunstall Square Westfield Doncaster | National Bus Company | Incorporated into routes 271, 280 & 282 on 24 November 2008 | |
366 | Ringwood via Croydon Hills Croydon | Transdev Melbourne | Ceased 27 July 2014, replaced by route 380 | |
367 | Ringwood via Ringwood East Croydon | Transdev Melbourne | Ceased 27 July 2014, replaced by route 380 | |
413 | Laverton via Hoppers Crossing Pacific Werribee | CDC Melbourne Operated by CDC Melbourne – Altona Depot | Scrapped 28 April 2013, partly replaced by routes 493, 494 & 496 | |
416 | Laverton Hoppers Crossing | CDC Melbourne Operated by CDC Melbourne – Altona Depot | Scrapped 28 April 2013, partly replaced by routes 493, 495 & 496 | |
422 | St Albans Delahey | CDC Melbourne Operated by CDC Melbourne – Sunshine Depot | Scrapped 27 July 2014, replaced by route 425 | |
429 | Yarraville Altona East | Sita Buslines | Incorporated into route 432 on 30 June 2008 | |
430 | Yarraville Geelong Road, Yarraville | Sita Buslines | Circular route, replaced by routes 431 & 432 on 30 June 2008 | |
433 | Newport Geelong Road, Brooklyn | Sita Buslines | Incorporated into route 471 | |
438 | Werribee Manor Lakes | Westrans | Replaced by routes 447, 448 & 449 on 19 April 2010 | |
440 | Werribee via Wyndham Vale, Pacific Werribee Hoppers Crossing | Westrans | Circular route, replaced by routes 446, 448 & 449 on 19 April 2010 | |
442 | Hoppers Crossing via Pacific Werribee, The Grange Tarneit | CDC Melbourne | Ceased 21 June 2015 | |
447 | Werribee via Ballan Road Manor Lakes | CDC Melbourne | Ceased 21 June 2015 | |
448 | Pacific Werribee via Greaves Street North Manor Lakes | CDC Melbourne | Ceased 21 June 2015 | |
449 | Werribee via Black Forest Road Manor Lakes | CDC Melbourne | Ceased 21 June 2015 | |
451 | Sunshine Brimbank Central Shopping Centre | Sita Buslines | Scrapped 27 July 2014, replaced by routes 420 & 423 | |
454 | Sunshine Sunshine West | Sita Buslines | Scrapped 27 July 2014, replaced by routes 427 & 428 | |
475 | Moonee Ponds Junction via Niddrie Keilor East | Kastoria Bus Lines | Ceased 11 July 2020, replaced by route 469 | |
493 | Williams Landing station via Point Cook Town Centre East Werribee | CDC Melbourne | Commenced 28 April 2013,[14] ceased 21 June 2015 | |
500 | Broadmeadows via Melbourne Airport Sunbury | Tullamarine Bus Lines | Scrapped 2014 | |
501 | Moonee Ponds Junction via Strathmore Niddrie | Kastoria Bus Lines | Ceased 11 July 2020, replaced by route 469 | |
520 | Doreen via Yarrambat Greensborough | Dysons | ||
547 | Kew La Trobe University, Bundoora | Ivanhoe Bus Company | Section incorporated into route 548 | |
560 | Greensborough via Bundoora, Keon Park Broadmeadows | East West Bus Company | Incorporated into route 902 on 5 April 2010 | |
562 | Whittlesea via South Morang station, Mill Park, Bundoora Northland Shopping Centre | Dysons | Ceased 24 July 2016, replaced by route 382 | |
565 | Greensborough Greensborough North East | Dysons | Incorporated into route 563 | |
565 | Kinglake via Humevale Whittlesea | Ceased 24 July 2016, replaced by route 384 | ||
568 | Northland Shopping Centre North Watsonia Greensborough | Dysons | Incorporated into route 566 | |
571 | Epping South Morang | East West Bus Company | Trainlink service. Initially operated from South Morang to Campbellfield (Hume Highway).[15] Extended to Roxburgh Park station in October 2007, replacing route 571A.[16] Truncated to Epping and partly replaced by extension of SmartBus 901 in September 2010. Ceased 22 April 2012 with the opening of the South Morang rail extension | |
