Back in July 2025 I made a list of bus routes and operators following the commencement of new contracts on many routes. But two things have changed since then. Firstly some new routes have been added (and some deleted) and Kinetic has taken over Dysons routes.
Route and operator list
Below is a list of routes and operators for all non-school bus routes in metropolitan Melbourne:
Route Route name Operator (as of October 25, 2026)
140 Rockbank Station - Tarneit Station Transit Systems
150 Williams Landing Station - Tarneit Station CDC
151 Williams Landing Station - Tarneit Station CDC
152 Tarneit Station - Williams Landing Station CDC
153 Williams Landing Station - Werribee Station CDC
154 Tarneit Station - Laverton Station CDC
160 Tarneit Station - Hoppers Crossing Station CDC
161 Hoppers Crossing Station - Werribee Station CDC
166 Hoppers Crossing Station - Wyndham Vale Station CDC
167 Tarneit Station - Hoppers Crossing Station CDC
170 Tarneit Station - Werribee Station CDC
180 Tarneit Station - Werribee Station CDC
181 Hoppers Crossing Station - Werribee Station CDC
182 Tarneit Station - Werribee Station CDC
186 Tarneit Station - West Tarneit Station CDC
190 Werribee Station - Wyndham Vale Station CDC
191 Werribee Station - Manor Lakes CDC
192 Werribee Station - Wyndham Vale Station CDC
194 Werribee Station - Wyndham Vale Station CDC
200 City (Queen St) - Bulleen Kinetic
201 Deakin University - Box Hill Station Ventura *
207 City (Queen St) - Doncaster SC Kinetic
215 Highpoint SC - Caroline Springs Kinetic
216 City (Queen St) - Sunshine Station Kinetic
220 Sunshine Station - Sunshine Station Kinetic
223 Highpoint SC - Yarraville Kinetic
232 City (Queen Victoria Market) - Altona North Kinetic
234 City (Queen Victoria Market) - Garden City Kinetic
235 City (Southern Cross Station) - Fishermans Bend Kinetic
236 City (Queen Victoria Market) - Garden City Kinetic
237 City (Southern Cross Station) - Fishermans Bend Kinetic *
241 North Melbourne - Yarra Bend Park Transit Systems
246 Clifton Hill - Elsternwick Kinetic
250 City (Queen St) - La Trobe University Kinetic
251 City (Queen St) - Northland SC Kinetic
270 Box Hill - Mitcham Kinetic
271 Box Hill - Ringwood Kinetic
273 Nunawading Station - The Pines SC Kinetic *
279 Box Hill - Doncaster SC/Templestowe Kinetic
280 Manningham loop Kinetic
281 Templestowe - Box Hill Kinetic *
282 Manningham loop Kinetic
284 Box Hill - Doncaster Park & Ride Kinetic
285 Doncaster Park & Ride - Camberwell SC Kinetic
293 Box Hill - Greensborough Kinetic
295 Doncaster SC - The Pines SC Kinetic
301 La Trobe University - Reservoir Kinetic *
302 City (Lonsdale St) - Box Hill Station Kinetic
303 City (Queen St) - Ringwood North Kinetic *
304 City (Lonsdale St) - Doncaster SC Kinetic
305 City (King/Lonsdale Sts) - The Pines Kinetic
309 City (Queen St) - Donvale Kinetic *
318 City (King/Lonsdale Sts) - Deep Creek Kinetic *
343 Greensborough - Hurstbridge Kinetic *
350 City (Queen St) - La Trobe University Kinetic *
356 Epping Station - Wollert East Kinetic
357 Thomastown Station - Wollert West Kinetic
358 Epping Station - Wollert Kinetic
364 Ringwood Station - Warrandyte Kinetic
370 Mitcham - Ringwood Kinetic
381 Mernda Station - Diamond Creek Station Kinetic
382 Northland SC - Whittlesea Kinetic
383 University Hill - Palisades Kinetic
384 Whittlesea - Kinglake Kinetic
385 Greensborough - Mernda Station/Whittlesea Kinetic
386 Bundoora RMIT - Mernda Station Kinetic
