Why do so many buses still travel into the CBD proper beyond Railway Square/Belmore Park? It just astounds me why they feel the need to have bus services run into the congested CBD core, when changing to a train or light rail is quicker (in most cases) It's hardly a proper interchange with a fair w...

Most likely by operating another Penrith to Penrith service via the Olympic loop, although there are other ways such as operating via the City Circle or different arms of the Lidcombe or Granville triangles.

We're talking here about the history in NSW. What parties of the right and left did in other jurisdictions is irrelevant to this topic. The point is that by abolishing its trams, NSW did the same thing as all other Australian cities bar Melbourne in that era. In the meantime, they tenanciously foug...

The Inner West Light Rail extensions from Wentworth Park to Lilyfield and Lilyfield to Dulwich Hill both commenced under Labor administrations, although the government had changed by the time the latter opened.

The landscape in the 1950s was that with the advent of the car, public transport had gone from being a break-even or even profitable business to one that was requiring ever increasing subsidies so righty government was looking at how it could cut costs. We can all look at the world through parochial...

The legacy tram network would probably have gone regardless of who was in power, not as if NSW bucked the trend, many cities around the world did away with their trams at the same time. And we are talking about a decision made 70 years ago, long before any of today's decision makers were even born. ...

A predictable non-event, didn't tell us anything we didn't already know, and the government will proceed as planned.

There's also often no need to transfer once you reach any point in the CBD, people just walk. The improvement of the surface pedestrian environment will make that an even better experience. While many people's journey concludes in the CBD, there are plenty that merely pass through it on the way fro...

Victoria Cross station will not be linked to North Sydney station. The two North Sydney stations are several hundred metres apart, so an underground link is not really needed, although during daylight hours they will largely be connected via the underground Greenwood Plaza. However, I don't think i...

Either way, clearly TSA clearly doesn't feel artics are best suited to region 6, being laid up in numbers during the peak bears testament to that. Not as if they have been parked up in favour of newer buses either, as much older Scania L113s, Mercedes O405NHs and Volvo B12BLEs are frequently used on...

Seeing the conversation regarding Transit System's artics is way off topic suggest it be continued at viewtopic.php?f=2&t=85735. Can an admin please copy the relevant posts?

Continuing from https://www.busaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1069231#p1069231 DId they want them or were they forced on them? The fleet was prescribed, bidders didn't get to cherry pick which buses they wanted. I remember a discussion here some time back that operators had to have prior writte...

It’s no secret TSA hates their artics and wants to get rid of them - this is the perfect opportunity! Noticed last weekend with large crowds predicted at beaches, State Transit was doing the right thing by rostering artics on its services that served beaches, but Transit Systems persisted with its ...

"Downer said the company had investigated", would suggest it did more than just accept "CRRC denied".

tonyp wrote: ↑One Chinese company investigates another. Good one.

Except Downer isn't a Chinese company, but an Australian company listed on the ASX with none of its substantial shareholders bring Chinese either.

When mentioning Queensland, I wasn't just thinking of Bustech, Volgren too, which had a facility in NSW but it was let go for lack of orders. Do Volgren still have a Queensland facility, saw some vehicles being completed for Brisbane Transportat the Dandenong factory a few years ago? IIRC, the NSW ...

The current policy seems to be total abandonment of local sourcing. It perplexes me for example that they're so willing to buy large numbers of buses from Queensland, probably more than Queensland buys itself! No, the contracts to build buses are let via a competitive tendering system, with Bustech...

Wait till the media works out that John Holland is a China-owned company. I'm sure the major outlets are well aware of it, having reported its sale back in 2015 and its various contract wins since. Is seemingly getting some press because some knuckle-draggers at Sky News have cottoned on as part of...

Looking at some CityRail timetables from 2012, the T1 between Blacktown and Penrith, T8 between Revesby and Macarthur and T9 between Strathfield and Epping all had 30 minute frequencies (at least partially) during the weekday off-peak.

Noticed a number of unregistered Murrays coaches parked up at the John Holland depot adjacent to the North-West Transitway in Seven Hills, Sydney. Can even be seen on Google maps. https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-33.7703967,150.9593307,3a,15y,256.57h,85.88t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1stncYRpPzsOMDEE00SIyk1Q...

I understand that Fire & Rescue NSW has obtained a couple of "carriages" for use at their new Training Academy at Orchard Hills. I wonder what they will get? V set power cars probably, there are a couple of DCMs at Maintrain that have been used as parts sources and I believe 2 power cars from the A...

tonyp wrote: ↑It's almost exactly like the Perth system, a rapid transit system - high average speed, with high frequency and an all-stopping pattern.

Perth is hardly high frequency, 10 minutes peak and 30 minute off-peak frequency on some lines, and multiple stopping patterns with stations skipped.

Notably even though the Bustech XDI became the chassis of choice for the Calabro's Sunbus and Surfside operations, it wasn't for their Busabout operation that continued purchasing Bustech bodied Mercedes and Volvos. Presumably Bustech chassis made it onto the TfNSW approved list as Busways have 3 on...

This government likes to do things on the cheep when it comes to price so if European electric buses are cheep then they will get electric buses from Europe Yup, all those heavy-duty chassis from MAN, Mercedes, Scania and Volvo that they keep on buying must be cheap. More mindless dribble, does any...