Opinion

CBD columnist October 26, 2026 — 5:00am

October 26, 2026 — 5:00am

There is a turn on the SW3 bus route that has long made me wince, where Sydney Metro’s now-infamous pink replacement bus services are forced to make an unwieldy left turn onto Canterbury Road from Wonga Street, near the Cooks River in Canterbury.

Each morning, I sit among other commuters who brace for impact as some poor driver is forced to swing the bus wide into the outside lane in order to then jam the vehicle leftward into whatever space is available to it on Canterbury Road – all while an audience watches on.

Catching pink-coloured replacement buses for the past two years has been highly disruptive for southwest residents. Steven Siewert

All things considered, I haven’t had it so bad. I moved to Campsie from Sydney’s eastern suburbs late last year and have been held hostage by the chaos lottery these pink buses induce for only the past 12 months.…