387 Bundoora RMIT - Mernda Station Kinetic
388 Mernda Station Kinetic
389 Mernda Station Kinetic *
390 Craigieburn Station - Mernda Station Kinetic
400 Sunshine Station - Laverton Station Transit Systems / CDC
402 East Melbourne - Footscray Transit Systems
403 Melbourne University - Footscray Station Transit Systems
404 Moonee Ponds - Footscray Station Transit Systems *
405 Deer Park - Brimbank Plaza
406 Footscray - Keilor East CDC
407 Highpoint SC - Avondale Heights CDC *
408 St Albans Station - Highpoint SC CDC
409 Yarraville - Highpoint SC CDC
410 Footscray - Sunshine Station CDC
411 Footscray - Laverton Station CDC
412 Footscray - Laverton Station CDC
414 Footscray - Laverton Station CDC *
415 Williamstown - Laverton Station CDC *
417 Laverton Station - Laverton North CDC *
418 St Albans Station - Caroline Springs CDC
419 St Albans Station - Watergardens Station CDC
420 Sunshine Station - Watergardens Station Transit Systems
421 St Albans Station - Watergardens Station CDC
422 Sunshine Station - Brimbank Central SC Transit Systems
423 St Albans Station - Brimbank Central SC CDC
424 St Albans Station - Brimbank Central SC CDC
425 St Albans Station - Watergardens Station CDC
426 Sunshine Station - Caroline Springs Kinetic
427 Sunshine Station - Sunshine West Transit Systems
428 Sunshine Station - Sunshine West Transit Systems
429 Sunshine Station Kinetic
431 Yarraville - Kingsville Transit Systems *
432 Newport - Yarraville Transit Systems
439 Werribee Station - Werribee South CDC
441 Werribee Station - Westleigh Gardens CDC
443 Werribee Station (clockwise) - Werribee Station (anti-clockwise) CDC
444 Rockbank - Aintree Transit Systems
452 Melton Station - Eynesbury Bacchus Marsh Coaches
453 Melton Station - Melton Transit Systems
454 Melton Station - Cobblebank Station Transit Systems
455 Melton Station - Micasa Rise Transit Systems
456 Melton - Sunshine Station Transit Systems
457 Melton Station - Melton Transit Systems
458 Melton Station - Kurunjang Transit Systems
459 Melton Station - Arnolds Creek Transit Systems
460 Watergardens Railway Station - Caroline Springs Station CDC
462 Watergardens - Caroline Springs CDC
463 Watergardens - Caroline Springs CDC
464 Watergardens Station - Rockbank Transit Systems
465 Essendon Station - Keilor Park CDC
467 Moonee Ponds Station - Aberfeldie CDC
468 Essendon - Highpoint SC CDC *
469 Moonee Ponds - Keilor East CDC
471 Sunshine Station - Williamstown Transit Systems
472 Williamstown - Moonee Ponds Transit Systems
475 Diggers Rest - Sunbury Sunbury Bus Service
476 Moonee Ponds - Watergardens CDC
477 Moonee Ponds - Broadmeadows Station CDC
478 Airport West SC - Melbourne Airport CDC
479 Airport West SC - Sunbury Station CDC
481 Sunbury - Mount Lion Sunbury Bus Service
482 Airport West SC - Melbourne Airport CDC *
483 Sunbury - Moonee Ponds Sunbury Bus Service *
484 Broadmeadows - Roxburgh Park CDC
485 Sunbury - Wilsons Lane Sunbury Bus Service
486 Sunbury - Rolling Meadows Sunbury Bus Service
487 Sunbury - Killara Heights Sunbury Bus Service
488 Sunbury - Jacksons Hill Sunbury Bus Service
489 Sunbury - Canterbury Hills Sunbury Bus Service
490 Airport West - Gowanbrae CDC *
494 Williams Landing Station - Point Cook South CDC
495 Williams Landing Station - Point Cook South CDC
496 Laverton Station - Sanctuary Lakes CDC
497 Williams Landing Station - Saltwater Coast Estate CDC
498 Laverton Station - Hoppers Crossing Station CDC
501 Craigieburn Station - Donnybrook Station CDC
