No, it just means that the timetable in term 2 is the same timetable as in term 1 - nothing has changed, and the temporary service reductions during school term are continuing. This all started from someone comparing school holidays timetables against term 2, without being able to reference term 1 timetables for comparison. An easy mistake to do.
I can understand that the school holidays sees a reduction in service levels overall (both school and regular routes, and therefore during school term there should be a consequent increase in services.
But most of the observations made was an actual service reduction going into the school term - so we're saying that there's more regular route services during the holidays than actual school term?
No - from experience, there are actually more services during the school holidays on many routes, as drivers dedicated to school runs are freed up to do route service.
During the school holidays there are often extra 288 services running (from memory it was two extra services each direction during peak). The 288 towards the City isn't often crowded in the evening peak to begin with, and the extra buses during the school holidays seem a bit redundant considering they run almost empty at times (although it does shorten my commute by around 10 minutes).
There seems to be a glitch, where a it would appear that 920 isn't running at all till Mon May 6. Someone unaware may think there is no 920 services till then, but I'm sure we all know that TSA is running 920 services till then.
Just an interesting observation...
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The minor changes that were made to the temporary special event service route 443 in early April have now been published in the downloadable timetable. TfNSW were waiting until the 29/4/2024 - start of school term 2.
The change of operator from Transit to Systems to U-Go Mobility of route 920 Parramatta to Bankstown has taken effect, being operated out of Revesby depot. Back when the route was numbered M92 and operated through to Sutherland, the section north of Bankstown was always more heavily patronised and probably why the six Bustech double deckers were purchased. However these Menai based vehicles remain on route 960.
Linto63 wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 7:09 pm
The change of operator from Transit to Systems to U-Go Mobility of route 920 Parramatta to Bankstown has taken effect, being operated out of Revesby depot. Back when the route was numbered M92 and operated through to Sutherland, the section north of Bankstown was always more heavily patronised and probably why the six Bustech double deckers were purchased. However these Menai based vehicles remain on route 960.
Some trips are also operated by Kingsgrove (The Crescent) too.
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Linto63 wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 7:09 pm
The change of operator from Transit to Systems to U-Go Mobility of route 920 Parramatta to Bankstown has taken effect, being operated out of Revesby depot. Back when the route was numbered M92 and operated through to Sutherland, the section north of Bankstown was always more heavily patronised and probably why the six Bustech double deckers were purchased. However these Menai based vehicles remain on route 960.
A significant source of patronage on that northern section of the M92, the uni campus near Lidcombe, closed a while back. No need for deckers on the 920.
The route 915 weekday peak hour loop service between Sydney University Cumberland Campus and Lidcombe Station was also withdrawn when the former route M92 was split on 24/9/2023.
