Do operators that hold TransPerth bus contract have any say on what buses they order or does TransPerth tell the operators we are ordering a batch of 600 Volvos and we will say how many buses each depot receives. I know Transport For NSW allows the contract holding operator to select what buses the...

Plus TransPerth brand all their buses as TransPerth with no service operator lvl decals anywhere to be seen Not quite, a sticker is affixed to the window near the front, "This Transperth bus service is proudly operated by ...". On the high floors, the operators usually had a decal above t...

Linto63 wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 6:56 pm

tonyp wrote: ↑You'd never see an abomination like the Bustech with steps at the centre door in Perth.

Yet Bustechs have been purchased in large numbers by most other agencies.

Yes, and remind me, how's Canberra getting on with those new buses that never seem to actually materialise?

busdriver12 wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 2:29 pm

Swift wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 6:23 pm That's ridiculous. T South Wales wouldnt know consistency if it slapped them in the face.

Being over from Perth since mid march, I am gob smacked at the lack of uniformity of the fleet here in Sydney.

Would make for a pleasant change from the sea of drab green and silver, though!

scott wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2024 11:13 am I know I listen to too much 3AW, but this Victorian Government cannot run a chook raffle, if they did, they would probably sell the tickets, but forget to order the chook.

Or maybe sell the chook a few times over, and forget to buy the tickets!

Swift wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 3:29 amHey 1107 be warned, joy overload.
https://youtu.be/0iPLhkUoGDo?si=KkofRsEmMojGdWc2

Quite right! In the past I've watched videos on that channel of the SG192 to try and figure out how those might've sounded.

Five Years of Light Rail, from the Public Transport Association of Canberra. The original report can be found here.

At least it's only a temporary pain until the new P3 opens at Cultural Centre, and a through-lane to West End is restored (although this will involve a separate light phase at Cultural Centre as the Busway services will have to cross sides of the road here...).

A minor tweak to the 45s to plug some gaps in contra-peak service, by the looks. Route 45 - Service Change Sun 05 May From Sunday 5 May, Route 45 will run two additional weekday trips: Departing Bayswater Station at 8.33am towards Bassendean Departing Bassendean at 3.08pm towards Bayswater Station.

Saw 2512 on a route 374 at kingsway shopping centre and saw 2522 on a route 389 from wanneroo to perth busport on wanneroo road have both 2512 and 2522 moved from ellenbrook to either joondalup or karrinyup Actually is definitely was 2512 and 2522 at Kingsway shopping Centre so they must have moved...

My educated guess would be that perhaps some additional B-sets have been rotated off-traffic for maintenance during the reduced demand period, and A-sets cascaded across to make up for the lost stock.

Noel wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2024 12:58 pmIt’s a shame the information isn’t even correct.

How hard can it really be?

ozbuses wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2024 6:40 am Hmmm. Interior layout looks very similar to TfB layout. I wonder where the majority will eventually end up

Probably a fairly bog-standard Volgren configuration... Brisbane's buses are the same as Perth's, which are the same as Darwin's... Etc.

They might be useful spare buses, but there's no way they could be relied upon to provide regular service when emergency rail replacement could run at any time (assuming this is part of why they were acquired - I don't think I've seen any replacements run during any of the semi-recent QR fails), and...

The only way this will improve is proper segregation of cyclists from motorists (and pedestrians), or where it is absolutely essential cycle paths intersect roads, that additional priority measures are given to them, which should alleviate some of the reckless behaviour we witness (including with pe...

They seem to do the bulk of rail work presently - I wonder if they'll get the majority of these buses (i.e. they have the rail contract and presently subcontract out?), or if it's planned to spread the buses out?

It seems like extraordinarily poor form to spring changes on the public with only a week's notice; even if they're not monumental, it just seems common courtesy to give plenty of advance notice.

A third permanent latform will be constructed now that the new P2 is operational, which will alleviate the queues for good, hopefully.

I only watched the bit mentioned, without headphones, although the bus' more pronounced notes came through quite clearly, and what a sound that was! I need to re-watch that in its entirety with a good headset. Wonder how a Voith persuaded (probably manually) into 1st would compare? Would be great to...

"Bus priority" in this country usually seems to mean some silly B-light slotted in before or after the main phase of traffic in that general direction, as opposed to the presence of a bus resulting in additional B-light phases, or even shortened phases for the other cycles.

First in a Voith, by the admission of their own literature, is designed to get the engine into its optimum power & torque zone quickly, and when on a grade, hold it in that area to make hill climbs easier.

If they don't want their buses thrashed, perhaps a more realistic timetable should be set?

You have to wonder what on earth Volvo were thinking making a City bus (the B12) with that sort of (truck / coach) engine, to then go and pair it with a Voith with it's large gaps between each gear, that keeps the bus out of its peak power / torque zone ... the mind boggles. They do drive smoothly, ...

Even if there are rules, enforcement of them is usually discouraged by the powers that be for fear of offence or undue inconvenience

With UQ Lakes seemingly back to normal, guess the 66 will no longer be a loop and G can help out there again - although with how many tags G lost to S at the start of the year, I wonder if they'll lose trips on other tag/artic routes as a result?

"Fool" economy, I guess