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Willoughby Bus Depot opened on 1 July 1958 on the site of a former tannery. It operated routes, which were a combination of tram replacement routes and existing services operated by North Sydney Bus Depot. [1] [2] In January 2022 it was included in the transfer of Region 7 from State Transit to Busways. [3]
Buses account for close to six per cent of trips each day in the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, forming a key part of the city's public transport system.The network initially evolved from a privately operated system of feeder services to railway stations in the outer suburbs, and a publicly operated network of bus services introduced to replace trams in the inner suburbs.
Existing Busways bus routes were amended and renumbered to become new T-way routes (T70, T71, T74 and T75) and ran mainly along the new section. In October 2013, Busways after winning the tender for Sydney Bus Region 1, took over the operation of services in the St Marys, Penrith, Windsor and Richmond areas from Hawkesbury Valley Buses and Westbus.
Willoughby is known for a large Armenian community, who arrived in the area in the 1960s-1970s. More Armenian families made their home there once an Armenian Apostolic Church was built on Macquarie Street, Chatswood, close to the border with Willoughby. Willoughby contains several Armenian Churches and Community Centres (Cultural Clubs).
Region 7 covers the north western suburbs with services extending to the Sydney CBD. Principal suburbs are Chatswood, Epping, Macquarie Park, North Sydney, Ryde and Parramatta. The region operates out of Ryde depot and Willoughby depot. [43] [65] When the region was established in 2005, the region was operated by incumbent operator State Transit.
Australia Wide Coaches was founded by Richard Dawes and Phil Langley in 1993 in Dubbo. [1]In October 2009, the coach operations of Selwoods Coaches, Orange were purchased. . Selwoods had been operating a service from Orange to Sydney since April 1989.
On 1 June 2014, Busabout's Sydney Bus Region 2 services passed to Interline and Busabout took over the Sydney Bus Region 15 services from Busways. [14] [15] [16] A new depot in region 15 opened 20 January 2015. [17] On 8 October 2023, Region 15 services passed from Busabout to Transit Systems NSW, as part of a consolidated Region 2. [18] [19]
CDC NSW operates the following services in Sydney: Bus routes 141, 193 to 197, 260, 270 to 274, 277 to 279, 281 to 284 in Sydney's Northern Suburbs and Northern Beaches (Chatswood, Gordon, St Ives, Frenchs Forest, Brookvale, Mona Vale) Bus routes 556 to 599 in Sydney's upper north shore (Hornsby, Gordon, St Ives, Macquarie Park, Chatswood)