Essendon tram and bus

[Mal Rowe]

My pic from a couple of months back shows outbound B2 2034 rising after
running under the north east railway bridge at Essendon.

The original single line NMET&LCo tramway of 1906 ran kerbside where the
bicycle lane is visible behind 2034.

Heading the other way is a bus on one of the longer bus routes in
Melbourne - an orbital line that rums fro Mordialloc in the south east
to Altona in the south west.

It is Melbourne's busiest bus route in terms of passengers per day.

Some friends about to leave Melbourne did a 'bucket list' trip over the
entire route - over 5 hours including some pit stops along the way.

Mal Rowe - not attracted to spending that long on  a bus

[TP]

What bus route is that? The purpose of orbital routes is to carry people between places along the route, not ride end to end (except for transport nuts!).

Tony P

[Malcolm Rowe]

It is route 903 and functions exactly as you say. 

From Mal in transit

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[timmy1041]

 Sorry guys b ut not a 903 bus if you look on the  back there is a CDC sticker so more likely a 476 heading to Moonee Ponds.

[Malcolm Rowe]

Thanks - my knowledge of buses is now clear!

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