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Murton's City Bus operate a complex
roster of bus services to serve nine schools in Broken Hill. As the number
of students carried to and from some of the schools is fairly minimal, transfers
between buses is necessary to achieve operational efficiency. The school that
has the highest number of students transported by bus is the Willyama High
School.
In New South Wales the School
Student Transport Scheme (SSTS) provides free travel to and from school for
eligible students on bus, rail and ferry services. For students to have access
to the SSTS, the following eligibility criteria must be met:
- students should be four years
and six months of age or older
- students must be enrolled at
a registered day school and / or be one of the following:
- an infant student (ie kindergarten
to year 2) - irrespective of distance from home to school
- a primary student (years 3
to 6), residing more than 1.6km (on a radial basis) or 2.3km or more by
the most practicable walking route,from the nearest physical point of entry
to school
- a secondary student (years
7 to 12), residing more than 2km (on a radial basis) or 2.9km or more by
the most practicable walking route, from the nearest physical point of entry
to school
- a TAFE student, less than 18
years of age at the 1 January of the year of college participation, enrolled
in a full time TAFE course and living more than 3.2km from the college.
Having met these requirements, a
student is eligible to receive free bus travel to and from school (or TAFE).
Please refer to the Citybus News for January 2009 for current information regarding the School Student Transport Scheme
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