Interestingly the last lot of major cuts that I recall for region 7 was when they started building the City and South East Light Rail line and needed the space in the CBD apparently. The 2015 changes were made with the closure of George Street requiring region 4 and 8 services that operated to Rail...

743 wrote: ↑Pure speculation, but the Greenwich Point Wharf closure might explain the artics on Route 265.

Was in the summer, before the Greenwich closure only took effect.

Busways artics appear randomly on all sorts of routes. Saw one recently on a route 265 service, this being one of those routes that rarely ever has passenger numbers in double figures. Have also seen them on 254 and 261 services, routes that they were previously never used on.

The headline is an accurate reflection of what is in the article. But rather than arguing the point about newspaper headlines, perhaps we should just stick to the content of the article. Notice that TfNSW having had to backtrack when it previously ran consultations, has not bothered this time. Would...

Merc1107 wrote: ↑If my comment bugs you so much, scroll past it.

Did you not tell us recently that you have never actually been to Sydney?

Presumably the 525 is being curtailed to release assets, agree the Strathfield - DFO section is the most heavily patronised. When introduced, route 500X was almost exclusively operated by artics. This has been diluted over time.

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...

So all the Scania chassis at the Bustech facility waiting to be bodied is Scania’s fault? Replied at relevant ACT thread , suggest the ACT conversation that has nothing to do with NSW continue there. I remember several years ago Custom had issues too, so scania chassis were sent to bustech to compe...

Contining from this thread So all the Scania chassis at the Bustech facility waiting to be bodied is Scania’s fault? The ACT government is of the opinion that it is Scania at fault: Scania Australia has informed the government it will be unable to deliver 17 diesel buses until at least the end of th...

Merc1107 wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 9:36 pmYes, and remind me, how's Canberra getting on with those new buses that never seem to actually materialise?

Late delivery of chassis by Scania, nothing to do with Bustech.

tonyp wrote: ↑You'd never see an abomination like the Bustech with steps at the centre door in Perth.

Yet Bustechs have been purchased in large numbers by most other agencies. Seems that the industry doesn’t share your obsession about stairs.

Sounds about right when they even repainted their old high floor buses even though they were withdrawn 4-5 months later... Assuming all TfNSW repaints are included in the fleet list, can’t see any evidence of any Punchbowl buses being withdrawn shortly after being repainted with the refurbishment p...

Previously there was a TfNSW funded refurbishment program hence some fleets, e.g. Punchbowl Bus Co, had nearly all of their vehicles repainted. It was then cancelled, IIRC in the early days of the O’Farrell government. The operators weren’t obliged to repaint vehicles they didn’t own under the last ...

Depends on where you are coming from.

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 p...

Looks like some people haven't bother to read the document properly and are carrying on as if the services proposed are express services along the line of SkyBus in Melbourne or the former Airport Express that ran to Mascot until 2000. The document is crystal clear that it is about services that wil...

It will cost $73 million to run 100 buses a day instead of a train line. That’s just the start (Sydney Morning Herald) Key points are: *Transit Systems' contract will run for up to 23 months including mobilisation and demobilisation *will require 100 buses, 75 to be provided by Transit Systems, bal...

So slowly the region 9 network is getting closer to what it was before the light rail. Whether the light rail should have been built is another discussion, but going back to having all buses proceed to Circular Quay when there are ample opportunities to change en-route to high frequency services is ...

A newsclip on the Custom Denning fire can be found on ABC News NSW's broadcast of 7 April starting at 14:40, available on iview (login required). Plenty of TfNSW liveried Elements about, presumably destined for Transit Systems. At 15:07 one of the 2009 built Quality bodied Cummins powered Volvo B7Rs...

Was a stand alone lithium battery that caught fire at Custom Denning's St Marys factory. Contrary to the ill-informed observation' that the exclusion zone was established as a cover up, it was done so because of the intense heat generated that required 20 tonnes of sand to extinguish and at one stag...

With Strathfield to Lidcombe Railway being off and by default the T7 direct services to Central and there being a game at Accor tomorrow will the 525/6 be strengthened as can envisage crush loadings knowing the area. Direct services were scheduled to operate from Central although with the chaos the...

Even that isn't much of an issue in NSW since we don't have all-door boarding and all that buses have to do is pull in at 45 degrees like a taxi to ensure the front door is at the kerb! Articulated buses should be able to park flush to the kerb so that their rear doesn't protrude blocking the road ...

Those deckers are supposed to be dedicated to B-line duty separate from the other buses. The goverment didn't spend ½ billion on the system only for the deckers to be commandeered for other work. The deckers are region 8 assets, the Easter Show services are operated as part of Keolis Downer's contr...

My bad, got 1A and 1B confused. IIRC CDC, or Forest as it then was, have used deckers in previous years.

Queenscliff out today on a proving run to Manly.