Sunday shoppers can now celebrate, with the popular Route 612 bus connecting Box Hill station and Chadstone Shopping Centre now expanding to a seven-day-a-week service.
Starting from August 25, 23 new Sunday services will be introduced on Route 612, giving residents in Mont Albert North, Surrey Hills, Camberwell, Glen Iris and Malvern East better access to popular destinations including Chadstone Shopping Centre and Camberwell Market.
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The services will operate hourly from 7:20am to just after 6:30pm on Sundays, ensuring you can make brunch and dinner plans.
“We’re giving the communities along Route 612 easier access to jobs and shopping destinations such as Chadstone Shopping complex, and better links to our rail network for those travelling from further afield,” member for Oakleigh Steve Dimopoulos says.
These changes come as part of the Victoria’s Bus Plan, improving the state’s bus network to better meet demand and improve services across the state.
Launched in June 2021, Victoria’s Bus Plan has already improved bus services in more than half of the state’s 79 local government areas through the introduction of more than 200 new or improved bus routes.
In just the first three years, 83 local bus networks have been redesigned or strengthened, delivering better coverage and service coordination to meet the changing needs of the communities they service.
“Through Victoria’s Bus Plan, we’re delivering simple, frequent and affordable public transport across our state, including in our fastest growing suburbs, giving communities better bus services and better links with trains,” public transport minister Gabrielle Williams says.
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