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For the SMART mass transit system in suburban Detroit, see <a href="/wiki/Suburban_Mobility_Authority_for_Regional_Transportation" title="Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation">Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="text-align:center;background-color:#ededed;">SmartBus</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:SmartBus_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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href="/wiki/Custom_Coaches" class="mw-redirect" title="Custom Coaches">Custom Coaches</a> bodied <a href="/wiki/MAN_Truck_%26_Bus" title="MAN Truck & Bus">MAN</a> 18.310 on <a href="/wiki/Lonsdale_Street" title="Lonsdale Street">Lonsdale Street</a> in August 2013</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef;">Overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Locale</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Transit type</th><td class="infobox-data">Bus</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number of lines</th><td class="infobox-data">9<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (including 3 Orbital and 4 DART)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ptv.vic.gov.au/projects/buses/smartbus/">SmartBus at PTV</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef;">Operation</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operator(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/CDC_Melbourne" title="CDC Melbourne">CDC Melbourne</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kinetic_Melbourne" title="Kinetic Melbourne">Kinetic Melbourne</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ventura_Bus_Lines" title="Ventura Bus Lines">Ventura Bus Lines</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 0px;"><table style="width:100%; margin:0; border:none;" class="collapsible"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #efefef;" class="infobox-header"><th style="text-align: center;">System map</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center"> <p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/assets/PDFs/Maps/Network-maps/18388783f7/SmartBus-Network.pdf">SmartBus map and routes at Public Transport Victoria</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>SmartBus</b> is a network of bus services in the city of <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, Australia. Overseen by <a href="/wiki/Public_Transport_Victoria" title="Public Transport Victoria">Public Transport Victoria</a>, the network comprises nine key cross-town and orbital bus routes around Melbourne. Key aspects of the service include more frequent services, extended hours of operation to include late evening and Sunday services, improved timetable information at bus stops, roadspace priority along certain routes and priority at particular traffic lights.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Busses on SmartBus routes are shared among three operators, with route 900 being operated by both <a href="/wiki/Ventura_Bus_Lines" title="Ventura Bus Lines">Ventura Bus Lines</a> and <a href="/wiki/CDC_Melbourne" title="CDC Melbourne">CDC Melbourne</a>. </p><p>SmartBus originally was a policy proposed by the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_State_Government" title="Victoria State Government">Victoria State Government</a> in the late 1990s, but was only implemented in the early 2000s.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003, the first trial program began with routes 703 and 888/889 (now 902) being upgraded to SmartBus status.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The program was deemed successful and as a result new SmartBus routes began service with the most recent addition of routes being the introduction of the four Doncaster Area Rapid Transit routes in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-DoTSmartBus_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DoTSmartBus-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SmartBus&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SmartBus_liveried_Ventura_bus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/SmartBus_liveried_Ventura_bus.jpg/250px-SmartBus_liveried_Ventura_bus.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/SmartBus_liveried_Ventura_bus.jpg/330px-SmartBus_liveried_Ventura_bus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/SmartBus_liveried_Ventura_bus.jpg/500px-SmartBus_liveried_Ventura_bus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="676" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ventura_Bus_Lines" title="Ventura Bus Lines">Ventura Bus Lines</a> <a href="/wiki/Environmental_Performance_Vehicles" title="Environmental Performance Vehicles">DesignLine</a> bodied <a href="/wiki/MAN_Truck_%26_Bus" title="MAN Truck & Bus">MAN</a> 16.240 on route 903 in August 2009</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s">1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SmartBus&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although SmartBus was originally a policy initiative of the <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Kennett" title="Jeff Kennett">Kennett government</a> in the late 1990s, the government only began implementing the proposal in the early 2000s. However, plans from the late 1980s included several cross-town routes, which were to be called <a href="/wiki/Metlink" title="Metlink">Metlink</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000–2012"><span id="2000.E2.80.932012"></span>2000–2012</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SmartBus&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2000–2012"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ventura_Volvo_B7RLE_Smartbus_at_Westfield_Doncaster.