Buses at the Doncaster Park & Ride - Melbourne Transport

In this video we see some buses at the Doncaster Park & Ride, a bus interchange in Doncaster in Melbourne's north-east. Opening in 2002 the interchange serves as a park & ride facility for buses between Doncaster and the Melbourne CBD via the Eastern Freeway. Out of Melbourne's three park & ride stops for buses, Doncaster is the busiest with around 400 car parking spaces and served by nine different bus routes; 207, 280, 282, 284, 205, 303, 309, and Smartbus routes 907 & 908.
Here we see various buses operated by Transdev Melbourne arrive and depart the interchange, including Scania L94UB's, Scania K230UB's, Scania K280UB's, Scania K310UB's, some MAN 16.240's, and Optare Solo's on the 280/282 (Manningham Mover/Loop).
I originally paid the Doncaster Park & Ride a visit back in April 2013, but being December 2021 I decided it was time for a revisit for a couple of reasons:
1. Transdev Melbourne will soon have their operations taken over by Kinetic Group after the latter won the contract to operate Melbourne's Metropolitan Bus Franchise. Kinetic will take over on the 31st January 2022. This video was filmed during the final month or so of Transdev Melbourne's operations.
2. Doncaster Park & Ride in the coming years will soon be completely rebuilt. As part of the North East Link freeway project, a new Doncaster dedicated busway will be constructed between Doncaster Park & Ride and Hoddle Street along the Eastern Freeway. The busway is expected to be completed by 2027 - 2028.
Date:
December 2021.
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[@ThebusofdoomFSX]

This is one of those videos where I filmed way too much... again. It actually came back to bite me later in the day when my camera almost ran out of battery when filming my subsequent video.

[@alexbrown5048]

Didn't realise Transdev was ceasing operating in Melbourne and so soon and I use the buses a lot so it will be an interesting change for me

[@JTRAIN]

Film buses at the new Bulleen Park and Ride

[@ajstransportawptv]

The ending is hillarious

[@StuRBarber]

Great video with plenty of detailed information!!

[@aidanthomas2510]

Didn't know about Transdev ceasing operations, I've rode their buses a handful of times in Footscray and Sunshine. Interesting.

[@JTRAIN]

What are your thoughts on the Optare Solos

[@ThebusofdoomFSX]

Apart from one I rode on a BCSV tour I haven't rode on the Optare Solo's in route service so it's tricky to gauge an opinion. As long as they're reliable it seems they're a suitable replacement for Ventura's Dennis Dart's and everything Transdev used on the 280/282.

[@Adelaide_Transit]

is.......... that a spike strip in the middle of a bus interchange? Other than that the interchange structure looks pretty solid and is something that Adelaide needs to do more off.

[@SpidersLair999]

Yes, but when you go forward it pushes down. It’s to prevent wrong way drivers

[@oskarooni]

Was there any major bike parking facility there such as a Parkiteer room? It seems odd to have a transport hub like this with only car accommodations

[@ThebusofdoomFSX]

Yes there is a Parkiteer cage near the main building. The Koonung Creek trail passes the interchange along the Eastern Freeway reserve.

[@SpidersLair999]

8:30 PT< 💀💀💀

[@A_couple_of_cakepies]

9:45 666 hmm

[@JTRAIN]

I will call that the devil bus, for a particular 16.240

[@GTCaspect0x]

@@JTRAIN nah i swear i cant be the only one with that nickname in mind