Sydney bus route 400

Route 400
State Transit Ansair bodied Scania L113TRB
in April 2011
Overview
Operator State Transit
Depot Port Botany
Randwick
Waverley
Route
Start Bondi Junction station
Via University of New South Wales
Westfield Eastgardens
End International Airport

Sydney bus route 400 is operated by State Transit between Bondi Junction and International Airport. Until September 2018, it continued to Burwood. In its original form it was Sydney's busiest bus route.[1]

History

Route 400 commenced operating as a limited stops service between Bondi Junction and Burwood stations on 17 July 1989. It was operated under the Metroline 400 banner. The route was initially operated every 30 minutes on Mondays to Saturdays.[2]

On 13 January 1991, a Sunday service was introduced. On 20 November 1994, the frequency was increased to every 20 minutes. On 23 June 2002, short workings between Bondi Junction and Rockdale station were renumbered 410. Services on this latter section operate as frequently as every five minutes in peak periods. Initially all trips covered the full route, but now up to half the trips are route 400 short workings between Bondi Junction and Westfield Eastgardens.[2]

Route 400 was initially operated out of Kingsgrove and Randwick depots. In 1993 services operated by Randwick were transferred to Waverley. In a reorganisation of routes operated by various depots in 2013, some trips were allocated to Port Botany and Randwick depots.[2]

In the 12 months to June 2014, route 400 was the busiest route in Sydney with 4.7 million boardings.[3] From 1 July 2018 until 29 September 2018, it was jointly operated by State Transit and Transit Systems, following the latter taking over Burwood and Kingsgrove depots.

From 30 September 2018 route 400 was split in two. State Transit continued to operate route 400 between Bondi Junction and International Airport, while new route 420, operated by Transit Systems, was introduced between Westfield Eastgardens and Burwood.[4][5] At the same time route 410 ceased.

Vehicles

Route 400 was initially operated by a fleet of ten dedicated Pressed Metal Corporation bodied Mercedes-Benz O305 buses. These were selected as they were fitted with dot matrix displays at a time when most of the fleet still had calico blinds and, as the route would cross regions, none had all of the required destinations.[2]

In September 1993, 14.5 metre Ansair bodied Scania L113TRBs were introduced. Unlike the O305s these did not carry route branding.[6] These have since been supplemented by standard length buses.[2]

Current route

Route 400 operates via these primary locations:[7]

References

  1. ↑ Opal data gives insight into Sydney's busiest buses Sydney Morning Herald 24 August 2016
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Turning 25...Route 400 Burwood to Bondi Junction" Australian Bus issue 64 July 2014 pages 20-26
  3. ↑ "Sydney's Ghost Buses" Nine News Sydney 4 November 2014
  4. ↑ Service adjustments 30 September 2018 Transport for NSW
  5. ↑ "Transit Systems route 420". Transport for NSW.
  6. ↑ State Transit Authority - Sydney Buses & Newcastle Buses - Scania L113TRB/Ansair "Orana" Sydney Buses Fleet Lists
  7. ↑ "State Transit route 400". Transport for NSW.
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