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Ventura_Volvo_B7RLE_Smartbus_at_Westfield_Doncaster.jpg/220px-Ventura_Volvo_B7RLE_Smartbus_at_Westfield_Doncaster.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Ventura_Volvo_B7RLE_Smartbus_at_Westfield_Doncaster.jpg/330px-Ventura_Volvo_B7RLE_Smartbus_at_Westfield_Doncaster.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Ventura_Volvo_B7RLE_Smartbus_at_Westfield_Doncaster.jpg/440px-Ventura_Volvo_B7RLE_Smartbus_at_Westfield_Doncaster.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6016" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>A Ventura Volvo B7RLE Smartbus operating a Route 902 to Chelsea at <a href="/wiki/Westfield_Doncaster" title="Westfield Doncaster">Westfield Doncaster</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The first stage of the trial was implemented on 5 August 2002, with the following services being chosen as pilot routes: 703 <a href="/wiki/Brighton,_Victoria" title="Brighton, Victoria">Middle Brighton</a> to <a href="/wiki/Blackburn,_Victoria" title="Blackburn, Victoria">Blackburn</a> (operated by <a href="/wiki/Ventura_Bus_Lines" title="Ventura Bus Lines">Ventura Bus Lines</a>) and 888/889 <a href="/wiki/Nunawading" class="mw-redirect" title="Nunawading">Nunawading</a> to <a href="/wiki/Chelsea,_Victoria" title="Chelsea, Victoria">Chelsea</a> (operated by <a href="/wiki/Grenda%27s_Bus_Services" title="Grenda's Bus Services">Grenda's Bus Services</a>). These two routes received extra funding for more services, services on 703 increased by 20% and on 888/889 by up to 50%. Sunday services were also added to 888/889. The aim was to find out whether increased services and better reliability would increase patronage. The project was deemed successful when in 2003, on the 1st anniversary of SmartBus, the Victorian Government released a media statement that the SmartBus program increased patronage by 25%.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 16 October 2006, route 900 began operation, connecting major areas in south-eastern Melbourne including Chadstone SC, Oakleigh and Monash University.<sup id="cite_ref-DoTSmartBus_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DoTSmartBus-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was jointly operated by <a href="/wiki/Grenda%27s_Bus_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Grenda's Bus Service">Grenda's Bus Service</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastrans" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastrans">Eastrans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-900timetable_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-900timetable-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Three orbital bus lines were introduced as part of the SmartBus network, with the intention of providing cross city links connecting railway and tram lines and other bus routes. </p><p>The first orbital route started as several routes (including Route 665 from Dandenong to Ringwood and Route 830 from Dandenong to Frankston). It was re-launched as <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_bus_route_901" title="Melbourne bus route 901">Yellow Orbital Route 901</a> on 24 March 2008 operating between Frankston and Ringwood.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Route 901 connects with nine railway stations and over 100 bus routes, and on 26 September 2010, the route was extended to Melbourne Airport. At 115 kilometres long, Route 901 has a journey time of four and a half hours, making it Melbourne's second longest bus route after the Route 684 service between Ringwood and Eildon.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This was followed by route 700 running between <a href="/wiki/Mordialloc,_Victoria" title="Mordialloc, Victoria">Mordialloc</a> and <a href="/wiki/Box_Hill_railway_station,_Melbourne" title="Box Hill railway station, Melbourne">Box Hill</a>; it was re-launched as a SmartBus on 14 June 2005. On 20 April 2009, the route was extended to Altona, becoming the Red Orbital 903, and replaced route 291.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It connects to 11 railway stations and nine tram lines, and is 86 kilometres (53 mi) in length. </p><p>Last, in April 2010, the Green Orbital 902 started operation, assuming the operations of Grenda's Smartbus route 888/889 as well as <a href="/wiki/East_West_Bus_Company" title="East West Bus Company">East West Bus Company</a>'s route 560. The route was jointly operated by Grenda's and East West. It runs between <a href="/wiki/Chelsea,_Victoria" title="Chelsea, Victoria">Chelsea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Airport_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Airport West">Airport West</a>, connecting to nine railway stations, three tram routes and over 60 local lines, spanning 76 kilometres (47 mi).<sup id="cite_ref-DoTSmartBus_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DoTSmartBus-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Green Orbital was intended to extend westwards to Werribee via Sydenham but this never eventuated.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DoTSmartBus_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DoTSmartBus-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A Blue Orbital (route 904), was proposed in the 2006 <i>Meeting our Transport Challenges</i> publication, which proposed to service the inner city from <a href="/wiki/Sandringham,_Victoria" title="Sandringham, Victoria">Sandringham</a> to <a href="/wiki/Williamstown,_Victoria" title="Williamstown, Victoria">Williamstown</a>, however this proposed route was cut from the 2008 <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Transport_Plan" title="Victorian Transport Plan">Victorian Transport Plan</a>, with the route not mentioned in text or maps. </p><p>Doncaster Area Rapid Transit (DART) Routes begun operation on 4 October 2010. Those routes were designed to provide a public transport connection between the <a href="/wiki/Doncaster,_Victoria" title="Doncaster, Victoria">Doncaster</a> area and the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_central_business_district" title="Melbourne central business district">Melbourne central business district</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DoTSmartBus_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DoTSmartBus-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Smartbus had been criticised for being not par with world bus rapid transit system standards, such as segregating from car lanes via a separated roadway, working traffic light bus priority and better real-time information screens.