Sydney seems to have good momentum with regular significant improvements. Especially noteworthy is their continued use of school holiday timetables and now during school terms Friday being split off from the rest of the week.
๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ก ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ 
๐๐ญ ๐-๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ - ๐ด๐ฎ additional trips per week, building on 30 additional trips introduced last October, to increase capacity at busy times. An additional double decker was added to the B-Line fleet in October. Changes to the timetable include more time for loading passengers at Wynyard, which will assist in on time running and making full use of available capacity.
๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ผ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ - ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ต additional weekly trips to increase capacity whilst articulated buses are unavailable and to replace route 246.
๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐ ๐ผ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ณ - some trips will now only operate South Mosman Wharf to Middle Head, reflecting low patronage between Middle Head and Chowder Bay. Services hours will be extended to operate one hour later each day, improving connections with the F6 ferry.
๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น - additional trips will operate on weekday mornings to increase capacity whilst articulated buses are unavailable. Westbound services at Crows Nest will be rerouted to a more direct on Pacific Hwy, matching eastbound services and providing better connectivity to the Metro station.
๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐น๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ โ will become a 24/7 bus route (replacing the 144N overnight service). An additional155 weekly trips to improve frequency on weekends to increase capacity whilst articulated buses are unavailable for the route.
๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ด๐ญ๐ซ - timetables have been adjusted to shift more trips in the busier times in peak periods, improving capacity on Military Rd.
๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ด ๐๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ โ route adjustments. Services will no longer operate between Mosman and Milsons Point; route 228 retained between Clifton Gardens and Mosman High School only. Some route 228 trips will use the same bus to operate a trip between Mosman and Milsons Point as a route 230 (and vice versa) and passengers will be able to remain the bus for the complete journey.
๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ โ route adjustment. Services will no longer operate between North Sydney and Milsons Point due to low patronage in this section and frequent alternatives. They will continue to operate between North Sydney and Beauty.
๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ณ ๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐ฆ๐๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐ โ extended hours of operations and additional weekly trips are being operated to improve capacity at busy times. Services will start earlier in the morning and finish later at night. All weekday off peak services will now operate to Mosman Bay Wharf (currently some terminate short at Spit Junction).
๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ผ๐ผ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ณ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น - additional weekday morning services will operate between Taronga Zoo Wharf and the zoo entrance, alleviating overcrowding currently experienced.
๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ช๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ - weekday peak trips that operate only between Cremorne and Wynyard will be replaced by additional route 100 trips to QVB (same stops served on Military Rd). Running these trips as the far more frequent (and popular) route 100 simplifies the network for passengers. Trips that operate the full length of the route between Balmoral Heights and the City will continue to operate as route 246.
Also note that Friday and school holiday timetables
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Routes ๐๐ญ, ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ, ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ณ๐ณ๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ด๐ฌ๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ด๐ญ๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ญ๐ต๐ฌ๐ซ will now operate with a Friday School Term timetable (different to Monday-Thursday). This reflects lower patronage and faster journey times on Fridays and has assisted in improving Monday-Thursday reliability and capacity.
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Routes ๐๐ญ, ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ, ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ณ๐ณ๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ด๐ฌ๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ด๐ญ๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ญ๐ต๐ฌ๐ซ will now operate with a Monday to Friday School Holidays timetable. This reflects lower patronage and faster journey times during school holidays.
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