571A[17] | Roxburgh Park Epping | East West Bus Company | Incorporated into route 571 in October 2007 with the opening of Roxburgh Park station | |
572 | University Hill via Mill Park Stables Shopping Centre, South Morang station, Mernda Doreen | Dysons (Ceased from July 2016) | Ceased 24 July 2016 | |
573 | University HillMill Park Lakes/Palisades | Ceased 24 July 2016 | ||
581 | Eltham Research | Panorama Coaches | Shortworking of routes 578 & 579 | |
615 | Box Hill station Balwyn North | Quince's Scenicruisers | Incorporated into route 284 | |
627 | Elsternwick----Brighton East | Driver Bus Lines | Ceased 25 September 2010 and split and simplified into route 625 Elsternwick – Chadstone via Oakleigh and 626 Middle Brighton – Chadstone Via Carnegie | |
634 | Middle Brighton Lilydale | Quince's Scenicruisers | Split up between: route 703 (Middle Brighton – Monash University section), route 631 (Monash University – Waverley Gardens Shopping Centre section), route 691 (Waverley Gardens – Boronia section), route 737 (Boronia – Croydon section), route 664 (Croydon – Chirnside Park/Lilydale section) | |
665 | Ringwood Dandenong | Invicta Bus Services | Incorporated into route 901 | |
673 | Lillydale Lakes----Lillydale Lakes | Ventura Bus Lines | Circular route, ceased 28 January 2022 | |
676 | Lilydalevia Lilydale East----Lilydale | Ventura Bus Lines | Circular route, ceased 2 October 2021 | |
686 | Healesvillevia Badger Creek & Healesville Sanctuary----Healesville | McKenzie's Tourist Services | Loop service, ceased November 24 2023 | |
687 | Healesville via Chum Creek & Mount Lebanon----Healesville | McKenzie's Tourist Services | Loop service, ceased November 24 2023 | |
700 | Box Hill station Mordialloc | Ventura Bus Lines | SmartBus route, incorporated into route 903 on 20 April 2009, Mordialloc – Chelsea extension reverted to route 706 | |
731 | Camberwell Balwyn North | Quince's Scenicruisers | Incorporated into route 285 | |
768 | Box Hill station----Deakin University | Ventura Bus Lines | Operated on University days only, ceased October 2023[18] | |
769 | Karingal Hub Shopping Centre----Frankston | Peninsula Bus Lines | Sunday service only, incorporated into routes 770, 771, 777 | |
794 | Cranbourne Pearcedale | Cranbourne Transit | Route scrapped | |
797 | Cranbourne Town Service | Cranbourne Transit | Loop service in Cranbourne, limited services, ceased 13 November 2016 | |
801 | Dandenong Keysborough | Grenda's Bus Services | Scrapped | |
815 | Dandenong----Noble Park | Ventura Bus Lines | Ceased 27 November 2021 | |
821 | Westfield Southland----Clayton | Ventura Bus Lines | Ceased 1 December 2023 | |
826 | Hampton via Westfield Southland, Westfield Fountain Gate Pakenham | Grenda's Bus Services | Incorporated into route 828 between Hampton & Berwick, replaced by Route 926 between Westfield Fountain Gate & Pakenham | |
830 | Dandenong Frankston | Grenda's Bus Services | Incorporated into routes 832, 833 & 901 | |
831 | Dandenong Frankston | Grenda's Bus Services | Incorporated into routes 832, 833 & 901 | |
849 | Dandenongvia Gleneagles Dr----Mossgiel Park | Ventura Bus Lines | Ceased 30 May 2020 | |
886 | Rosebud----Chisholm TAFE – Rosebud Campus | Ventura Bus Lines | Ceased 18 February 2022 | |
