Bus routes in Newcastle, New South Wales
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| Overview | |
| Mode | Commuter bus |
| Area | Lake Macquarie Newcastle |
| Owner | Ministry of Transport |
| Design | |
| Length | 30 routes |
| Connects | Newcastle station University Wallsend Belmont Westfield Kotara Broadmeadow station |
| Operations | |
| Operator(s) | State Transit |
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Newcastle bus routes connect suburbs in and around Newcastle, New South Wales. Services are largely integrated with the public transport network of Sydney, to the south, however the route numbering system is separate.
Newcastle is the second-largest city in New South Wales, serving as a regional centre for residents of the Central Coast, Hunter Valley and Great Lakes regions. Bus services within Newcastle are operated by Newcastle Buses & Ferries, a subsidiary of the State Transit Authority of New South Wales. Newcastle Buses & Ferries also operates a ferry service across Port Hunter between Newcastle's CBD and Stockton.
Newcastle is considered as one outer metropolitan bus region for the purposes of Ministry of Transport contracting arrangements.
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[edit] Free City Buses
Trips within a designated area of the Newcastle CBD on State Transit-operated bus services are fare-free under the Newcastle Alliance's Free City Buses programme. The free zone operates between 7.30 am and 6.00 pm, seven days a week. The programme receives funding from the Honeysuckle Development Corporation and the Government of New South Wales.
The free bus zone is bounded in the north by the Hunter River, in the east by the ocean, in the south by Church, Bull and King streets, and in the west by Stewart Avenue. Trips between the zone and the TAFE in Wickham are also free. [1]
[edit] Infrastructure
The network radiates from a bus terminal near CityRail's Newcastle station, on the waterfront of Newcastle's CBD. Major interchanges are located at the University of Newcastle, Wallsend, Glendale, Warners Bay, Belmont, Charlestown, Westfield Kotara and Broadmeadow station.
To reduce journey times, bus-only lanes are in operation on:
- Hunter Street at Newcastle West
- Lambton Road at Broadmeadow and Lambton
- Maitland Road at Tighes Hill near Newcastle TAFE
- University Drive at Callaghan
- Charlestown, near the intersection of the Pacific Highway and Charlestown Road
- Pacific Highway at Jewells, Marks Point and Bennetts Green
[edit] Network
- 100: Wallsend – Mayfield – Newcastle East
- 101: Glendale – Wallsend, Mayfield – Newcastle East
- 103: Jesmond – Mayfield – Newcastle East
- 104: Jesmond – Mayfield – Newcastle
- 107: Warabrook – Mayfield – Newcastle
- 108: Jesmond – Warabrook - Mayfield – Newcastle East
- 111: Charlestown – Westfield Kotara – Mayfield – Newcastle
- 118: Newcastle – Fern Bay – Stockton
- 201: Hamilton – The Junction – Newcastle – Marketown
- 222: Wallsend – Broadmeadow – Newcastle
- 224: Wallsend – Westfield Kotara – Newcastle
- 225: Jesmond – Westfield Kotara – Newcastle
- 226: Charlestown – Waratah – Newcastle
- 230: Wallsend – Broadmeadow – Newcastle East
- 231: Wallsend – North Lambton - Broadmeadow – Newcastle East
- 235: Wallsend – Hamilton – Newcastle
- 310: Belmont – Charlestown – Newcastle
- 311: Belmont – Charlestown – Newcastle (Mon- Fri)
- 312: Warners Bay – Hillsborough – Charlestown
- 314: Warners Bay – Windale – Charlestown
- 317: Belmont – Westfield Kotara – Newcastle
- 322: Belmont – Redhead - Dudley - Westfield Kotara – Newcastle
- 334: Glendale – Westfield Kotara – Newcastle
- 339: Glendale – Cardiff – Charlestown
- 349: Swansea North – Marks Point - Belmont – Charlestown – Newcastle
- 350: Swansea Heads – Belmont – Charlestown – Newcastle
- 351: Swansea Heads – Belmont – Charlestown – Newcastle
- 352: Belmont – Swansea – Lake Munmorah - Morisset Station
- 353: Belmont – Pacific Highway – Charlestown
- 363: Belmont – Warners Bay – Glendale - Cardiff – Newcastle
- 444: Newcastle - The Junction - Kotara - New Lambton
- School Special Routes: A number of services dedicated to school children are operated across the network, numbered in the series 500-507 and 700-870.
[edit] External links
- Transport InfoLine - timetable and fare information
- Newcastle Buses - local route maps
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