jibb wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 10:48 am Now Morphettville's MAN NL202 Volgrens 1351-1353-1355 have been withdrawn.

I saw 1354 in traffic this afternoon

Never been too sure on that but if that's happening that's good, all I know is members on here have told me you just get what ever bus you are given and yet a few years ago I used to know this bus driver that would always try and get the old diesel manual buses when starting his shift so I don't kn...

The TVMs are still on board to purchase single trip tickets, and recharge Metrocards.

That would be good ! The only "Dine in all you can eat Pizza hut left in Adelaide I think is the one next to Marion shopping centre unfortunately. Unfortunately the dining room is currently closed, due to the current situation. In any case, even if the dining room were open, it would be "a la carte...

The small signs you find in the windscreens were traditionally Run numbers when the buses were Government run. Torrens Transit display the shift number; which consists of four digits. The first digit indicates the depot, the second digit indicates the shift type and the last two digits are a number;...

September is here, the weather should start to warm up soon. Normally I'd make mention of the Royal Show, and its extra services, which would have started this Friday, the 4th. However restrictions imposed this year caused by COVID-19 have cancelled the show for this year. The Royal Agricultural and...

Looking at the description on the Adelaide Metro website, it appears to be a separate validator to the current ones, and does not accept Metrocards.

Wasn't there an earlier trial on trams for a similar payment methodology?

Back on topic please. SA transport observations. I had a ticket inspector get on my bus today, the fourth in the last two months. On a completely unrelated topic; I think that the number of people that get on the bus without paying their fare appears to be reducing. It will never drop to zero, there...

Columbo wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 1:20 pmAll the stops along Harrison Rd and 14A on Pym St have been removed but shelters remain, however Stop 18 (and possibly 17) on Days Rd is still there on both sides.

The Days Rd stops remain for AM school bus 949 (Elizabeth to School of English, Torrens Rd) and Adelaide Oval AO16 services.

Maybe once the bridge project is complete, an option would be to resume the old route via Harrison, Pym and Days, with buses turning left into South Rd, u-turning at the intersections of South and Regency or Torrens, then left back into Pym St. It would add maybe another two minutes but with the low...

I reckon they should do bus shelters American yellow that stands out because I don't know how many times Ive been on a bus where the bus driver has missed the stop or braked suddenly because the bus stop is not clearly visible. One of the worst things they did was remove the timetable cases from th...

I have seen some Willunga Charter coaches parked in Railway Tce on weeknight football nights; parked with the Busways buses. Torrens aim to do the entirety of the work in-house so whoever used to supplement the Outer North football runs (Kanga??, Link SA??) wouldn't get a guernsey. I guess if Torren...

The existing H30 between the City and Rostrevor doesn't meet the current Go-Zone criteria at weekend nights, and during the middle of the day on weekdays. Regardless, the extension of either or both services to meet Go Zone criteria through to Paradise would require a not so insignificant amount of ...

Interesting finding there Mr. Data, I wonder if the service was subsidised by the local council or another authority. It needs to be remembered that Mt. Barker Passenger Service, being a private company had to cover their costs from the farebox revenue. In 1995, the adult fare from Adelaide to Hahnd...

I can't say that I have listened to SAFM/Hit 107 by choice since I was a teenager. Since those days I've listened varyingly to MMM, Mix and Cruise

Adelaide radio station Hit 107 has reverted to its former branding of SAFM

The facility at Railway Tce is DPTI owned; and made available to the contractors as specified in the contracts.

The staff toilets at Paradise have no hot water either; I suspect that there may be other staff toilet facilities that do not have hot water available.

Stephan Knoll has resigned from the state cabinet; not over the failed bus network changes; but over the "pollie perks" issue.
https://indaily.com.au/news/2020/07/26/ ... president/

300 without a doubt. Almost three hours to complete, and about 65km. The J1 was 2 hours end to end (in 2011) and about 50km.

I had a new error today, while trying to bulk delete a number of PM's. Selecting the ckeck box for about a dozen PM's, then trying to delete them resulted in the error message "The submitted form was invalid. Try submitting again." The PM's were not deleted. Deleting PM's individually works fine.

Half of the year has gone past; and the new financial year is upon us... July is here! Don't forget to do your tax return; hope you get a nice refund! A quick reminder that Metrocard and Metroticket fares increase as of Sunday 5 July. For details visit the Adelaide Metro website. The last MAN SL202 ...

Big Engine Mechanic wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 7:16 am

jibb wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 6:11 am All route numbers need simplifying..

It gets a little confusing when you have been around for so long and they use existing route numbers for new different/other routes like for example the 734 used to go up to Blackwood.

734 has never gone to Blackwood.

First Set Down. Stopping arrangement whereby (generally) on heading away from the City, the bus will pick up only until stop xx. Examples: 224F, 864F, 195F, 721F. On trips in the reverse direction the bus will stop to set down only, however intending passengers are permitted to board if the bus has ...

Admin Note: I have removed a number of posts from this topic which were off-topic. This topic is to discuss buses which leave service for extended periods of time, and to advise of those buses returning to service. Please keep to the topic, and if you wish to discuss various aspects, consider creati...