List of bus routes in Melbourne

Melbourne's bus network is a major transport system in Australia, comprising around 400 bus routes. The bus network is run by private companies under contract to Public Transport Victoria. Buses in Melbourne use the Myki ticketing system, with the exception of SkyBus services.
Kinetic Melbourne operate approximately 30% of the bus network, signing contracts in 2021 as part of the Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Franchise. The remaining 70% of the network is operated under 23 contracts with other bus operators, all of these contracts were entered into in mid-2018 and will expire in 2025 or 2028.
All bus routes are allocated a number from 150-999, with the exception of SkyBus services. Route numbers below 150 are used by trams. The numbering of a route can tell a bit about the geographical location served, the route's history, or the route's type of operation; for example, routes from the 900 series were historically used by the Victorian Railways, whose buses coordinated with trains on some routes, but now the series is used for the SmartBus and Night Network routes.
SkyBus services run to and from Melbourne and Avalon airports.
Some bus routes have been taken out of operation. They may have been scrapped, replaced, incorporated into existing routes, or split. Reasons may include low patronage, confusing routing, or infrequent service patterns.

List of operational routes by number

800–899

List of other operational bus routes

Airports

Destinations	Operator	Notes
City ---- Melbourne Airport Express Service	SkyBus
City via Werribee RSL ---- Avalon Airport	SkyBus
Frankston ---- Melbourne Airport	SkyBus	Peninsula Express via 12 dedicated intermediate stops, including St Kilda and Brighton
Box Hill ---- Melbourne Airport	SkyBus	Eastern Express via 3 dedicated intermediate stops, including Watsonia and Doncaster
Sunshine ---- Melbourne Airport	SkyBus	Sunshine Express

