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- Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:48 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Newcastle light rail, renewal & integrated transport
- Replies: 1164
- Views: 335778
Re: Newcastle light rail, renewal & integrated transport
Didn’t CAF maintenance do the same to Variobahns on the IWLR? (Overcost/Restrict Variobahn parts to make ordering new Urbos’s more attractive). I wouldn’t be surprised if they were also restricting parts for all Urbos systems to encourage just ordering new trams because it would mean higher margins...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:49 am
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Newcastle light rail, renewal & integrated transport
- Replies: 1164
- Views: 335778
Re: Newcastle light rail, renewal & integrated transport
It all boils down to TfNSW's longstanding poor capability for procuring the best vehicles/vessels/designs/suppliers for the job. This is but one example.
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:21 pm
- Forum: Photos - General/Miscellaneous/Various
- Topic: Sydney to Brisbane by Flxible Clipper 1951
- Replies: 0
- Views: 103
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 6:08 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Bus Observations 2024.
- Replies: 275
- Views: 28880
Re: Bus Observations 2024.
I'm not personally a big fan of EVs (I much prefer diesels - especially the ones from the late 90s!) but the statistics do show that electric vehicles are less likely to catch fire than conventionally fuelled vehicles. According to this university report, petrol and diesel vehicles are 20 times mor...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 11:58 am
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Bus Observations 2024.
- Replies: 275
- Views: 28880
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 10:19 am
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Bus Observations 2024.
- Replies: 275
- Views: 28880
Re: Bus Observations 2024.
That would be about all I think. Even that isn't much of an issue in NSW since we don't have all-door boarding and all that buses have to do is pull in at 45 degrees like a taxi to ensure the front door is at the kerb!
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 11:31 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Bus Observations 2024.
- Replies: 275
- Views: 28880
Re: Bus Observations 2024.
I presume that routes have to be engineered and approved for double deckers. They can't just run anywhere like single deckers. If extra capacity is needed at short notice, artics are the answer.
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:01 am
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Sydney Metro - Tallawong to Bankstown
- Replies: 5239
- Views: 1029012
Re: Sydney Metro - Tallawong to Bankstown
You wouldn't catch it from Castle Hill to the city because it's quicker by metro. Whilst I don't doubt people close to Castle Hill Station will take the Metro, the bus is not as slow as you may think. The off peak 610X running time from Castle Hill Station to Wynyard is 34 minutes. From Baulkham Hi...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:12 am
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Sydney Metro - Tallawong to Bankstown
- Replies: 5239
- Views: 1029012
Re: Sydney Metro - Tallawong to Bankstown
Hopefully not the ones that carry standing loads like the 610X, much of which they pick up (inbound) well south of Castle Hill. Presumably these are justified because their catchment is through corridors not covered by the metro. You wouldn't catch it from Castle Hill to the city because it's quick...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:44 am
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Sydney Metro - Tallawong to Bankstown
- Replies: 5239
- Views: 1029012
Re: Sydney Metro - Tallawong to Bankstown
There is a proposal for the current route 320 to be modified into a rapid route and operate between Mascot and North Sydney. TfNSW. Have Your Say on the On-street Transit Bus and Light Rail Network. https://hdp-au-prod-app-nsw-haveyoursay-files.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/5317/0002/5733/97ca188...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:05 am
- Forum: General Transport Discussion
- Topic: Other Body Builders Discussion / Observations
- Replies: 96
- Views: 20175
Re: Other Body Builders Discussion / Observations
Another international brand closes up operations in Australia, EBusco https://www.busnews.com.au/ebusco-announces-closure-of-australian-operations/ Wonder what became of the demonstrator model that was touring the Bus Expo two years back. Inevitable. A small manufacturer can't compete with Chinese ...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:14 am
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Bus Observations 2024.
- Replies: 275
- Views: 28880
Re: Bus Observations 2024.
