Under the plans,buses will run every two to four minutes in peak periods on some routes for up to 60,000 commuters a day who will be disrupted by the rail line’s shutdown.
For much of the rest of the day,a mix of all-stops and limited-stop services will run at least every 10 minutes and at least every 15 minutes late at night.
The high-frequency bus service will have three dedicated routes,SW1,SW2 and SW3,which will require about 100 buses and 200 drivers.
The SW1 Sydenham-to-Bankstown service will be an all-stops bus service,while the SW2 will be a limited service stopping at Sydenham,Belmore,Lakemba,Wiley Park,Punchbowl,Bankstown,and return. The SW3 service will stop at Sydenham,Canterbury and Campsie,and return.
Under Transport for NSW’s latest forecasts,an all-stops bus service between Sydenham and Bankstown will take 58 minutes in the evening peak,compared with 24 minutes by train. An all-stops bus in the morning peak will take 54 minutes,and a limited-stop trip up to 42 minutes.
Many of the forecasts for travel times are longer than thosepredicted in earlier internal modelling by Transport for NSW.