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17-6-08 Brisbane & Indooroopilly School Services 601, 602, and 604 Finish on 27th June 2008 recommence on 15th July 2008 603, 605, and 606 Finish on 20th June 2008 recommence on 15th July 2008
Also Mt Crosby State School morning service altered for end of term 2.

25-4-08 LOST BUS PASSES Please note that drivers cannot accept applications for replacement Bus Passes, they can only be obtained by visiting or contacting our office directly
15-4-08 NEW SERVICE for Pullenvale State School
Run 303 NOW departs 8.15 from Mt Crosby & Hawkesbury Rd, Anstead, please click on the Bus Services tab on the left for more info.
15-4-08 Kenmore High School Services
301 & 303 changes - Students who would normal use the 303 service in Albatross Av. or Queensborough Pd. will now have to use the 301 service that departs from Yarra Ct. at 700am
17-3-08
Brisbane & Indooroopilly School Services
The services we provide to and from Indooroopilly and Brisbane schools are primarily to serve Centenary State High School and St Peters Lutheran College. As such these services will finish and start on those respective school term dates. Details of those date are below, students traveling through to schools other than Centenary State High School and St Peters Lutheran College need to make alternative travel arrangements
601,
602, and 604 Finish on 4th April 2008 recommence on 15th April 2008 603, 605, and 606 Finish on 4th April 2008 recommence on 21st April 2008

ALL PASSES NOW ISSUED all buses have now processed and mailed out to students, all new applications will take 3 - 5 working days to process then they will be mailed out which take another 2 -3 days. Passes may be processed and collect over the counter should you wish to come to our office.
NO CHILD WILL BE REFUSED TRAVEL our drivers will however ask children for their fare or their bus pass each time they board the bus. This is sometimes construed as the driver "harassing" the children, they are not they are just doing their job. Please be patient as your children's safe travel is ours and our drivers main
priority.

BUS PASSES AMNESTY EXTENDED!
all students now in years 2 - 7 and 9 - 12 that had a DISTANCE eligible bus pass in 2007 should receive bus passes in the next day or two. Those students that have applied for a DISTANCE eligible bus pass in 2008 and meet the distance criteria, will receive their new bus pass with the next 10 days. 2007 SAFETY NET eligible students can continue to use their pass until the end of March 008 as you would have already received advise from Queensland Transport requesting you renew you application. If you haven't contact your nearest Queensland Transport customer service centre. So all students advising our drivers that they are still waiting for their bus pass will be allowed to travel free until it is Monday 3rd March 2008.
MORNING DEPARTURE TIMES
ON BUS SERVICES to Brisbane and Indooroopilly Schools will be brought forward 10 - 15 minutes. Hopefully this will assist in getting these service to schools on time. Please click on 'BUS SERVICES" tab for more detail.
IPSWICH GRAMMAR CHARTERED SCHOOL SERVICE CHANGES!
a new service has been introduce by the school, RUN 112 to/from MOGGILL. Changes to the routes on RUN' s 102, 107, and 108 have also been made to ensure every child has a seat. CLICK ON THE BUS SERVICES TAB for more detailed information. However, if the change has created some concern please contact the school directly.
MOGGILL RD TRAFFIC PAYING HAVOC WITH BUS TIMETABLES!
all our services to Kenmore State High, Indooroopilly and Brisbane have been delayed up to 45 minutes! We are confident that as parents and students settle into the new school year, traffic will return to the not so envious 2007 level! Drivers have been instructed to ensure ALL CONNECTIONS are met and if there are any children who miss their connection, drivers will take them directly to their school as soon as they can.
600 TIMETABLES and ROUTES altered we have made minor adjustments to our schedules and routes to correct some typographical errors previously posted. Some routes have also changed, please click on the BUS SERVICES tab for more details.
2008 BUS PASSES - UNFORTUNATELY we are continuing to experience technical difficulties with the hardware for our new plastic card. We expect to now have passes printed and delivered by the end of next week (Fri 1/2/08). Students that have last years passes should show that to our drivers, those who have either lost or misplaced theirs need to advise the driver when boarding. Students who have submitted NEW APPLICATIONS for bus passes will be allowed to travel free until it is Friday 8th February 2008, please advise the driver when boarding.
NO CHILD WILL BE REFUSED TRAVEL our drivers will however ask children for their fare or their bus pass each time they board the bus. This is sometimes construed as the driver "harassing" the children, they are not they are just doing their job. Please be patient as your children's safe travel is ours and our drivers main priority.
2008 BUS FARES - Some new fares are now available please click on the BUS FARES tab on the left for further information. We apologies for the delay
2008 Brisbane & Indooroopilly revised school services now available! Please click of the Bus Services tab to the left for more information. New Fares for these services unfortunately will not be available till Saturday 19th January 2008
OFFICE XMAS CLOSURE - our office will be closed to the public from 1200 midday Friday 21/12/07 and to 9am 2nd Jan 2008. Wishing all our patrons, clients and suppliers a very Safe, Healthy and Merry Christmas and may the New year be equally as good from all the management & staff here.
CityLink bus service
BUS STOPS - This service operates on a Hail & Ride basis, in other words passengers can wait anywhere along the roads the bus uses passengers just need to hail the driver down to stop. Obviously if there are marked bus stops, such as bus shelters and poles etc., we would expect passengers to use these as pick up points.
XMAS BREAK - due to many requests from our community we will now be operating this service over the Christmas/New Year week. However, services will
NOT BE OPERATING on: TUESDAY 25th, WEDNESDAY 26th December 2007 and Tuesday 1st January 2008..
2008 School Services(see below)
IPSWICH SCHOOLS SERVICES - there will be no changes to all our services to/from Ipswich public and private schools. However, as the demand of the first few weeks of the 2008 school year is assessed, changes will be made accordingly.
SCHOOLS BUS FARES - to/from West Moreton Anglican College, Kenmore State High
there will be no changes to fares for the first few weeks of the 2008 school year, however a 3-4% increase will be introduced the is assessed, changes will be made accordingly.

WEST MORETON ANGLICAN COLLEGE SCHOOL SERVICES
- we recently met with the Mr. Ross Switzer and his staff to discuss what options are available to improve services in 2008 and these are now being considered. However, as per our other services, until the demand of the first few weeks of the 2008 school year can be assessed, we cannot implement any changes. Therefore, 2007 school services will continue operating during this period.
KENMORE HIGH SCHOOL SERVICES - the Data we have collated is now being used to explore service improvements. However, until the demand of the first few weeks of the 2008 school year can be assessed, we cannot implement any changes. Therefore, 2007 school services will continue operating during this period.
BRISBANE & INDOOROOPILLY SCHOOLS SERVICES
- we are very close determining the future of these services and while not 100% certain at this stage, it looks like they will operate in 2008 and beyond. In fact we are confident that we can deliver, for most patrons, a cheaper and more efficient services. We will soon be posting information about these as soon as we are able to finalise our negotiations with various local and state government departments.

 

 
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