It is rather strange to think they need that many buses past the Bankstown line occupation even when they own charter operators around the country. A fleet of 43-44 seat, two door buses aren’t ideal for large scale charter work as they’re too low capacity. Unless they somehow plan to add an extra 1...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:43 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Bus Observations 2024.
- Replies: 275
- Views: 28880
Re: Bus Observations 2024.
I'd assume that Station Link was funded by TfNSW, however, that begs the question of why TfNSW (and the taxpayers of NSW) paid for Station Link but not for the Bankstown contract, considering both the ECRL shutdown and the T3 partial shutdown were for conversion to Metro standard. If the lack of el...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 6:44 am
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Bus Observations 2024.
- Replies: 275
- Views: 28880
Re: Bus Observations 2024.
Volgren managed to deliver 120 buses to CDC Hillsbus back in 2018 for Station Link within a timeframe of 5 months, with a bus a day at certain points in the deliver schedule. In this sense, 60 in 6 months wouldn't have been too much of an ask, provided, of course, that adequate notice had been give...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:44 am
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Bus Observations 2024.
- Replies: 275
- Views: 28880
Re: Bus Observations 2024.
The point is that they're cheaper from China.
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:04 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: West Connex Interchange Abject Failure.
- Replies: 74
- Views: 6614
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:06 am
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Rail Observations 2024
- Replies: 108
- Views: 10058
Re: Rail Observations 2024
Every line in Sydney has been closed regularly on weekends for the last 40 years, more so than any other system I know. They must have been doing something during all of those possessions (I hope). I think both of us recall how many times we were promised over the years that a better service would ...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:31 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Rail Observations 2024
- Replies: 108
- Views: 10058
Re: Rail Observations 2024
Perhaps the patronage is low because the buses are hourly. Jack them up to 15 minutes and see what happens.Linto63 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:44 am With the bus service that more or less parallels the railway line operating only hourly, is there really any demand?
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:56 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Parramatta light rail
- Replies: 1074
- Views: 274672
Re: Parramatta light rail
Wouldn't leave any room for anything to go wrong with the timetable either. Aerial imagery suggests that the platform on the southern side of Macquarie Street might have enough room to be turned into an island, similar to the arrangement at Chalmers Street Central. I've just come from a discussion ...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:30 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: TfNSW Panel 4
- Replies: 4
- Views: 603
Re: TfNSW Panel 4
Yes, I'm aware that Panel 3 expires on 19 March, that's why I said I'll wait till next week. It just perplexes me to understand why they want a confidentiality deed when there's nothing in a Bus Panel that they have to be secretive about. I'm sure they're not about to open up the market to a lot of ...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:02 am
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: New Intercity Fleet Purchases/Observation
- Replies: 1147
- Views: 303964
Re: New Intercity Fleet Purchases/Observation
I was in a V set the other day helping my mother who struggles to walk these days and I've got to say they are not disabled or cripple friendly. They are looking out of date as a result. Rediculous is taken half a decade to take a passenger of the upcoming NIF sets. Regardless of the lack of Wheelc...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:49 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: TfNSW Panel 4
- Replies: 4
- Views: 603
TfNSW Panel 4
I hope this isn't an ominous development in NSW: https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/system/files/media/documents/2023/Confidentiality-Agreement_bus-panel_all-bus-operators_July-2022.pdf Panel 3 is expiring next week and hitherto all Panel versions have been published on the TfNSW web site. Panel 4 is ...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:16 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: NSW Electric Bus Plan
- Replies: 1681
- Views: 162956
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:13 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: West Connex Interchange Abject Failure.
- Replies: 74
- Views: 6614
Re: West Connex Interchange Abject Failure.
Oh dear you've really fallen for the motorway con "all we need is one more missing link". :lol: There's always one more, they design them that way !! No, it's part of the same scheme and it's currently under construction. It's not an afterthought to try to correct problems from the first ...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:58 am
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: NSW Electric Bus Plan
- Replies: 1681
- Views: 162956
Re: NSW Electric Bus Plan
Some trams are fitted with cruise control. It helps with retarding as much as moving along.