Melton to hospital

Four changes, compared with the Sept 2026 timetable

Each change uses routes that already exist. None adds a new route or stop. We compare each one with the Sept 2026 timetable, at two times: leaving hospital at 6 pm and at 8:30 pm.

The four changes help different areas

A priority area has a long trip to hospital AND many homes without a car. Only more frequent buses and the Cobblebank site make some areas stop being priority areas.

Homes without a car in areas that stop being priority areas, leaving hospital at 6 pm

Compared with the Sept 2026 timetable.

  • More frequent buses
    about 90 (3 areas) none
  • Bus–train timing
    about 0 (0 areas) none
  • Later buses
    about 0 (0 areas) none
  • Cobblebank site
    about 500 (30 areas) none

Homes without a car (rounded to the nearest 10)

Homes without a car that get or lose a trip home, leaving hospital at 8:30 pm

Compared with the Sept 2026 timetable at 8:30 pm. For the Cobblebank site the trip home starts at the Cobblebank site; on the Sept 2026 timetable it starts at Sunshine Hospital.

  • Get a trip home (none on the Sept 2026 timetable)
  • Lose their trip home
  • More frequent buses
    Get: about 0 (0 areas) Get: none
    Lose: about 0 (0 areas) Lose: none
  • Bus–train timing
    Get: about 0 (0 areas) Get: none
    Lose: about 0 (0 areas) Lose: none
  • Later buses
    Get: about 450 (45 areas) Get: none
    Lose: about 0 (0 areas) Lose: none
  • Cobblebank site
    Get: about 820 (168 areas) Get: none
    Lose: about 70 (41 areas) Lose: none

Homes without a car (rounded to the nearest 10)

More frequent buses

One extra bus trip halfway between each pair of existing trips.

The extra trips run on the same bus routes and stop at the same stops. More buses mean shorter waits for some people.

Areas that stop being priority areas, 6 pm
3
Homes without a car in those areas
about 90
Areas that get a trip home, 8:30 pm
0

The improvement disappears if you miss one connection

We tested a missed first connection, with a delay of 10 or 20 minutes. Then the improvement drops to 0 areas.

Map: more frequent buses, leaving hospital at 6 pm. 3 areas are circled: they are no longer priority areas.

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  • Priority: long trip AND many homes without a car
  • Long trip, fewer homes without a car
  • Shorter trip, many homes without a car
  • Shorter trip, fewer homes without a car
  • No longer a priority area
  • No full round trip by public transport
  • Not enough data (too few homes to measure)
More frequent buses, leaving hospital at 6 pm. Open full size

Bus–train timing

Bus trip times shifted to meet V/Line trains.

Bus times are moved so buses arrive at the station in time for a V/Line train. This is done for all Melton buses that feed the stations.

Areas that stop being priority areas, 6 pm
0
Round trips shorter, 6 pm
68
Round trips longer, 6 pm
77

Some trips get shorter, others get longer

Out of 380 areas compared at 6 pm, 68 round trips get shorter and 77 get longer.

Map: bus–train timing, leaving hospital at 6 pm. No area is circled: no area stops being a priority area.

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  • Priority: long trip AND many homes without a car
  • Long trip, fewer homes without a car
  • Shorter trip, many homes without a car
  • Shorter trip, fewer homes without a car
  • No full round trip by public transport
  • Not enough data (too few homes to measure)
Bus–train timing, leaving hospital at 6 pm. No area stops being a priority area, so none is circled. Open full size

Later buses

Extra late buses on existing routes, leaving as late as 10 pm.

At 6 pm nothing changes: people are home before the extra buses run. The change shows up later in the evening, when, on the Sept 2026 timetable, many areas have no trip home.

Areas that get a trip home, 8:30 pm
45
Homes without a car in those areas
about 450
Of these, priority areas
19
Homes without a car in those priority areas
about 290
Areas that lose a trip home
0

Every new trip home depends on one bus

Every new trip home uses the same extra bus: route 456, leaving its first stop at 9:48 pm.

Map: later buses, leaving hospital at 8:30 pm. 45 areas, in dark blue, get a trip home they do not have on the Sept 2026 timetable; 19 of them are outlined priority areas. No area loses its trip home.

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  • Gets a trip home (has none on the Sept 2026 timetable)
  • Trip home both times
  • No trip home either way
  • Outlined: priority area at 6 pm
Later buses, leaving hospital at 8:30 pm. Open full size

Cobblebank site

The Cobblebank site is tested with the Sept 2026 buses and trains, not a future timetable.

A new hospital is planned at Cobblebank, inside the City of Melton. We move the trip's end point to that site. The buses and trains stay as they are on the Sept 2026 timetable, because no future timetable is public.

Areas that stop being priority areas, 6 pm
30
Homes without a car in those areas
about 500
Areas that get a trip home, 8:30 pm
168
Areas that lose a trip home, 8:30 pm
41

Late at night, many trips get longer

At 8:30 pm, 181 areas have a trip home both on the Sept 2026 timetable and with the Cobblebank site. Of these, 121 get longer and 60 get shorter.

Map: Cobblebank site, leaving hospital at 6 pm. 30 areas are circled: they are no longer priority areas.

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  • Priority: long trip AND many homes without a car
  • Long trip, fewer homes without a car
  • Shorter trip, many homes without a car
  • Shorter trip, fewer homes without a car
  • No longer a priority area
  • No full round trip by public transport
  • Not enough data (too few homes to measure)
Cobblebank site, leaving hospital at 6 pm. Open full size
Map: Cobblebank site, leaving hospital at 8:30 pm. 168 areas, in dark blue, get a trip home they do not have on the Sept 2026 timetable; 41 areas, in orange, lose their trip home.

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  • Gets a trip home (has none on the Sept 2026 timetable)
  • Loses its trip home
  • Trip home both times
  • No trip home either way
  • Outlined: priority area at 6 pm
Cobblebank site, leaving hospital at 8:30 pm. The trip home starts at the Cobblebank site. Open full size

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