Sydney Buses 400 Inbound Part 1

This is a Waverley depot bus. Can't remember the bus number but it is an OC 500 LE CNG doing the inbound run from Bondi Junction Interchange to Burwood. The memory card in my digital camera only takes about 56 mins of video so I only taped up until Mascot just before the domestic airport terminal. I managed to edit that 56 mins down to 36 mins in 3 parts. I am the bus driver.

The 400 bus route is a limited stops service linking bondi and burwood, along the way we link 3 westfield shopping centres (bondi, eastgardens and burwood), not to mention Randwick and Maroubra shopping centres, both airport terminals, 7 train stations including Bondi, Mascot, Banksia, Rockdale, Bexley North, Campsie and Burwood (not to mention the airport terminal train stations). It is the longest Waverley depot route taking anywhere between 1h and 20 mins to 1h and 40 mins in peak hour times, it always runs late and has been known to take up to 2 hours sometimes, a new timetable is coming into effect on November 28th 2010 which also includes the 410 services.

The 400 used to be known as a metro line service and was an exclusive roster that you had to put your name down for and there was a higher rate of pay as well. You had to be trained where all the stops were, but now they are so frequent that everyone does them, trained or not. There is a lot of senior drivers who have never done a 400 further than the eastgardens shuttle 400's, as they have had their own line of work for so many years which helps create more oppurtunities for newer drivers such as myself to score some overtime and take some pride knowing that I can do this run. Its a good trip with a lot of main roads and if your on time, a large break before going back.

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• sydney buses
• state transit
• sta
• OC500LE CNG
• bondi junction
• mascot
• 400

[wazzamolloy1]

there is one large sliding door per bus stand, the other glass is just windows, there is a train staion below.

[wiv098]

At Bondi Jn Interchange why do they have lots of doors at each bus stand? Is that like an entrance to a shopping centre or something? Just curious

[wazzamolloy1]

@wiv098, each door corresponds to a different route/routes pickup point.

[ea90744]

love that ZF tranny in there thanks for sharing