Both two trains have to go back to Dry Creek anyway so myswell keep them as a set.TA3001 wrote:From my obs, the Outer Harbor trains do not need two carriages after 9PM either. The patronage would barely fill an NL202. I'm not sure why the DPTI continues to waste money letting 2 car trains run mostly empty both ways at night.
TA3001 wrote:From my obs, the Outer Harbor trains do not need two carriages after 9PM either. The patronage would barely fill an NL202. I'm not sure why the DPTI continues to waste money letting 2 car trains run mostly empty both ways at night.
Eagle Eye wrote:In other news R803, R804 & R805 have been returned to Light-City Buses. Assume R806, R807 & R808 are back with Torrens Transit as well.
TA3001 wrote:1521 - 1533, 2501 - 2505, 2586 - 2599 (excluding 2590) were painted in the yellow livery.
mmosca447 wrote:I boarded a 720 today from Hallett Cove Shopping Centre and it was bus 2746. It had a really cool seat pattern and stopping sound but from all the buses I'd ever been on in the past, I saw that it only had a single door. I'm not sure if this is the only single door bus left nowadays?
hino rg wrote:Light City Buses #1123 is geting work done on it at Heavy Automatics at Wingfield and #542 is at Mercedes Benz
TA3001 wrote:1521 - 1533, 2501 - 2505, 2586 - 2599 (excluding 2590) were painted in the yellow livery. They were built in mid 2011 around the time when the rules seemingly changed regarding the life limits of the SL200s. Vehicles delivered from around June 2011 and after have typically been painted in the AdMet V2 livery.
There are several variations of the front of these vehicles. Some tend to have yellow at the top, with some being red except for the yellow smile. I think I saw one that was more or less all red at the front not that long ago, but didn't take much notice of it due to it being a CB80.
Eagle Eye wrote:jibb wrote:It appears the upgrade and electrification of the Gawler line has been put back another year as a full business case for the Gawler rail line upgrade will not be handed to the agency essential for Federal funding until next year,again stalling the program Infrastructure Australia(IA) and the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development accused the the SA Government of not providing a detailed business case for the Gawler line electrification.
An spokeswoman said the agency had only received an early stage submission on the Gawler line upgrade in September 2015.This was not a full business case submission.The SA Government has indicated it will provide a full business case for the Gawler line upgrade. in the next year.
As much as I'd love to see more lines electrified, I have to say it really doesn't make economic sense at this point in time. Probably about half(?) of the current DEMU fleet would be dedicated to the Gawler line and if the line is electrified and new electric trains purchased, what would you do with those large number of DEMU cars that would be left sitting doing nothing in the depot? As long as the DEMUs still have some decent life left in them it doesn't make sense to get rid of them just yet. As maintenance costs increase or their age becomes a real factor only then will new electrics replace them, and the electrification of the line won't precede that by too many years. As for the effects of a partial electrification to either Dry Creek or Salisbury - that may provide some logistical challenges for timetabling, or might be a stepping stone to the DEMU retirements. But all in all, I can't see any electrification work happening on the Gawler line in the next 3-5 years.
jibb wrote:More tourists to see what?+it is a commuter line !
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