503 East Brunswick - Essendon Kinetic *
504 Moonee Ponds - Clifton Hill Kinetic
505 Moonee Ponds - Melbourne University Kinetic
506 Westgarth - Moonee Ponds Kinetic *
508 Moonee Ponds - Alphington Kinetic
509 Barkly Square SC - Brunswick West Kinetic *
510 Essendon Station - Ivanhoe Station Kinetic
511 Donnybrook Station - Mandalay CDC
512 Strathmore Station - East Coburg Kinetic *
513 Glenroy - Eltham Kinetic
514 Glenroy - Eltham Kinetic
517 Northland SC - St Helena Kinetic
518 Greensborough - St Helena West Kinetic
524 Donnybrook Station via Olivine & Peppercorn Hill CDC
525 Craigieburn Station - Donnybrook Station CDC
526 Coburg - West Preston Ventura *
527 Northland SC - Gowrie Ventura
528 Craigieburn Station - Craigieburn Central SC CDC
529 Craigieburn Station - Craigieburn North CDC
530 Campbellfield - Coburg CDC
531 Upfield Station - North Coburg CDC *
532 Craigieburn - Broadmeadows CDC
533 Craigieburn - Craigieburn North CDC
534 Glenroy - Coburg CDC
536 Glenroy - Gowrie CDC
537 Craigieburn Station - Craigieburn West CDC
538 Somerset Estate - Broadmeadows CDC *
540 Broadmeadows - Upfield CDC
541 Broadmeadows Station - Craigieburn North (Mt Ridley Rd) CDC
542 Pascoe Vale - Roxburgh Park CDC
543 Roxburgh Park - Craigieburn Central SC CDC
544 Craigieburn - Roxburgh Park CDC
546 Heidelberg - Melbourne University Kinetic
548 La Trobe University - Kew Ventura *
549 Northland SC - Ivanhoe Ventura *
550 La Trobe University - Northland SC Ventura *
551 La Trobe University - Heidelberg Ventura
552 Northcote Plaza - North East Reservoir Kinetic
553 Preston - West Preston Kinetic
554 Lalor - Thomastown Loop Kinetic
555 Epping Plaza SC - Northland SC Kinetic
556 Northland SC - Epping Plaza SC Kinetic
557 Lalor - Thomastown loop Kinetic
558 Reservoir - Reservoir Kinetic *
559 Thomastown Station Kinetic *
561 Pascoe Vale - Macleod Kinetic
564 Bundoora RMIT - South Morang Station Kinetic
566 Northland SC - Lalor Kinetic
567 Regent - Northcote Kinetic
569 South Morang Station - Epping Plaza SC Kinetic
570 Bundoora RMIT - Thomastown Kinetic
577 South Morang Station - Epping Plaza SC Kinetic
578 Warrandyte - Eltham Station Kinetic
579 Warrandyte - Eltham Kinetic
580 Diamond Creek - Eltham Station Kinetic
582 Eltham Station loop Kinetic
600 St Kilda Station - Southland SC Kinetic
601 Monash University (Clayton) - Huntingdale Station CDC *
603 Burnley Station - Brighton Beach Station Kinetic
604 Anzac Station - Elsternwick Kinetic
605 City - Gardenvale CDC
606 Elsternwick Station - Fishermans Bend CDC
609 Fairfield - Kew/Hawthorn Kinetic *
612 Chadstone SC - Box Hill CDC
623 St. Kilda - Glen Waverley CDC
624 Kew - Oakleigh CDC
625 Elsternwick - Chadstone SC CDC
626 Middle Brighton - Chadstone SC CDC
627 Moorabbin - Chadstone SC Ventura
630 Elwood - Monash University CDC
631 Southland SC - Waverley Gardens SC Ventura
663 Lilydale - Belgrave Ventura
664 Knox City SC - Chirnside Park SC Ventura
668 Ringwood Station - Croydon Ventura
669 Ringwood Station - Croydon Ventura
670 Lilydale - Ringwood Ventura
671 Chirnside Park SC - Croydon Ventura *
672 Chirnside Park SC - Croydon Ventura *
675 Mooroolbark - Chirnside Park SC Ventura *
677 Lilydale - Chirnside Park SC Ventura *
679 Ringwood - Chirnside Park SC Ventura
680 Lilydale - Mooroolbark Ventura *
681 Knox City SC - Lysterfield Ventura
682 Knox City SC - Lysterfield Ventura
683 Chirnside Park SC - Warburton Martyrs
684 Eildon - Ringwood McKenzies
