Spotted onboard Kinetic bus 140 today whilst travelling around Doncaster was a newly installed Consat telematics driver unit and PID screen (similar setup to Ventura), the existing 2nd gen LED PID was still fitted but disabled.

Seen along Lonsdale St, Kinetic bus 955 has lost its smartbus livery and is now in PTV livery making it the first CB60 EVOII to be converted from smartbus livery.
Kinetic bus 912 has also had its Southport flip-dot display replaced with a new Hanover white LED display.

Some news on Ventura this past week. They are getting a fleet of 22 Custom Endeavours/Scania units to be delivered from later this year. https://www.aumanufacturing.com.au/ventura-selects-custom-denning-buses Also it appears they are sounding out the market for a potential sale/investment opportunit...

There'd be a few buses getting new destos. many of the buses getting new destos would be getting the old flipdots replaced. I know 8296 has kept its LED desto. has 8607 gotten a new desto or did it keep its LED desto? Bus 8296 and 8607 are Volvos that were factory fitted with LED displays so no cha...

Kinetic bus 8607 has lost its silver and is now in PTV livery.
Also a few of the buses in the Kinetic fleet over the last few months have received new destination displays from Hanover (935 and 950 have a full new set of white LED displays) or BUSE (943 front unit only)

Sighted Kinetic bus 8296 (Volgren CR228L/Volvo B7RLE) on Lonsdale St in the CBD on Wed, it has lost its silver livery and is now in PTV livery.

So the electric bus rollout was expanded upon this week beyond the 36 on order for Kinetic and Ventura's existing bus. The 41 additional electric buses are spread amongst a few operators; 1x Latrobe Valley (Volvo BZL) 3x Seymour 3x Sunbury 8x CDCVic(Oakleigh) 26x Ventura (Ivanhoe, full depot convers...

First new bus for Kinetic will be bus 3001 a Volgren Optimus/BYD unit, based on the clip on 7news.

The government has announced that Sunshine West and Heatherton depots will host the first 36 electric buses as part of fleet procurement strategy as part of the contract, with both depots to get undercover shelter to accommodate electric buses and charging facilities. There was also the announcement...

Even though Transdev has a couple of days left of their contract, their successor Kinetic isn't waiting for the changeover to start work, sighted Skybus bus 227 (with a few staff) today travelling east along a section of George St in Doncaster used by route 305 performing what appears to be route/ne...

That's how they're doing it in Canberra, but what a joke it is when a crowd of people getting off and a crowd getting on have to filter through a single leaf door with stairs. It's almost as bad as the old pay as you enter days! I meant a glass cocoon for the driver with ducted air! TransGlaze prov...

Transdev appears to have started rolling out the new driver protection screens by TransGlaze https://www.transglaze.com.au/covid/ across more of the fleet after the initial batch was done.
This design has also been selected by Dysons for their new Gemilang's.

Noticed recently that Transdev bus 755 (Mercedes Benz O405NH, CB60) has had its old flip-dot desto replaced by a new orange led display.
Also a new bus hook turn has been installed in the CBD for route 250/251 inbound buses doing right turns from Exhibition St into Lonsdale St.

Anyone else notice that Transdev's twitter account has suddenly become highly active since lockdown and now into the lead up to the future tender. Transdev seems to place more importance on orbitals than anything else, as that's practically where all new buses they have received over the contract pe...

Transdev have withdrawn bus 585 (MAN 16.220 Designline) and 574 (MAN 16.240 Custom Coaches CB30) from service, both are currently listed for sale.
Transdev really wasted money installing loop barriers on 574 in the last few months only to sell the unit now. Was a good unit bus 574.

Another batch of MercedesBenz O405NH buses; 713, 716, 727, 729, 730, 731, 734, have been retired and ended up at Manheim's auctions.

Bus 140 has returned to service, following a rebuild of the front end.

One of Transdev former CB30's has showed up in NSW in flood waters as seen in the link https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-10/ ... s/11948158, seems these units have travelled far.

Sighted at The Pines on Sunday was a new addition to the Transdev fleet, bus 183 a Optare Solo with rego BS05FL. Same specs as previous units only difference was a perspex security screen instead of mesh. Bus 182(Gemilang/Scania) had its original mesh screen and loop barrier replaced by a full persp...

With the fleet renewal progressing along, Transdev has withdrawn a number of buses on MAN chassis.
These MAN buses are now at Manheim Auctions.
Withdrawn buses are;
Custom Coaches CB30: 525, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 538, 544, 551.
Designline: 582, 583, 584.

Can confirm the rego for bus 1133 is BS05AI.

Sighted several new buses that entered service today, 1101 (Scania/Gemilang) seen heading outbound in the Eastern Fwy. A number of Volgren Optimuses were in service this evening, the seats have changed from McConnell Centra design to the Metro design. 1128 (Scania/Volgren) rego BS05AD. 1131 (Scania/...

The new orders of low floors in Victoria are a government-led initiative. For sure the industry most likely wouldn't have gone this direction on its own initiative. I believe the various orders of double deckers are also a result of government initiatives, as are the electric buses. I don't blame t...

Observed on another forum - all-door boarding on the 902. Is this now an official position on the smartbuses, or all buses, or is it just an operator being sensible and pragmatic? Short answer: No, Most if not all operators in Victoria go by the exit only rule for the back door, however there is di...

As of the start of July bus 118 (Scania K360UA/Gemilang artic) has returned to service following repairs for its fire incident a number of months ago.

Some news today in regards to the order of 100 new buses for Transdev, All 100 will be locally built split 50 Volgren and 50 Gemilang/OzPress. https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/new-bus-fleet-order-creates-20-ballarat-jobs/ https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/5994553/good-news-for-ballarat-manufacturers...