The state government has announced the intention to privatise the operation of bus services in the Sydney Metropolitan Bus Service Contract Region 6 (SMBSC 6).
Government operator State Transit Authority (STA) currently holds contracts 6 – 9, which geographically covers the Inner West, Eastern Suburbs, North Shore and Northern Suburbs. Contract 6 predominantly covers Inner West services, with some services reaching into the Eastern Suburbs, up to the Northern Suburbs and down south to the St George area.
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Notwithstanding changes route which may occur between now and privatisation, 223 bus routes will be affected including 59 regular bus routes and 164 school bus routes:
Regular bus routes
Route Name | Route Description |
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401 | Lidcombe to Sydney Olympic Park |
406 | Five Dock to Hurlstone Park |
407 | Burwood to Strathfield |
408 | Rookwood Cemetery to Burwood via Flemington |
412 | Campsie to City Martin Place via Earlwood |
413 | Campsie to City Martin Place via Canterbury |
415 | Campsie to Chiswick |
418 | Bondi Junction to Burwood |
422 | Kogarah to City Martin Place |
423 | Kingsgrove to City Martin Place |
425 | Tempe to Dulwich Hill |
426 | Dulwich Hill to City Martin Place |
428 | Canterbury to City Martin Place |
430 | Kogarah Shuttle |
431 | Glebe Point to City Martin Place |
433 | Balmain to Central Pitt St |
436 | Chiswick to Central Pitt St |
437 | Chiswick Wharf to Abbotsford Wharf Shuttle |
438 | Abbotsford to City Martin Place |
439 | Mortlake to City Martin Place |
440 | Bronte to Rozelle |
441 | Birchgrove to City Art Gallery via QVB |
442 | Balmain East Wharf to City QVB |
444 | Balmain East Wharf to Campsie |
445 | Balmain East Wharf to Campsie via Lilyfield LR |
460 | Five Dock to Concord Hospital via Canada Bay |
461 | Burwood to City Domain |
462 | Mortlake to Ashfield |
463 | Bayview Park to Burwood |
464 | Ashfield to Mortlake |
466 | Ashfield to Cabarita Park |
470 | Lilyfield to City Martin Place |
473 | Rockdale to Campsie |
476 | Rockdale to Dolls Point (Loop Service) |
477 | Miranda to Rockdale |
478 | Miranda to Rockdale via Ramsgate |
479 | Rockdale to Kyeemagh (Loop Service) |
480 | Strathfield to Central Pitt St |
483 | Strathfield to Central Pitt St via Australian Catholic University Strathfield |
487 | Bankstown Central to Canterbury |
490 | Drummoyne to Hurstville |
491 | Hurstville to Five Dock |
492 | Drummoyne to Rockdale |
493 | Roselands to Rockdale |
495 | Kingsgrove to Bexley North |
502 | Five Dock to City Town Hall |
504 | Chiswick to City Domain |
508 | Drummoyne to City Town Hall |
526 | Burwood to Rhodes Shopping Centre |
L23 | PrePay Only – Kingsgrove to City Martin Place (Limited Stops) |
L28 | PrePay Only – Canterbury to City Martin Place (Limited Stops) |
L37 | Haberfield to City Town Hall (Limited Stops) |
L38 | PrePay Only – Abbotsford to City Martin Place (Limited Stops) |
L39 | PrePay Only – Mortlake to City Martin Place (Limited Stops) |
M20 | Prepay Only – Botany to Gore Hill |
M30 | Prepay Only – Sydenham to Mosman |
M41 | Hurstville to Macquarie Park |
X04 | PrePay Only – City Domain to Chiswick (Express) |
X25 | Sydney Olympic Park to Strathfield |
School bus routes
Route Name | Route Description |
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560s | Ashfield Station to Trinity Grammar Summer Hill |
561s | Balmain to Newington College |
562s | Trinity Grammar Summer Hill to Ashfield Station |
563s | Summer Hill Station to Trinity Grammar Summer Hill |
565s | Kingsgrove Station to Trinity Grammar Summer Hill |
566s | Trinity Grammar Summer Hill to Kingsgrove Station |
567s | Rockdale Stn to Moorefield Girls High |
568s | Strathfield Station to Rosebank College |
569s | Rosebank College to Pemberton & Arthur Sts Strathfield |
