But 389 was split to make 379 to address the absolutely, legendarily, beyond woeful on-time running of the 389. The Circular Quay -> Pyrmont change didn't help, but it was in that state before that change.

Hydrogen makes more sense than banks of volatile Lithium batteries that are a ticking time bomb and don't last. Battery buses, like cars are being imposed on us head long by ideologues who are ignoring the problems they will cause and we will pay for their hubris. As we know, hydrogen's not at all ...

Also interesting that Burwood/Eastgardens services also stopped opposite the Royal Randwick Shopping Centre, before almost immediately turning right onto Arthur St...current 390X services only stop at the stop near Alison Rd, then stay in the right hand lane for an easier turn into Arthur St. Bear ...

There are a few loop routes in R9. The 399 operates from Little Bay to UNSW and changes destos after leaving Kingsford on the inbound. The next bus display at the interchange already shows the next inbound service operating to Little Bay. The 373 from Coogee to Museum is a loop service. The electro...

But it is at the price of the bus model which now just shows Mercedes or MAN or Bustech in the case of a Bustech XDi in northern NSW operated by Surfside (now Kinetic). I would love to see this in Sydney. Registration/fleet numbers were available in the real-time data trial in 2011. We always assum...

Swift wrote: ↑Fri Sep 15, 2023 10:42 am Robert Askin only wanted to try and gain a seat by resuming construction of the long proposed ESR in 1972.

1963. Construction recommenced in 1967.

I also recall there was often middle of the day school charter work which kept drivers occupied (and paid) between brokens; such work often helped keep smaller companies afloat financially. The growth of the charter only operator sector may be eaten into this market? The route operators have priced...

^ Even if the manufacturing dates lined up (which they don't), Cityrail was just a brand operation of the SRA (initially) and RailCorp (later)

It sounds like this cold be the first major modification to the 10 tunnels since the electrification of the Blue Mountains line Not quite. In 1978 they were lowered to allow double deck interurbans to run beyond Mt Victoria. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Tunnels_Deviation#:~:text=In%201978%2C...

I suggest you come for a shift around Bondi Jn with me in one and you'll see how tyre noise is clearly not enough... Bondi Junction is difficult for all bus drivers because of poor pedestrian behaviour in turn caused by both people factors and environmental factors (people insofar as there's a herd...

Doesn't really matter much past data collection seeing as school cards are free travel. So nobody is losing anything from kids not tapping on What I meant was data collection, because people were discussing the effects of 300 kids per direction per day on the system. If few are tapping there's pote...

Also, are they tapping? It's two stops, and non-existent revenue enforcement, so there's little incentive to do so.

The vehicle in this accident is reported to be fitted with belts. It will be interesting to see if it is determined how many of the deceased were wearing them. Or if the investigation will comment on whether it would have had any effect in this case. Without veering too far into speculation, it has...

You can see the wall collapse that impacted (literally) the metro building in my handy dandy re-host of a FRNSW video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP5d7zYtaWo

Frankly, better hitting that than the electrical substation closer to the dental hospital.

You might summon kypros...
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Or you can read this one
https://kypros1992.wordpress.com/2022/11/20/compromise/

And change your mind on the quality of their analyses?

But I believe that Rover Coaches (now part of the the Bus Australia group) now have a contract to cover situations like this where the normal contractor can not do their contracted replacement routes. It's so murky though - why could the regular contractor no do their contracted replacements? And, ...

Eddy raises a valid point. The amount of at-level space in Sydney's double deck suburban trains is a major issue. Not only does it result in a deficit of accessible floor space for those many who can't use stairs (including those who have additional stuff with them, including wheelchairs, mobility ...

I think it's completed. It's no longer listed in TfNSW projects. TTU is dead. Because it turns out no two Tangaras are quite alike, electrically especially. Seems they were built like WWII German tanks… That’s why the ALP can talk about Tangara replacements - it’s literally TfNSW (open secret) poli...

You can read the history on Ozroads, but basically: First the section from the existing Western Distributor at Day St near Market St to Harris St opened, westbound Then a temporary ramp was opened to connect the Western Distributor to the Pyrmont Bridge eastbound while the eastern approach was demol...

388 was just a short running 389 until after the 389/379 split. Why they gave it another route number: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Yeah, that's what boronia said, 4 control motor cars and 2 trailers as CTCCTC

As opposed to your regular R set of a passenger-confusing CTTCTC or, for a few and for a time, CTTCDC

Pocket rocket

I can think of a laundry list
* The site can't be refit while XPTs still run
* The existing site is very size constrained
* The new fleet is larger and the site is inadequate
* Rail access to Meeks Rd is ... not great

You can see its more original route in the 1943 Sydney aerial photography set available on

https://maps.six.nsw.gov.au/

Including actually pumping it under the original Cooks River route

The operator is a providing a government service under contract. It has no relevant business identity. The previous government went through all this hand-wringing from operators starting some 15 years ago.