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Since_2012">Since 2012</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SmartBus&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Since 2012"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kinetic_Melbourne_SmartBus_bendy_8033AO_(2000)_July_2024_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Kinetic_Melbourne_SmartBus_bendy_8033AO_%282000%29_July_2024_1.jpg/220px-Kinetic_Melbourne_SmartBus_bendy_8033AO_%282000%29_July_2024_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Kinetic_Melbourne_SmartBus_bendy_8033AO_%282000%29_July_2024_1.jpg/330px-Kinetic_Melbourne_SmartBus_bendy_8033AO_%282000%29_July_2024_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Kinetic_Melbourne_SmartBus_bendy_8033AO_%282000%29_July_2024_1.jpg/440px-Kinetic_Melbourne_SmartBus_bendy_8033AO_%282000%29_July_2024_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kinetic_Melbourne" title="Kinetic Melbourne">Kinetic Melbourne</a> <a href="/wiki/Custom_Coaches" class="mw-redirect" title="Custom Coaches">Custom Coaches</a> bodied <a href="/wiki/Scania_K_series" title="Scania K series">Scania K310UA</a> on route 907 in July 2024. This is one of the only two articulated buses to bear the SmartBus livery</figcaption></figure> <p>Between 2012 and 2013, all of the nine routes were operated by <a href="/wiki/Ventura_Bus_Lines" title="Ventura Bus Lines">Ventura Bus Lines</a> (with 900 to 902 jointly operated with other operators). <a href="/wiki/Transdev_Melbourne" title="Transdev Melbourne">Transdev Melbourne</a> was awarded the Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Franchise, which included the three orbital and four DART routes, and took over the routes from Ventura in August 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In late 2014, Transdev proposed to split the three orbital routes into seven routes, as part of a planned network change in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2015, the proposed network change, including the splitting of the orbial routes, was rejected by the newly-elected <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Andrews" title="Daniel Andrews">Andrews</a> Labor government.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2022, <a href="/wiki/Kinetic_Melbourne" title="Kinetic Melbourne">Kinetic Melbourne</a> succeeded Transdev as new franchise operator of the Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Franchise and took over the three orbital and four DART routes.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Network_and_Operations">Network and Operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SmartBus&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Network and Operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Routes">Routes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SmartBus&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Routes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" border="1"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" align="center"><b>Route</b> </th> <th scope="col"><b>From</b> </th> <th scope="col"><b>To</b> </th> <th scope="col"><b>Via</b> </th> <th scope="col"><b>Operator</b> </th> <th scope="col"><b>Notes</b> </th></tr> <tr> <th align="center" style="font-style:bold; font-size:100%; background:#CCCCCC;">703 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_railway_station,_Melbourne" title="Blackburn railway station, Melbourne">Blackburn</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Middle_Brighton_railway_station" title="Middle Brighton railway station">Middle Brighton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Forest_Hill_Chase_Shopping_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Forest Hill Chase Shopping Centre">Forest Hill Chase Shopping Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monash_University" title="Monash University">Monash University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clayton_railway_station,_Melbourne" title="Clayton railway station, Melbourne">Clayton station</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bentleigh_railway_station" title="Bentleigh railway station">Bentleigh station</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ventura_Bus_Lines" title="Ventura Bus Lines">Ventura Bus Lines</a> </td> <td>Official SmartBus section is only north of Clayton, although PIDs are installed at Bentleigh. Service levels are not as high as on other SmartBus routes, especially along Centre Rd segment. </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" style="font-style:bold; font-size:100%; background:#CCCCCC;">900 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Rowville" class="mw-redirect" title="Rowville">Rowville</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caulfield,_Victoria" title="Caulfield, Victoria">Caulfield</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Waverley_Park,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Waverley Park, Victoria">Waverley Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monash_University" title="Monash University">Monash University</a> & <a