The biggest service reforms and upgrades across the whole public transport network for many years started today. There were not to be upgrades of a similar magnitude for more than a decade as government interest switched from service planning and reform to building infrastructure.
Learn more about what got done in this 10 year retrospective here:
https://melbourneontransit.blogspot.com/2024/07/big-service-upgrades-turn-10.html
An item focusing on the reformed Brimbank bus network that started is here:
https://melbourneontransit.blogspot.com/2019/07/5th-anniversary-of-reformed-brimbank.html
To the south-west were these network upgrades in Wyndham: https://bcsv.org.au/vm/2014-07-27-wyndham-enhancements/ Some of these were to harmonise with trains operating at the unfortunate 11 minute peak headway.
Transdev's first (and as it turned out only successful) Greenfields bus network is described here:
https://bcsv.org.au/vm/2014-07-27-transdev-greenfields-changes-stage-1/
The 10 minute train frequency boost was supported by adjustments to buses in the south-east with more information here: https://bcsv.org.au/vm/2014-07-27-south-east-melbourne-updates/ Its main error was the downgrading of the popular Route 767 from every 30 to every 40 minutes (later reversed).
Buses to Melbourne Airport also improved on that date with details here:
https://bcsv.org.au/vm/2014-07-27-improved-local-buses-to-melbourne-airport/
Note: This item was posted retrospectively for historical research purposes.
