CDC Deckers in service

[andyr]

To start the ball rolling..... m/o 6091 from the top deck of m/o 6092

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[Daniel]

The first trip out of Castle Hill about 9am.
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...and the first departure from the Oakes Road stop on the M2 with a 610X and 607X closely following.
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[Ryder]

Driver looks happy in pic 2! ^^

I can't wait until STA get some of these. But i think Ryde won't be a huge priority.

Might have to make a trip out to ride one!

[Simes]

Didn't know there was an M6

[PLI]

Isn't it M61?

[macpro622776]

He was being sarcastic...

[PLI]

Oh hahahahahahahaha

[PLI]

[quote="Daniel"]The first trip out of Castle Hill about 9am.

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Four double deckers? Thats a bit obsessive. If only they had that many at Vivid!

[Swift]

Nice view. How do they sound belting down the M2?You could take a steering wheel and column with you and pretend you are driving it from the top!!

[V981]

Question, do these get a run on weekends? Im going to be in Sydney on 28th June -30th June and would love to set aside a couple of hours for a ride on the top deck.

[Bedford-29]

It be good to see a picture of the Busways DD and CDC DD together.

[crazyturbo76]

Or even better: Busways, Forest and CDC's ones all together!

[Mr OC Benz]

Cool shots. I know that the Busways CDi has a ZF Ecolife. Does anyone know what transmission the other 7 (the five Hillsbus and 2 Forest CDi) have?

[Geoff]

Or even better: Busways, Forest and CDC's ones all together!

The only thing to distinguish them apart would be the rego's and their respective destination indicators - otherwise they are the same.
Admittedly having 8 deckers lined up would be impressive though!

Geoff.

[VivalaBuses]

I bet that 610x was lightly loaded! (Aren't they supposed to run 10 mins apart as well??) Daniel's first pic reminds me of Hong Kong, the lone single decker amongst the double deckers

[Bedford-29]

All we need is the STA (Sydney buses) to get back on the DD bandwagon.At least the private operations are into the DD way of thinking.

[Eveleigh_Man]

And my selection:

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Tbe new double deck 6092 on its first service from the City passes under the old monorail soon to be on its last service. At Market and Clarence st.

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6090 arriving at the last bus stop on Windsor rd before turning onto the M2

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6091 arriving at stand E at Railway Square with a CDC double deck ambassador (orange hi vis vest) walking up to get on the bus.

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Double deck meets double deck.

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6088 was on display at Castle Hill and this picture shows the CCTV of upstairs plus a LCD counter which CDC installed.

[PLI]

The first two photos....the roof...so close

[Daniel]

Cool shots. I know that the Busways CDi has a ZF Ecolife. Does anyone know what transmission the other 7 (the five Hillsbus and 2 Forest CDi) have?

The CDC ones have ZF Ecolifes and the Forest ones are Allison. Also, the Forest ones are conventional hardwired and the CDC ones are Thoreb multiplexed. The other difference being the CDC ones have slightly less seats (92) for additional leg room.

[boronia]

Tbe new double deck 6092 on its first service from the City passes under the old monorail soon to be on its last service. At Market and Clarence st.

A new double decker AND a monorail set would be a prize photo to capture.

[sta]

Who knows what time these are in service because in the morning around 9-9:40 and in the afternoon between 4-4:45 I didn't see any of the five.

[CityRail]

I saw some at about 6pm yesterday.

[busspot]

According to Bustech's facebook page they think the double deckers are in service from 0630-1000 & 1500-1730

[sta]

I did see 2 of them at 9:10 and I was hoping after they drop off the M61 passengers then turn around and head back into the city but try didn't.at 5:35 I saw 1 on m61 about to head back into the city.



@boronia.Time to camp out on Market street for a whole day to see if the monorail and bus tech CFO will come at the same time.

[Nat]

Great photos everyone