https://thedriven.io/2020/09/09/abb-to-power-australias-first-electric-public-transport-bus-route/ Swiss-Swedish engineering firm ABB has been selected by the Public Transport Authority (PTA) of Western Australia to supply and install EV charging stations for the state’s first electric public transp...

It is definitely repairable - 2441 and 1850 were involved in an incident 3 years ago, both suffered more damage than 2033 yet both were returned to service. It depends on the extent of the damage and whether or not the insurer writes it off, having said that looks like nothing more than a new front...

2496 sighted on a 249 on church ave in Armadale this morning noticed a lot more Volvos on SR shifts not sure if covering for breakdowns or transferred

Looks like 2470 has joined 2448 at SR was working the Armadale PM peak

3200 & 3201 both showing up as registered anyone hazard a guess as to where they’ll end up

1597 visible from Corfield street, the entire front end has caved in looks to be quite extensive structural chassis damage my guess without speculating is it was accidentally reversed into

Is 2126 an Ellenbrook/Midland bus? was sighted running out of service along Gnangara road/Tonkin highway

2097 out and about today seen arriving at Kelmscott on a 244 are 2096/97 on loan or permanent transfer?

2096 spotted turning right onto Nicholson road on a 930 to Thornlie station pretty sure I got it on my dash cam

3007 has been rear ended by a white Toyota Corolla hatch on Albany highway/Denny Ave minor damage but will be off traffic for awhile, the Corolla’s definitely a write off.

Dynamic braking is standard on electric buses. Drivers have to be re-indoctrinated that it's actually OK to use the brake as much as possible rather than a retarder! Yes well aware not just BEV buses but cars too the single pedal operation will take some getting used to for the drivers you don’t re...

A few other factors that haven’t been taken into consideration the range varies on topography, climate and driving conditions Volvo offers three battery capacities 150, 200 and the beefy 250kW with the 12.0 metre model naturally of course driving in a hot summers or cold winters day with the aircon/...

Thought it may have been a website bug the TP live times no longer shows the railcar consist for that particular service

Was driving earlier and saw B set 074 passing through Welshpool road on a Perth bound Thornlie T service A B-set on a heritage line? I thought we all stopped posting about these given that it happens practically every day now... Does it seriously matter? didn’t know it was a crime to post an observ...

Was driving earlier and saw B set 074 passing through Welshpool road on a Perth bound Thornlie T service

Maybe I should be more specific. Would the Airport Line be having its own colour code and timetable, making it the exact opposite of the Thornlie Line that shares the same colour code and timetable with the Armadale Line? [/quote Maybe I should be more specific. Would the Airport Line be having its...

I don’t know how many times it needs to be mentioned, it’s a branch or spur line at Bayswater same with Ellenbrook & Thornlie on the Armadale at Beckenham although that’ll more than likely be tackily renamed the Cockburn Line *trains will run every 5 minutes in peak between Bayswater & Claremont or ...

It would also be hard to to schedule connecting buses, as that means connecting bus frequencies would also need to have odd frequencies of 12 or 24 to connect every service with a train, 6 to connect every 2nd bus to a train and 18 to connect each bus to every 3rd train. I suspect they can get away...

It’s certainly odd agreed if this makes sense Fremantle/Midland & Forrestfield will have a slight reduction by 2 minutes so Ellenbrook trains can run into the city running trains empty to Daglish is wasteful and illogic trains will run every 12 minutes during peak times between Claremont & Fremantle...

In order to achieve the 15TPH goal Fremantle/Midland & Forrestfield will have their service reduced to every 12 minutes this will see stations east of Bayswater have an additional 2 minute wait and same with west of Claremont this will see trains run every 3 minutes between Daglish & Bayswater & eve...

The PDP summary has been uploaded to the metronet website. Ellenbrook trains will run through to Perth then terminate at Daglish. The show express would have been to be withdrawn in the future and timings will be very tight during football

Should be a temporary arrangement until the 7900s are delivered and commissioned. The refurbishment of Joondalup depot should be about to get underway soon which includes the 4x 100kW EV charging stations. I’m regularly in Joondalup for work now so can check it out

Not sure why bus Bus Australis forums is no longer communicating with the Tapatalk app anyway looks like a siding is being installed at Gosnells-Seaforth land has been cleared ballast waiting to laid and track fenced off not sure if this relates to the Denny Ave/Davis road project

Wasn't Beckenham redeveloped not too long ago? Anyway, elevated rail is also pretty common in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. And yes, Oats Street crossing has been really busy since Thornlie station became operational. Maybe it was a good thing the Mandurah Line wasn't branched off from the Armadale L...

Very happy to see the Oats Street crossing on the list, that area is one very disorganized mess and a traffic nightmare. The reasoning behind the grade separation of the inner Armadale is because of the Thornlie Cockburn link this will essentially kill two birds with one stone the new platforms wil...