Taxis had a 6-7 year limit? I've noticed there are still a few BF wagons out there earning their keep with thirteen crabs, with Ford not bothering with an FG/FG-X wagon despite having ute versions. I've seen a few Camry liftbacks (SV11) on the road, but being a generic-looking 80s car they don't te...

Earliest private buses I can think of from the top of my head that would have had stop buttons are the Bosnjak/Westbus B10Ms - the Mk IIIs definitely had them, maybe the later Mk IIs as well (unfortunately living in eastern Region 1, which before the arrival of low-floors was a sea of O405s, robbed ...

Saw one of P's Scania VSTs (2763?) at Penrith interchange this afternoon (around 4:00 pm) laying over at where the Cooee Festival shuttle signs were (stand B) before NISing presumably back to P depot. I presume the STA got the honour of providing a shuttle bus for said festival...

On the reverse Transdev which started repaints a long time ago but then stopped is falling further behind. And further to that in the past week I have seen two older white buses (one was m/o 9118) with large red Transdev logos on the side - so it appears there are no plans to repaint them into blue...

Must admit I am surprised LPG hybrids were never given thought here. With modern injection systems offering little to no economy loss; it's amazing the low fuel use of a hybrid was never mated with a cheap (high octane) fuel like LPG. Wonder if parts of the world with heavily-subsidised ethanol fue...

The ZF should be an 18.310. The Voith DIWA transmitted MANs are 18.320s and what rocket ships they are! They roar past my house every day so get the pleasure of hearing their retardation devices deploy at the nearby roundabout in Ettalong Beach. :D It's reminiscent of London MCW Metrobuses going by...

Transit Systems seems to have new region 3 timetables up on Transport Info today. Does anyone know what changes are being made? By the looks of things, it seems the only 'change' is TfNSW just throwing that contactless payments paragraph into the timetable. Looks like it may either be very minor ti...

I noticed what appeared to be a Volgren-bodied B10M in the parking space at Unreal Minigolf in Penrith today. It appears to have been converted into a mobile "escape room" attraction judging from the advertising on the outside, and appears to be carrying personalised plates (E5CAPE or something like...

They seem to be selling more ZB's over the ditch. They can't give them away here. Saw a ZB taxi the other day though. It's all Camrys here in the Western Sydney taxi fleets, I do see the odd FG Falcon here and there though. Commodores have been out of style with the New South Welsh taxi operators f...

Saw what appeared to be two 47 class diesels pass thru Penrith station this afternoon - recent restoration I presume?

There's a HCF ad going around at the moment on TV that features an older Custom Coaches (Possibly MK85 bus). I'm having trouble identifying who it may belong too. Anyone have any details on this bus? (Image removed to save precious bandwidth) All I've got to go on is the sky blue stripe at the top ...

I don't know if anyone has posted news about this yet but Region 1 is running contactless payments for Opal cards as from today - https://www.busways.com.au/news-items/c ... dney-buses

Busways 1187 Was on the 775 today with it's Yellow and Dark Grey E-Leather?? Interior similar material that's used on the Volgren Mercedes at Penrith Depot and alot less slippy than the horrible Leather that Busways normally use is this a one off or is this the new Interior for Busways? IIRC this w...

Saw a very pristine-condition yellow Charger two-door coupe (either a VJ or a VK) go down Richmond Road in Penrith this afternoon while I was out. You don't see many of those around in good condition anymore

Station Link (or should I say ex-Station Link) B7RLE m/o 6913 spotted at Blacktown Interchange finishing a 700 and starting a 702 at around lunchtime today - I presume it has been transferred to Foundry?

The Forest ND323Fs actually look pretty good in TfNSW livery, I think it's the unique front bumper arrangement that makes it stand out. Nice photos as always Inspector!

IIRC Premier Shoalhaven's routes (including the 101 which I presume may have been the old 731, 102 ex 732 and 103 ex 733) got new route numbers at the end of last year (or the start of this year) - so I guess the Premier group has jumped the gun before everyone with these changes really

Not so much about new buses, but I noticed whilst waiting for the new Metro train at Tallawong, Busways was handing out cardboard bus count outs of its new On-Demand bus service - Cooee and its seems they now have a new logo (Photo snipped to save precious size and bandwidth) Also seems live on the...

The only issue with the push rod system is car twist can get it out of alignment and stop the handle from working or cause it to false trigger. But a flex cable to the moving door panel will have long term reliability issues too when the cable's flex count finally gets exceeded and the wires break....

You still see a lot of the wide body Camrys (and Apollos) still kicking around, more so the later 1995-97 update models (equipped with remote locking). Rent A Bomb fleets love them. The XV10s seem to be rather well made and rugged (Aussie build quality of course). My pop bought an used XV10 Camry s...

Route 422 is now operated out of Kingsgrove? A plethora of CB80’s running it yesterday (late at night) I’m not complaining, Tempe is a pretty drab depot in terms of variety I do remember that at least back in the STA days (about three-four years ago) K apparently ran some peak-hour 422 runs; one of...

Spotted TV 9266 Volvo B9TL Volgren Optimus Double Decker in CDC Travel livery on Parramatta Road today. It was not in service. Saw that bus at Blacktown station this morning it appeared to be doing some sort of shuttle work for RunWest alongside other CDC/Hillsbus buses. I'm just taking a well-educ...

https://www.itnews.com.au/news/vic-govt-uses-google-pay-to-take-myki-cardless-522887 Came across this article today - down south, Melbourne is rolling out Google Pay compatibility with Myki (support for Apple Pay hasn't come yet). I'm assuming it shouldn't be difficult per se to imitate an Opal card...

Spotted one of Transit Systems' ex T-way B12BLEs going past IKEA heading in the direction of Tempe Depot this morning at around 11:00 ish, I believe it might have been 1229 - apparently according to the Fleet Lists that had gone back to Region 3?

I noticed yesterday that Optimuses 2910 (Scania) and 2938 (Volvo) have different off side window arrangements. Is this common across the fleets? The standard body sometimes has to be adapted to differences in chassis layout by different chassis manufacturers. This would be most marked in the window...