page_title: Buses in Melbourne
section_title: NightBus
hierarchical_section_title: Buses in Melbourne / NightBus
caption_attribution_description: English: A sign for the free Melbourne Tourist Shuttle displayed on the back of the shuttle bus. Photo taken by myself in late 2009.
context_page_description: Buses in Melbourne, Australia, are a major form of public transport in Melbourne, with an extensive bus network. There are 346 routes in operation with a varying range of service frequencies, operated by privately owned bus companies under franchise from the State Government. The Night Network bus system consists of 10 routes and operates on Friday and Saturday nights, and a SmartBus orbital bus network. currently consisting of nine routes, which is intended to facilitate cross city travel, while the current network is predominantly a radial network. Most of the bus network is a covered by the myki ticketing system.
  SkyBus is a non-myki ticketing airport bus service. There are nine other bus companies serving Melbourne Airport, with services to Ballarat, Bendigo, Dandenong, Frankston, Mornington Peninsula, Geelong, Melbourne suburbs, Shepparton and the Riverina. A daily return service from the state's north—starting in Shepparton, passing through Nagambie, Seymour and Broadford—is operated by Airport Direct.
  In addition, several local government councils operate free local community bus services within their local areas.
context_section_description: Melbourne also has a series of 21 dedicated routes which operate after midnight on Friday and Saturday nights The buses fall under the standard Myki system, All Night Bus buses are fitted with CCTV Surveillance equipment. These routes are operated under the Night Bus brand by private companies under contract to the Department of Transport. The night bus routes are operated by Dysons, Ventura and McKenzie's.
caption: Sign displaying the free Melbourne tourist shuttle bus
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