Thursday, October 30, 2025

A history of Melbourne's bus route numbering

Melbourne's current three digit bus route numbering system started in 1971 when all bus routes got renumbered. The first digit reflects the area or operator with the next two a unique identifier. 

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1 comment:

BCSV said...

For any numerologists who enjoy this topic, drop by the BCSV virtual museum where we have published Melbourne bus route histories up until 1990/1991 - https://bcsv.org.au/virtual-museum/melbourne-route-histories/prior-to-1990/