Melbourne on Transit

Today three more of Melbourne's bus routes will gain 7 day service.

A quick summary of upcoming bus service changes happening on Sunday October 4, 2026 and some others being consulted on.

Politicians are often frankest in their first (and last) speeches.

Want to read a bold public transport plan for Melbourne but concerned the state government hasn't written one for many years?

State government ministers, MPs and spokespeople have not been backward in claiming benefits of the Big Build program of major transport projects.

“Smart Bus routes are really important, and you know what I was talking to the Public Transport Minister just this week about what can we do to maybe have more Smart Bus routes where the buses go more direct, they’re taking more passengers and they are re…

Executive Summary: Councils across metropolitan Melbourne have united to back major bus network improvements in a Metropolitan Transport Forum advocacy paper published recently.

Executive Summary: Proposed and promised bus network reform was to be the biggest people moving transport project in the state.

BusVic, the industry body representing Victoria's family owned bus companies, has released advocacy in time for this year's state election.

The Public Transport Users Association recently released its advocacy priorities for the 2026 State Election.

Some great news for bus users in parts of the City of Wyndham with bus improvements coming from this Sunday.

Former V/Line CEO James Pinder and Transclean boss George Haritos got put in the slammer on Thursday September 3, 2026 for corruption over cleaning contracts uncovered by IBAC's Operation Esperance about five years ago.

Executive Summary: A look at the legacy of CL Fouvy, a transport engineer who identified the need for SRL-style orbital rail lines as early as 1975 and designed a massive suburban rail grid to double public transport travel speeds by 2025.

A trio of topics today. 1.

Read the report on the VAGO website here.

Executive Summary: Melbourne planned to have many Metro lines running every 10 minutes off-peak by 2016 and some more by 2022.

Executive Summary: Improved buses to major shopping centres are the 'low hanging fruit' of the bus world.

Buses are a write-off for most Melburnians travelling after dark.

Executive Summary: Potential exists to make better use of our existing buses to better connect Melbourne Airport to surrounding suburbs.

Executive Summary: A worthwhile package of improvements that makes rail travel more useful for more trips.

Executive Summary: Despite not yet serving passengers, the second airport in Australia's second biggest city has better public transport access than the main airport in Australia's biggest city.

New premier Ben Carroll is busy putting his stamp on the state Labor government he took the leadership of last week.

This was yesterday 30 July 2026.

On Tuesday, after the resignation of Jacinta Allan followed by a long Cabinet meeting, Ben Carroll emerged as Premier.

One of the many Melbourne bus routes that have been without Sunday service is the 536 between Glenroy and Gowrie.

As noted last week, today marks the day that all bus routes in Melbourne will be accepting credit and debit card full fare payment.

Get from Melbourne Airport to the city for just $3 via a 15 minute bus ride that not even many locals know about!

Executive summary: The state government risks setting the Suburban Rail Loop up to fail if it takes advice from a planning committee that has a poor understanding of the bus services needed to effectively get people to its stations.

Last week I graphed the frequency of Melbourne bus routes at midday weekdays, aided by data from Adam Bain's Frequency Finder.

On Thursday the state government announced the date of contactless payment 'tap and go' roll-out on Melbourne buses.

Airport rail vs Melton electrification I've never warmed to the version of airport rail as proposed in Melbourne.

Most cities have bus routes that vary from infrequent to frequent.

There is significant unmet demand for bus services.

Melbourne's public transport has its share of disruptions, wildly varying service levels and (for buses) limited operating hours and indirect routes.