This article is about the late-night train replacement bus services in Sydney. For the late-night bus services in Melbourne, see NightRider (bus service).
NightRide is a network of bus routes in operation between midnight and 4.30am in Sydney, Australia. The sixteen routes allow for a nightly shutdown of the Sydney Trains suburban rail network and Sydney Metro. The NightRide network was established in mid-1989 as low-patronage late-night train services were progressively withdrawn.[1][2]
Services follow major roads, and some stops are some distance from the railway stations they replace.[3] In addition, some routes serve stations on multiple railway lines. In the city, most services depart from Park Street, above Town Hall station. Normal bus fares apply to NightRide journeys.[4]
A city loop route, called N1, was established in 2000 and cancelled two years later.[6]
The suspension of train services overnight allows for maintenance to occur on tracks. Passengers reportedly feel safer on buses than mostly-empty trains late at night. However, in 2014, it was reported that patronage on most NightRide routes was falling. At the same time, the Tourism and Transport Forum called for 24-hour train operations to resume.[2]
New contracts for all routes commenced 1 March 2018 with a number of routes going to different operators. The routes then became normal commuter routes under the administration of Transport for NSW instead of Sydney Trains. Changes included N100 Railway Square to Bondi Junction which commenced in 2009 ceasing, replaced by route N91 in conjunction with frequency changes to some routes.[7]
From 23 August 2020, two additional routes, N31 and N92 were introduced, and all N71 services standardised to operate to Richmond.[8]
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