570s | Rosebank College to Five Dock Shops |
571s | Rosebank College to Five Dock Shops |
572s | Rosebank College Five Dock to Croydon Park |
573s | Rosebank College to Concord Hospital |
574s | Rosebank College to Homebush Station |
575s | Homebush Station to Rosebank College |
576s | Rosebank College to Canterbury Station |
577s | Rodd Point to St. Patricks Strathfield |
578s | St. Patricks Strathfield to Five Dock Shops |
579s | Strathfield Stn to St. Patricks Strathfield |
580s | St Patricks Strathfield to Punchbowl Rd, Belfield |
581s | St. Patricks Strathfield to Belmore Station |
582s | Drummoyne to St. Patricks Strathfield |
583s | St. Patricks Strathfield to Five Dock Shops |
584s | St. Patricks Strathfield to Rhodes Station |
585s | St. Patricks Strathfield to Burwood & Parramatta Rds |
586s | St. Patricks Strathfield to Burwood & Parramatta Rds |
587s | St. Patricks Strathfield to Burwood Stn |
588s | Burwood to St. Patricks Strathfield |
589s | St. Patricks Strathfield to Ashfield Station |
590s | De La Salle Ashfield to Hurlstone Park Station |
591s | De La Salle Ashfield to Rodd Point |
592s | Bethlehem College to Strathfield Stn |
593s | Haberfield to Homebush Public School |
595s | Parramatta Rd & Dalhousie Sts to Burwood Girls High |
596s | Burwood Girls High to Leichhardt Town Hall |
597s | Burwood Girls High to Georges River Rd & Burwood Rd |
598s | Earlwood to Hunters Hill High |
600s | Strathfield Girls High to Strathfield Stn |
601s | Strathfield Girls High to Concord Hospital |
602s | Strathfield Girls High to Ashfield Station |
603s | Strathfield Girls High to David St & Liverpool Rd, Burwood |
604s | Burwood Stn to Strathfield Girls High |
605s | Strathfield Girls High to Burwood Rd & Gipps St,Concord |
606s | Earlwood to Christian Bros Lewisham |
607s | Kingsgrove Depot to Christian Bros Lewisham |
608s | Christian Bros Lewisham to Undercliffe (Cooks River Bridge) |
609s | Campsie Station to Christian Bros Lewisham |
610s | Christian Bros Lewisham to Kingsgrove Station |
611s | Belfield (Punchbowl Rd) to Christian Bros Lewisham |
612s | Christian Bros Lewisham to Belfield (Punchbowl Rd) |
613s | Georges River & Burwood Rds to Christian Bros Lewisham |
614s | Five Dock Shops to Christian Bros Lewisham |
615s | Concord Shops to Christian Bros Lewisham |
616s | Concord Shops to Christian Bros Lewisham |
617s | Campsie Station to Christian Bros Lewisham |
618s | Campsie Station to Christian Bros Lewisham |
619s | Christian Bros Lewisham to Campsie Station |
620s | Christian Bros Lewisham to Earlwood |
621s | St.Maroun School to Bexley Rd & William St (Kingsgrove) |
622s | Kingsgrove North High to Belmore Station |
623s | Kingsgrove North HS to Earlwood |
624s | Campsie Station to Kingsgrove Depot |
625s | Clarke St, Earlwood to Belmore Station |
626s | Santa Sabina Strathfield to Drummoyne |
627s | Santa Sabina Strathfield to Five Dock Shops |
628s | Bexley Rd & William St to Canterbury Boys High |
629s | Canterbury Girls High to Earlwood |
630s | Canterbury Girls High to Belmore Station |
631s | Canterbury Boys High to Belmore Station |
632s | Campsie Station to Canterbury Boys High |
633s | Dulwich Hill Shops to Canterbury Primary |
634s | Canterbury Primary to Dulwich Hill Shops |
635s | St. Marthas Strathfield to Drummoyne |
636s | Bexley Rd & William St, Kingsgrove to Kingsgrove High |
637s | Bexley Post Office to Kingsgrove High |
638s | Canterbury Rd & Tincombe St, Canterbury to Kingsgrove High |
639s | Greenhills St & Liverpool Rd, Croydon to Kingsgrove High |
640s | Kingsgrove Primary to Campsie Station |
641s | Kingsgrove High to Rockdale Stn |
642s | Georges River Rd & Brighton Ave to Kingsgrove High |
643s | Canterbury Rd & Beamish St, Campsie to Kingsgrove High |
644s | Marrickville High to Kingsgrove Depot |
645s | Kingsgrove to St. Scholasticas, Glebe |
646s | Canterbury to St Scholastics |
