Bus Route 402

Everyone’s always complaining about getting between North Melbourne and Fitzroy due to the lack of trams running acrossways, but the 402 bus route takes you there in about 10 minutes.
True, you never quite know when the bus will come and the phone app isn’t at all helpful (it just tells you when the bus is scheduled, not when it’s coming in real time), but it’s still better than tramming into the city and back out again.
The bus originates in Footscray, in Leeds St, and terminates at St Vincent Hospital in Fitzroy.
Pick-​ups in North Melbourne are along Haines St and down the bottom of Errol St — the bus then turns into Queensberry St but there’s no stop near the corner there. It stops at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and continues along Grattan St, also stopping at Lygon St, Carlton.
For Fitzroy, get off either at Carlton Gardens and walk east through the park and across Nicholson St, or get off at the last stop at St Vincent Hospital (where you can also switch to the 112 or 109 trams) and head north.
Metcards are $ 3.80 full fare for two hours or $ 7 daily.