Transport for Brisbane Observations 2020

[Skyblue1]

Saw G627 In the city this avo - when are the planning on retiring the last 7 Scanias?

They're definitely hanging on over there!

G630 was around the Airport / DFO area last week on the 590 I think?? Does the 590 run up there? Not up to date on bus routes.

[BT Enthusiast]

Yep, the 590 I believe goes from Garden City to Toombul via the DFO
Most runs are operated by G, hence the scanias

[385BUZ]

Hi, just a quick question,

Does any one have a list of all the routes E operates (or just a general description?) or even better a list of all the routes each depot operates would be amazing

Cheers

[BT Enthusiast]

E Des the inner-city and surrounds, also up to Carindale and Toombul sometimes as well. Mostly a satellite depot for C T V and Sherwood

40 50 60 190s 300s 220... sometimes 200 210
I'm a Toowonger so I'm not too sure

[385BUZ]

E Des the inner-city and surrounds, also up to Carindale and Toombul sometimes as well. Mostly a satellite depot for C T V and Sherwood

40 50 60 190s 300s 220... sometimes 200 210
I'm a Toowonger so I'm not too sure

Thanks for the speedy response!

I was just curious as I had seen some Es around the Toowong area where I am as well! I think E do the 379s and 372s

[L433]

E services Eastern Suburbs Cannon Hill and Balmoral haven’t seen E servicing Carindale.

E services. 210,P211,214,P228,230,P231,232,235,P236.

[Cazza]

During the day, Eagle Farm does cover a lot of routes (particularly those in the Inner West/North) as Toowong depot has many CNG buses which can't run for as long as the Man diesels or new B8's without refuelling. This is one of the reasons why (mainly before the B8's were introduced to Toowong) it was uncommon to see the CNG buses during the off-peak and weekends and Eagle Farm would run these services (such as Routes 199, 370, 372/3, 375, 377/8, 380/1, 385, 390, 470 etc.).

Now that Toowong has the new B8's (which can run for much longer than the CNG's), these services in the Inner West are now more often than not run by Toowong's B8's, rather than the B7's out of Eagle Farm. However, you still find the CNG's around the place outside of peak hours, but as more B8's are delivered to Toowong, I would assume this would become less commonplace.

For services that are run by Eagle Farm, it pretty much includes the Eastern Suburbs Routes mentioned above, the 40 and 50 City Loops, Route 60 Blue CityGlider, Routes 195/6/8/9, pretty much any northside service starting with a 3 (expect for the 311-314 and 326/7 as they are run by Hornibrook, Routes 360-364, Routes 382/3/4 and Route 399 which is run by Brisbane Bus Lines) and the occasional anomaly like the 470 for example.

[Cazza]

I've just done a list of what I believe to be what routes each depot runs. Let me know if I have made any mistakes.

Carina (C): Routes 28, 29, 61, 177, 178, 200, P201, 202, 203, 204, P205, P206, P207, P208, 209, 210, P211, 212, 213, 214, 215, P216, P217, 220, P221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 227, P228, 230, P231, 232, 234, 235 and P236.

Eagle Farm (E): Routes 40, 50, 60, 195, 196, 198, 199, 210, P211, 214, P228, 230, P231, 235, P236, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 308, 310, 320, 321, 322, 325, 330, P331, P332, 333, 334, 335, 338, 340, P343, 345, 346, 350, 352, 353, 354, 357, 359, 363, 367, 369, 370, 372, 373, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 390, 391, 393, 396, 397, 398 and 470.

Garden City (G): Routes 29, 66, 77, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, P119, 120, 123, 124, 125, P129, 130, 131, 132, 134, 135, 136, P137, 138, 139, 140, P141, P142, 145, 150, P151, 152, 153, 155, 156, P157, 160, 161, 162, 169, 170, 171, 172, P173, 174, 175, P176, P179, 180, 181, 184, 185, 186, 192, 200, P201, 209, 222 and 590.

