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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 bus stops, roadspace priority along certain routes and priority at particular traffic lights. Buses on SmartBus routes are shared among three operators, with route 900 being operated by both Ventura Bus Lines and CDC Melbourne. Originally proposed in the late 1990s, SmartBus services were introduced predominantly in the 2000s. It reached its current extent of nine routes in 2010.
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 bus stops, roadspace priority along certain routes and priority at particular traffic lights. Buses on SmartBus routes are shared among three operators, with route 900 being operated by both Ventura Bus Lines and CDC Melbourne. Originally proposed in the late 1990s, SmartBus services were introduced predominantly in the 2000s. It reached its current extent of nine routes in 2010. ===Buses=== SmartBus]] Originally, SmartBus routes used a dedicated fleet of low-entry buses painted in the grey SmartBus livery. The first batch of SmartBus liveried buses were Mercedes-Benz OC500LEs delivered in 2006 and 2007 by Eastrans and Grenda's for route 900. However, since then, most of these buses have been displaced onto non-SmartBus routes and replaced by Gemilang Coachworks and Volgren bodied and Scania K320UBs painted in the orange PTV livery. Buses dedicated to SmartBus operations, regardless of livery, feature PIDS inside of the bus, which shows the next stop. In 2022, Kinetic Melbourne began running electric buses on 901, 902 and 903. ==References== ==External links== SmartBus at Public Transport Victoria
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