- New Services to Chirnside Park - November 2006
- 2 NEW BUSES for Route 685
- New Saturday Services - December 2005
- Welcome to our new website
- Route 684 - Eildon to Melbourne - New Coach
- Healesville Sanctuary
- Yarra Valley Wineries
New Services to Chirnside Park - November 2006
Commencing on Monday 13th November 2006 will be new services from Healesville to Chirnside Park Shopping Centre.
There will be two services per day - Monday to Friday that extend past Lilydale Railway Station to Chirnside Park Shopping Centre giving passengers a direct travelling option.
The services will be leaving the Healesville office at 10.17am and 11.42am, arriving at Chirnside Park at 11.10am and 12.35pm respectively.
Return services leaving Chirnside Park at 11.10am and 2.00pm, arriving back in Healesville at 12.10pm and 2.45pm respectively.
These services are being introduced ready for the Christmas Shopping period and we hope this will assist shoppers wanting to travel to and from the Chirnside Park Shopping precinct.
Come try the new services and we welcome your feed back via our email.
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2 NEW BUSES for Route 685
Commencing on Tuesday 4th July 2006, we will be introducing into service two new Mercedes Benz Coaches for our services between Healesville & Lilydale on Route 685.
Here are some features of the new vehicles:
* Fully air-conditioned
* Wheel chair lift with room for two wheel chairs inside
* Coach style seats for added comfort
* Kneeling device to lower the entrance step
* Computerised destination header
* Increased storage space underneath
* All round disc brakes with ABS for driving safety
These two vehicles are modern coaches built by Express Body Builders on the brand new 1830 Mercedes Benz chassis.
With the introduction of these two new coaches, they will operate 7 days a week between Healesville & Lilydale & Healesville, providing nearly 200 trips with wheel chair access.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to regular maintenance and servicing, there will be times when one of these vehicles will not be in service for a minimum of time. It is advisable that anyone specificially requiring the use of one of these wheel chair vehicles, to please ring one of our offices to confirm the vehicles are in service.
With the introduction of these new modern vehicles to Route 685, we hope that it will provide better access to those people requiring those specific needs.
Please check the timetable to indicate which trips these vehicles will be running on.
Come and travel on one of these vehicles to experience the improvements to our services.
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New Saturday Services - December 2005
Saturday the 3rd December 2005 was the start of the new Saturday Timetable.
This new timetable doubles the frequency between Healesville and Lilydale and also continues onto Chirnside Park on every new trip.
This will now give 5 services to and from Chirnside Park on a Saturday to do shopping or for those that work there.
With the introduction of this service it will give shoppers access to Chirnside Park for Christmas Shopping.
Please have a look at our new timetable on the MET Link Website. Use the links page to access MET Link.
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Welcome to our new website
Welcome to McKenzie's new website with new added features. Please have a look around.
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Route 684 - Eildon to Melbourne - New Coach
Have a look at Route 684 - Eildon to Melbourne to Eildon - this now has a wheel chair facility vehicle on most timetabled services.
There is a fare calculator available to enable you to caluculate your fare.
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Healesville Sanctuary
Travel with us every day of the week to the Healesville Sanctuary. Buses meet trains from Lilydale and run through the beautiful Yarra Valley to the Healesville Sanctuary. Check out Route 685 for times. All this is covered by the Zone 3 MET Ticket.
Also use the Healesville Sanctuary logo on our links page to see what there is on offer.
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Yarra Valley Wineries
The Yarra Valley has many wineries open daily for meals and wine tasting. Travel with McKenzies and stop off at a winery such as Yering Station, Domain Chandon, Tarrawarra, Rochfords or one of many more and enjoy a meal and some wine tasting without the worry of driving. Our drivers upon request will drop you off directly outside the wineries and pick you up again so you can have a day out without the hassle of driving.
Our drivers are knowledgable on where each winery is. Simply request which winery and they will stop there for you.
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