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The CircleRoute is a pair of suburban bus

Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...

routes in Perth

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

, Western Australia

Western Australia

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. Like all Perth bus routes, the buses are branded Transperth

Transperth

Transperth is the brand name of the public transport system in Perth, Western Australia. It is operated by the Public Transport Authority.-History:...

and operated by companies contracted by the Public Transport Authority. The routes are identical except for direction: 98 is clockwise, and 99 is anticlockwise. The CircleRoute runs through Perth's inner suburbs and connects Perth's suburban railway lines.

During peak-hour times during study period on weekdays, additional buses are provided for larger capacities.

Since 25 November 2007, fares have been determined according to the same Transperth zonal system

Transperth fare zone

A Transperth fare zone is an area that is used by Transperth to determine fares. The fare zones are based around the distance from Perth City.Do not rely on this document for fare zone information. Use the instead....

used by other bus routes and trains in the region (prior to that date, the CircleRoute used its own distinct zones).

Bus stops

The CircleRoute is a "limited service", which means that it only stops at bus stops with bus information. Each of the stops listed below is a timed stop.

Location	Zone	Serving Suburbs	Route Direction		Transfers
Location	Zone	Serving Suburbs	98	99	Transfers
CircleRoute
Fremantle Station	2	Fremantle Fremantle, Western Australia Fremantle is a city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle was the first area settled by the Swan River colonists in 1829...		↓	Bus transfers, Fremantle Line
Murdoch University Murdoch University Murdoch University is a public university based in Perth, Australia. It began operations as the state's second university in 1973, and accepted its first students in 1975...	2	Murdoch Murdoch, Western Australia Murdoch is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Melville. Murdoch University and St John of God Hospital Murdoch are located in Murdoch, as will be the proposed Fiona Stanley Hospital. The suburb is named after Sir Walter Murdoch....	↑	↓
Murdoch Station	2	Murdoch	↑	↓	Bus transfers, Mandurah Line
Southlands Boulevarde Southlands Boulevarde Southlands Boulevarde is a shopping centre located in Willetton, Western Australia, along Pinetree Gully Road and facing Willetton Senior High School. Its shops include Woolworths, Coles...	2	Willetton Willetton, Western Australia Willetton is a large southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Canning.-History:Willetton's name derives from Henry Willett of Willett & Co, who was granted Canning Location 21 and settled in the area in June 1832...	↑	↓
Curtin University of Technology	1	Bentley Bentley, Western Australia Bentley is a southern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and is located 8 km southeast of Perth's central business district. Its Local Government Areas are the City of Canning and the Town of Victoria Park...	↑	↓	Bus transfers
Oats Street Station	1	Carlisle Carlisle, Western Australia Carlisle is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Town of Victoria Park.- History :The suburb known as Carlisle today was originally settled as part of a land allocation to early Western Australian settlers after 1829... , East Victoria Park East Victoria Park, Western Australia East Victoria Park is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Town of Victoria Park....	↑	↓	Armadale/Thornlie Line
Belmont Forum	1	Belmont Belmont, Western Australia The City of Belmont is a Local Government Area in the inner eastern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located about east of Perth's central business district on the south bank of the Swan River... , Cloverdale Cloverdale, Western Australia Cloverdale is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and is located east of Perth's central business district in the City of Belmont.-History:...	↑	↓
Ascot Racecourse	1	Ascot Ascot, Western Australia Ascot is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, covering a narrow strip of land along the southern bank of the Swan River approximately east of Perth's central business district...	↑	↓
Bayswater Station Bayswater railway station, Perth Bayswater Station is a Transperth railway station located north-east of Perth railway station, Western Australia, on the Midland Line.-History:...	1	Bayswater Bayswater, Western Australia The City of Bayswater is a Local Government Area in the inner northeastern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, about northeast of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of and has a estimated population of 61,865 as at June 2010.-History:The Bayswater Road...	↑	↓	Bus transfers, Midland Line
Morley Bus Station	1	Morley Morley, Western Australia Morley is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, situated approximately northeast of Perth's central business district within the City of Bayswater local government area. It contains the Centro Galleria, Perth's second-largest commercial shopping centre, constructed in 1994. The Morley bus station...	↑	↓	Bus transfers
Flinders Street	1	Tuart Hill Tuart Hill, Western Australia Tuart Hill is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia.Tuart Hill is named after the Tuart tree that once grew extensively throughout the area, especially around Dog Swamp...	↑	↓
Stirling Station Stirling railway station, Perth Stirling railway station is a Transperth train and bus interchange located northwest of Perth railway station in Western Australia, on the Joondalup Line.-History:...	2	Stirling Stirling, Western Australia The City of Stirling is a Local Government Area in the northern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located about north of Perth's central business district...	↑	↓	Bus transfers, Joondalup Line
Churchlands Green	1	Churchlands Churchlands, Western Australia Churchlands is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia located approx. 8 km North-West from the CBD within the Local Government Area of the City of Stirling. Churchlands is an expensive suburb with most homes built after the 1980s. Most homes are very large and opulent with expensive locales such...	↑	↓
Shenton Park Station*	1	Shenton Park Shenton Park, Western Australia Shenton Park is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Subiaco and 4 km west of the Central business district. Its postcode is 6008...	↑	↓	Fremantle Line
University of WA University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia was established by an Act of the Western Australian Parliament in February 1911, and began teaching students for the first time in 1913. It is the oldest university in the state of Western Australia and the only university in the state to be a member of the...	1	Crawley Crawley, Western Australia Crawley is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Subiaco.The earlier name of the locality was Crawley Park.It is home to the University of Western Australia, the state's oldest and most prestigious university...	↑	↓
Claremont Shopping Centre	1	Claremont Claremont, Western Australia Claremont is a western suburb of Perth, Western Australia on the north bank of the Swan River.-History:Prior to European settlement, the Noongar people used the area as a source of water, for fishing and for catching waterfowl. In 1830, John Butler, a settler, set up an inn at Freshwater Bay to...	↑	↓
Fremantle Station	2	Fremantle	↑		Bus transfers, Fremantle Line

* Shenton Park Train Station is only a transfer point between the CircleRoute and Fremantle Line trains. It is not nominated as a Timed Stop for the CircleRoute.

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