685 Healesville - Lilydale McKenzies
688 Croydon - Upper Ferntree Gully Ventura
689 Croydon Station - Montrose Ventura *
690 Boronia - Croydon Ventura
691 Waverley Gardens SC - Boronia Ventura
693 Oakleigh - Belgrave Ventura
694 Belgrave - Mt Dandenong Ventura *
695 Belgrave - Gembrook Ventura
696 Monbulk - Olinda Ventura *
697 Belgrave - Belgrave South Ventura *
699 Belgrave - Upwey Ventura *
701 Oakleigh - Bentleigh Ventura
703 Middle Brighton - Blackburn Ventura
704 Oakleigh - Clayton Ventura
705 Mordialloc - Springvale Ventura *
706 Mordialloc - Chelsea Ventura *
708 Hampton - Carrum Ventura
709 Mordialloc - Waterways Ventura
732 Box Hill - Upper Ferntree Gully Ventura
733 Oakleigh - Box Hill Ventura
734 Glen Iris - Glen Waverley Ventura
735 Box Hill - Nunawading Ventura
736 Mitcham - Blackburn Ventura
737 Croydon - Monash University Ventura
738 Knox City - Mitcham Ventura
740 Vermont East - Mitcham Ventura *
742 Ringwood Station - Chadstone SC Ventura
745 Bayswater - Wantirna / Boronia Ventura *
753 Glen Waverley - Bayswater Ventura
754 Rowville - Glen Waverley Ventura
755 Bayswater - Knox City SC Ventura
757 Knox City SC - Scoresby Ventura *
758 Knox City SC - Knoxfield Ventura *
760 Seaford - Cranbourne Ventura
765 Mitcham - Box Hill Ventura
766 Burwood - Box Hill Ventura
767 Southland SC - Box Hill Ventura
770 Frankston - Karingal Ventura
771 Frankston - Langwarrin Ventura
772 Frankston - Eliza Heights Ventura *
773 Frankston - Frankston South Ventura *
774 Frankston - Delacombe Park Ventura *
775 Frankston - Lakewood Ventura
776 Frankston - Pearcedale Ventura *
777 Karingal SC - McClelland Drive Ventura *
778 Kananook Station - Carrum Downs Ventura *
779 Frankston - Belvedere Ventura
780 Frankston - Carrum Ventura
781 Mt Martha - Frankston Station Ventura
782 Frankston - Flinders Ventura
783 Frankston - Hastings Ventura
784 Frankston - Osborne Ventura
785 Frankston - Mornington East Ventura
787 Safety Beach - Safety Beach Ventura *
788 Portsea - Frankston Ventura
789 Frankston Station - Langwarrin Cranbourne Transit
790 Langwarrin - Frankston Station Cranbourne Transit
791 Frankston Station - Cranbourne Station Cranbourne Transit
792 Cranbourne Station - Botanic Ridge and Pearcedale Cranbourne Transit
795 Cranbourne - Warneet Cranbourne Transit *
796 Cranbourne Station - Clyde Cranbourne Transit
798 Cranbourne Park SC - Clyde North Cranbourne Transit
799 Merinda Park Station - The Avenue Village SC Cranbourne Transit
800 Dandenong - Chadstone SC Ventura
802 Dandenong - Chadstone SC Ventura *
804 Dandenong - Chadstone SC Ventura *
811 Dandenong - Brighton Ventura
812 Dandenong - Brighton Ventura
813 Dandenong - Waverley Gardens SC Ventura
814 Dandenong - Springvale South Ventura *
816 Keysborough South - Noble Park Station Ventura
822 Chadstone SC - Sandringham Ventura
823 North Brighton - Southland SC Ventura *
824 Moorabbin - Keysborough Ventura
825 Moorabbin - Southland SC Ventura
828 Hampton - Berwick Ventura
831 Berwick Station - Kingsmere Estate Ventura
832 Frankston - Carrum Downs Ventura
833 Frankston - Carrum Downs Ventura
834 Berwick Station - Narre Warren Ventura
835 Berwick Station - Narre Warren Ventura
836 Berwick Station - Eden Rise SC Ventura
837 Berwick Station - Beaconsfield East Ventura
838 Fountain Gate SC - Emerald Ventura *
839 Berwick Station - North Berwick Ventura
840 Pakenham - Gembrook Ventura *
841 Narre Warren North - Cranbourne Ventura