href="/wiki/Chadstone_Shopping_Centre" title="Chadstone Shopping Centre">Chadstone Shopping Centre</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/CDC_Melbourne" title="CDC Melbourne">CDC Melbourne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ventura_Bus_Lines" title="Ventura Bus Lines">Ventura Bus Lines</a> </td> <td>Limited stops service </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" style="font-style:bold; font-size:100%; background:#CCCCCC;"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_bus_route_901" title="Melbourne bus route 901">901</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Frankston_railway_station" title="Frankston railway station">Frankston station</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Airport" title="Melbourne Airport">Melbourne Airport</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dandenong_railway_station" title="Dandenong railway station">Dandenong station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westfield_Knox" title="Westfield Knox">Westfield Knox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ringwood_railway_station" title="Ringwood railway station">Ringwood station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_railway_station,_Melbourne" title="Blackburn railway station, Melbourne">Blackburn station</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Pines_Shopping_Centre" title="The Pines Shopping Centre">The Pines Shopping Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greensborough_railway_station" title="Greensborough railway station">Greensborough station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Epping_railway_station,_Melbourne" title="Epping railway station, Melbourne">Epping station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roxburgh_Park_railway_station" title="Roxburgh Park railway station">Roxburgh Park station</a> & <a href="/wiki/Broadmeadows_railway_station,_Melbourne" title="Broadmeadows railway station, Melbourne">Broadmeadows station</a> </td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Kinetic_Melbourne" title="Kinetic Melbourne">Kinetic Melbourne</a> </td> <td>Orbital – Yellow </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" style="font-style:bold; font-size:100%; background:#CCCCCC;">902 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_railway_station,_Melbourne" title="Chelsea railway station, Melbourne">Chelsea station</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Airport_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Airport West">Airport West</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Springvale,_Victoria" title="Springvale, Victoria">Springvale</a> Shopping Centre, <a href="/wiki/Glen_Waverley_railway_station" title="Glen Waverley railway station">Glen Waverley station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nunawading_railway_station" title="Nunawading railway station">Nunawading station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westfield_Doncaster" title="Westfield Doncaster">Westfield Doncaster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eltham_railway_station" title="Eltham railway station">Eltham station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greensborough_Plaza" title="Greensborough Plaza">Greensborough Plaza</a>, <a href="/wiki/Campbellfield,_Victoria" title="Campbellfield, Victoria">Campbellfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Broadmeadows_railway_station,_Melbourne" title="Broadmeadows railway station, Melbourne">Broadmeadows station</a> & <a href="/wiki/Gladstone_Park,_Victoria" title="Gladstone Park, Victoria">Gladstone Park</a> </td> <td>Orbital – Green </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" style="font-style:bold; font-size:100%; background:#CCCCCC;">903 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Altona_railway_station" title="Altona railway station">Altona station</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mordialloc,_Victoria" title="Mordialloc, Victoria">Mordialloc</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sunshine_railway_station,_Melbourne" title="Sunshine railway station, Melbourne">Sunshine station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Essendon_railway_station" title="Essendon railway station">Essendon station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Preston_railway_station,_Melbourne" title="Preston railway station, Melbourne">Preston station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northland_Shopping_Centre" title="Northland Shopping Centre">Northland Shopping Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heidelberg_railway_station" title="Heidelberg railway station">Heidelberg station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westfield_Doncaster" title="Westfield Doncaster">Westfield Doncaster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Box_Hill_Central" title="Box Hill Central">Box Hill Central</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deakin_University" title="Deakin University">Deakin University (Burwood Campus)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chadstone_Shopping_Centre" title="Chadstone Shopping Centre">Chadstone Shopping Centre</a> & <a href="/wiki/Mentone_railway_station" title="Mentone railway station">Mentone station</a> </td> <td>Orbital – Red<br />Some services terminate at Box Hill, Heidelberg, Essendon or Sunshine, towards Altona, or either Mentone or Oakleigh towards Mordialloc instead. </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" style="font-style:bold; font-size:100%; background:#CCCCCC;">905 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_central_business_district" title="Melbourne central business district">City</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lonsdale_Street" title="Lonsdale Street">Lonsdale Street</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Pines_Shopping_Centre" title="The