Transport NSW Blog

26/03/2026

First day in service

Wednesday 25 March 2026 marked the entry into service of the first new Scania K360CA Volgren Optimus bendy bus at Busways Ryde. This was the first new bendy bus to enter service in Sydney in nearly 14 years, and is the first of 50 on order.

Seen here on just its second trip, 1547 is operating a 500X to West Ryde. 13 of the 50 will be dedicated to the 500X, whilst the other 37 will be based at Transdev John Holland Waverley for 333 duties

22/05/2025

I’VE BEEN EVERYWHERE MAN

Buses have been conscripted from all across Sydney to assist with Southwest Link, the rail replacement bus network replacing the Bankstown Line as it’s converted to Metro standards.

Seen here is Volvo B12BLE Custom Coaches CB60 1579, operating with U-Go Mobility (Marrickville). Originally delivered to State Transit (Port Botany), prior to being wrapped pink, it was with Transit Systems (Tempe).

In a sign of the fast moving pace of fleet changes in 2025, this bus is now part of the regular route service fleet at U-Go Mobility (Kingsgrove), having been replaced on Southwest Link duties by newer electric buses in April 2025.

27/11/2024

Oldest in the fleet!

At 28 years and 9 months old, 3693 is the oldest bus in service in Sydney and one of the oldest buses to ever operate regular route service in Sydney. The Scania L113CRL Ansair Oranas have been allowed to remain in service well beyond their usual retirement dates due to delays in the rollout of electric buses.

Model - Scania L113CRL Ansair Orana
Fleet No. - 3693
Operator - Busways (Willoughby)
Route - 209 to East Lindfield
Location - Blue Street, North Sydney

04/12/2020

One year since the last 14.5 trip

A year ago today, the final 14.5 Orana operated its last trip before the type entered the history books. 3454 had the honours, operating the 09:01am 272 ex North Willoughby to Wynyard, pictured here after terminating for the last time in service.

03/12/2020

Where else in the world can you get bus pics with such an iconic backdrop

B10 Orana 3956 departs from Milsons Point on its way to Manly as a 150X, with Sydney Harbour and the Opera House in the backdrop

28/11/2020

What a view!!

B12 Volgren 1624 climbs up Griffin Road on its way to Dee Why, with the waters off Curl Curl Beach setting a stunning backdrop

30/05/2020

In an exciting move, our Transport NSW Blog website is making a move to a new URL. We can now be found at

Transporting Sydney, one early bus at a time

24/05/2020

Wondabyne Station is one of the most remote railway stations in the world. Located 65km from Central on the Main North Line, it is the only train station in Australia that is not accessible by road. It is predominately used by walkers on the Great North Walk, which passes not far from the station. There is a sandstone quarry nearby as well as a small wharf.

Wondabyne is a request stop on the NSW TrainLink Central Coast and Newcastle Line. Passengers need to inform the guard of their intention to alight at Wondabyne at the preceding station, or wave down the driver if already at Wondabyne.

Transport NSW Blog visited Wondabyne in January 2020. Here are some of our photos.

19/05/2020

Privatisation isn’t the silver bullet to deliver a more reliable and innovative service at a lower cost. Instead, bus drivers get a pay cut, money spent on maintenance is decreased and all profits get shipped offshore.

Please support efforts to keep public transport in public hands. Sign the petition at https://ourtransport.org.au/take-action/

Please support efforts to keep public transport in public hands. Sign the petition at Public transport is a public service that needs to be run for the public good, not the private profit. The priv…

15/05/2020

On 14 December 2019, the new CBD and South East Light Rail opened to much fanfare. Unfortunately, much of the publicity the line received was poor, with long travel times and multiple breakdowns leaving people trapped between stops for hours on Opening Day.

Enjoy some photos from the Transport NSW Blog Collection from the day.

14/05/2020

A timeline for the privatisation of State Transit has been announced. Each region will be tendered separately, with the handovers occurring between October 2021 and April 2022.

A timeline for the privatisation of State Transit, the sate government owned bus operator, has today been revealed. The first tenders will go out next month and the process is expected to be comple…