The 520 in the 1980s operated from Yan Yean through Yarrambat and Plenty along Yan Yean Rd, then Diamond Creek Rd to Greensborough, Grimshaw St and Greensborough Rd, Lower Plenty Rd, through the small housing estate on the north east corner of Lower Plenty Rd and Greensborough Rd, then through Macleod to Macleod Tech on the corner of Waiora Rd and Ruthven St Macleod. At this time the service was operated by Mees Bus Lines on school days only.
20th July 1986 A4 timetable
Weekdays (school days only)
AM service: One bus departing Yan Yean at 7.20am arriving at Macleod Tech at 8.45am. A second bus departed Browns Lane Plenty at 7.35am terminating at Watsonia station at 7.50am.
PM service: One bus departing Macleod Tech at 3.30pm arriving at Yan Yean at 4.47pm. A second bus departed Watsonia station at 4.20pm an terminated at Browns Lane at 4.40pm.
23rd August 1993 Public Transport Corporation Teal and Gold
Route Changes
The northern end of the service is extended from the corner of Arthurs Creek and Yan Yean Rds west to Arthurs Creek and Plenty Rds.
Weekdays (school days only)
AM service: One bus departing Plenty Rd at 7.15am arriving at Macleod Tech at 8.45am. A second bus departed Browns Lane Plenty at 7.30am terminating at Greensborough station at 7.43am.
PM service: One bus departing Macleod Tech at 3.30pm arriving at Plenty Rd at 4.52pm. A second bus departed Watsonia station at 4.20pm an terminated at Browns Lane at 4.40pm.
Other Information
The 520 was truncated at the southern end in around 2008 and the northern end moved from the corner of Yan Yean and Plenty Rds to the Doreen town centre.
The 1974 VR timetable bus connections include a 520 from Heidelberg, Rosanna, Macleod, Watsonia, Greensborough, Briar Hill and Eltham to Research.