526 Bus Campaign

03/09/2026

Yes! Looking forward to this happening ASAP for the 526 bus!

With so many suburban and regional town buses offering inadequate services on the weekends, we're calling for Sunday timetables to be scrapped, upgraded to Saturday - to ensure more 7 day routes - and for key routes to have improved frequencies. https://www.busnews.com.au/ptua-frequent-bus-services-election-2026/

31/08/2026

🚨SIGN THE SAFER MURRAY RD PETITION CLOSING 11.59PM MONDAY NIGHT!
526 Bus users need a Safer Murray Road.

The much needed bus stop at Connolly Ave (Outlook Rd end) was smashed and is not being replaced. Several others have been repeatedly crashed in to - one a particularly horrific incident.

🔗 SIGN PETITION before 11.59pm Monday at link in story and Facebook comments

18/08/2026

Great to see that the 526 bus campaign has inspired the 534 bus campaign. Onward to better buses! Thanks to Australasian Bus and Coach for the article. Link to 534 bus petition in the comments

Following the success of the 526 petition this year, a neighbouring suburb has followed suit with more than 1,000 signatures recorded

26/07/2026

Yep…

Many public transport timetables are written as though nobody wants to travel on Sundays. Some routes don't even run.
In truth, travel demand is similar to Saturdays. More routes running on Sundays, and running more often means more people can use the network seven days-a-week.

17/06/2026

NEWS: The Victorian Auditor General has released a report on the state government's performance with regards to bus service improvement and the Bus Plan.

The generally critical report found that performance measures could be improved, said the Department was unlikely to achieve Bus Plan objectives and was not transparent in its reporting of Bus Plan progress. DTP has only partly accepted the recommendations.

Link to report via Parliament's website in comments below.

29/05/2026

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06/05/2026

Pre-state budget and before the exciting funding announcement (🚌!!!), the Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan came out and interviewed some of us 526 bus campaigners, along with Anthony Cianflone MP and Nathan Lambert MP!

30/04/2026

Great post by Coburg High School and look at those sustainable transport numbers (which include bus travel)! 🙌🏼

🚌 🎉 It was wonderful to share the moment of the exciting 526 bus announcement with Principal Brent!

As we said at the time, walking to the media conference on Tuesday morning we saw a bunch of about 15 Coburg High School students alight from the 526!
Students will be greatly benefitted by the funded increased service frequency!
And by the later service so they can get home from jobs and sport etc.

29/04/2026

9 news coverage of the Minister’s exciting bus service announcement yesterday, including VERY happy 526 Bus Campaigners!

gabbywilliamsmp .victoria .vic .au

29/04/2026

🎧526 BUS CAMPAIGN SUCCESS ON ABC RADIO MELBOURNE
A couple of hours after receiving the incredibly exciting news from Minister Williams we were contacted for a quick interview for ABC Radio Melbourne.

Fancy our 526 bus campaign win being the poster child for the fantastic state-wide bus service announcement!

We still can’t believe our success and took a while to realise we won’t have to take the petition to Coburg Hill at after school time on Friday as planned! We also won’t need to put up all the posters we just had printed!

To recap, at minimum (and with consultation opportunities to come) we have funded in the budget for the 526 bus:
✅ Sunday and Public holiday service
✅ 20 minute frequency
✅ Evenings
✅ Funded in budget
➡️ Consultation (we want to talk more useful route connecting with train/ tram, and clarify evening/ night hours)
➡️ Roll out early next year

Thank you Gabrielle Williams MP .victoria ABC Melbourne

Melbourne on Transit - blog Public Transport Users Association (PTUA), Victoria, Australia BCSV: Bus and Coach Society of Victoria Daniel Bowen, public transport advocate Cr Connie Boglis OAM Ventura Bus Nat Abboud for Merri-Bek