Posts Tagged ‘SkyBus’

Photos from ten years ago: December 2014

D2.5014 stops for passengers at Batman Park on a southbound route 96 service

Articulated buses of Melbourne

People over on Reddit and Twitter keep asking about how many articulated buses there are in Melbourne, so now you’ve made me write about blog post them. The short answer – there are 40 of them used on PTV route services. By operator Ventura has the most of articulated buses in Melbourne, with 25 in […]

Photos from ten years ago: July 2013

Another instalment in my photos from ten years ago series – this time it is July 2013. Overview of the carriage yards from the north-east side of La Trobe Street Regional Rail Link Work on the Regional Rail Link project will still ticking away, with Sunbury line passengers often having to change to buses at […]

Riding a double decker bus in Melbourne

When I was a little kid going for a ride on a double decker bus was always a fun day out, and I happened to instil the same sense of adventure in my son after showing him book upon book about Hong Kong buses. But where can one go for a double deck bus ride […]

Melbourne Airport rail and the diversification of SkyBus

If you want to see how likely it is that Melbourne Airport will see a rail link built, just take a look at the recent business decisions made by SkyBus – the operator of the only public transport link between it and the Melbourne CBD. The history of Melbourne’s SkyBus SkyBus commenced operations in 1978, […]