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Newcastle bus routes connect suburbs in and around Newcastle , New South Wales . Services are largely integrated with the public transport network of Sydney , to the south, however the route numbering system is separate. Newcastle is the second-largest city in New South Wales, serving as a regional centre for residents of the Central Coast, Hunter Valley and Great Lakes regions. Bus services within Newcastle are operated by Newcastle Buses & Ferries, a subsidiary of the State Transit Authority Of New South Wales . Newcastle Buses & Ferries also operates a ferry service across Port Hunter between Newcastle's CBD and Stockton. Newcastle is considered as one outer metropolitan bus region for the purposes of Ministry Of Transport contracting arrangements. FREE CITY BUSES Trips within a designated area of the Newcastle CBD on State Transit-operated bus services are fare-free under the Newcastle Alliance's Free City Buses programme. The free zone operates between 7.30 am and 6.00 pm, seven days a week. The programme receives funding from the Honeysuckle Development Corporation and the Government Of New South Wales . The free bus zone is bounded in the north by the Hunter River, in the east by the ocean, in the south by Church, Bull and King streets, and in the west by Stewart Avenue. Trips between the zone and the TAFE in Wickham are also free. {Link without Title} INFRASTRUCTURE The network radiates from a bus terminal near CityRail 's Newcastle Station , on the waterfront of Newcastle's CBD. Major interchanges are located at the University Of Newcastle , Wallsend, Glendale , Warners Bay , Belmont, Charlestown , Westfield Kotara and Broadmeadow Station . To reduce journey times, bus-only lanes are in operation on:
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