Pines Shopping Centre">The Pines Shopping Centre</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Freeway,_Melbourne" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Freeway, Melbourne">Eastern Freeway</a> exiting at <a href="/wiki/Bulleen_Road" title="Bulleen Road">Bulleen Road</a>, <a href="/wiki/Templestowe" class="mw-redirect" title="Templestowe">Templestowe</a> </td> <td rowspan="4">Doncaster Area Rapid Transit (DART) </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" style="font-style:bold; font-size:100%; background:#CCCCCC;">906 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_central_business_district" title="Melbourne central business district">City</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lonsdale_Street" title="Lonsdale Street">Lonsdale Street</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Warrandyte" class="mw-redirect" title="Warrandyte">Warrandyte</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Freeway,_Melbourne" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Freeway, Melbourne">Eastern Freeway</a>, exiting at Blackburn Road, <a href="/wiki/The_Pines_Shopping_Centre" title="The Pines Shopping Centre">The Pines Shopping Centre</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" style="font-style:bold; font-size:100%; background:#CCCCCC;">907 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_central_business_district" title="Melbourne central business district">City</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lonsdale_Street" title="Lonsdale Street">Lonsdale Street</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mitcham,_Victoria" title="Mitcham, Victoria">Mitcham</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Freeway,_Melbourne" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Freeway, Melbourne">Eastern Freeway</a>, exiting at <a href="/wiki/State_(Bell/Springvale)_Highway" title="State (Bell/Springvale) Highway">Doncaster Road</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Park_%26_Ride_bus_station" title="Doncaster Park & Ride bus station">Doncaster Park & Ride</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th align="center" style="font-style:bold; font-size:100%; background:#CCCCCC;">908 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_central_business_district" title="Melbourne central business district">City</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lonsdale_Street" title="Lonsdale Street">Lonsdale Street</a>)<br /><small>Terminates at Doncaster Park & Ride during off-peak</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Pines_Shopping_Centre" title="The Pines Shopping Centre">The Pines Shopping Centre</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Freeway,_Melbourne" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Freeway, Melbourne">Eastern Freeway</a>, exiting at Doncaster Road, Doncaster Park & Ride, King Street </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Services">Services</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SmartBus&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>SmartBus routes operate from 5:00am to midnight from Monday to Saturday and from 6:00am to 9:00pm on Sundays, Good Friday and Christmas Day. Most services run the full route however, some services on the three orbital routes and off-peak services route 908 may serve shorter runs. SmartBus services usually serve most stops however, route 900 instead offers a limited express service, only stopping at major stops along the route.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:6_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:7_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:8_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Bundling_citations" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This claim has too many footnotes for reading to be smooth. (April 2023)">excessive citations</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Frequencies on the nine routes are higher than most bus routes on the network, will vary throughout the day and go as follows.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:6_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:7_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:8_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Bundling_citations" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This claim has too many footnotes for reading to be smooth. (April 2023)">excessive citations</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <ul><li>30 minute frequencies between 5:00am and 6:30am</li> <li>15 minute frequencies between 6:30am and 9:00pm on routes 703, 901, 902 and 903</li> <li>10 minute frequencies (or higher) between 6:30am and 9:00pm on routes 900, 905, 906, 907 and 908</li> <li>30 minute frequencies from 8:30pm and 12:00am</li> <li>30 minute frequencies on weekends and public holidays</li> <li>60 minute frequencies on Night Network services</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operators">Operators</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SmartBus&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Operators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Route </th> <th colspan="1">2002–2005 </th> <th>2005–2008 </th> <th colspan="2">2008–2010 </th> <th colspan="4">2010–2013 </th> <th colspan="1">2013–2022 </th> <th colspan="1">2022–now </th></tr> <tr> <th>703 </th> <td colspan="10"><a href="/wiki/Ventura_Bus_Lines" title="Ventura Bus Lines">Ventura Bus Lines</a> (2002–present) </td></tr> <tr> <th>900 </th> <td colspan="1">N/A </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Grenda%27s_Bus_Services" title="Grenda's Bus Services">Grenda's Bus Services</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastrans" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastrans">Eastrans</a><sup