Sherwood (S): Routes 29, 66, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 111, 116, P119, 120, 121, 124, 125, P137, 139, 160, 162, 169, 170, 171, 172, P173, 174, 175, P176, P179, 180, 181, 184, 185, 186, P189, 195, 196, 234, 411, 412, 414, 415, 416, 417, 425, P426, 427, 428, 430, 431, 432, 433, 435, 444, 445, 446, 467, 468, 470, 471, 475, 476, 598 and 599.

Toowong (T): Routes 30, 199, 333, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 370, 372, 373, 375, 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, P384, 385, 390, 402, 411, 412, 414, 415, 416, 417, 425, P426, 427, 428, 430, 431, 432, 433, 435, P443, 444, 445, 446, 470, 471, 475, 476 and 480.

Virginia (V): Routes 300, 301, 302, 305, 306, 307, 310, 320, 321, 322, 325, 329, 330, P331, P332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 340, P341, P343, P344, 345, 346, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 357, 359, 367, 369, 370, 375, 376, 379, 380, 381, 385, 390, 396, 397 and 398.

Willawong (W): Routes 29, 100, 106, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 117, 118, 120, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, P129, 130, 131, 132, 134, 135, 136, P137, 138, 139, 140, P141, 145, 150, P151, 152, 153, 155, 156, P157, 160, 162, 169, 170, 171, 172, P173, 174, 175, P176, 180, 184, 185, 186, P189, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 454, P455, P456, 460, 467 and 468.

[385BUZ]

Admin: No need to quote previous post.

Thank you so much Cazza! Legend!

[daveeyh]

Cazza - On a quick review, I would suggest the following adjustments to your list:

29 - C does some services too.
234 - serviced by C and S.
308 - serviced by E, not V
329 - serviced by V
376 - services by E and V.

[Cazza]

Thanks. Not sure how I missed the 376 by V as I was actually looking to see if Eagle Farm ran any those runs in the first place. I knew Virginia ran most of them

[daveeyh]

2057 transferred from E to S.

[daveeyh]

2057 transferred from E to S.

Noted S2056 today with shiny new paint job.

[385BUZ]

2057 transferred from E to S.

Noted S2056 today with shiny new paint job.

Good to see BT taking some care of their buses. Would be nice if they replaced some of the 7 segment rear and side destos on some B7s - those things are so hard to read!

Edit: B7s 1801 to 2108 have 7 seg rear and side destos and amber front destos. 2109, 2111 - 2160 have amber rear, front and side destos and 2110, 2123, 2161 - 2353 have white rear, front and side destos. Beacuse no one asked for it!

[daveeyh]

E2123 also has the white destos.

[BT Enthusiast]

Note that there are two types of white destos. The type of white destos on the late 2100s and 2200s are different from >2320 and the new b8's. Idk why this is the case.

[ABS]

Different manufacturer. The earlier units are manufactured by Mobitec and the later one are Thoreb.

[385BUZ]

E2123 also has the white destos.

Oops! Can't believe I forgot that one!

[BT Enthusiast]

1046 with shiny new translink decals
looks slick

[385BUZ]

1046 with shiny new translink decals
looks slick

Noticed that the other day... 1041 as well (I think its 1041 )

[385BUZ]

1006 at toowong depot today. Now transferred to be T1006. Have a pic but no sure if allowed to post.

[BT Enthusiast]

even if 1006 is at south west it will still have t1006 on it
they never removed the t
probably just at t for some maintanenec

[superbossgc]

when does the Gas Scania L94UB's last runs?

[AirBusTrain]

The reason as to why SWT buses have T on them is because, they are all maintained, and I am pretty sure they're stored at Toowong depot occasionally.
Not a BT/SWT employee so don't question my facts please.

[daveeyh]

The reason as to why SWT buses have T on them is because, they are all maintained, and I am pretty sure they're stored at Toowong depot occasionally.
Not a BT/SWT employee so don't question my facts please.

More a case that the buses were Toowong buses prior to going to SWT and the T was never taken off the bus.