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215:. The route and its predecessors are well known for its ocean scenery along the journey and have been popular with hikers planning to walk from Palm Beach back towards Sydney. For many years the route was also the longest commuter bus route in metropolitan Sydney at 45 kilometres (28 mi) when operating from
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In the 1990s, route 190 services were renumbered as L90 to designate it as a limited stops service with standardised stopping pattern operating with regular clock-face frequency. In this guise, the route reached a zenith forming the trunk of public transit to the
Warringah Peninsula stopping at major
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With continued population growth on the
Warringah Peninsula overcrowding and long journey times became a problem on the long route. In an effort to relieve the situation express services were introduced where inbound City services did not pick up passengers south of a certain point and outbound Palm
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Palm Beach were discontinued completely due to poor patronage and duplication with other routes. As a nod to the prior historical importance the route number was not retired, instead peak hour express services from Avalon to
Wynyard previously operated as part of route 188X were renumbered to 190X.
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Route 190 to Palm Beach and sister route 189 to
Taylors Point were the last bastions of the double-deck buses on the Sydney network, whereas the remainder of the network was moving to smaller single-deck buses as the former required a driver and conductor with higher associated labour costs. These
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was renumbered 190. Initially infrequent services were provided, complementing other shorter routes along
Pittwater Road. As traffic increased, higher capacity double-deck buses were introduced, albeit still with an irregular timetable. Double-deck buses continued to be a regular feature on the
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On 3 May 2020 remaining route L90 services were renumbered 190X to standardise route numbers, the limited-stop designation was subsequently retired. This was short-lived, following a major review of bus services on the
Warringah Peninsula in the following year, the off-peak route 190X services to
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opened on 26 November 2017 resulting in route L90 being relegated to a tourist service operating at 60 minute frequency during weekday off-peaks and weekends. At the same time route 190 was discontinued completely. Incidentally the B-Line saw the return of double-deck buses to commuter routes in
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Beach services stipulated a first set down point. The actual stop for last pick up or first set down varied with each service and was denoted individually in the timetable. Initially introduced during peak hours, the express services were subsequently expanded even to off-peak services.
309:. Short running services commencing or terminating at Avalon Beach were designated route L88. Routes L90 and L88 alternated to provide a frequent 15 minute frequency throughout the day. Early morning and late night services operating all stops retained the 190 route number.
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Changing trends in public transport planning moved emphasis from single-seat journeys to separate local and trunk routes, with the latter operating regular, frequent and fast limited stop services with high-capacity buses . To this end the
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resulted in several long bus routes to the City and route L90 lost the title of longest commuter bus route to route 642X. In
October 2015, the section of route L90 south of Wynyard was withdrawn when bus routes along
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As of July 2023, route 190X operated via these primary locations:
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Northern Beaches and Lower North Shore bus service improvements
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528:"Sydney Buses (Route L90) Mercedes-Benz O305G"
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278:, known as the Bilgola Bends. In April 1986
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555:From City to Suburb...a fifty year journey
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1282:Cronulla and National Park Ferry Cruises
488:"2hrs 5mins – Sydney's longest bus trip"
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559:Historic Commercial Vehicle Association
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986:List of Sydney Trains railway stations
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467:from the original on 7 November 2012
835:Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport
808:M1 Metro North West & Bankstown
709:New Bus Operator to Electrify Fleet
424:Askin, Pauline (26 December 2008).
24:
917:T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra
486:Frost, Carleen (28 October 2010).
112:Department of Government Transport
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819:Sydney Metro City & Southwest
455:Jellie, Dugald (19 August 2008).
1381:denotes services yet to commence
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27:Bus service in Sydney, Australia
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314:Hills District, New South Wales
303:Central Railway Station, Sydney
46:Keolis Downer Northern Beaches
1326:L2 Randwick & L3 Kingsford
1252:List of Sydney Ferries wharves
1098:Keolis Downer Northern Beaches
1070:Sydney Olympic Park bus routes
996:Transport Asset Holding Entity
907:T2 Inner West & Leppington
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205:Keolis Downer Northern Beaches
69:Keolis Downer Northern Beaches
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1332:L4 Westmead & Carlingford
868:List of Sydney Metro stations
711:Transport for NSW 28 May 2021
623:Transport for New South Wales
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323:CBD and South East Light Rail
321:were withdrawn to facilitate
981:List of Sydney railway lines
902:T1 North Shore & Western
601:Australasian Bus & Coach
257:On 3 August 1953, route 150
227:bus operating on route L90.
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928:T6 Lidcombe & Bankstown
297:locations from the City to
219:. In March 2013 Australian
109:Public Transport Commission
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1129:Liverpool–Parramatta T-way
749:Public transport in Sydney
684:"Keolis Downer route 190X"
664:Bus service changes in May
597:$ 51M bendy bus investment
587:issue 130 May 1986 page 84
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457:"Along the broken shore"
1236:Transdev Sydney Ferries
105:Urban Transit Authority
939:T8 Airport & South
813:Sydney Metro Northwest
553:Travers, Greg (1982).
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1103:Transdev John Holland
614:A new CBD bus network
325:construction works.
282:was widened allowing
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1399:Bus routes in Sydney
1272:Captain Cook Cruises
976:Airport Link Company
686:. Transport for NSW.
642:, Transport NSW Info
400:Neutral Bay Junction
160:Neutral Bay Junction
18:Sydney bus route 190
1220:F10 Blackwattle Bay
1185:F3 Parramatta River
852:Metro Trains Sydney
1277:Church Point Ferry
1210:F8 Cockatoo Island
669:3 May 2020 at the
638:2017-10-29 at the
619:2016-03-04 at the
284:Mercedes-Benz O305
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225:Mercedes-Benz O305
184:Weekday peak-hours
97:Former operator(s)
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305:and subsequently
293:double-deckers.
291:Leyland Atlantean
287:articulated buses
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89:Predecessors
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944:T9 Northern
604:6 July 2011
289:to replace
1306:Light Rail
568:0959601627
498:18 January
471:18 January
461:smh.com.au
440:18 January
411:References
385:Warriewood
259:Palm Beach
217:Palm Beach
148:Warriewood
1200:F6 Mosman
1080:Operators
1060:NightRide
775:Opal card
768:Ticketing
584:Fleetline
508:cite news
390:Narrabeen
380:Mona Vale
334:Sydney.
299:Narrabeen
189:Timetable
152:Narrabeen
144:Mona Vale
83:Mona Vale
79:Brookvale
1393:Category
1358:Monorail
1229:Operator
1175:F1 Manly
1168:Services
1035:Metrobus
1023:Services
953:Operator
845:Operator
667:Archived
636:Archived
617:Archived
532:Archived
465:Archived
343:region 8
207:between
181:Operates
65:Operator
60:Overview
1379:Italics
1093:CDC NSW
1088:Busways
375:Newport
276:Bilgola
245:bodied
231:History
176:Service
140:Newport
50:bodied
654:B-Line
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538:28 May
370:Avalon
331:B-Line
209:Avalon
136:Avalon
48:Custom
1363:Trams
1353:Bridj
1346:Other
1314:Lines
1152:Ferry
895:Lines
887:Train
801:Lines
793:Metro
122:Start
117:Route
75:Depot
1045:190X
563:ISBN
540:2021
514:link
500:2011
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211:and
201:190X
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