Applications open for regional school bus transport in 2025

The Public Transport Authority’s School Bus Service (SBS) orange buses are provided free of charge to eligible children in regional WA, and first-time users are now invited to register their children for access to these services in 2025.

Children who are starting school for the first time, changing schools, or changing their home address need to have their details registered with SBS before they can use the bus.

Children who already use an orange school bus and are not changing their arrangements do not need to re-register.  

Applications are now open and close on 15 November.

A PTA spokesperson said while applications can be received after this date, students not registered before 15 November might not be able to access the service in the first weeks of the 2025 school year.

“We receive thousands of applications each year from parents of children who need to catch an orange school bus to and from school,” he said.

“The SBS team needs time to process these applications, plan routes and allocate resources to make sure all the eligible students can be picked up and dropped off as required.

“Parents who leave it too late to register their child may find that we can’t service their stop until later in the term, when routes and timetables are reviewed and, if necessary, amended.”

Where it isn’t possible to provide a dedicated bus service, SBS offers a conveyance allowance to help manage the cost of taking children to and from school each day.

Parents should complete an application online at www.schoolbuses.wa.gov.au.

Further details about the service, including eligibility requirements, are also available on the website.

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