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School Transport Advice

Imange of Newcastle buses

 

Newcastle Transport

Please read below excerpt of letter received from the Newcastle Transport Team.

Students returning to school is an important milestone for the whole community and we want to make sure students travel safe with Newcastle Transport.

Public transport remains an essential part of people’s daily lives with regular route services and school services continue to operate.

The health and wellbeing of our staff, customers and the community is our top priority. Here at Keolis Downer, we have a number of measures in place to ensure the safety of our customers, including:

- Each bus, ferry and tram undergo a daily deep clean and there is additional cleaning throughout the day, with special attention on high frequency touch surfaces

- Mid service cleaning of high touch areas on our bus services at Customs House and John Hunter Hospital

- Cleaning products and hand sanitisation stations are available in all depots to support our staff in good hygiene practices

- Closing off front seats and Opal readers next to the driver

- Tram doors are now opening automatically at stops to minimise customer contact with trams on all light rail services

We encourage students to:

- Follow NSW Health advice

- Practice good hand hygiene by washing your hands frequently

- Allow as much distance from others

- Cough or sneeze into your elbow

- Stay at home and avoid travelling altogether if unwell

- Avoid close contact with staff on board services

- Use your Opal card so we can understand capacity on board our services.

It is important school students tap on and tap off when using school bus services to make sure we have a clear understanding of capacity of our bus services.

Kind regards,
The Newcastle Transport team