id="cite_ref-900timetable_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-900timetable-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2006–2012) </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ventura_Bus_Lines" title="Ventura Bus Lines">Ventura Bus Lines</a> and<br /><a href="/wiki/Eastrans" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastrans">Eastrans</a> (2012–2014) </td> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ventura_Bus_Lines" title="Ventura Bus Lines">Ventura Bus Lines</a> and <a href="/wiki/CDC_Melbourne" title="CDC Melbourne">CDC Melbourne</a> (2014–present) </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_bus_route_901" title="Melbourne bus route 901">901</a> </th> <td colspan="2">N/A (Non-Smartbus routes 665 and 830/831) </td> <td colspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Grenda%27s_Bus_Services" title="Grenda's Bus Services">Grenda's Bus Services</a> and<br /><a href="/wiki/Invicta_Bus_Services" title="Invicta Bus Services">Invicta Bus Services</a> (2008–2009)<sup id="cite_ref-grenda_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grenda-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td colspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Grenda%27s_Bus_Services" title="Grenda's Bus Services">Grenda's Bus Services</a> (2009–2010) </td> <td colspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Grenda%27s_Bus_Services" title="Grenda's Bus Services">Grenda's Bus Services</a> and<br /><a href="/wiki/East_West_Bus_Company" title="East West Bus Company">East West Bus Company</a><sup id="cite_ref-eastwest_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eastwest-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2010–2012) </td> <td colspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Ventura_Bus_Lines" title="Ventura Bus Lines">Ventura Bus Lines</a> and<br /><a href="/wiki/East_West_Bus_Company" title="East West Bus Company">East West Bus Company</a> (2012–2013) </td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Transdev_Melbourne" title="Transdev Melbourne">Transdev Melbourne</a> (2013–2022) </td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Kinetic_Melbourne" title="Kinetic Melbourne">Kinetic Melbourne</a> (2022–present) </td></tr> <tr> <th>902 </th> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Grenda%27s_Bus_Services" title="Grenda's Bus Services">Grenda's Bus Services</a> (2002–2010 as Smartbus 888/889) </td> <td colspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Grenda%27s_Bus_Services" title="Grenda's Bus Services">Grenda's Bus Services</a> and<br /><a href="/wiki/East_West_Bus_Company" title="East West Bus Company">East West Bus Company</a><sup id="cite_ref-eastwest_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eastwest-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2010–2012) </td> <td colspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Ventura_Bus_Lines" title="Ventura Bus Lines">Ventura Bus Lines</a> and<br /><a href="/wiki/East_West_Bus_Company" title="East West Bus Company">East West Bus Company</a> (2012–2013) </td></tr> <tr> <th>903 </th> <td colspan="1">N/A </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ventura_Bus_Lines" title="Ventura Bus Lines">Ventura Bus Lines</a> (2005–2009 as Smartbus 700) </td> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ventura_Bus_Lines" title="Ventura Bus Lines">Ventura Bus Lines</a> (2009–2013) </td></tr> <tr> <th>905 </th> <td colspan="4" rowspan="4">N/A </td> <td colspan="2" rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Ventura_Bus_Lines" title="Ventura Bus Lines">Ventura Bus Lines</a> (2010–2013) </td></tr> <tr> <th>906 </th></tr> <tr> <th>907 </th></tr> <tr> <th>908 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SmartBus&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Buses">Buses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SmartBus&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Buses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SmartBus-nextstop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/SmartBus-nextstop.jpg/220px-SmartBus-nextstop.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/SmartBus-nextstop.jpg/330px-SmartBus-nextstop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/SmartBus-nextstop.jpg/440px-SmartBus-nextstop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2865" data-file-height="1884" /></a><figcaption>A "next stop" display in a <a href="/wiki/Ventura_Bus_Lines" title="Ventura Bus Lines">Ventura</a> SmartBus</figcaption></figure> <p>Originally, SmartBus routes used a dedicated fleet of low-entry buses painted in the grey SmartBus livery.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first batch of SmartBus liveried buses were <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_OC500LE" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercedes-Benz OC500LE">Mercedes-Benz OC500LEs</a> delivered in 2006 and 2007 by Eastrans and Grenda's for route 900. However, since then, most of these buses have been displaced onto non-SmartBus routes and replaced by <a href="/wiki/Gemilang_Coachworks" title="Gemilang Coachworks">Gemilang Coachworks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Volgren" title="Volgren">Volgren</a> bodied and <a href="/wiki/Scania_K_series" title="Scania K series">Scania K320UBs</a> painted in the orange PTV livery.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Buses dedicated to SmartBus operations, regardless of livery, feature PIDS inside of the bus, which shows the next stop. In 2022, <a href="/wiki/Kinetic_Melbourne" title="Kinetic Melbourne">Kinetic Melbourne</a> began running electric buses on 901, 902 and 903.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bus_Stops">Bus Stops</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SmartBus&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Bus Stops"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SmartBus_PID.