Routes with no number
We have identified a range of routes that were not assigned a route number.
| Start date | End date | Days of operation | Type | Start | End | Via | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 (April) | 1953 (February) | - | Limited | Kingston (Wentworth & Giles) | Westridge | Kingston, Manuka, Forrest | Variation of route 1; operated with/without route number on and off. |
| 1928 (September) | 1929 | Mon-Tue | Limited | Kingston (Wentworth & Giles) | Russell Hill | Kingston, Griffith, Parliament House, Parkes, Acton, City, Russell Hill (Campbell) | Introduced from 11 September 1928. |
| 1929 | 1929 (February) | Weekdays | - | Kingston (Wentworth & Giles) | Cotter Reserve | Kingston, Manuka | Operated during school term only; in operation by 20 February 1929. |
| 1931 (November) | 1937 (May | Weekdays | - | Kingston (Wentworth & Giles) | Duntroon | Kingston, Manuka, Barton, Parliament House, Parkes, Royal Canberra Hospital, Acton, City, Reid, Duntroon | Unnumbered service; selected services operated via Scotts Crossing (crossed Molonglo River between Parkes and Reid); trialled from 25 November 1931; permanent service introduced September 1932. |
| 1931 (November) | 1931 (December) | Weekdays | - | Ainslie Terminus (Cowper & Cox) | Manuka Pool | - | Unnumbered service; exact route unknown; commenced 23 November 1931; discontinued 11 December 1931. |
| 1937 (May) | 1943 (July) | Mon-Sat | - | Kingston (Wentworth & Giles) | Duntroon | Kingston, Manuka, Barton, Parliament House, Parkes, Royal Canberra Hospital, Acton, City, Braddon, Reid, Duntroon | Unnumbered service; selected services operated via Scotts Crossing (crossed Molonglo River between Parkes and Reid); selected services operated as a through run service from another route (e.g. selected route 1 & 2 combined trips operated between Kingston and Reid as per their standard route, then to Duntroon instead of Ainslie). |
| 1940 (April) | 1958 | - | Limited | Cemetery | The Causeway | Forrest, Manuka, Griffith, Kingston | Unnumbered service; introduced 7 April 1940; exact route unknown between 1940 and 1950; operated as described from at least 1950. |
| 1941 (September) | 1952 (April) | Weekdays | Peak | Hall Village | City I/C | Hall | Unnumbered service; commenced 1 September 1941; through routed with route 4 in early days of operation; ceased from 28 April 1952. |
| 1941 (October) | 1942 | Mon-Sat | - | Ainslie Terminus (Tyson & Stephen) | Aerodrome | Ainslie, Braddon, Turner, City, Reid, Aerodrome | Unnumbered service; introduced from 27 October 1941. |
| 1942 | 1951 | - | Limited | Kingston (Wentworth & Giles) | Aerodrome | Kingston, Manuka, Barton, Parliament House, Parkes, Royal Canberra Hospital, Acton, City, Braddon, Reid, Duntroon, Aerodrome, Fairbairn* | Unnumbered service;* selected services only operated between City and Duntroon; services suspended to Aerodrome from 25 October 1948 for an unspecified period of time. |
| 1943 (July) | 1943 | Mon-Sat | - | Kingston (Wentworth & Giles) | Duntroon | Kingston, Manuka, Barton, Parliament House, Parkes, Royal Canberra Hospital, Acton, City, Braddon, Reid, Duntroon | Unnumbered service; selected services operated via Scotts Crossing (crossed Molonglo River between Parkes and Reid); selected services operated as a through run service from another route (e.g. selected route 1 & 2 combined trips operated between Kingston and Reid as per their standard route, then to Duntroon instead of Ainslie); Friday afternoon shopping service extended to commence at Fyshwick. |
| 1946 (December) | 1950 (March) | Sundays | Limited | Ainslie Terminus (Tyson & Stephen) | Cotter Reserve | Ainslie, Braddon, City | Unnumbered service; Sunday picnic service; exact route unknown. |
| 1946 (December) | 1950 (March) | Sundays | Limited | The Causeway | Cotter Reserve | Kingston, Manuka | Unnumbered service; Sunday picnic service; exact route unknown. |
| 1947 (November) | 1948 | Wednesdays | Limited | Narrabundah (Jerrabomberra & Mugga) | Kingston (Wentworth & Giles) | Narrabundah, Manuka, Kingston | Unnumbered service; trial shopping service; operated Wednesday only; exact route unknown; first service to Narrabundah. |