647s | Railway Square to St. Scholasticas, Glebe |
648s | St. Scholasticas, Glebe to Balmain (Gladstone Pk) |
650s | St. Scholasticas, Glebe to Parramatta Rd & Dalhousie Sts |
651s | City to Balmain High |
652s | Balmain High to City |
654s | Canterbury Station to Balmain High |
655s | Dalhousie & Deakin to Concord High School |
656s | Concord High School to Five Dock Shops |
657s | Concord High School to Chiswick |
658s | Annandale to Concord High School |
659s | Drummoyne to Concord High School |
660s | Concord High School to Burwood, Westfield |
661s | Burwood Stn to Concord High School |
662s | Concord High School to Mortlake |
663s | Concord High School to Drummoyne |
664s | Parramatta Rd, Petersham to Rosebank College |
670s | Domremy College Five Dock to Leichhardt Town Hall |
671s | Earlwood to Domremy College, Five Dock |
672s | Domremy College. Five Dock to Campsie Station |
673s | Domremy College to Burwood |
674s | Concord Road & Victoria Street to Domremy College |
675s | Domremy College to Burwood & Canterbury Rds |
676s | Burwood & Canterbury Rds to Domremy College, Five Dock |
677s | Domremy College to Concord Shops |
678s | Domremy College to Campsie Station |
679s | Kingsgrove Depot to Domremy College |
680s | Balmain (Gladstone Pk) to Fort Street High |
681s | Fort Street High to Strathfield Stn |
682s | Fort Street High to Balmain (Gladstone Pk) |
683s | Blackwattle Bay Campus (Glebe High) to Canterbury Station |
684s | Blackwattle Bay Campus (Glebe High) to Newtown Bridge |
685s | Blackwattle Bay Campus (Glebe High) to Millers Point |
690s | Blackwattle City Campus – Balmain |
691s | Blackwattle City Campus – Leichhardt Market |
692s | Blackwattle Bay Campus (Glebe High) to City |
693s | City to Blackwattle Bay Campus (Glebe High) |
700s | Earlwood to Tempe High |
701s | St. Pius, Enmore to Tempe |
702s | Rockdale Stn to St. Pius, Enmore |
710s | Homebush Boys High to Cabarita Junction |
711s | Homebush Boys High to Concord Hospital |
712s | Homebush Public School to Strathfield Stn |
713s | Broughton St & Parramatta Rd,Burwood to Homebush Boys High |
714s | Strathfield Stn to Homebush Public School |
715s | St. Marys Concord to Homebush Station |
718s | Ashfield Boys High School to Broadway, Enfield |
720s | St. George Girls High to Campsie Station |
721s | Campsie Station to St. George Girls High |
725s | De La Salle Ashfield to Liverpool Rd, Strathfield |
726s | De La Salle Ashfield to Earlwood |
730s | Endeavour High to Rockdale Stn |
731s | Rockdale Stn to Miranda Station |
732s | Rockdale Stn to Brighton Public School |
733s | Kogarah Station to Endeavour High |
734s | Endeavour High to Ramsgate & Rocky Pt Rds, Ramsgate |
735s | St. Ursulas Kingsgrove to Kingsgrove Depot |
736s | St. Ursulas Kingsgrove to Croydon Park |
738s | Campsie Public School to Claremont & Orissa Sts Campsie |
740s | John St, Pyrmont to Ultimo Primary |
741s | P.L.C. Croydon to Drummoyne |
743s | Earlwood to Burwood Girls High |
745s | Drummoyne to Drummoyne Primary |
750s | Ramsgate to Miranda |
751s | Taren Point to Rockdale Stn |
753s | Bankstown Hospital to Kingsgrove & Canterbury Rds, Belmore |
755s | Belmore Station to Kingsgrove Station |
757s | Drummoyne to Burwood Stn |
760s | Newington to Concord High |
761s | Newington to Concord High |
762s | St. Scholasticas, Glebe to Forest Lodge Public School |
763s | St. Finbars School to Ramsgate |
764s | Dolls Point to Marist Bros, Kogarah |
765s | Canterbury to Marist Bros, Kogarah |
766s | Rockdale Stn to Moorefield Girls High |
767s | Moorefield Girls High to Rockdale Stn |
768s | Rockdale Stn to Endeavour High |
769s | Bay St & Moate Av, Brighton to Moorefield Girls High |
770s | Archery Centre, Wentworth Point to Concord High School |
780s | Burwood Stn to Homebush Boys High |
781s | Georges River Rd & Walsh Ave to Homebush Boys High |