TRANSPORT
Marymede Catholic College is accessible by car, the Marymede chartered bus services, bike, walking from the nearest PTV bus stop or 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 five Charter Bus Services that run each day - two to our South Morang Campus and three 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.
Please note:
Students in Year 4 -12 are permitted to register for the School Bus.
Students in Year 3 may request to travel on the School Bus, however approval is subject to the advice key Primary Staff, as some students may not be ready for independent travel on the bus without direct supervision.
Students Prep - Year 2 are not permitted to travel on the School Bus.
Bus Fees
2026 Semester long passes are available for purchase per student:
- $975 for AM and PM
- $575 one way AM or PM only
- Casual passes $6.50 each way and will be accrued via student tapping on and off with their student ID cards.
APPLICATION FORM for the School Bus
Please note that Route 2, Route 3 and Route 4 are currently close to capacity: applications may be waitlised, unless student was a 2025 bus traveller or family submitted 2026 Transport survey.
To Apply for a bus service, please complete the Bus Code of Conduct Agreements and Application form below:
For a PDF copy of our School Bus Code of Conduct Agreements, which are detailed in the above Application Form, click here.
For further information regarding the School Bus Service please contact the College on 9407 9000
School Bus timetables
Click here to view the updated 2026 bus timetables.
These times were updated on Tuesday 3 February 2026
School Bus Routes
- Route 1
South Morang Campus*: Kinglake, Whittlesea, INTERCHANGE at Mernda station: South Morang Campus
Please note: Doreen students from the Whittlesea and Kinglake areas can travel on this South Morang Route 1 and transfer to the Doreen Route 3 at an interchange stop at Mernda Station
- Route 2
South Morang Campus: Eden Park/Wollert/Epping Nth/South Morang; South Morang Campus
Please note: South Morang students from Wollert NORTH of Craigieburn road should select Route 3 and change over to the Soute 1 South Morang Bus at the interchange stop at Mernda Station
Currently close to capacity: applications may be waitlised, unless student was a 2025 bus traveller or family submitted 2026 Transport survey.
- Route 3
Doreen Campus: Wollert/Mernda/INTERCHANGE at Mernda station /Doreen/Doreen Campus
Please note: South Morang students from Wollert NORTH of Craigieburn road should select this Route 3 and change over to the Soute 1 South Morang Bus at the interchange stop at Mernda Station
Currently close to capacity: applications may be waitlised, unless student was a 2025 bus traveller or family submitted 2026 Transport survey.
- Route 4
Doreen Campus: Donnybrook/Mernda/Doreen: Doreen Campus
Currently close to capacity: applications may be waitlised, unless student was a 2025 bus traveller or family submitted 2026 Transport survey.
- Route 5
Doreen Campus: Upper Plenty/Eden Park/Doreen: Doreen Campus
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 Campus, are not eligible 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 enrol@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
