TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT
The transport to Marymede Catholic College is by car, chartered bus service, bike, walking from the nearest bus stop, and train commute from Middle Gorge Station, which stops directly in front of the College at South Morang, or Mernda Station to connect with a PTV bus that travels to a stop within walking distance to the Doreen Campus. Marymede has bike racks for student use.
Charter Bus Services
Marymede Catholic College offers three Charter Bus Services that run each day - two to our South Morang Campus and one to our Doreen Campus. The routes are designed to services areas within our catchment areas that are not well serviced by public transport options. Outlying addresses outside our catchment areas may not be serviced by our routes.
Semester long passes are available for purchase per student:
- $841 for AM and PM
- $500.50 one way AM or PM only
To register for one of the routes, please complete the registration form (found at the bottom of this webpage) and return it via email to registrar@marymede.vic.edu.au
Alternatively, Casual Passes are available at a cost of $5.50 each way. To purchase a casual pass students or parents must visit or telephone the Finance Office at South Morang.
For further information regarding the School Bus Service please contact the College on 9407 9000.
Routes
Route 1: Kinglake, Whittlesea, Mernda & South Morang
Route 2: Eden Park, Wollert & Epping North (currently this is an amended route due to road works in Grants Road)
Route 3: Upper Plenty, Beveridge, Donnybrook & Mernda - (transfer stop for Doreen students traveling in from Whittlesea and Kinglake on Route 1)
Conveyance Allowance - Doreen Campus only
The Conveyance Allowance is a Victorian Government contribution to support eligible families with the cost of transporting students to and from any school outside the metropolitan conveyance allowance boundary, which is based on proximity to and the frequency of public transport serving each metropolitan postcode area.
Schools within the Doreen and Mernda areas are considered eligible for the Conveyance Allowance, for families who live more than 4.8km from the Campus.
Schools that are closer in, such as our South Morang Campous, are not eligilble for the Conveyance Allowance .
The eligibility criteria include the requirement that a student attending a non-government school is attending the nearest appropriate school. The contribution is not intended to cover the full cost of transporting children to and from school.
Further details about the program are available on the Victorian Government’s Department of Education website: https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/conveyance-allowance/policy
If you are eligible and haven’t previously applied for Conveyance Allowance, please complete an application form, and return it via email to registrar@marymede.vic.edu.au
New forms are required per student if you have changed your address, the mode of transport or are a new family to the College. You can download the forms here:
Click here for the private car travel form.
Click here for the private bus travel form.
Click here for the multi-mode travel form.
Public Bus options
PTV Route 383 currently stops at Marymede Catholic College South Morang.
PTV Routes 381 and 388 currently stop within walking distance (less than 300m) to the Doreen Campus.
Additional Dyson buses travel along Plenty Road and Findon Road, students would have to walk from the bus stops.
For information on bus routes, contact Dysons on 9436 3800 or http://dysongroup.com.au/metropolitan-route-listing-timetables
