Transport to and from school - train, tram and bus services
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School is located on three campuses - Raleigh Street Essendon (Kindergarten (Co-ed); Boys - Prep to Year 6), Park Street Moonee Ponds (Girls - Prep to Year 10) and Rachelle Road Keilor East (Boys - Years 7 to 10; Boys and girls - Years 11 and 12).
Essendon and Moonee Ponds Campuses
Essendon railway station is the centre of the local public bus network and a tram line is adjacent to the station. The Essendon and Moonee Ponds campuses are 200 and 700 metres from the station respectively.
Students from the following areas have easy access to this campus by train, tram or bus as shown below:
| Train | Bus | Tram | |
| Altona | Altona | Mickleham | Airport West |
| Ascot Vale | Avondale Heights | Moreland | Ascot Vale |
| Broadmeadows | Broadmeadows | Niddrie | Brunswick |
| Craigieburn | Brunswick East | Pascoe Vale | Coburg |
| Fawkner | Brunswick West | Reservoir | Flemington |
| Footscray | Craigieburn | Riddells Creek* | Moonee Ponds |
| Glenroy | Essendon | Roxburgh Park | Niddrie |
| Kensington | Footscray | Strathmore | North Melbourne |
| Moonee Ponds | Gisborne* | St Albans | Parkville |
| Newmarket | Gladstone Park | Sunbury | City Centre |
| North Melbourne | Greenvale | Sunshine | |
| Oak Park | Ivanhoe | Sydenham | |
| Pascoe Vale | Keilor | Taylors Lakes | |
| Strathmore | Keilor Downs | Thornbury | |
| St Albans | Keilor East | Tullamarine | |
| Upfield | Keilor Park | Watergardens | |
| Williamstown | Maribyrnong | ||
*These services and the school's four charter bus services call at each of the the school's three campuses.
Keilor East Campus
Buses leave and return to Essendon railway station from the Keilor East campus at ten minute intervals both before and after school. These buses connect with the above train, tram and bus services.
Students from the following areas have direct access by bus to the Keilor East Campus. Connecting services provide transport from all other suburban areas.
| Avondale Heights | Greenvale | Sunbury |
| Broadmeadows | Hillside | Sydenham |
| Craigieburn | Keilor | Taylors Lakes |
| Essendon | Keilor Downs | Tullamarine |
| Footscray | Moonee Ponds | Watergardens |
| Gisborne | Niddrie |
Charter Bus Services
The school operates four charter bus services to and from the following areas:
- Coburg / Glenroy / Pascoe Vale / Essendon
- Greenvale / Westmeadows / Gladstone Park / Tullamarine / Strathmore
- Hillside / Sydenham / Watergardens / Taylors Lakes / Calder Rise / Keilor
- St Albans / Sunshine / Footscray / Maribyrnong
Connecting services provide transport from all other suburban areas.
City of Moonee Valley transport map
For further information please contact the PEGS Bus Coordinator on 9016 2229.
General bus services
Download details about the general bus services which operate from surrounding areas to the school.
For futher details of transport/charter bus services please contact the school by phone on 9016 2000 or email
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Updated
31 July, 2009
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