The school is serviced by a number of Public Transport Victoria (PTV) and private charter bus services. More detailed information on charter bus and PTV services, including cost, scheduled times and stops is detailed below.
Bookings for charter bus services are made through Try Booking, and open at the beginning of Term 4 each year for the following school year.
Transportation options are outlined below:
PEGS Charter Services
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PTV Services
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It is a condition of use of the school’s charter buses that PEGS student ID cards are scanned upon boarding and alighting the bus
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All PTV services require students to have a MYKI card.
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Charter services incur an annual fee and are offered to families on a yearly basis to transport their child(ren) to and from school.
- Bookings are required for all charter bus services.
- Bookings sell out quickly, it is advisable to book as soon as possible if this is your preferred travel option for your child.
- An annual fee structure applies regardless of whether the service will be used on a one way or return basis.
- Payment for travel is for a full year.
- Payment needs to be made when booking.
- Parents of students new to PEGS will need to email a 'head shot' of their child to BusCoordinator@pegs.vic.edu.au before a student ID card can be issued for bus travel.
- Once booked on a service, students cannot transfer or move between services without a written request to the BusCoordinator@pegs.vic.edu.au .
- Bookings for the 2025 school year open at 6.00am, Monday 7 October 2024.
- For further information, please email BusCoordinator@pegs.vic.edu.au
- Junior School students require permission from their Head of Section before they may travel. Contact the BusCoordinator@pegs.vic.edu.au to arrange this for you.
NB: CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE BUS ROUTES FOR 2025. Families are advised to review the changes to 2025 charter services before booking. Changes include:
- The Maribyrnong service has been joined with a new route servicing the suburbs of Ascot Vale and Travancore.
- The Coburg service will start 10 minutes later, on the morning run.
- To review bus route changes, bus stop location and scheduled times, refer to the link for each charter bus in the table below.
To review bus route changes, bus stop location and scheduled times, refer to the link for each charter bus in the table below.
Charter buses are named by the starting point of the morning service.
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PTV options for Essendon and Moonee Ponds campuses
Essendon railway station is the centre of the local public bus network, and a tram line is adjacent to the station. The Essendon and Moonee Ponds campuses are 200 and 700 metres from the station respectively.
PTV options for Keilor East campus
Buses travel between Essendon railway station and the Keilor East campus both before and after school.
PTV SCHOOL SERVICES
- Kastoria School Special Services-PEGS A1 and PEGS A2 travel between Moonee Ponds Junction, Essendon railway station and the PEGS Keilor East campus. Morning services depart Moonee Ponds Junction at 7.55 and 8.13am and the afternoon service departs 3.40pm (bus bay 3) from Keilor East campus.
- Dyson buses run a School Special between Essendon Station express to Keilor East campus in both the morning and afternoon. The morning service departs 7.50am from Essendon Station and the afternoon service departs 3.35pm (bus bay 4) from Keilor East campus. This service meets up with PTV Bus Route 503 at Essendon Station, travelling to and from East Brunswick
- Kastoria School Special Service-BPC1 travels between Coles @ Avondale Heights, via Woorite Place (200 metres from PEGS Keilor East gate) and on to Rosehill and Buckley Park Colleges. Morning service departs 7.56am, arrives 8.07am. Afternoon service departs Keilor Road bus bay (outside PEGS gate) 3.40pm.
- Kastoria School Special Service RSH-1 travels between Coles @ Avondale Heights, via Woorite Place (200 metres from PEGS Keilor East gate) and on to Rosehill College. Morning service departs 8.10am, arrives 8.21am. Afternoon service departs Keilor Road bus bay (outside PEGS gate) 3.40pm.
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OTHER PTV BUSES SERVICING THE PEGS KEILOR EAST CAMPUS
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Keilor East campus bus bay map and Keilor East campus bus bay afternoon services departure schedule
For inquiries outside of this please email di.durrington@pegs.vic.edu.au .
