By Laura Michell
New and extended bus services have been announced for Whittlesea and Hume.
Bus company Dysons has won the tender for route 525 which will service Mickleham, Kalkallo and Craigieburn from December.
The service will connect people living in the Merrifield, Cloverton and Trillium estate and Kalkallo with Craigieburn and Donnybrook train stations.
It will also stop at Mount Ridley College and Newbury Primary School.
A route map and timetable will be released in November.
Yuroke MP Ros Spence said the bus service will provide much-needed access to public transport for people living in Hume’s newer suburbs.
Route 357, which runs through Wollert, will be extended from January, stopping closer to Edgars Creek Secondary College.
A special school bus service has also begun, providing Edgars Creek students with a direct bus to school for the first time.
The closest bus route before stopped more than 900 metres from the school gate.
The school service will start from the intersection of Pine Park Drive and Saltlake Boulevard in Wollert.
Thomastown MP Bronwyn Halfpenny said the school bus and route 357 extension would make it easier for people to get around Wollert.
“This is the first step in delivering a long-term solution for these students, giving them and their families more options to get to school,” she said.
