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Metrobus is an Australian high frequency, high capacity bus network in Sydney that links key employment and growth centres. Metrobuses run every 10 minutes during peak periods, 15 minutes during off-peak weekday periods, and 20 minutes on weekends, with the intention of making timetables obsolete. Buses are painted in a distinctive red livery and all Metrobuses are wheelchair accessible. All route numbers are prefixed with an "M" followed by 2 numbers. ==History== The network originally operated along bus trunk routes through the inner suburbs, but passed through the CBD rather than terminating there. This reduced overcrowding on the trunk routes without needing to layover extra buses in the CBD. This concept was later diluted with the network's expansion to include long distance routes servicing major activity centres in outer suburbs. The first route, M10 from Leichhardt to Kingsford, began operation on a 12-month trial basis on 12 October 2008.〔(Quarterly Performance Information October-December 2012 ) State Transit〕 During this period nine regular and six high-capacity buses with different seating arrangements were dedicated to the route.〔("All aboard: super-size buses will leave others standing" ) ''Sydney Morning Herald'' 16 August 2007〕 In March 2009 an expansion of the Metrobus network with the addition of four further routes serving the inner suburbs (M20, M30, M40, M50) was announced.〔(Expansion of Metrobus Network Across Sydney ) Office of the Premier of New South Wales 25 March 2009〕 In July 2010 it was announced a further eight new Metrobus routes were to be rolled out in 2011 to service suburbs in Sydney's west, north, north-west, south and south-west (M41, M52, M54, M60, M61, M90, M91, M92).〔("Boost for Sydney's red bus network" ) ''Sydney Morning Herald'' 20 July 2010〕 This saw Hillsbus and Veolia Transport (now Transdev NSW) become Metrobus operators. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Metrobus (Sydney)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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