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Title: Service Update

  1. Now Recruiting Drivers
  2. Route 903 returns to Centreway Bus Stop
  3. Run For Kids, Routes 250 & 251
  4. Kew Festival Routes 201 & 207
  5. Warrandyte Festival Parade Road Closure.
  6. Safe Bus Travel for Students
  7. Route 733 detour from Albion Rd Box Hill
  8. Antipodes Festival City 200/300 Routes Diversions
  9. Temporary 235, 237 and 238 route in the City
  10. Route 158 morning trip timetable changes
  11. Templestowe College later afternoon departure
  12. Route 273 Temporary bus stop closure
  13. Having a party? Ventura Coaches can help you with all your transport needs! Contact Colin on 9575 4820
  14. Organising Tours or Camps? Contact Ventura Coaches For Great Deals On Environmentally Friendly Transport. Call Colin on 9575 4820
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Now Recruiting Drivers

Ventura/National Bus are currently recruiting drivers for 2010, for details please visit our "Careers" page by using the link at the top of this page or call 9488 2126.



Download: Recruitment.pdf

 

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Route 903 returns to Centreway Bus Stop

As of first bus on Tuesday 23rd February 2010 the route 903 bus stop in Centreway Mordialoc will once again be available for use.

The temporary bus stop in Beach Road at Centreway will no longer be used.

 

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Run For Kids, Routes 250 & 251

Due to the Run For Kids event in the City on Sunday 14th March routes 250 and 251 will need to detour around the road closures between 7.00am and 12.30pm approximately.

Buses to Garden City will travel via Queen Street, Collins Street, King Street/Kingsway, York Street, Clarendon Street, City Road and then normal service route.

Buses to Latrobe/Northland will travel via City Road, Clarendon Street, Market Street, Tope Street, York Street, Kingsway/King Street, Collins Street, Queen Street and then normal service route.

 

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Kew Festival Routes 201 & 207

On Saturday 13th of March, the Kew Festival will be held on High Street Kew.

High Street will close between Charles Street and the Kew Junction between 11:00 Am and 12:30 PM.

Bus routes 201 and 207 will divert via Valerie, Earl, Willsmere and Princess Streets.

201 services
Shift 6206 Kew Junction 11:24
Shift 6209 Kew junction 12:24
Shift 6204 Kew Junction 11:17
Shift 6205 Kew Junction 12:17

207 Services
Shift 6207 Kew Junction 11:48
Shift 6025 Kew Junction 10:59
Shift 2011 Kew junction 11:59

 

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Warrandyte Festival Parade Road Closure.

Saturday 20th March 2010

The Warrandyte Festival Parade will be on held Saturday 20th March 2010 between 10:00 am and 12 noon approximately. The resulting road closure will result in no services operating on Warrandyte Road between Falconer Road Wonga Park and Harris Gully Road Warrandyte.

Routes 304 and 305 from The Pines will terminate at the Warrandyte Reserve.

Route 364 will deviate via Harris Gully Rd, Beauty Gully Rd/Knees Rd, and Falconer Rd.

 

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Safe Bus Travel for Students

Ventura/National is committed to the safety of all our passengers. To learn about how to travel safely on our buses, please see the attached brochure.

Download: Schoolbus_Safety.pdf

 

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Route 733 detour from Albion Rd Box Hill

Route 733 Albion Rd Box Hill closed.

Route 733 is currently unable to travel along Albion Road Box Hill between Middleborough Road and Barcelona Street due to road reconstruction.

Route to Box Hill.
From Middleborough Road, left Sweetland Road and right in to Barcelona Street and then continue along the normal route.
Two temporary bus stops are located in Sweetland Road, the first is near Middleborough Road and the second is near Via Media.

Route to Oakleigh.
From Barcelona Street, right Albion Road, left Barkly Street, left Canterbury Road and right Middleborough Road then continue normal route.
There are no bus stops on this diversion.

The diversion is expected to be in place until late April, early May 2010.

 

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Antipodes Festival City 200/300 Routes Diversions

The following services will require diversions between midnight Friday 20th March and first bus Monday 23rd March 2010 due to road closures for the Antipodes Festival

250/251 Services Inbound to Garden City
Normal service Rathdowne Street (cont) Exhibition Street
(R) Latrobe Street (Set down passengers in bus zone Melbourne Central Station)
(L) Queen Street
(R) Flinders Street (continue normal service)

250/251 Services Outbound to Latrobe University/Northland
Normal service Queensbridge Street
(R) Flinders Street
(L) Queen Street
(R) Latrobe Street (Pick up passengers at temporary stop in front of RMIT)
(L) Exhibition Street (cont) Rathdowne normal service

200/201/207 Inbound
Normal service Lygon Street (cont) Russell Street
(R) Latrobe Street (Set down passengers in bus zone Melbourne Central Station)
(L) Queen Street
(L) Lonsdale Street to Hardware Lane Stop.

200/201/207 Outbound
Commence Hardware Lane Stop
Continue Lonsdale Street
(L) Elizabeth Street
(R) Latrobe Street (Pick up passengers at temporary stop in front of RMIT)
(L) Russell Street (cont) Lygon Street Normal service

302/304/307 Inbound
Normal Service Victoria Parade
(L) Latrobe Street (Set down passengers in bus zone Melbourne Central Station)
(L) Queen Street (Normal Service

302/304/307 Outbound
Normal Service Queen Street
(R) Latrobe Street (Pick up passengers at temporary stop in front of RMIT)
Continue Victoria Parade (Normal Service)

305 Inbound
Normal Service Victoria Parade
(L) Latrobe Street (Set down passengers in bus zone Melbourne Central Station)
(L) Queen Street
(R) Lonsdale Street (Normal Service)

305 Outbound
Normal Service Lonsdale Street
(L) Queen Street
(R) Latrobe Street (Pick up passengers at temporary stop in front of RMIT)
Continue Victoria Parade (Normal Service)

 

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Temporary 235, 237 and 238 route in the City

Routes 235 237 238 Temporary change to route.

Due to building work congestion in the City along routes 235, 237 and 238 a temporary rerouting of the above routes is necessary.

The temporary route is:

Inbound to the City.
Normanby Road, right Clarendon Street, left City Road, left Queensbridge Street and then continue the normal service route.

Out bound from the City
Market Street, right Flinders Street, left Clarendon Street, right Normanby Road and then continue the normal service route.

 

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Route 158 morning trip timetable changes

From Monday 22nd February 2010.

Due to the extensive long delays at the Grange Road Alphington railway crossing it has been necessary to adjust the timetable for the 158 route to assure the ontime arrival of students to the Kew schools.

The 7.09 trip from Nicholson & Holden Streets North Fitzroy will now depart at 7.02am and the 7.15am trip will depart at 7.09am.

The first trip from Alphinton Station will be now departing at 7.28am and the second trip from Alphinton Station will be departing at 7.34am.

 

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Templestowe College later afternoon departure

From Monday 22nd February 2010.

Due to the later dismissal of Templestowe Secondary students from class, we have adjusted the departure time for both the Box Hill and Heidelberg bound buses from the college.

The buses will depart at 3.35pm from Lynnwood Parade.

 

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Route 273 Temporary bus stop closure

From Friday 13th November 2009.

The route 273 bus stop located in Springvale Road at Old Warrandyte Road, Nunawading bound, will be temporarily closed due to road works.

Customers will need to walk to the next nearest stop.

 

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Having a party? Ventura Coaches can help you with all your transport needs! Contact Colin on 9575 4820

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Organising Tours or Camps? Contact Ventura Coaches For Great Deals On Environmentally Friendly Transport. Call Colin on 9575 4820