| 1948 (July) | 1948 | - | Limited | Kingston (Wentworth & Giles) | Narrabundah (Prefabricated Cottage Area) | Kingston, Narrabundah | Unnumbered service; route unknown; introduced 13 July 1948. |
| 1948 (September) | 1948 | Fridays | Limited | Hall Village | Kingston (Wentworth & Giles) | Hall, City | Unnumbered service; trial shopping service; operated Friday only; commenced 10 September 1948. |
| 1950 | 1951 | - | Limited | Fyshwick | City I/C | Duntroon, Reid | Unnumbered service. |
| 1951 | 1953 (July) | - | Limited | RAAF Base (Fairbairn) | City I/C | Aerodrome, Fyshwick, Duntroon, Reid | Unnumbered service; selected services only operated between Fyshwick and City; potential route/timetable change from 19 April 1951. |
| 1952 (July) | 1952 | - | Peak | Yarralumla Terminus | Kingston (Wentworth & Giles) | Yarralumla, Westlake, Parkes, Parliament House | Unnumbered service; trial workmen's service; commenced 8 September 1952. |
| 1953 (February) | 1955 | - | Limited | Kingston (Wentworth & Giles) | Westridge | Kingston, Manuka, Forrest | Variation of route 1; operated with/without route number on and off; modified to travel via Melbourne Ave, Gawler Cres, Hopetoun Cct and Novar St from 23 February 1953. |
| 1953 (July) | 1959 (January) | - | Limited | RAAF Base (Fairbairn) | City I/C | Aerodrome, Fyshwick, Duntroon, Reid | Unnumbered service; selected services only operated between Fyshwick and City; modified to travel via Fyshwick farm area loop road from 13 July 1953; replaced by route 32 from 5 January 1959. |
| 1954 (September) | 1954 (November) | Saturdays | Limited | RAAF Base (Fairbairn) | Kingston (Wentworth & Giles) | Fyshwick, RMC, City, Manuka | Unnumbered service; trial Saturday AM shopping service; commenced 25 September 1954 for period of one month; ceased 6 November 1954. |
| 1959 (November) | 1959 (December) | - | Limited | Fyshwick (Whyalla St) | Ainslie Terminus (Officer & Rutherford) | Campbell, Reid | Unnumbered service; trial service; commenced 2 November 1959 for one month trial. |
| 1959 (November) | 1959 (December) | - | Limited | Fyshwick (Whyalla St) | Kingston (Wentworth & Giles) | Kingston | Unnumbered service; trial service; commenced 2 November 1959 for one month trial. |
| 1961 (October) | 1961 | Sundays | Shuttle | Railway Station (Burke Cres) | City I/C | - | Shuttle service; to all suburbs if required; connects with 2330 train on Sunday evenings. |
| 1961 (October) | 1969 | Weekdays | Shuttle | Russell Offices | City I/C | - | Shuttle service |
| 1961 (October) | 1969 | Weekdays | Shuttle | Australian National University | City I/C | Acton | Shuttle service |
| 1964 (April) | 1964 (May) | Weekdays | Peak | Fyshwick | City I/C | Kingston | Peak service; trialled for four weeks from 6 April 1964; ceased 15 May 1964; exact route unknown. |
| 1965 (June) | 1965 | - | - | ANU | City I/C | Acton, ANU | Trial service; exact route unknown; commenced 28 June 1965 for a short period only. |
| 1965 (October) | 1965 (October) | Weekdays | Off-peak | Lyons Terminus (Launceston & Tarraleah) | Deakin Shops | Lyons, Curtin, Yarralumla, Deakin | Trial service; special shoppers' bus (introduced due to complaints about local shopping arrangements); commenced 5 October 1965 for a one month trial; extended to Manuka & Kingston from 25 October 1965. |
| 1965 (October) | 1965 (November) | Weekdays | Off-peak | Lyons Terminus (Launceston & Tarraleah) | Kingston Shops (Giles St) | Lyons, Curtin, Yarralumla, Deakin, Manuka, Kingston | Trial service; special shoppers' bus (introduced due to complaints about local shopping arrangements); extended to Manuka & Kingston from 25 October 1965. |
| 1965 (November) | 1966 (July) | Weekdays | Off-peak | Lyons Terminus (Launceston & Tarraleah) | Kingston Shops (Giles St) | Lyons, Curtin, Manuka, Kingston | Trial service; special shoppers' bus (introduced due to complaints about local shopping arrangements); modified to no longer travel via Yarralumla and Deakin from 22 November 1965, instead travelling via route 17 to Hopetoun Cct Interchange, then route 12 to Manuka/Kingston; similar service operated from Julty 1966, albeit extended to Chifley Terminus - unknown if initial trial service continued until this commenced. |
