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SmartBus

SmartBus is a network of bus services in the city of Melbourne, Australia. Overseen by Transport Victoria, the network comprises nine key cross-town and orbital bus routes around Melbourne. Key aspects of the service include more frequent services, extended hours of operation to include late evening and Sunday services, improved timetable information at…

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Locale
Melbourne
Number of lines
9 (including 3 Orbital and 4 DART)
Operator(s)
CDC Melbourne Kinetic Melbourne Ventura Bus Lines
System map
System map SmartBus map and routes at Public Transport Victoria
Transit type
Bus

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Overview

History

SmartBus Program (2000s)

Doncaster Area Rapid Transit

Since 2010

Network

Infrastructure

Analysis and criticism

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SmartBus

Nodes133
Edges132
Triples127
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.015038
Components1

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SmartBus

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related to Proposals · 23
SmartBus → Ballarat Road, Berwick, Brighton, BusVic, City, Clayton, Cranbourne, Dandenong, Elwood, Ferntree Gully, Fountain Gate, Frankston, In, Keysborough, La Trobe Uni, Monash University, Oakleigh, Port Melbourne, Sandringham, Southland
related to Implementation (2010) · 18
SmartBus → City, DART, Doncaster, Doncaster Park, King St, Mitcham, October, Ride, Ringwood North, Route, Significant, Templestowe, The, The Pines, These, This, Warrandyte, Warrandyte/Ringwood
related to 2004–2007: New Routes · 16
SmartBus → Altona, Among, As, Frankston SmartBus, In, Linking Melbourne, Melbourne, PPTN, Principal Public Transport Network, Red Orbital, Ringwood, Route, State Government, The Plan, Warrigal Road, Wellington Road
related to Buses · 14
SmartBus → Buses, Eastrans, Gemilang Coachworks, Grenda's, However, In, Kinetic Melbourne, Mercedes-Benz OC500LEs, Originally, PIDS, PTV, Scania K320UBs, The, Volgren
related to 2000–2004: Trial · 8
SmartBus → Blackburn, Having, Linking Victoria, Other, Roads, Services, Springvale, Steve Bracks
related to Services · 7
SmartBus → Christmas Day, Frequencies, Good Friday, Monday, Most, Saturday, Sundays
related to Analysis and criticism · 6
SmartBus → Blue Orbital, Meeting, Sandringham, Transport Challenges, Victorian Transport Plan, Williamstown
related to External links · 6
SmartBus → May, Media, Public Transport Victoria Archived, Wayback Machine, Wikimedia Commons SmartBus, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to MetPlan 1988 · 6
SmartBus → For, It, MetPlan, The, The Met's, To
related to 1990s · 4
SmartBus → However, Kennett, Kennett Government, Victorian

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route bus routes services melbourne orbital service via new would road network doncaster city operated buses transport park airport station

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SmartBusLocaleMelbourne1.00infobox
SmartBusNumber of lines9 (including 3 Orbital and 4 DART)1.00infobox
SmartBusOperator(s)CDC Melbourne Kinetic Melbourne Ventura Bus Lines1.00infobox
SmartBusSystem mapSystem map SmartBus map and routes at Public Transport Victoria1.00infobox
SmartBusTransit typeBus1.00infobox
SmartBusWebsiteSmartBus at PTV1.00infobox
SmartBusis anetwork of bus services in the city of Melbourne0.90text
SmartBusrelated to 1990sKennett0.60section
SmartBusrelated to 1990sHowever0.60section
SmartBusrelated to 1990sVictorian0.60section
SmartBusrelated to 1990sKennett Government0.60section
SmartBusrelated to 2000–2004: TrialHaving0.60section

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