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Olympics
& Paralympic Buses - Bus 2000 - Sydney (NSW) Overview
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With the exception of photos from the Paralympics and
the Bus 2000 Depot, buses have been placed into regions and/or operator.
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Private Victorian & ACT
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Private Queensland &
NSW Tweed Area Buses
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Sydney Paralympics
Buses
Sydney
Olympic Park |
Page 1
Features NSW Private and State Transit Buses at
the Paralympics |
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Bus 2000
Depot Regents Park |
Features Buses from all areas involved in Bus
2000 |
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Buses
from all over New South Wales together with buses from Queensland,
the ACT and Victoria have combined to provide shuttle services for
spectators, officials, media and athletes to Olympic &
Paralympic venues,
transport interchanges and park and ride locations.
Road closures,
Olympic lanes, Clearway and Parking restrictions (such as those pictured
left), school holidays, businesses varying hours or closing and a greater
use of public transport were major factors in making travel around Sydney
easier than expected. |
Only
accredited officials, staff, media and athletes were able to use
some services. People with tickets to Olympic & Paralympic events were provided
with bus travel as detailed below as part of their event tickets.
Normal private and State Transit services were not included in this
scheme.
These
photos show some of the buses that were used in the program called
Bus 2000. These buses were mainly available due to school
holidays being held at the same time as the Olympics. During the
Paralympics, sports were mainly held at Olympic Park and some other venues
so less buses were required.
Some State Transit and private
routes were changed or cancelled to release other buses. The
buses were mainly based at a an old Defence Department site in Regents
Park.
Services
operated as follows from CityRail stations during the Olympics (stations and sports
shown):
 | Penrith
- Rowing, Kayaking and Slalom |
| Blacktown,
Doonside and Liverpool - Shooting, Equestrian, Mountain Biking,
Softball, Baseball |
| West
Ryde - Water Polo |
| Bondi
Junction - Beach Volleyball |
| Central
- Football |
| Bankstown
- Cycling |
| Lidcombe
- Various buses for International Broadcasting Centre and
Olympic Park for Olympic accredited staff and sponsors. |
| City
Circle stations - Free City Loop |
Olympic
Roads and Transport Authority (ORTA) Olympic Park Spectator buses
ran on the following routes to and from Olympic Park (info from ORTA):
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1A - Warriewood via Dee Why |
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1B - Warriewood via Mona Vale |
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2A - Glebe via Gladesville |
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2B - Glebe via Hunters Hill |
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3 - Macquarie University |
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4A - Maroubra |
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4B - Canterbury |
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5A - Castle Hill |
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5B - Bella Vista Park |
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6 - Menai |
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7A - Miranda |
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7B - Cronulla |
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8 - Dural |
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Page last updated 15 April 2001
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