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UOW’s Campelltown students benefit from bus boost
Extra services on the 887 Wollongong-Campbelltown bus could reduce the incidence of overcrowding that has seen some students standing for the duration of their trip.
University of Wollongong students travelling to and from Campbelltown by bus are among the winners in a “huge” upgrade of public transport services.
However rail commuters aren't so lucky, with the South Coast the only line in the state not seeing any changes.
On Sunday Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Transport Minister Andrew Constance announced the introduction of more than 8600 new weekly public transport services across the state.
“This will mark the biggest ever change to our transport network and means that since we came into government in 2011 we have added 27,000 additional weekly transport services,” Ms Berejiklian said.
The new services will start on November 26.
“These changes are huge,” Mr Constance said.
“We have better aligned bus services to connect with train services, we have added new routes, improved existing routes, reduced journey times and ultimately maximised the network to meet the growing demand.”
The changes to bus timetables include improvements to the 887 route between Wollongong and Campbelltown.
The changes to bus timetables include improvements to the 887 route between Wollongong and Campbelltown.
The route has been a source of frustration for students, some of whom are forced to stand all the way from Wollongong to Campelltown.
The core of the problem was a three-hour gap between 12.45pm and 3.45pm, where no 887 buses left the university.
The new timetable will fill in that gap with four extra services.
The extra bus services also include the already-announced route 75 between Tullimbar and Shellharbour.
The news isn’t so good when it comes to the South Coast line.
There are 15 lines in the Sydney and intercity network and the South Coast – and the Illawarra line it shares part of its route with – is the only line that will see no changes.
All other lines will see improvements like more services, trains with more carriages or faster services.
Transport for NSW was contacted for comment.