List of former routes

Route	Destinations	Operator	Notes
201	City via Kew Junction Westfield Doncaster	Transdev Melbourne	Ceased 27 July 2014, replaced by route 304
202	Box Hill station via Balwyn Kew East	Transdev Melbourne	Ceased 27 July 2014, incorporated into route 302
203	City via Eastern Freeway Bulleen	Transdev Melbourne	Ceased 27 July 2014, incorporated into route 200
205	Melbourne University via Kew Junction Westfield Doncaster	Transdev Melbourne	Ceased 27 July 2014, incorporated into route 200
219	Sunshine South via Footscray, City Gardenvale	Transdev Melbourne	Ceased 17 November 2019, replaced by routes 216, 429, 603, and 604
238	City Port Melbourne	Transdev Melbourne	Ceased 27 July 2014, replaced by routes 234 and 236
249	City La Trobe University, Bundoora	National Bus Company	Route scrapped
253	Garden City via City North Carlton	Transdev Melbourne	Ceased 27 July 2014, replaced by routes 234 and 236
283	Westfield Doncaster Bulleen	National Bus Company	Incorporated into routes 280/282 on 24 November 2008
286	Box Hill station via Blackburn The Pines Shopping Centre	Transdev Melbourne	Ceased 27 July 2014, partly replaced by route 271
289	Box Hill station Donvale	National Bus Company	Incorporated into routes 280/282, 281 & 305 on 24 November 2008
291	Box Hill station via Westfield Doncaster Heidelberg	National Bus Company	Incorporated into route 903 on 20 April 2009
301	City via Templestowe The Pines Shopping Centre	National Bus Company	Replaced by route 905 on 4 October 2010
306	City via Doncaster East, Canopus Drive Ringwood North	National Bus Company	Incorporated into route 303 on 4 October 2010
307	City via Donvale Mitcham	National Bus Company	Replaced by route 907 on 4 October 2010
313	City Doncaster Park & Ride	Transdev Melbourne	Ceased 27 July 2014
315	City Box Hill station	Transdev Melbourne	Ceased 27 July 2014
316	City Deep Creek	National Bus Company	Ceased on 4 October 2010
340	City via Thornbury La Trobe University, Bundoora	Transdev Melbourne	Ceased 27 July 2014, replaced by route 350
365	Ringwood via Tunstall Square Westfield Doncaster	National Bus Company	Incorporated into routes 271, 280, and 282 on 24 November 2008
366	Ringwood via Croydon Hills Croydon	Transdev Melbourne	Ceased 27 July 2014, replaced by route 380
367	Ringwood via Ringwood East Croydon	Transdev Melbourne	Ceased 27 July 2014, replaced by route 380
380	Ringwood Croydon	Kinetic Melbourne	Loop service replacing routes 366 and 367, ceased 9 November 2024, split into routes 668 and 669
413	Laverton via Hoppers Crossing Pacific Werribee	CDC Melbourne	Scrapped 28 April 2013 due to Williams Landing station opening, partly replaced by routes 493, 494, and 496
416	Laverton Hoppers Crossing	CDC Melbourne	Scrapped 28 April 2013 due to Williams Landing station opening, partly replaced by routes 493, 495, and 496
422	St Albans Delahey	CDC Melbourne	Scrapped 27 July 2014, replaced by routes 424 and 425
429	Yarraville Altona East	Sita Buslines	Incorporated into routes 431 and 432 on 30 June 2008
430	Yarraville Geelong Road, Yarraville	Sita Buslines	Circular route, replaced by routes 431 and 432 on 30 June 2008
433	Newport Geelong Road, Brooklyn	Sita Buslines	Incorporated into route 471
438	Werribee Manor Lakes	Westrans	Replaced by routes 447, 448 & 449 on 19 April 2010
440	Werribee via Wyndham Vale, Pacific Werribee Hoppers Crossing	Westrans	Circular route, replaced by routes 446, 448 & 449 on 19 April 2010
442	Hoppers Crossing via Pacific Werribee, The Grange Tarneit	CDC Melbourne	Ceased 21 June 2015, replaced by route 167
447	Werribee via Ballan Road Manor Lakes	CDC Melbourne	Ceased 21 June 2015, replaced by route 166
448	Pacific Werribee via Greaves Street North Manor Lakes	CDC Melbourne	Ceased 21 June 2015, replaced by routes 166 and 191
449	Werribee via Black Forest Road Manor Lakes	CDC Melbourne	Ceased 21 June 2015, replaced by route 192
451	Sunshine Brimbank Central Shopping Centre	Sita Buslines	Scrapped 27 July 2014, replaced by routes 420 & 423
454	Sunshine Sunshine West	Sita Buslines	Scrapped 27 July 2014, replaced by routes 427 & 428
475	Moonee Ponds Junction via Niddrie Keilor East	Kastoria Bus Lines	Ceased 11 July 2020, replaced by routes 469 and 476
493	Williams Landing station via Point Cook Town Centre East Werribee	CDC Melbourne	Commenced 28 April 2013, ceased 21 June 2015
500	Broadmeadows via Melbourne Airport Sunbury	Tullamarine Bus Lines	Scrapped 27 July 2014
501	Moonee Ponds Junction via Strathmore Niddrie	Kastoria Bus Lines	Ceased 11 July 2020, replaced by route 469
520	Doreen via Yarrambat Greensborough	Dysons	Ceased 24 July 2016, replaced by routes 381 and 385
