Summary of Buses in Transport NSW livery

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Exactly right. Plus a reasonable amount to come shortly for STA and then Busabout.
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Daniel wrote:Exactly right. Plus a reasonable amount to come shortly for STA and then Busabout.
With most of the buses in Region 15 built 2009 and later being some type of MAN chassis with a Bustech VST body I know the body of the next batch of new buses for Busabout will most likely be the Bustech VST but I would be suprised if the chassis of the buses are anything other than the MAN 19.320 HOCL-R-NL
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So looking through CDC's fleetlists I've come across 8121 MO from Morisset and apparently it changed from Morriset livery on 27/08/2016 to Transport NSW Livery. Only for it in the last month (17/02/2018) to go back to the old Morriset livery from the Transport NSW one.
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How common is it for buses to get Transport NSW Livery only later to go back to their old pre-transport NSW livery? I'm guessing 8121 MO isn't under Transport NSW operations anymore unless the data is an error?

Even more surprising is that it goes back to the Morriset livery instead of CDC's canary yellow livery.
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Data error.
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Just wondering if there is a stipulation in the Region 6 contract for repaints like PBC or if they are not similar in that respect.
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Hillsbus 1458 is in TfNSW livery.
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I have not run a summary since March last year but when I tried to run one today the figures are crazy with over 8000 buses in TNSW livery with every bus in every country fleet included.
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No doubt scripting problems which have popped up all over the fleetlists since measures were implemented to update the server PHP version. We are attempting to progressively correct these.
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TSA's takeover of region six will give a small boost I'd imagine, if the sight of ex red metrobus Euro 3 Volvo B12BLEA 1668 is anything to go by.
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^ Region 6 former metrobus 2253 as well.
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Stu wrote:^ Region 6 former metrobus 2253 as well.
Or did I also see 2252 tonight as well sporting no advertisements? (I could be mistaken!)
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Seeing transperth buses in their livery (I just came back from Perth) seemed to influence things here.... I'm sure in time, most of the buses will be in NSW livery just like perth buses.
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Will a few Metrobus es get repainted now all the routes are getting numbers again?
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GazzaOak wrote:Seeing transperth buses in their livery (I just came back from Perth) seemed to influence things here.... I'm sure in time, most of the buses will be in NSW livery just like perth buses.
Every mainland state and the ACT have a universal livery issued by the transport agency of the state or territory so buses in Perth are in the green and silver PTA/Transperth livery and buses here in Sydney are in the blue and white TNSW livery
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I personally am not an advocate of metallics for buses, unless they are a premium or commemorative livery (something Sydney's STA pulled off really well in the 1990s -their proudest period), but Perth's silver and green really shows up the rest of Australia by avoiding white and they really make the modern bodies look classy.
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Stonesourscotty wrote:Will a few Metrobus es get repainted now all the routes are getting numbers again?
One would expect so, especially Hills bus since since both their M routes are being renumbered,
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I noted a few Metrobuses in the Sta fleet have had the word Metrobus removed from them this was the stock for the 340
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Stonesourscotty wrote:Will a few Metrobuses get repainted now all the routes are getting numbers again?
Debranded maybe, but only likely to be repainted as and when they fall due. The correlation between Metrobus liveried buses and Metrobus routes disappeared long ago.
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TSA R3 1284 ex Hopkinsons is in TfNsW livery.

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TSA have been the most conscientious in applying the TNSW livery. It's as though they consider it their own.
How telling from a relative new kid on the block -as in looking forward instead of being hung up on staid practises/ ways of doing things.
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Probably because TSA does not have its own livery in every bus operation they have in Australia or overseas. So TfNSW livery is the only livery they can use to be distinct from previous operators of the vehicles.
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Swift wrote:TSA have been the most conscientious in applying the TNSW livery. It's as though they consider it their own.
How telling from a relative new kid on the block -as in looking forward instead of being hung up on staid practises/ ways of doing things.
Punchbowl Bus Co has beaten them by a long way. m/o 809 is the only Red and cream bus seen on route service for a few years now.
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Having a look at the Transit Systems Fleet List, 431 out of 861 - virtually dead on 50% in Transport for NSW livery - and most of those either new or acquired ex Brisbane Transport - far from a concentrated effort to repaint as far as I can see.
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Inheriting an ex STA region doesn't help.
They were doing well in region three at any rate.
I'm surprised to see a traditional like Punchbowl being so keen on erasing their colours. It seems they grabbed the bull by the horns and accepted a changing world in contrast to a bus dynasty in the far north who wanted to alter the prescribed livery.
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Swift wrote:Inheriting an ex STA region doesn't help.
They were doing well in region three at any rate.
I'm surprised to see a traditional like Punchbowl being so keen on erasing their colours. It seems they grabbed the bull by the horns and accepted a changing world in contrast to a bus dynasty in the far north who wanted to alter the prescribed livery.
Who says they were keen? I'm pretty sure it was mentioned it was part of the contract requirements when the last tender occurred as was one of requirements where their fleet had to be in the livery by a certain time for them specifically to continue running their region.
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