It's been century since electrification of Sydney's suburban network began. Now we have a driverless Metros sprouting including the conversion of one of the lines electrified 100 years ago or thereabouts in the 1920s. The 2020s is certainly not as stylish.

I wish there was some on the Central coast. I think theres only political impetus to have them in the Sydney metro area. We still don't know why Busways hasn't seen fit to signwrite them in their logo. A very different approach to the former STA who would make sure you know they are operating them a...

There is ample opportunity for interchange at Chatswood and Barangaroo. Would you remove the crossovers at Barangaroo and install new ones at Central? I am confident there would have been an analysis and reasons behind the placement of the points where they were placed. You're confident in what Aus...

Aurora wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:59 pm What’s special about Central?

I'm floored by that one.

Stonesourscotty wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 10:57 am
Still majority of the Element 1s at Penrith are without busways logos which seems peculiar as even the maintenance vans are covered in them

Suggests to me they are on trial and not committed to them yet.

I appreciate the background information you're able to provide and the translation! I'm figuring the staff singing in the video are lip synching their own prerecorded voice done in a recording studio. We can only dream of this level of passion and pride within any Australian organisation. Those driv...

I've been guilty but you have to take a breath and and just say no worries.

I only watched the bit mentioned, without headphones, although the bus' more pronounced notes came through quite clearly, and what a sound that was! I need to re-watch that in its entirety with a good headset. Wonder how a Voith persuaded (probably manually) into 1st would compare? The sound qualit...

Not to mention the bus lanes will fulfil their purpose more when their's more traffic from no tunnel.
They think private mostly single occupant vehicles are entitled to have the buses share the burden with them at times of crisis that has nothing to do with the buses.

Thank goodness he didn't hit another car instead.

Why did the bloke drive off? Hard to sympathise.

Then we have the hill climbing prowess of the Renk Doromat speed. You know it will get there the same day.
https://youtu.be/JB-XbiedWo8?si=i9WoV2hR4tIRiMdT
Go to the 3 minute 40sec mark. Just wonderous.

First in a Voith, by the admission of their own literature, is designed to get the engine into its optimum power & torque zone quickly, and when on a grade, hold it in that area to make hill climbs easier. The Voith DIWA851.2s certainly didn't always do that in the Sl202s I got to drive up vari...

They have proven to have reduced their fuel consumption by a small amount which adds up over time x number of buses. I bet Busways wishes they went the Voith route before, although I have observed drivers negating their benefits by holding the accelerator beyond the kickdown detent revving them out ...

Sometimes you need to spend money to save money!
Fuel is by far the biggest expense to running a motor vehicle.

That didn't stop B12BLEs being used. A Dana Spicer would have shaved off thousands from the purchase price and given a super smooth predictable ride, with a robust transmission with little to go wrong. The unicorn would be a CVT for buses which Leyland were developing in the early 80s. Someone shoul...

Shows how tight the privates could be that they'd run used austerity buses that were designed as a temporary measure to keep services running during war time, but these companies chose to continue their use when real buses could be had.

With the torque today's engines make, a one speed would be fine. Just add a two speed auxilliary gearbox off limits to drivers for any open road driving required.

Both Brisbane and Perth have each taken delivery of a handful of Voith B8s as well, although the one or two I've travelled on didn't seem to be programmed appropriately and seemed to hunt gears a bit, which wasn't what I was expecting. They're a brilliant gearbox for city work when properly matched...

I thought this YouTube short was the Rozelle Interchange for a few seconds. Was it based off this roadway in America?
https://youtube.com/shorts/chDy1600l2Q? ... i_kV8AViji

The bus museum preserved one. A bus designed not to last. You would think photos would suffice.

Looks like an office block on wheels.
I thought we were done with square =modern by the 1990s. Have to give credit where it's due with the CDi. It really looks 21st century.

Still on CB60s, saw a a Busways Scania K230UB driving the other way in Bensville sporting it's new TNSW livery looking nice with the headlight panels painted dark blue. I thought it was a B12BLE as it reminded me of them but it had the EvoII rear when I checked. Great to see. A big improvement on th...

I wonder if any will be game to take them on in the preservation scene now that retirement is looming? Not 100% sure if it is in preservation yet but NKV tours already has a few of the ex Newcastle B12's (and former m/o 1407 that was dereg for parts) Sydney Bus Museum has government bus day upcomin...

Saw it on Seven. Front passenger was killed. The rest have serious injuries including broken bones.
Child in a seat restraint avoided injury.