547	Kew La Trobe University, Bundoora	Ivanhoe Bus Company	Section incorporated into route 548
560	Greensborough via Bundoora, Keon Park station Broadmeadows	East West Bus Company	Incorporated into route 902 on 5 April 2010
562	Whittlesea via South Morang station, Mill Park, Bundoora Northland Shopping Centre	Dysons	Ceased 24 July 2016, replaced by route 382
565	Greensborough Greensborough North East	Dysons	Incorporated into route 563
565	Kinglake via Humevale Whittlesea	Dysons	Ceased 24 July 2016, replaced by route 384
568	Northland Shopping Centre via North Watsonia Greensborough	Dysons	Incorporated into route 566
571	Epping South Morang	East West Bus Company	TrainLink service. Initially operated from South Morang to Campbellfield. Extended to Roxburgh Park station in October 2007, replacing route 571A. Truncated to Epping and partly replaced by extension of SmartBus 901 in September 2010. Ceased 22 April 2012 with the opening of the South Morang rail extension
571A	Roxburgh Park Epping	East West Bus Company	Incorporated into route 571 in October 2007 with the opening of Roxburgh Park station
572	University Hill via Mill Park Stables Shopping Centre, South Morang station, Mernda Doreen	Dysons	Ceased 24 July 2016, replaced by routes 386 and 387
573	University Hill Mill Park Lakes/Palisades	Dysons	Ceased 24 July 2016, replaced by route 383
575	Epping North Thomastown	Dysons	Ceased 24 July 2016, replaced by routes 356, 357, and 358
581	Eltham Research	Panorama Coaches	Shortworking of routes 578 & 579
615	Box Hill station Balwyn North	Quince's Scenicruisers	Incorporated into route 284
627	Elsternwick ---- Brighton East	Driver Bus Lines	Ceased 27 September 2010, split and simplified into: routes 625 and 626
634	Middle Brighton Lilydale	Quince's Scenicruisers	Split up between: route 703, route 631, route 691, route 737, route 664
665	Ringwood Dandenong	Invicta Bus Services	Incorporated into route 901 on 24 March 2008
673	Lilydale station via Lilydale Nursing Home ----Lillydale Lake	Ventura Bus Lines	Ceased 29 January 2022
676	Lilydale via Lilydale East	Ventura Bus Lines	Circular route, ceased 2 October 2021 and replaced by FlexiRide services
686	Healesville via Badger Creek & Healesville Sanctuary	McKenzie's Tourist Services	Loop service, ceased 24 November 2023, replaced by route 685
687	Healesville via Chum Creek & Mount Lebanon	McKenzie's Tourist Services	Loop service, ceased 24 November 2023 due to low patronage
700	Box Hill station Mordialloc	Ventura Bus Lines	SmartBus route, incorporated into route 903 on 20 April 2009, Mordialloc – Chelsea extension reverted to route 706
731	Camberwell Balwyn North	Quince's Scenicruisers	Incorporated into route 285
768	Box Hill station ---- Deakin University	Ventura Bus Lines	Operated on university days only, ceased October 2023
769	Karingal Hub Shopping Centre ---- Frankston	Peninsula Bus Lines	Sunday service only, incorporated into routes 770, 771, and 777
794	Cranbourne Pearcedale	Cranbourne Transit	Trial service by the City of Casey, route scrapped 4 February 2007
797	Cranbourne Town Service via Cranbourne station	Cranbourne Transit	Loop service in Cranbourne, limited services, ceased 13 November 2016
801	Dandenong Keysborough	Grenda's Bus Services	Scrapped
815	Dandenong ---- Noble Park	Ventura Bus Lines	Ceased 27 November 2021, replaced with sections of routes 813 and 816
821	Westfield Southland ---- Clayton	Ventura Bus Lines	Ceased 3 December 2023, removed due to overlap with route 631
826	Hampton via Westfield Southland, Westfield Fountain Gate Pakenham	Grenda's Bus Services	Incorporated into route 828 between Hampton & Berwick, replaced by Route 926 between Westfield Fountain Gate & Pakenham
830	Dandenong Frankston	Grenda's Bus Services	Incorporated into routes 832, 833 & 901 on 24 March 2008
831	Dandenong Frankston	Grenda's Bus Services	Incorporated into routes 832, 833 & 901 on 24 March 2008
849	Dandenong via Gleneagles Dr ---- Mossgiel Park	Ventura Bus Lines	Ceased 31 May 2020, replaced by routes 843 and 845
886	Rosebud ---- Chisholm TAFE – Rosebud Campus	Ventura Bus Lines	Ceased 18 February 2022, replaced by FlexiRide services
888	Nunawading via Edithvale ---- Chelsea	Grenda's Bus Services	SmartBus route, incorporated into route 902 on 5 April 2010, Edithvale section replaced by route 858
889	Nunawading via Chelsea Heights ---- Chelsea	Grenda's Bus Services	SmartBus route, incorporated into route 902 on 5 April 2010, Chelsea Heights section replaced by route 858
896	Cranbourne station ---- Cranbourne East	Cranbourne Transit	TrainLink service, ceased 13 November 2016