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Private Operator Observations - February 2012

Postby Sb617 » Thu Feb 02, 2012 2:47 pm

http://www.usc.edu.au/university/campus ... t/#shuttle

Services will be operated by Sunbus new acquisition's 3122 and 3123, which were transferred from the Hermit Park operation.

USC express shuttle

Commencing Semester 1, 2012, the University is providing free, express shuttle buses between:

Noosa Junction (via Noosa Civic and Coolum) and the Sippy Downs campus.
Gympie (via Cooroy) and the Sippy Downs campus.
Northlakes (via Caboolture) and the Sippy Downs campus.
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Re: Private Operator Observations - February 2012

Postby superbossgc » Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:11 pm

Saw a Leyland National B58 in a plain white on smith motorway this afternoon, while i driving past interchange bridge and i can see them she was riding to southport.
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Re: Private Operator Observations - February 2012

Postby 08 XDi » Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:01 am

superbossgc wrote:Saw a Leyland National B58 in a plain white on smith motorway this afternoon, while i driving past interchange bridge and i can see them she was riding to southport.


This is possibly the one I passed on the train a few days ago - it was sitting in a yard in Yatala.
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Re: Private Operator Observations - February 2012

Postby Bus_Control » Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:28 pm

superbossgc wrote:Saw a Leyland National B58 in a plain white on smith motorway this afternoon, while i driving past interchange bridge and i can see them she was riding to southport.

Makes f*#ckall sense as usual! Leyland made Volvo's did they?
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Re: Private Operator Observations - February 2012

Postby Two-Way » Sat Feb 04, 2012 8:14 pm

Good to see CBL and Red and White out on rail this weekend for something different. As is Murrays.
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Re: Private Operator Observations - February 2012

Postby Sb617 » Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:21 pm

West's National Coaches (of Nambour) provided some vehicles out there today along the usual KBL and Glasshouse Coaches vehicles for rail replacement on the Caboolture to Gympie North leg.
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Re: Private Operator Observations - February 2012

Postby superbossgc » Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:47 pm

Saw 468 Tweed school bus had been failing to turn right out from intersection of skyline terrace just on the top of hill, drivers plate was 2204 come with wayfare machine! with some student in who are from Marymount college, it was so strange to turn into 2 way traffic.
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Re: Private Operator Observations - February 2012

Postby Cab » Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:40 am

Seen two BBL autobus coaches on Tuesday leaving Caboolture station heading to Murgon... both had almost fully seated loads :P
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Re: Private Operator Observations - February 2012

Postby 08 XDi » Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:52 am

superbossgc wrote:Saw 468 Tweed school bus had been failing to turn right out from intersection of skyline terrace just on the top of hill, drivers plate was 2204 come with wayfare machine! with some student in who are from Marymount college, it was so strange to turn into 2 way traffic.


Wow.
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Re: Private Operator Observations - February 2012

Postby Ozbob » Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:42 am

535 bus commenced today (Richlands <-> Springfield).

Photographs -->here!

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Re: Private Operator Observations - February 2012

Postby BestFriendHasLeprosy » Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:26 am

Ozbob wrote:535 bus commenced today (Richlands <-> Springfield).

Photographs -->here!

Cheers
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Interesting to see it operated by Park Ridge and Westside - I thought it was going to be operated solely by Westside.

Nice photos, btw. I'll have to head out there sometime this week.
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Re: Private Operator Observations - February 2012

Postby 08 XDi » Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:47 am

Ozbob wrote:535 bus commenced today (Richlands <-> Springfield).

Photographs -->here!

Cheers
Bob


This a big win for RailBoT Bob! To many more. (Still got Flexilink to sort out...)
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Re: Private Operator Observations - February 2012

Postby Hornibrook » Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:56 pm

BestFriendHasLeprosy wrote:
Ozbob wrote:535 bus commenced today (Richlands <-> Springfield).

Photographs -->here!

Cheers
Bob


Interesting to see it operated by Park Ridge and Westside - I thought it was going to be operated solely by Westside.

Nice photos, btw. I'll have to head out there sometime this week.

Considering they are owned by the same company, who cares.
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Re: Private Operator Observations - February 2012

Postby James00 » Mon Feb 27, 2012 2:05 pm

BestFriendHasLeprosy wrote:
Ozbob wrote:535 bus commenced today (Richlands <-> Springfield).

Photographs -->here!

Cheers
Bob


Interesting to see it operated by Park Ridge and Westside - I thought it was going to be operated solely by Westside.

Nice photos, btw. I'll have to head out there sometime this week.

PRT002 might just be on loan and been operated by westside? Who knows. That bus was at westside for a while when it was new as 537LMJ.
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Re: Private Operator Observations - February 2012

Postby BestFriendHasLeprosy » Mon Feb 27, 2012 2:14 pm

James00 wrote:
BestFriendHasLeprosy wrote:Interesting to see it operated by Park Ridge and Westside - I thought it was going to be operated solely by Westside.

Nice photos, btw. I'll have to head out there sometime this week.

PRT002 might just be on loan and been operated by westside? Who knows. That bus was at westside for a while when it was new as 537LMJ.


True. Maybe it's been transferred there permanently help cover the 535, and just hasn't/isn't going to be re-registered.
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Re: Private Operator Observations - February 2012

Postby James00 » Mon Feb 27, 2012 2:31 pm

Well this route will only operate till next year wont it? When the rail opens. So a short term transfer is probably all it is, if it is actually a transfer. Lol. All just speculation.
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Re: Private Operator Observations - February 2012

Postby Cab » Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:38 am

A Sunbus MDI was at Stop 'D' at Caboolture Station yesterday at around 6pm on the UNI shuttle.

It unloaded 20 pax just at Cab stn :P
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Re: Private Operator Observations - February 2012

Postby Two-Way » Tue Feb 28, 2012 8:59 pm

After a couple of days I see more people are out using the new Thompsons runs. Very good to see :-)
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Re: Private Operator Observations - February 2012

Postby Cab » Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:15 pm

Two-Way wrote:After a couple of days I see more people are out using the new Thompsons runs. Very good to see :-)


Its about time these services got a decent upgrade :P
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Re: Private Operator Observations - February 2012

Postby BestFriendHasLeprosy » Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:42 pm

The screens for the real-time information display are starting to be installed on LCBS buses. First one I've seen was this afternoon on B12BLEA artic 116.

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Re: Private Operator Observations - February 2012

Postby Power » Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:33 pm

There is a new AOA on a Westside bus promoting the 535 (seen at Richlands around 1530 today) , I will post pictures of it later.
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Re: Private Operator Observations - February 2012

Postby BestFriendHasLeprosy » Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:53 pm

Power wrote:There is a new AOA on a Westside bus promoting the 535 (seen at Richlands around 1530 today) , I will post pictures of it later.


It is WBC 19.
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