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- Wed May 15, 2024 8:00 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Boarding protocols
- Replies: 10
- Views: 369
Re: Boarding protocols
sure its crowded and has its other challenges, but it beats hands down any infrequent bus winding its way down every back street that only operates when the sun is up :D This is definitely the bit that astounds me - that even Blind Freddy could see that "if you build it, they will come", ...
- Wed May 15, 2024 12:34 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Boarding protocols
- Replies: 10
- Views: 369
Re: Boarding protocols
The one thing that puzzles me with all door loading, are the people who will queue up for the single-leaf back door, as a dozen or more people slowly tricky out, while the front door, and front area of the bus has plenty of vacant space. I like the back seats too, but not that much that I'll hold up...
- Wed May 15, 2024 12:29 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Brisbane / QLD
- Topic: Go cards to be phased out in Queensland, replaced with Translink public transport fare pass
- Replies: 1
- Views: 90
Re: Go cards to be phased out in Queensland, replaced with Translink public transport fare pass
Presumably the idea is to be able to keep concession entitlements with a minimum of fuss, and for those who'd prefer to keep a separate card... With the frequency of glitches in ticketing equipment, I personally wouldn't like to use my own debit card(s) with it anyway. Any other business with such a...
- Wed May 15, 2024 2:25 am
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Boarding protocols
- Replies: 10
- Views: 369
Re: Boarding protocols
If only I get a $1 everytime you whine about low floor buses or all door boarding, I’ll be a rich man. I'd be several orders of magnitude richer by getting a $1 for every time anyone on a discussion board wheels out a topic of interest to them. :mrgreen: Anyone who has ever posted on this (or any) ...
- Wed May 15, 2024 2:03 am
- Forum: Discussion - Perth / WA
- Topic: WA Bus Observations 2024
- Replies: 106
- Views: 12026
Re: WA Bus Observations 2024
I guess they're not too bothered with going back to 0 and starting over!
- Tue May 14, 2024 1:38 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Timetable Changes 2024,
- Replies: 140
- Views: 14378
Re: Timetable Changes 2024
And of what relevance is that to a comment about the wording of a headline?
This needless pedantism is incredibly tiresome.
- Tue May 14, 2024 1:12 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Timetable Changes 2024,
- Replies: 140
- Views: 14378
Re: Timetable Changes 2024
Of course it's paywalled, but the sensationalist headline about routes to be "axed" and "cut short" suggests it's not likely the article will be praising the revised network... Obviously you didn’t read the article, if you can’t see it better to keep quiet rather than make Ill-i...
- Tue May 14, 2024 12:54 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Timetable Changes 2024,
- Replies: 140
- Views: 14378
Re: Timetable Changes 2024,
Of course it's paywalled, but the sensationalist headline about routes to be "axed" and "cut short" suggests it's not likely the article will be praising the revised network...
- Tue May 14, 2024 11:42 am
- Forum: Discussion - Perth / WA
- Topic: WA Transport General Discussion & Questions
- Replies: 332
- Views: 121548
Re: WA Transport General Discussion & Questions
For comparison, the 2021-22 budget added 3.8 million annual service kilometres for the Airport, Yanchep, Thornlie and Lakelands projects combined, with the Airport line itself using up 1.7 million of that. So either the Ellenbrook line is going to see a better level of feeder bus service than we've...
- Mon May 13, 2024 9:51 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Bus Observations 2024.
- Replies: 342
- Views: 35134
Re: Bus Observations 2024.
However, as the only bus factory in Western Australia is Volgren Malaga, buying buses that come from Adelaide or Western Sydney doesn't make much sense. Brisbane Transport, however, seem to have gone for Volgren too, despite there being a Bustech factory in QLD as well - I believe such a choice wou...
- Sun May 12, 2024 12:10 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Bus Observations 2024.
- Replies: 342
- Views: 35134
Re: Bus Observations 2024.
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...
- Sat May 11, 2024 10:33 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Bus Observations 2024.
- Replies: 342
- Views: 35134
Re: Bus Observations 2024.
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...
- Sat May 11, 2024 9:36 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Bus Observations 2024.
- Replies: 342
- Views: 35134
Re: Bus Observations 2024
Yes, and remind me, how's Canberra getting on with those new buses that never seem to actually materialise?
- Sat May 11, 2024 3:16 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Bus Observations 2024.
- Replies: 342
- Views: 35134
Re: Bus Observations 2024.
Would make for a pleasant change from the sea of drab green and silver, though!busdriver12 wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 2:29 pmBeing over from Perth since mid march, I am gob smacked at the lack of uniformity of the fleet here in Sydney.
- Fri May 10, 2024 11:41 am
- Forum: The Lunch Room
- Topic: What gives you the S&#T's!?
- Replies: 9411
- Views: 895714
- Thu May 09, 2024 12:49 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: ex-State Transit Vehicle Transmissions
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2484
Re: ex-State Transit Vehicle Transmissions
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.Swift wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 3:29 amHey 1107 be warned, joy overload.
https://youtu.be/0iPLhkUoGDo?si=KkofRsEmMojGdWc2
- Thu May 02, 2024 11:51 am
- Forum: Discussion - Canberra / ACT
- Topic: Canberra light rail: Development applications approved in 'b
- Replies: 71
- Views: 68940
Re: Canberra light rail: Development applications approved in 'b
Five Years of Light Rail, from the Public Transport Association of Canberra. The original report can be found here.
- Thu May 02, 2024 11:23 am
- Forum: Discussion - Brisbane / QLD
- Topic: Transport for Brisbane Observations 2024
- Replies: 59
- Views: 8616
Re: Transport for Brisbane Observations 2024
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...).
- Thu May 02, 2024 1:37 am
- Forum: Discussion - Perth / WA
- Topic: PTA / Transperth Service Changes 2024
- Replies: 44
- Views: 7156
Re: PTA / Transperth Service Changes 2024
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.
- Wed May 01, 2024 7:05 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Perth / WA
- Topic: WA Bus Observations 2024
- Replies: 106
- Views: 12026
Re: WA Bus Observations 2024
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...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 5:49 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Perth / WA
- Topic: WA Transport General Discussion & Questions
- Replies: 332
- Views: 121548
Re: WA Transport General Discussion & Questions
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.
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 1:16 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Timetable Changes 2024,
- Replies: 140
- Views: 14378
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 11:35 am
- Forum: Discussion - Brisbane / QLD
- Topic: 200 new Rail Replacment Buses
- Replies: 21
- Views: 633
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 11:34 am
- Forum: Discussion - Brisbane / QLD
- Topic: 200 new Rail Replacment Buses
- Replies: 21
- Views: 633
Re: 200 new Rail Replacment Buses
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...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 12:46 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Brisbane / QLD
- Topic: Brisbane City Council bus driver apologises in court after death of young cyclist
- Replies: 2
- Views: 235
Re: Brisbane City Council bus driver apologises in court after death of young cyclist
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...