The NSW government has announced it is introducing more bus services in the state’s Tweed region to cater for an expected increase in demand when the new Tweed Valley Hospital opens.
Having started this week, various bus route timetables will be timetabled to better connect the Tweed Valley region to the new hospital.
“The NSW government understands how important it is for patients, visitors and staff to have easy access to the new Tweed Valley Hospital,” NSW regional transport and roads minister Jenny Aitchison says.
“The new bus services we’re delivering will provide the vital access to healthcare, employment and opportunity critical to people in the Tweed.”
The changes include Route 609 from Murwillumbah receiving an additional 10 trips per week to the new hospital, including morning and afternoon services timed to help frontline staff get to and from the hospital as their shifts start and end.
The Route 600 bus from Banora Point to Tweed Mall will be extended to run between Tweed Heads West and Coolangatta from Banora Central, while Route 601 will be amended to operate from Tweed Mall to the new hospital.
Route 605 will grow to operate between Murwillumbah and Tweed Mall via Powell Street and Keith Compton Drive, while the 603 services will also stop at the new bus stops on Cudgen Road, outside the hospital entrance.
The new hospital is set to open on May 14.
NSW Duty MLC for Tweed Emily Suvaal says the improvements will allow for more accessible services in the region.
“The NSW government is proud to be investing in improvements to public transport in our growing regional communities and I encourage everyone in the Tweed region to take advantage of these new services,” Suvaal says.
“I also congratulate Transport for NSW and bus operator Kinetic for the work they’ve put in to deliver improvements to public transport that will benefit so many community members in the Tweed region.”