Sunday special: Progress towards 7 day bus services

Today three more of Melbourne's bus routes will gain 7 day service. These are 236, 551 and 885. I discussed these (and the other bus changes starting today - notably around Caroline Springs) on Thursday. Is there some method in the order in which bus routes are getting 7 day service? Just before the 2022 state election I suggested upgrading more bus routes to run 7 days would be a good idea. I listed routes in decreasing order of Saturday productivity, since a route likely to be busy on Saturday will also do well on Sunday (if service was added). This has been proved to be so with upgraded routes like the 800 performing well on Sundays. Since there are some five day routes that may also justify Sunday (and Saturday) service I made another list of these, again in descending order of (weekday) productivity. Below are these lists (from 2022 based on 2018 productivity) and what has happened since with regards to 7 day service: Six day routes in descending order of Saturday usage…