School service changes June 2024
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Upcoming school service changes – Monday 24 June 2024
Newcastle Transport are always looking for opportunities to improve the safety and reliability of our school services.
These changes will include:
Students and families are encouraged to check the routes below to see how their service may have changed or check their school timetable to plan ahead.
From Monday 24 June 2024, some minor changes may impact the following routes:
776 (afternoon service)
Newcastle Transport will extend the afternoon school bus routes 776 and 819 to start from Belair Primary School.
From Monday 24 June, the school bus route 776 will commence from Belair Public School at 3:11pm.
The school route 776 service will continue to operate from:
There will be no impact or change for Kotara High School or St James Primary, as the service will commence earlier to allow additional time to start from Belair Primary School.
You can check the timetable – School bus route 776
819 (afternoon service)
Newcastle Transport will extend the afternoon school bus routes 776 and 819 to start from Belair Primary School.
From Monday 24 June, the school bus route 819 will commence from Belair Public School at 3:24pm.
The school route 819 service will continue to operate from:
There will be no impact to Kotara High School or St Pius X, as the service will commence earlier to allow additional time to start from Belair Primary School.
You can check the timetable – School bus route 819
705 (afternoon service)
From Monday 24 June, the bus will take an alternate route to Turton Road due to changes to road conditions.
This will mean the school bus route 705 service in the afternoon will travel via Wallarah Rd, Monash Rd and Turton Rd, instead of Wallarah Road and Young Road, Lambton.
There will be no change to the timetable.
You can check the map – School bus route 705
761 (afternoon service)
From Monday 24 June, the school bus 761 will take an alternate route to Turton Road due to changes to road conditions.
This means the school bus route 761 service in the afternoon will travel via Womboin Rd, Orlando Rd, and Young Rd, instead of Wallarah Road and Young Road, Lambton.
There will be no change to the timetable.
You can check the map – School bus route 761
844 (afternoon service)
From Monday 24 June, the school bus route 844 will be extended to Swansea High School to provide more travel options to students from Belmont Christian College.
You can check the map and timetable – School bus route 844
849 – commencing from Adamstown Heights (morning service)
Due to two variations of school bus route 849, the service travelling from Adamstown Heights to St Phillip’s College, Waratah route number will be changed to school bus service route 850.
The school bus route 849 will continue to travel between Charlestown Square and Lambton High School.
Customer Service Officers will ride the service in the lead up to the change to inform students and answer any questions.
You can check the map and timetable:
