The 360M between Macksville & Coffs is a bit over 85Km in length, which includes passing through several towns.

The 340 between Port & Kempsey was a bit over 53Km, which may have changed due to upgrades to the Pac Hwy in the Telegraph Point - Kundabung area.

Extention of the L90 to Palm Beach Lighthouse?

50 pax is just a planning number, when loads reach 50 pax on a regular basis (5-7 standing) you need to consider adding extra trips. Besides, how do you know that STA will be operating the B-Line?

simonl wrote:What was there before......

It was a retail premises, the last occupants being Uncle Pete's Toys / Casey's Toys (there seems to have been a name change/rebranding or takeover as the style of the signage didn't change much).

simonl wrote:...and do we know if the parking will be free?

Not yet.

Demolition work on the site of the Manly Vale commuter carpark site started this week and is well underway.

Rick R wrote:ZF make a rear axle for electric drive with the motors in the hubs and a dropped beam under the floor...

There was a half-sided demo on display on the ZF stand at the Bus Show.

Jurassic_Joke wrote:I am absolutely certain I saw route 180 the other night on the Harbour Bridge while on the N90 home, clearly marked "City QVB " on the desto.

The driver most likely had the wrong CITY desto showing.

The vehicle shown has modular mounting of seats and luggage racks, which would be ideal for community transport where the pre-booked passengers could vary from say 20 pensioners, to 8 wheelchair pax or a mix somewhere in-between. It must be a rear entrance vehicle too, now way any normal person ente...

There were roadworks which blocked Boondah Rd in the past year. 1B's used Namona St and the Narrabeen High/Public turning bay to get around during that time.

That section of McPherson St runs over a creekline and frequently floods. Seeing that hundreds of dwellings have been built just to the west of that piece of road in the last 20 years (and more are being built) it is logical for the road level to be built up so that it doesn't flood anymore. Some of...

Replacement buses were supplied by Transdev, STA (Willoughby, North Sydney, Ryde & Brookvale) and Busways, with services between Berowra & Hornsby, Gosford & Hornsby and Woy Woy & Hornsby. I got as far as Woy Woy, I believe there are photos elsewhere from Gosford Stn. http://i126.pho...

Furthermore, it had been used on road trial on the Northern Beaches a few weeks back. Sorry, but a Forest CDi took part in a Sydney Bus Museum event in mid 2013 from Wynyard to Avalon, so by that standard the CDi's should have been chosed years ago. Perhaps the government should compulsorily acquir...

If you drop a lit match into a pool of diesel chances are it will be snuffed out. I hope there's not an outbreak of inquisitive ATDB members' garages burning down this weekend. :shock: That's what is known as a 'Darwinian Process' :P Maybe I should have added 'DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME KIDS'. :shock: ...

Mechanical fuel pump. The engine itself doesn't get hot enough, it's generally something relating to fuel or oil contacting the turbo and exhaust systems as they reach much higher temperatures. Traditionally bus fires resulted from a failure to clean the build-up of oily gunk from vehicles, which is...

Great pics Inspector. In the third shot she looks to be steam driven

- Tempe Depot is set to expand in the near future, up to 45 buses could be added to the depot fleet. This has sparked rumours about which depot will close as it possibly relates to the construction of the CSELR. Tempe expand ? :? , how ? :? where ? :? Tempe is pretty much land locked. Betty Spears ...

m/o 1005 is now with Forest Coachlines and may not have been with the Western Suburbs operator. 1005 was new to Forest. It was a shock to see it turn up as a brand new bus at at transport cavalcade held in the city in 1998(?), litteraly as a group of us were discussing the impending fleet of gas Me...

1000 was never used by the government. It would be interesting to know if it has ever been issued.

The only thing bus related left at Chullora is the shelter which was 'accidentially' placed where the main gates used to be.

As I said before, STA haven't had control over their plates for a long time. They have to deal with RTA/RMS just like everyone else.

As in this case. Plates were removed after the AM peak and replaced by the PM peak. The days of m/o1001-3999 being kept in an office at Chullora Bus Workshops when not in use are well and truly over.

Are the yellow replacements actually new or are they the original issues brought out of seventeen years of storage? What an unsurprisingly cynical comment from you. They are new plates with the slogan 'NEW SOUTH WALES', as per the photo below: http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p81/regal4au/2016090...

Buses at Brookvale which were fitted with Olympic number plates are in the process of having them exchanged for conventional black on yellow m/o plates as they were suffering from darkening backgrounds and had to be replaced. The irony is that some of these vehicles were originally fitted with conve...

Queue Icehouse :wink: Can't have 100% low floor because of step heights to seats above the axles. The battery packs are stored in all sorts of places on BYD chassis but you have to adhere to ADRs, heavy vehicle regs,local state regs and DDA regs on heights, axle weights, design of steps etc. Plus al...

Those convinced that nothing is happening with the B-Line can cancel their panic status. 'Field investigation work' will be taking place along Pittwater Rd in Dee Why at night between 12 September and 24 October.

The operator's logo above the driver's window looks interesting, does anyone have a closer photo of it?