842 Fountain Gate SC - Endeavour Hills SC Ventura
843 Dandenong Station - Endeavour Hills Ventura
844 Dandenong - Doveton Ventura *
845 Endeavour Hills - Dandenong Ventura
846 Berwick Station - Eden Rise SC Ventura
847 Casey Central SC - Berwick Ventura
848 Dandenong - Brandon Park SC Ventura
850 Dandenong - Glen Waverley Ventura
857 Dandenong - Chelsea Ventura *
858 Edithvale - Aspendale Gardens Ventura
861 Dandenong - Endeavour Hills Ventura
862 Dandenong - Chadstone SC Ventura
863 Endeavour Hills SC - Cranbourne West Ventura
881 Clyde North - Merinda Park Station Cranbourne Transit
885 Glen Waverley - Springvale Ventura
886 Mornington - Hastings Ventura
887 Frankston Station - Mornington Peninsula Ventura
888 Berwick Station - Clyde Ventura
889 Berwick Station - Clyde North Ventura
890 Lynbrook Station - Dandenong Station Cranbourne Transit
891 Fountain Gate SC - Lynbrook Station Cranbourne Transit
892 Dandenong Station - Casey Central SC Cranbourne Transit
893 Dandenong Station - Cranbourne Park SC Cranbourne Transit
894 Hallam Station - Amberly Park Cranbourne Transit
895 Fountain Gate SC - Narre Warren South Cranbourne Transit
897 Clyde North - Lynbrook Station Cranbourne Transit
898 Cranbourne Station - Clyde North Cranbourne Transit
899 Berwick Station - The Avenue Village SC Ventura
900 Stud Park SC (Rowville) - Caulfield Ventura/CDC
901 Melbourne Airport - Frankston Kinetic
902 Airport West - Chelsea Kinetic
903 Altona - Mordialloc Kinetic
905 City (King/Lonsdale Sts) - The Pines SC Kinetic
906 City (King/Lonsdale Sts) - Warrandyte Kinetic
907 City (King/Lonsdale Sts) - Mitcham Kinetic
908 City (King/Lonsdale Sts) - The Pines SC Kinetic
922 St Kilda Station - Southland SC Kinetic
923 St Kilda Station - Southland SC Kinetic
925 Pakenham Station - Officer South Ventura
926 Fountain Gate SC - Pakenham Station Ventura
927 Pakenham Station - Pakenham North Ventura
928 Pakenham Station - Cardinia Road Station Ventura
929 Pakenham Station - Pakenham North (Army Rd) Ventura
941 Night Network Sunshine - Watergardens Transit Systems *
943 Night Network Watergardens - Melton Transit Systems *
947 Night Network Footscray - Newport Transit Systems *
949 Night Network Williams Landing - Altona Meadows loop Transit Systems *
951 Night Network Brunswick - Glenroy Ventura *
953 Night Network Broadmeadows - Craigieburn Ventura *
959 Night Network City - Broadmeadows Ventura *
965 Night Network Lilydale - Healesville loop McKenzies *
967 Night Network Glen Waverley - Croydon Ventura *
978 Night Network Clayton - Dandenong Ventura *
979 Night Network Clayton - Dandenong Ventura *
981 Night Network Dandenong - Cranbourne Ventura *
982 Night Network Dandenong - Cranbourne Ventura *
FlexiRide Croydon Ventura *
FlexiRide Lilydale Ventura *
FlexiRide Melton Transit Systems
FlexiRide Mooroolbark Ventura *
FlexiRide Rosebud Ventura *
FlexiRide Rowville Ventura *
FlexiRide Tarneit North CDC *
(*) Does not run 7 days. Dedicated Night Network routes run early hours of Saturday and Sunday.
What's the next change going to be?
There are hardly any small operators left to swallow up.
But contractual changes are coming to about 40% of Melbourne's bus routes. Metropolitan Zero Emission Bus Franchise 2 (MZF2) has just opened for pre-qualification from interested operators. These will start in 2028. You can download details if you have a Tenders Victoria log in.
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