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/SmartBus_PID.jpg/220px-SmartBus_PID.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/SmartBus_PID.jpg/330px-SmartBus_PID.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/SmartBus_PID.jpg/440px-SmartBus_PID.jpg 2x" data-file-width="952" data-file-height="542" /></a><figcaption>A SmartBus route 703 <a href="/wiki/Passenger_information_system" title="Passenger information system">PID</a> at <a href="/wiki/Bentleigh,_Victoria" title="Bentleigh, Victoria">Bentleigh</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Smartbus_totem_with_Night_Bus_logo,_Box_Hill_North_(53512294455).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Smartbus_totem_with_Night_Bus_logo%2C_Box_Hill_North_%2853512294455%29.jpg/220px-Smartbus_totem_with_Night_Bus_logo%2C_Box_Hill_North_%2853512294455%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="391" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Smartbus_totem_with_Night_Bus_logo%2C_Box_Hill_North_%2853512294455%29.jpg/330px-Smartbus_totem_with_Night_Bus_logo%2C_Box_Hill_North_%2853512294455%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Smartbus_totem_with_Night_Bus_logo%2C_Box_Hill_North_%2853512294455%29.jpg/440px-Smartbus_totem_with_Night_Bus_logo%2C_Box_Hill_North_%2853512294455%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2268" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>Smartbus totem with a Night Bus logo, Box Hill North</figcaption></figure> <p>SmartBus bus stops offer a variety of premium features not usually present at non-Smartbus bus stops. All SmartBus bus stops feature totems, with some including real time PIDs embedded into them. Additionally, major bus stops may include shelters, bins, and real time <a href="/wiki/Passenger_information_system" title="Passenger information system">passenger information displays</a>. These displays will show the next departures of each SmartBus route and at railway stations will additionally show the next departures of rail services.<sup id="cite_ref-PTVTech_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PTVTech-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Signalling">Signalling</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SmartBus&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Signalling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>SmartBus corridors use more modern signalling which is not common on non-SmartBus routes. The location of buses is tracked using <a href="/wiki/Global_Positioning_System" title="Global Positioning System">GPS satellite receivers</a> fitted to the bus, which relay this information to the <a href="/wiki/Network_operations_center" title="Network operations center">network control centre</a>. Many <a href="/wiki/Traffic_light" title="Traffic light">traffic lights</a> on SmartBus corridors are fitted with <a href="/wiki/Bus_priority_signal" title="Bus priority signal">bus signal priority</a> equipment, to allow for buses to change signals ahead to speed up their journey. The information from both systems is also commonly used when operating PIDs, when accounting for delays and earlier arrivals.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SmartBus&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ptv.vic.gov.au/about-ptv/victoria-s-pt-network/network-statistics/">"Network statistics"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Public_Transport_Victoria" title="Public Transport Victoria">Public Transport Victoria</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130514020809/http://ptv.vic.gov.au/about-ptv/victoria-s-pt-network/network-statistics/">Archived</a> from the original on 14 May 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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left; background-color: #eee;">Rolling stock</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comeng_(train)" title="Comeng (train)">Comeng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X%27Trapolis_100" title="X'Trapolis 100">X'Trapolis 100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siemens_Nexas" title="Siemens Nexas">Siemens Nexas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Capacity_Metro_Train" title="High Capacity Metro Train">HCMT</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/X%27Trapolis_2.0" title="X'Trapolis 2.0">X'Trapolis 2.0</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Infrastructure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_Loop" title="City Loop">City Loop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flinders_Street_Viaduct" title="Flinders Street Viaduct">Flinders Street Viaduct</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Metro_Tunnel" title="Metro Tunnel">Metro Tunnel</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Airport_rail_link" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne Airport rail link">Melbourne Airport Rail</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Suburban_Rail_Loop" title="Suburban Rail Loop">Suburban Rail Loop</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_railway_stations_in_Melbourne" title="List of railway stations in Melbourne">List of railway stations in Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proposed_Melbourne_rail_extensions" title="Proposed Melbourne rail extensions">Proposed extensions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;;text-align: left; background-color: #eee; box-shadow: inset 0.5em 0 0 0 #71BE43;"><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne_tram_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ef/Melbourne_tram_logo.svg/20px-Melbourne_tram_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ef/Melbourne_tram_logo.svg/30px-Melbourne_tram_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ef/Melbourne_tram_logo.svg/40px-Melbourne_tram_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Trams_in_Melbourne" title="Trams