What about 1462? That's a Path bus so IF it were going anywhere it would probably go Kalgoorlie or Geraldton, but neither of those towns have any NHs left to replace so I doubt it will be going anywhere any time soon, if at all. Current approach seems to be keeping buses with the same operator wher...

Why are no train replacement buses operating? Train replacement buses only operate when trains services are cancelled. Other than the three weekend closures during this disruption, trains will be operating and so replacement buses are not required. Furthermore, Transperth do not have sufficient bus...

Up to and including 3212 in service at Beenyup

Zidanehartono wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 7:22 pm Spotted 3039 on the Great Eastern Highway this afternoon running empty, entering the Graham Farmer Freeway inbound towards the CBD.

Stadium

Enviro 500 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 2:41 pm Well, Transdev practically owns Freo anyway. I've seen a 999 bus operated by Transdev de-bus everyone upon reaching Freo, then change to 511 bound for Murdoch.

So what? You do realise shifts can contain more than just circle, right???

2056 back from refurb

Shiny! First day out

Not sure if Beckenham does much (if any) Cockburn work. A lot of late-night trips down there are done by Volvos, but without wrote knowledge of what bus belongs where, I cannot say what depot they're from (obviously not Southern River! 😂). If all three Swan depots do those feeders from Cockburn, th...

Enviro 500 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 8:10 pm
Not even a midi (112/3/7) cameo?

Obviously not. That's why Bus-1809 typed 1923 instead of 112, 113 or 117.

Enviro 500 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 8:10 pm

1375 on 299 this morning on the Terrace.

Again, not unusual at all.

Enviro 500 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 8:10 pm

1915 just seen at the same spot on 296.

Again, not unusual at all.

Interesting list of changes. I'm so used to seeing a dozen instances of 'trips withdrawn due to poor patronage' whenever one of these pops up, but this time around it's almost entirely additional trips, and four new routes. Quite refreshing to see!

Enviro 500 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 6:49 pm 2786 on 999 along Vahland Avenue southbound.

And that's notable because...? 2786 is almost two months old now

Enviro 500 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 05, 2021 6:15 pm Apparently Perthbus.info has mistakenly classified 3104 as a rigid B8. Hope they have since rectified it.

After having nothing but B8 rigids for close to 18 months now... They're probably well and truly in the habit of entering all new buses as B8RLEs

I think just worth noting that this isn't a prediction thread, rather a review thread... I agree. In case people forget, the topic is 'Stuff that happened in 2020'. Not stuff that's happening in 2022, or in people's imaginations... It's getting pretty annoying to see so many threads being cluttered...

Looks good, only thing I'd add is December also saw Path's final NHs withdrawn from revenue service. Good chance (but unconfirmed at this stage) December also saw the last NHs for Transdev (the remaining CR226Ls) parked up too. And I'm not sure if it's noteworthy enough to make your list, but 1434 w...

Marmion shifts venturing up north? Sounds like a 46* series deployment. Given that every route that runs between Whitfords and Joondalup is a 46x... I don't go up that way often (though shall start returning there soon now that the 1200's time is approaching), but the last time I did, Beenyup B8 28...

Enviro 500 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 28, 2020 7:50 pm 2194 on 447 travelling on Warwick Road eastbound.

There's a lot of shared running between Joondalup and Marmion these days, especially common seeing Joondalup stuff on Warwick routes. Not so much the other way, though. There are a few, but not many Marmion shifts that venture up to Joondy

It's such a common occurrence, they need to have spares readily available. For every incident like 2033 that makes it onto the news there's 20 incidents that don't. Just a fact of life with a huge fleet that covers hundreds of thousands of kms every day... I thought the topic of 109/2033 was brought...

Haven't been out much recently so I am sure it's not the newest, but 2053 is back from refurb.

3207 and 3208 in service at Beenyup, which should leave 1850 as the final NH at that depot.

Presumably you're on about the infrastructure Diagnostic Vehicle, or IDV001. It zips up and down all the lines every so often (I'd guess about once a week?) to... Do whatever it does. The tech on it is well beyond my feeble mortal mind but it's certainly full of fancy lasers gizmos and gadgets. I'm ...

Ah, I see linked to the wrong thing earlier. The bus stuff has moved to Kewdale, not Forrestfield. My bad!

Either way they aint/shouldnt be in Welshpool no more

actually wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 6:52 pm

Only the truck division and parts has moved to Forrestfield

I thought the bus division was moving too?

Noticed that the Volvo service centre in Welshpool on Furnace road has closed Yes, they've permanently moved to their new location in Forrestfield, with the move being completed last weekend. The 'for lease' sign has been there for months. https://www.tcwa.com.au/2020/10/22/kewdaleforrestfieldreloc...

Also, what is the ratio of CV and Beckenham shifts on 998/999? Based on nothing but my own experience, the FULL circles seem roughly split across the three operators pretty evenly. If I had to break them down I'd estimate: 35% Fremantle 30% Morley/Bayswater 25% Canning 10% Claremont/Shenton Park Be...

Anyway, the circle route is managed by Canning, so that explains why this area has one of the highest boarding figures. Managed by, yes, but that doesn't mean that any pax boarding a bus anywhere on the circle counts as a Canning contract boarding. I'll happily admit I don't know how patronage on t...

Has anyone else noticed SP/MC buses seemingly having a high presence on the 998/999’s of recent? I was under the impression that all Swan’s full Circles were operated by CV, but clearly not. Yeah I feel they've been gradually picking up more and more circle runs since around the time Mount Claremon...