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Sydney bus route 400 was a limited stops bus service in
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, Australia operated by State Transit between
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and Burwood until 2018. From 2018 to 2021, it operated a truncated route between Bondi Junction and International Airport only, until it was discontinued. In its original form it was Sydney's busiest bus route. In 2021, it was replaced by Route 390X between Bondi Junction station and Maroubra, Route 350 between Maroubra and the
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and Route 420 between Burwood and
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via the
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,


History

Route 400 commenced operating as a limited stops service between
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and Burwood stations on 17 July 1989. It was operated under the ''Metroline 400'' banner. The route was initially operated every 30 minutes on Mondays to Saturdays."Turning 25...Route 400 Burwood to Bondi Junction" ''
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On 13 January 1991, a Sunday service was introduced. On 20 November 1994, the frequency was increased to every 20 minutes. On 23 June 2002, short workings between Bondi Junction and Rockdale station were renumbered 410. Services on this latter section operated as frequently as every five minutes in peak periods. Initially all trips covered the full route, in its last years, up to half the journeys were short workings between Bondi Junction and
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.Route 400 timetable
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12 July 2021
Route 400 was initially operated out of
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and Randwick depots. In 1993 services operated by Randwick were transferred to
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. In a reorganisation of routes operated by various depots in 2013, some trips were allocated to
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and Randwick depots. In the 12 months to June 2014, route 400 was the busiest route in Sydney with 4.7 million boardings. From 1 July 2018 until 29 September 2018, it was jointly operated by State Transit and
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, following the latter taking over Burwood and Kingsgrove depots. From 30 September 2018, route 400 was split in two. State Transit continued to operate route 400 between Bondi Junction and International Airport, while new route 420, operated by Transit Systems, was introduced between Westfield Eastgardens and Burwood. At the same time route 410 ceased. On 2 December 2018, route 400N, an all stops night version of route 400, was introduced between Bondi Junction and Westfield Eastgardens. Routes 400 and 400N ceased on 4 December 2021 as part of a restructure of routes in the
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following the opening of the
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. In 2022, route 420 was truncated to operate between Mascot and Burwood, no longer serving Eastgardens.


Vehicles

Route 400 was initially operated by a fleet of ten dedicated
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bodied
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buses. These were selected as they were fitted with
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displays at a time when most of the fleet still had calico blinds and, as the route would cross regions, none had all of the required destinations. In September 1993, 14.5 metre
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TRBs were introduced. Unlike the O305s these did not carry route branding.State Transit Authority - Sydney Buses & Newcastle Buses - Scania L113TRB/Ansair Orana
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These were replaced by standard length buses.


Route

Route 400 operated via these primary locations: * Bondi Junction station * Randwick *
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* Mascot station * Domestic Airport *
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References

{{Sydney public transport, state=collapsed Bus routes in Sydney Sydney Airport 1989 establishments in Australia 2021 disestablishments in Australia