WA Transport Questions thread

[busrider]

After a suggestion for a thread of this type in the "suggestion box" thread, I have decided to create this topic. So now, if you have any questions relating to public transport in Western Australia, this is the place to ask them!

[kp.nuts]

Ok, I'll ask a question. How useful is the Blue CAT stop (and others) on top of the Horseshoe Bridge? Because that entrance to Perth station right next to it is closed, so to get anywhere, you'd need to come down either side of the bridge, where I thought there were already bus stops that would be closer (when the Blue CAT stop for Perth Underground goes back to where it was).

[Mr OC Benz]

Well obviously not very useful from what I've heard. There is no purpose for the stop and you don't cut any time if you have to walk all the way down the bridge and around to get to the station.

[City Bus Observer]

When the Northern Link is in place the staircases leading down to the platforms from the Horseshoe Bridge will have been demolished.

[Mr OC Benz]

Are you referring to the Northern Link as the Northbridge Link or something different. There were a set of stairs used as the alternative to get to platforms 1-8 before the bridge was closed. These are currently not opened therefore you'd have to walk all the way around. I don't get why they shouldn't just reopen the stairs central of the bridge which lead to P5-8 and just chuck some fare gates and a person.

[City Bus Observer]

Northbridge Link

[wayfarer]

Just a quick one of no real particular relevance. But I notice the term 'gunzel' being used here quite often . what does this term actually mean ? and what is it's origin / when did it start being used ? I'm guessing something along the line of 'trainspotting' and I don't mean one of my favourite books / movies

[Fleet Lists]

The word gunzel is usually applied to an enthousiast of one form or another ie train gunzel - train enthousiast, bus gunzel - bus enthousiast and so on.
A link worth looking at is http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gunzel

[tbc1983]

Hi, I was just trawling through Herbie's archives and found the following image:



Which made me wonder, what was the difference between a City Clipper from a Cultural Clipper?


Cheers!

[busdriver12]

That later became later known as the Blue Clipper (predecessor to the blue CAT) and was named that way probably due to it's proximity to the Art Gallery/Museum in Northbridge. IIRC, the Blue Clipper went as far north as Bulwer St as that was the extent of the City of Perth in those days. When the City of Perth was broken up it was brought back to Newcastle or Aberdeen St (someone correct me please) when the Town of Vincent was created.

[wayfarer]

Which made me wonder, what was the difference between a City Clipper from a Cultural Clipper?
Cheers!

don't know but they should probably have considered giving the title to some of the mirrabooka b/s routes!

[ADX666]

The word 'Gunzel' is believed to be a derivation of the American slang gunsel , meaning a gangster or hoodlum who uses a gun, one of the reasons I dont like being called one, although I do shoot buses, trains, and everyone in my family regularly!

[kp.nuts]

Yesterday I saw a yellow little truck thing on the freeway with the transperth logo on. Kind of looked like a little maintenance truck or something. What does that do? Does it tow broken down buses?

[tbc1983]

Did it look something like these?




Cheers!

[kp.nuts]

Indeed it did! Except with the change of logo of course

[ADX666]

Cool shot of what became Renault 751

[jonwil]

Where was the shot with the artic taken? Looks like Fremantle on Queens Street to me but I dont remember the exact location.

Oh wait, now I think I know where it is, the gas station in the photo is now part of Shacks Holden and the car yard is now an Officeworks...

[ADX666]

Yep, the flying angel club is still there I reckon!

[mrobsessed]

Buswest have the F86 Volvo and Southern Coast have the Scania.

[jonwil]

Isn't there one of these tow trucks up at the BPSWA?

[Bus-1809]

Yes but it is a Leyland OPS4

[kp.nuts]

How quick would a train go from, say, Perth to Mandurah non-stop? Because I was thinking during peak times, some of the trains going against the grain could just go express to the terminus to have a quicker throughput and to get passengers into the city quicker.

For example, in the morning, trains come down the Joondalup line as usual, they stop at Esplanade station, then go express all the way to Mandurah station, then go up the Mandurah line as usual. This way, there would be more trains per hour, so there should be less waiting and less cramming. And because there are very few passengers going against peak flow, it wouldn't be a problem.

Of course, not all trains would be express (there are still people that need them), but maybe 1 in 2 or 3 trains would stop at the stations.

And this probably wouldn't work on the Midland and Fremantle lines as I would have thought there would be too many passengers going to Fremantle/Midland and stops along the way. And the Joondalup line trains might stop at Joondalup too. And the Armadale/Thornlie line might need some reconsidering with issues with transfers at Cannington between the 2 lines.

So yeah, I don't know how beneficial my idea would be, and how much time would be saved, but I was thinking it could theoretically help a lot, and because the trains repeat the journey more regularly, there wouldn't need to be as many trains (ie. wouldn't need to buy as many more).

[Bus-1809]

That wouldn't work as the services would be doing 20-40km/h max. You'd be sitting on Caution Signals all the way!

[kp.nuts]

Haha fair enough, that's what I was wondering. Thanks!

[Bus 400]

Would a non stop service (similar to Perth Underground to Stirling express) work say from Kwinana or Cockburn Central to Esplande?