in Melbourne">Tram</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Melbourne_tram_routes" title="List of Melbourne tram routes">Routes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_1" title="Melbourne tram route 1">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_3" title="Melbourne tram route 3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_5" title="Melbourne tram route 5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_6" title="Melbourne tram route 6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_11" title="Melbourne tram route 11">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_12" title="Melbourne tram route 12">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_16" title="Melbourne tram route 16">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_19" title="Melbourne tram route 19">19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_30" title="Melbourne tram route 30">30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_Circle_tram" title="City Circle tram">35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_48" title="Melbourne tram route 48">48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_57" title="Melbourne tram route 57">57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_58" title="Melbourne tram route 58">58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_59" title="Melbourne tram route 59">59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_64" title="Melbourne tram route 64">64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_67" title="Melbourne tram route 67">67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_70" title="Melbourne tram route 70">70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_72" title="Melbourne tram route 72">72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_75" title="Melbourne tram route 75">75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_78" title="Melbourne tram route 78">78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_82" title="Melbourne tram route 82">82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_86" title="Melbourne tram route 86">86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_96" title="Melbourne tram route 96">96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_tram_route_109" title="Melbourne tram route 109">109</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Operator</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yarra_Trams" title="Yarra Trams">Yarra Trams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Rolling stock</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/W-class_Melbourne_tram" title="W-class Melbourne tram">W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Z-class_Melbourne_tram" title="Z-class Melbourne tram">Z</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-class_Melbourne_tram" title="A-class Melbourne tram">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B-class_Melbourne_tram" title="B-class Melbourne tram">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-class_Melbourne_tram" title="C-class Melbourne tram">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C2-class_Melbourne_tram" title="C2-class Melbourne tram">C2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D-class_Melbourne_tram" title="D-class Melbourne tram">D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E-class_Melbourne_tram" title="E-class Melbourne tram">E</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/G-class_Melbourne_tram" title="G-class Melbourne tram">G</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Proposed_Melbourne_tram_extensions" title="Proposed Melbourne tram extensions">Proposed extensions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Broadmeadows_Bus_Service" title="Broadmeadows Bus Service">Broadmeadows Bus Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CDC_Melbourne" title="CDC Melbourne">CDC Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranbourne_Transit" title="Cranbourne Transit">Cranbourne Transit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dysons" title="Dysons">Dysons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kastoria_Bus_Lines" title="Kastoria Bus Lines">Kastoria Bus Lines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinetic_Melbourne" title="Kinetic Melbourne">Kinetic Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyrs_Bus_Service" title="Martyrs Bus Service">Martyrs Bus Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McKenzie%27s_Tourist_Services" title="McKenzie's Tourist Services">McKenzie's Tourist Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panorama_Coaches" title="Panorama Coaches">Panorama Coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Brothers_Bus_Service" title="Ryan Brothers Bus Service">Ryan Brothers Bus Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunbury_Bus_Service" title="Sunbury Bus Service">Sunbury Bus Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transit_Systems_Victoria" title="Transit Systems Victoria">Transit Systems Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ventura_Bus_Lines" title="Ventura Bus Lines">Ventura Bus Lines</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.6em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Infrastructure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Busway,_Melbourne" title="Eastern Busway, Melbourne">Eastern Busway</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bulleen_Park_%26_Ride_bus_station" title="Bulleen Park & Ride bus station">Bulleen Park & Ride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Park_%26_Ride_bus_station" title="Doncaster Park & Ride bus station">Doncaster Park & Ride</a></li></ul></li></ul> 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