888 | Nunawadingvia Edithvale----Chelsea | Grenda's Bus Services | SmartBus route, incorporated into route 902 on 5 April 2010, Edithvale section replaced by route 858 | |
889 | Nunawadingvia Chelsea Heights----Chelsea | Grenda's Bus Services | SmartBus route, incorporated into route 902 on 5 April 2010, Chelsea Heights section replaced by route 858 | |
896 | Cranbourne station----Cranbourne East | Cranbourne Transit | TrainLink service, ceased 13 November 2016 |
Image | Operator | Routes | Notes | |
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Broadmeadows Bus Service | 501, 511, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 533, 537, 544 | Owned by Northern Transit Holdings | ||
Cranbourne Transit | 789, 790, 791, 792, 795, 796, 798, 799, 881, 890, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895, 897, 898 | Formerly known as FA Phillips Bus Service. Owned by Pulitano Group. | ||
CDC Melbourne | 150, 151, 153, 160, 161, 166, 167, 170, 180, 181, 182, 190, 191, 192, 400, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 414, 415, 417, 418, 419, 421, 423, 424, 425, 439, 441, 443, 461, 477, 478, 479, 482, 484, 490, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498, 543, 601, 605, 606, 612, 623, 624, 625, 626, 630, 900 | Subsidiary of ComfortDelGro Australia | ||
Dysons | 301, 356, 357, 358, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 503, 504, 505, 506, 508, 509, 513, 517, 518, 534, 536, 538, 540, 541, 542, 546, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 561, 564, 566, 567, 569, 570, 577, 609 Ruthven Secondary College – 001,002,003,004,005 Merrilands Express. | |||
Kastoria Bus Lines | 460, 462, 463, 469, 476 | Owned by Northern Transit Holdings | ||
Kinetic Melbourne | 200, 202, 207, 215, 216, 219, 220, 223, 232, 234, 235, 236, 237, 246, 250, 251, 270, 271, 273, 279, 280, 281, 282, 284, 285, 293, 295, 302, 303, 304, 305, 309, 318, 350, 364, 370, 380, 426, 510, 512, 600, 603, 604, 901, 902, 903, 905, 906, 907, 908, 922, 923 | |||
Martyrs Bus Service | 683 | Owned by Dineen Group | ||
McKenzie's Tourist Services | 684, 685, 686, 687 | Owned by Dineen Group | ||
Panorama Coaches | 343, 578, 579, 580, 582 | Owned by Dineen Group | ||
Ryan Brothers Bus Service | 465, 467, 468 | |||
SkyBus | Melbourne Airport – City, Avalon Airport - City | |||
Sunbury Bus Service | 475, 481, 483, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489 | Owned by Donric Group | ||
Transit Systems Victoria | 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 420, 422, 427, 428, 431, 432, 453, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 471, 472 | Owned by Transit Systems. Formerly known as Sita Buslines. | ||
Ventura Bus Lines | 526, 527, 548, 549, 550, 551, 631, 663, 664, 670, 671, 672, 673, 675, 676, 677, 679, 680, 681, 682, 688, 689, 691, 693, 690, 694, 695, 696, 697, 699, 701, 703, 704, 705, 706, 708, 709, 732, 733, 734, 735, 736, 737, 738, 740, 742, 745, 753, 754, 755, 757, 758, 765, 766, 767, 770, 771, 772, 773, 774, 775, 776, 777, 778, 779, 780, 781, 782, 783, 784, 785, 786, 787, 788, 800, 802, 804, 811, 812, 813, 814, 816, 821, 822, 823, 824, 825, 828, 831, 832, 833, 834, 835, 836, 837, 838, 839, 841, 842, 843, 844, 845, 846, 847, 848, 849, 850, 857, 858, 861, 862, 863, 885, 886, 887, 888, 889, 899, 900, 925, 926, 927, 928, 929, 966, 968 |