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Is it a coach? no it's a bus! or maybe both...

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Recently PTV has begun to roll out some new style bus stop flag signs in the Geelong region. Whilst doing they have created some confusion with a new service listed for the first time. Route 101 to Apollo Bay. I first spotted this new route listed on a sign at the Freehans Road on Surf Coast Highway stop. This stop has seen a lot of services introduced in its short life span. First built to service the Warralilly Coast housing estate via the existing Torquay routes 50 & 51. October 2019 saw it also serve as a stop on the new route 45 Armstrong Creek service. More recently the Mount Duneed V/Line coach stop was also moved to this location. This was a good move as this coach stop is now near housing and, a retirement village, unlike the previous stop which was a typical side of the highway dead zone. In the last few weeks, the bus stop flag sign has been replaced with one in the new design style but of more importance, it now has 4 services listed, unlike the previous sign that only