Term 1 Bus Registrations are now open!
This is a reminder to register your daughter for the Pymble private bus service for travel during Term 1 if you have not already done so.
Registration for the Pymble bus service is offered on a term-by-term basis with two options:
- Term registrations are valid for a whole term.
- Flexible registrations enable students to register for specific day(s) with a choice of morning and/or afternoon runs.
Students must use their student ID cards to tap on and off the bus service. Students who are new to the College will receive their student ID cards in the coming weeks. If your daughter has lost her card, please get in touch with College Services for a replacement form.
Green Travel Plan initiative
In line with our Green Travel Plan initiative, we will be trialling a new, lower full-term registration fee for students using stops within a 5km driving distance to the College.
Students who catch the bus at a stop within a 5km driving distance to the College will be charged a term registration of $250. The term charge outside the 5km driving distance will remain at $430 this term. The flexible registration charge remains at $7.50 per trip.
The $250 term charge will apply to the following stops:
- New stop: Yarrara Road before Lachlan Avenue, West Pymble (Hunters Hill Bus Route 1). Please note, this replaces our Yanko Road stop
- New stop: Ryde Road opposite Wyuna Road, West Pymble (North West Bus Route 3)
- New stop: Ryde Road opposite Kiparra Street, West Pymble (North West Bus Route 3)
- Existing stop: Birdwood Avenue before Koola Avenue, East Killara (Lower North Shore Bus Route 2)
- Existing stop: Mona Vale Road opposite Memorial Avenue, St Ives (Northern Beaches Bus Route 4)
Safety of our students on the Pymble bus service
The safety of our students is paramount to us and the following measures are in place to ensure their safety.
- Registering to use the service allows us to ensure that all students can get a seat on the bus. By knowing who is catching our buses, we are also able to communicate to the relevant parents any delays or changes.
- Our Junior School students are walked to and from the James Kelso Field bus drop-off zone by a member of the Junior School staff in the morning and afternoon. Students are always supervised by a Junior School staff member and our trusted bus drivers.
- The buses now have an additional safety feature to ensure that no child is left behind on a bus after it has finished its run. Drivers will need to check all rows of seats and push a button at the back of the bus at the end of each run. An alarm will sound if the driver does not complete this step.
- All students are required to wear a seatbelt at all times on the bus. Moving between seats while the bus is on the move is not allowed.
- All students must tap on and off the bus. This allows us to know who is currently on the bus should there be an incident while on the road.
- All our buses are tracked via the TransportMe app in real-time. This is available for free on Android and Apple devices.
- All our drivers are trained, experienced and hold a current WWCC.
Please do not hesitate to contact College Services if you have any further questions about transport to and from Pymble Ladies’ College as we are always happy to assist.
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