| 1966 (July) | 1966 (December) | Weekdays | Off-peak | Chifley Terminus | Kingston Shops (Giles St) | Chifley, Lyons, Curtin, Manuka, Kingston | Trial service; special shopper's bus; similar to trial service operated in October/November 1965 (which may or may not have operated until July 1966 and been replaced by this extended version); discontinued 5 August 1966, but reinstated temporarily from 12 December 1966 for two weeks leading up to Christmas 1966. |
| 1966 (July) | 1966 (December) | Weekdays | Off-peak | Dickson Shops (Cowper St) | City I/C | Hackett, Ainslie, Braddon | Trial service; special shopper's bus; followed route 28 to Hackett and continued to Dickson Shops; discontinued 5 August 1966, but reinstated temporarily from 12 December 1966 for two weeks leading up to Christmas 1966. |
| 1967 (March) | 1968 | Weekdays | Peak | Hotel Kurrajong | Russell Offices | - | Peak shuttle service |
| 1967 (March) | 1968 | Weekdays | Peak | Fyshwick | City I/C | Railway Station, Barton | Peak shuttle service; AM service only runs from Hotel Kurrajong to Fyshwick; PM runs Fyshwick to City |
| 1968 (April) | 1968 | Weekdays | Peak | Phillip Offices | - | - | Peak service; route/origin unknown. |
| 1968 (December) | 1969 | Weekdays | Peak | Lyneham Terminus | Fyshwick | City, Barton, Railway Station | Peak service |
| 1968 (December) | 1969 | Weekdays | Peak | Lyneham Terminus | Fyshwick | O'Connor, City, Barton, Railway Station | Peak service |
| 1968 (December) | 1969 | Weekdays | Peak | Railway Station (Burke Cres) | City I/C | - | Shuttle service |
| 1968 (December) | 1969 | Weekdays | Peak | Kingston (Wentworth & Giles) | ANZAC Park Offices | Barton, Russell | Shuttle service; AM service only runs Barton to ANZAC Park Offices; PM service runs ANZAC Park Offices to Kingston |
| 1968 | 1972 (December) | Weekdays | Peak | Farrer Terminus | ANZAC Park Offices | Farrer, Mawson, Garran, Hughes, Deakin, Forrest, Barton, Russell | Peak service |
| 1968 | 1972 (December) | Weekdays | Peak | Torrens Terminus | ANZAC Park Offices | Torrens, Pearce, Phillip, Woden, Hughes, Deakin, Forrest, Barton, Russell | Peak service |
| 1968 | 1972 (December) | Weekdays | Peak | Pearce Terminus | ANZAC Park Offices | Pearce, Chifley, Lyons, Woden, Curtin, Forrest, Barton, Russell | Peak service |
| 1968 | 1972 | Weekdays | Peak (PM) | Fyshwick | City I/C | Railway Station, Barton | Peak service |
| 1968 | 1969 | Weekdays | Peak (AM) | Hackett Terminus | Woden (Phillip Offices) | Hackett, Ainslie, Reid, Campbell, Russell, Barton | Peak service |
| 1968 | 1969 | Weekdays | Peak (PM) | Kingston (Wentworth & Giles) | Hackett Terminus | Barton, Russell, Campbell, Reid, Ainslie, Hackett | Peak service |
| 1970 (February) | 1970 (March) | Weekdays | Limited | The Causeway | Kingston Shops (Giles St) | Kingston | Trial shoppers service; introduced from 9 February 1970 for one month trial; return services depart from Eyre St. |
| 1970 (September) | 1970 | Weekdays | Peak | Higgins I/C | Macarthur House | Higgins, Scullin, Page, Macquarie, Aranda, O'Connor | Peak service; introduced 7 September 1970. |
| 1970 (September) | 1970 (October) | Weekdays | Peak | Higgins I/C | Jamison Centre | - | Trial shoppers service; route unknown; commenced 21 September 1970 for a one month trial. |
| 1970 | 1970 | Weekdays | Limited | Aranda (Bandjalong & Banambila) | CCAE | Aranda | Shuttle service |
| 1971 (February) | 1972 | Weekdays | Peak | Jamison Centre | Macarthur House | - | Peak service |
| 1979 (January) | 1979 (September) | - | - | ANU (Graduate House) | City I/C | Acton, ANU, City | ANU "The Bus"; operated by ANU with distinctive purple, orange and white liveried buses. |
| 1996 | 1996 | - | - | Ainslie Shops | Ainslie Shops | Ainslie, Hackett, Watson, Downer, Dickson, Lyneham, O'Connor, Turner, Braddon | Ainslie Shops shuttle bus; operated by Ainslie Shops. |