A spokesman for the Transport Department would not say the Tuesday service had been saved but said it would continue until further notice.

A government plan to reduce the Transport Connections service from three days a week to two had sparked opposition in the communities served by the bus.

Petitions were launched calling on the government not to go ahead with the plan to axe the Tuesday service that runs between Timboon, Simpson, Cobden and Camperdown.

Corangamite mayor Matt Makin applauded the community's action in launching petitions to save the Tuesday service, saying the planned cut had angered a lot of people.

"We learned last month (June) that the government planned to axe the Tuesday service within weeks,'' he said.

"The local operators of the service were then told the cut had been delayed until the end of August and now we're hearing it will continue until at least the end of the year.

"These are all good signs that the government is listening to the people of Corangamite Shire and that we can, as a community, win this fight to retain all three days of operation," Cr Makin said.

The petitions also call on the government to expand the service, make it permanent and more sustainable by funding a low-floor bus for disabled access.

Corangamite Youth Council member Sienna Harris, 16, of Timboon was the driving force behind one of the petitions being circulated.

Ms Harris said the youth council was fighting on behalf of the region's youth for the retention of the Tuesday service.

"I use the Transport Connections service at least once a fortnight and during the school holidays I use it a lot more than that," Ms Harris said.

"I enjoy having my independence and not having to rely on my family to run me here and run me there - especially when they're busy.

"A lot of Timboon students I know aren't happy that on top of the cut to Tuesday's services, the home drop-off service will disappear altogether because the service will be delivered with only a bus instead of the bus/taxi system that works so well now," she said.

"Because our shire doesn't have many public transport arms, the Transport Connections service connects people in our towns and that's important because of the distance between us all."