WA Bus Observations 2024

[Enviro 500]

1418 now on 205 too.

[HL7619]

Is that true that 1501 and 1504 have gone to southern river from fremantle and if this the case what buses have they replaced down there

[Merc1107]

I don't believe NHs are replacing anything - they are just making up for any shortage of buses relative to demand.

[HL7619]

I don't believe NHs are replacing anything - they are just making up for any shortage of buses relative to demand.

So 1501 and 1504 have gone as additonial buses to SR

[Enviro 500]

Thing is Jandakot appears to be a branch of SRDEP. I'd say the diesel buses are for Jandakot while the ex-WPDEP gassies are for SR. Beckenham meanwhile is getting all the newly registered B8s to make up for the B7s transferred to WP.

[HL7619]

Is That True that OC Diesels 2099, 2102 and 2209 are in Perth from Geraldton for a refurbishment and I wonder when Busselton's and Albany's OC Diesels will be in for refurbishment.

[Merc1107]

Considering yesterday's photo updates page on Perthbus.info has photos of those buses, fully refurbished, at Morley depot... Think the answer is "yes".

[TransRegional]

2099, 2102 and 2209 are back in Geraldton from refurbishment as I saw 2099 and 2102 this week. 1461 and 2105 are in Perth right now for refurbishment and 1443 has also returned to Perth after completing its Northern WA tour. 1442 and 1444 will return to Perth as well when 1461 and 2105 head back to Geraldton.

[tonyp]

Volgren has announced the completion of the final artic in the last order of 50.

[Merc1107]

Volgren has announced the completion of the final artic in the last order of 50.

A pity that more aren't being acquired, although if that were to happen, you'd certainly want to see some action as far as converting more routes to artic, or even banning artics from specific routes (i.e. feeders) to prevent the unimaginative and counter-intuitive utilisation of artics all three of the operators are known to indulge in...

[Enviro 500]

Volgren has announced the completion of the final artic in the last order of 50.

I presume we will be seeing 3152 soon. Wonder which vehicles will be registered from 3153 onwards.

[Merc1107]

What seems to have happened was the rigid deliveries skipped the 31xx range altogether, and went straight into 32xx onwards. I imagine any additional artics (delivered in future) would be numbered in the remainder of the 31xx range.

[Enviro 500]

3454 out last night on 930.

[Enviro 500]

3456 out on service doing a 930.

[HL7619]

Anyone know when the 35xx series buses will be in service and will they go to PATH, SWAN or Transdev i know we are at 3471 i think now and when will 3578 be in service I Would persume that the 35xx will go to Transdev to replace the 19xx series at Fremantle

[Off The Rails]

Like people have said multiple times now, no one IN the know would share the knowledge they have due to social media policies.

[the c man]

Spotted ex Busselton 1771 in midvale depot today

[HL7619]

Spotted ex Busselton 1771 in midvale depot today

Is that true that 1771 is now at midvale does this mean some of the NHs in Busselton will be retired and replaced with 21xx future buses from Wangara and OC Diesels from Albany

[Enviro 500]

Spotted ex Busselton 1771 in midvale depot today

Is that true that 1771 is now at midvale does this mean some of the NHs in Busselton will be retired and replaced with 21xx future buses from Wangara and OC Diesels from Albany

Apparently 2124 is now with Path Transit. Wonder which depot is it sitting at.

[Tp2323]

Is that true that 1771 is now at midvale does this mean some of the NHs in Busselton will be retired and replaced with 21xx future buses from Wangara and OC Diesels from Albany

Apparently 2124 is now with Path Transit. Wonder which depot is it sitting at.

2124 and 2125 are Welshpool

[Bus Suggestions]

Is that true that 1771 is now at midvale does this mean some of the NHs in Busselton will be retired and replaced with 21xx future buses from Wangara and OC Diesels from Albany

Yes, it's true that 1771 is at Midvale - because a reliable source has observed it. I'm not sure what you're getting at with the Wangara > Albany > Busselton transfer though - the pattern I've seen is 34XX delivered to Wangara >> 21XX displaced to PATH (who seem to need the extra buses at the moment, given the NHs transferred from Mandurah).

[Enviro 500]

Is that true that 1771 is now at midvale does this mean some of the NHs in Busselton will be retired and replaced with 21xx future buses from Wangara and OC Diesels from Albany

Yes, it's true that 1771 is at Midvale - because a reliable source has observed it. I'm not sure what you're getting at with the Wangara > Albany > Busselton transfer though - the pattern I've seen is 34XX delivered to Wangara >> 21XX displaced to PATH (who seem to need the extra buses at the moment, given the NHs transferred from Mandurah).

Maybe it's due to the gas buses from WP being moved to SR.

[Merc1107]

Maybe it's due to the gas buses from WP being moved to SR.

How? It sounds like PATH have gained far more buses than they've lost.

[Enviro 500]

Maybe it's due to the gas buses from WP being moved to SR.

How? It sounds like PATH have gained far more buses than they've lost.

I suspect the contracts for Morley, Midland and Kalamunda packages could be put out to tender soon. Very likely Ellenbrook Line feeders could be operated by Path sometime soon.

[Merc1107]

The last tenders quite clearly stipulated that bidders were bidding on the existing network, and timetables, not hypothetical scenarios that may or may not come to fruition. The final makeup of the routes, including who operates them, will be known in due course, but no doubt there's room to wiggle there based on staff availability, and depots with room to spare (in the event there are a lot of growth buses to accommodate the revised network), among other factors.