Get your bus pass sorted

‘‘A dedicated team of drivers and support staff help make sure children are delivered safely to and from school each day,’’ he said.

Service delivery coordinator Anthony Joss said all children using Dyson Group school buses must have a NSW Transport approved bus pass.

‘‘The applications are done online (at www.transportnsw.info/school-students), but anyone with any queries about the form can contact Helen Murphy at the McCrabb Rd depot,’’ he said.

‘‘If you don’t have access to the internet, you should call Transport NSW on 131 500 to arrange your bus pass.

‘‘You must apply for a pass in 2025 if you are a new student travelling to a local school or if you have changed schools, including transition to high school.

‘‘You must also reapply for a bus pass if you are going in to Year 3, or if you have changed your address since you received your last bus pass.’’

Once your application has been approved, you need to contact Mr Joss on (03) 9463 3987 to confirm your route, allocated pick up and drop off point and pick up time.

To be eligible for free school travel, students may need to live a minimum distance from their school. More information on eligibility is available in a brochure, available from the Deniliquin depot.

Principals and students are also required to sign the Dyson Group Student Code of Behaviour Policy to ensure its passengers also remain safe. If the rules are breached, students may be suspended from riding on the school bus.

In use for the school bus routes this year will be the two zero emission buses (ZEBs) introduced to Deniliquin last year.

They are designed to offer “a quieter, smoother, and more comfortable journey on battery electric buses that emit no harmful exhaust fumes”.

Dyson Group was selected to partner with Transport for NSW for its $25 million project to run a series of trials of zero emission buses and coaches across regional NSW.