Changes to Bus Services in Wagga Wagga

Busabout Wagga will operate more than 240 extra bus services in Wagga Wagga from Monday 30 March 2020 in the biggest ever increase to public transport for the major regional centre. This will include new evening services as late as 9pm for most routes on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, Sunday service for the first time between 9am and 5pm as well as more route options and more frequent services.

This increase is part of the NSW Government Regional Growth Program, which is funding increases to bus services in 16 major centres across Regional NSW. Tweed was the first to receive the increase in December 2019, and is now followed by Wagga Wagga.

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Busabout Wagga will operate more than 240 extra bus services from 30 March 2020 – Creative Commons via Wikimedia Commons
CHANGES TO BUSABOUT WAGGA SERVICES
Route 960

Charles Sturt University via Kooringal, Central Wagga and Estella

  • 64 extra weekly services
  • Increased services to operate every hour between Lake Albert and CSU
  • Straightened route now extends to CSU and Estella
  • New Thursday, Friday and Saturday services run until 9pm
  • New Sunday services run from 8am to 6.30pm
  • Route no longer runs via Tatton, TAFE, Railway Street or Red Hill Road between Tamar Drive and Plumpton Road. New Route 969 and improvements to other services provide connections to these areas.
Route 961

Central Wagga to Bourkelands via Mount Austin and Lloyd

  • 41 extra weekly services
  • Adjusted route extends to Lloyd
  • Northbound services into the CBD run via Best Street, connecting at Wagga Courthouse with buses to CSU
  • Thursday, Friday and Saturday services now run until 8.30pm
  • New Sunday services run from 9am to 4.30pm
  • Route no longer runs to Springvale Drive
Route 962

Central Wagga to Glenfield via Ashmont and Turvey Park (counter-clockwise loop)

  • 37 extra weekly services
  • Combined routes 962 and 963 provide services every 30 minutes between Southcity Shopping Centre and the CBD
  • Northbound services into the CBD run via Docker Street and Gurwood Street, connecting at Wagga Courthouse with buses to CSU
  • Thursday, Friday and Saturday services now run until 9pm
  • New Sunday services run from 8am to 5.30pm
Route 963

Central Wagga to Glenfield via Ashmont and Turvey Park (clockwise loop)

  • 47 extra weekly services
  • Together, routes 962 and 963 provide services every 30 minutes between South City Shopping Centre and the CBD
  • Northbound services into the CBD run via Docker Street and Gurwood Street, connecting at Wagga Courthouse with buses to CSU
  • Thursday, Friday and Saturday services now until 8.30pm
  • New Sunday services run from 9am to 4.30pm
Route 964

(discontinued)

  • Adjusted Route 966 replaces Route 964 with buses every two hours, seven days a week, for Estella Rise and areas previously services by Route 964
Route 965

Forest Hills to Wagga via East Wagga

  • 35 extra weekly services
  • New earlier services into the CBD on weekday mornings
  • Thursday, Friday and Saturday services now until 8pm
  • New Sunday services run from 9am to 4pm
Route 966

Central Wagga to Estella Rise via North Wagga and Estella

  • 21 extra weekly services
  • Thursday, Friday and Saturday services now until 9pm
  • New Sunday services run from 8am to 5pm
  • Adjusted Route 966 replaces routes 964 and 968, with buses every two hours, seven days a week, for Estella Rise and areas previously services by Route 964
Route 967

(discontinued)

  • Adjusted Routes 960 and 966 replaces Route 967
Route 968

(discontinued)

  • Adjusted Routes 960 and 966 replaces Route 968
Route 969

Tatton to Wagga via Mount Austin and Turvey Park (Riverina TAFE)

(New route)

  • 140 new direct weekly services between Tatton and the CBD
  • Services stop at TAFE and the Botanic Gardens
  • New Route 969 connects at Lakeside Drive interchange with Route 960 for services to CSU via Kooringal
  • Thursday, Friday and Saturday services run until 8pm
  • Sunday services run from 8am to 5.30pm
  • Morning and afternoon school buses are the only services on this route that run directly between Tatton and Kooringal Mall, and via Railway Street in town
On Demand Bomen service (Route 970)

Suburbs across Wagga to Bomen Business Park

(New trial service)

  • New public transport service to and from Bomen Business Park
  • Runs on weekday mornings and afternoons
  • Offers fixed-schedule services and bookable on-demand options
  • Pick-up and drop-off locations in suburbs across Wagga

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