I'm so happy to see the health effects of the twice a year time change being recognised, and a bloc as influential as the EU mandate an end to it. Daylight saving was useful in the first half of the 20th century, but the reasons for it have pretty much gone away. Hopefully the EU decision will trigg...

Glen wrote:Or have I just not noticed before?

I was wondering that about myself (also on Sunday) - I think we both now have the answer.

they can't even use the concrete runway for bustitution thanks to the centre-island platforms. Could be done with enough willpower. After all, Sydney's M2 busway has/had the same. The main *technical* issues would be the termini, and the location of many stops adjacent to (light-controlled) interse...

boronia wrote:I noticed yesterday that Optimuses 2910 (Scania) and 2938 (Volvo) have different off side window arrangements. Is this common across the fleets?

Aren't the windows slightly different between Evo II-bodied B12 and O500? (O500 has a steeper angle at the transition, I think.)

They *must* start retiring TRBs in the next couple of months (they're about to start hitting the 26 year limit), so at this late stage I assume the K310s will be going to P and M depots to replace those.

Avoid hostility from pax who think they're being creepy?

Stu wrote:5050.

They'd better not get more than one demo at a time. The "University of Woolloomooloo" solution (of everyone being called Bruce - Monty Python reference) might not work for fleet numbers.

In theory yes, but it is plagued by issues with moving the telegraph poles and overhead wires. I wonder how much "gold-plating" has added to the cost and time. Depending on location / spacing of new poles, could some money have been saved by retaining aerial power supply to properties (like the wid...

I wonder if that's the final version? Serif fonts in that situation are unusual these days.

Newcastle Flyer wrote:But STMPainter2018, it still got hot on what are meant to be air-conditioned trams.

How much of that is designed in, I wonder? It's hard to avoid when the thing just sits there at each stop while the cold air falls out the doors.

Demo units often have "car" rego. (Have a look at disposal lists for State Transit or Transit Systems for examples.)

tonyp wrote:largest government-owned electric and hybrid bus "fleet" in Australia

Vehicles

moa999 wrote:Still has a few differences such as no transfers or 8 then 50%, and the biggest - no off-peak rail fares, but I suspect that will change when they add buses mid-2019

Try it out (on a Sunday)

So it has all the hard dollar caps (daily, weekly and Sunday), but none of the discounts along the way.

tonyp wrote:rail tunnel

This is an Elon Musk tunnel, not a rail tunnel.

Stu wrote:20 x Scania diesel units are meant to be transferred from L to K towards the end of this month - possible timetable changes.

So 9 end-of-life TRBs flushed out, and 11 extras? There must be a whole pile of new deliveries about to land at Leichhardt to allow for that!

I noticed the Opal poles at Capital Square were showing Closed - due to the extended track work on the light rail in this section. At Convention where you can change from bus to the trams , you tap on as normal. Is this kind of thing being done for train track work also, or are people still suppose...

swtt wrote:How did this one get sold off before any of the 14.5s?

Meh. TRBs, CRBs, CRLs - they're all L113s.

Stu wrote:3453 returned to active duty on December 7th.

Presumably any parts it had donated since the beginning of August were replaced by scavenging from 3426?

So they can sling 50s at the driver? (Because most people don't have the sense to withdraw an amount not divisible by 50.)

If they default to "off", the people who need it won't enable it, so it's better to default "on" and make those of us who hate it go and turn it off. In the meantime it probably provides more amusement than confusion.

That was Daniel, not me

Cross-operator? So is that done in a central location (or is it just centralised inventory)?

ScaniaGrenda wrote:According to the Real Time trip applications (I.E Anytrip etc) there was a "Scania L113CRB Ansair Orana" operating the 110 Loop service this morning

Even if that's right, it certainly wouldn't be an ex-STA CRB - KD have no fuelling facilities for it!

There are not many examples which are *directly* comparable, because most cars have a unibody, while most buses have separate chassis and body frame (often designed and built by different companies).

edit: add "body"

If the 400 has mostly been given to Waverley, what choice do they have? Their fleet comprises gassies (if I understand correctly, used less at night because they need more frequent refuelling than diesels), artics (mostly intended for 333, and prohibited from 400 in any case unless route adjusted at...