thanks - not sure what the issue is with displaying the fleet numbers? Unless of course the operators have been lying to their insurers about operations or making dodgy assertions to advertisers (via the agent) about how long buses actually spend on the road. Still struggling to think of a legitima...

Mitch wrote:Aren't BCI and BLK pretty much the exact same thing anyway?

Thanks,
Mitchul

BCI stopped working with Bonluck and is now working with a new Chinese partner called Fengtai.

http://ftbcibus.com/index.aspx#.VUZJw88cSM8

Scania K280UBs for Transdev, there are already 6 on the roads.

MAN Chassis Type/Platform codes Note: I will be using the terms “chassis type” and “platform” interchangeably below. This is to supplement what is given on the first page of this thread. On the first page of this thread, the nomenclature of the specific MAN bus models has been given. Two examples o...

Bedford-29 wrote:Its a 2014-2015 Toyota Coaster re-badged by Golden Dragon but having a Cummins engine slotted in it will give it a bit of punch.
http://www.patico.com/brands

May have more power, but probably wouldn't last as long as a Coaster or Rosa.

Is anyone able to give me some feedback regarding this one? This clip is of the same bus, but with different mechanical issues, recorded in 2012. I'm very curious about it, since the sound is weird, but actually sort of unique. http://www.mediafire.com/download/565re14orpk9wqo/2558+%285%29.mp3 Soun...

Passenger 57 wrote: So were they stored value cards? That's the only way I can see a transfer rebate working with mag stripe cards.

Yes they were.

Previously, it was calculated in stages (though, a stage in Singapore is shorter than a section in Sydney) for buses and distances for trains, and fares were calculated separately with a transfer rebate to compensate the inconvenience of transfers, a legacy from the days of magnetic fare cards. Did...

In the case people do tap off at an earlier stop than their actual one, another person would have inccured a default fare unintentionally. That person whp incurred the default fare and not asked for a fare adjustment, in eccense would have compensated for the other person who abused the system. The...

The remaining Bustech 'SBV''s to be delivered are for Tamworth. Buslines Group will take delivery of three new MAN RR- 19 320 buses with Bustech "SBV" bodies which be delivered to Ballina & Picton. Which it is the first time since 1991 that Buslines Group has purchased new MAN's… Is t...

Jus a suggestion why not put a CDI body on a chasis and call it a CDV(Volvo). If Transdev were to buy their new deckers on Volvo chassis, the likelihood of it being a B5TL Euro VI chassis instead of a B9TL Euro V chassis would be pretty high as I believe Volvo Buses is set on winding up B9TL produc...

Because public transport has always been about feeding those locations. Hence my point. Build metro like capacity to where you want people to end up and plan to house them around it, instead of planning to funnel them 40km away. Goes against what they teach in planning courses, unless of course you...

Give the 220s a massive horsepower boost. 16.220 = 16 ton chassis with a 220hp engine? That's disgraceful. Make it a 16.340 then more horsepower = less work for the engine = less overheating. But I guess that would cost a lot of money... 12.220 = converted to 12.270 14.220 = converted to 14.290 15....

MysticRose wrote:what station would that be?

Southern Cross, Melbourne.

Port Stephens Coaches: http://www.pscoaches.com.au/201013-netw ... tables.php

Anyone notice the Telegraph left out the North Shore as one of Transdev's areas? Seems abit rich to fine a bus company for not doing the impossible. The government should try harder to improve the passage of the bus services routinely held up at traffic jam black spots instead of burdening the comp...

Green's Route 15 has 4 trips every weekday which terminate and 3 trips which start at Stanwell Park (instead of Stanwell Tops) in the new timetable.

Is Picton buslines in metro contracts (they run the 900 route) because I haven't seen any TfNSW info or opal indication on picton buslines even though they were fitted out with working T-Card infastructure and were used by school kids back in the day. they are part of outer-metropolitan, but was gi...

CityRail wrote:887 operates from Wollongong to Campbelltown
592 operates from Mooney Mooney (Central Coast) to Hornsby (Selected trips only)
690P and 690K operates from Blue Mountains to Penrith

592 and 887 are routes under Sydney Metropolitan Bus Contracts, though.

lunchbox wrote:What's the technical term for a track with a platform on BOTH sides, a la Olympic Park?
(The CBD & South East Light Rail has lots of 'em)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_solution

Didnt' know where to put this. Ex STA 2787 noted in one of the maritime yards off Mangrove Lane, Taren Point. Speaking of buses in Taren Point. Hino have had one of these in the same colour in their holding yard for a few weeks now. Probably due for the bus show shortly: http://upload.wikimedia.org...

I am very interested to see how Opal will relate to the rail replacement - it won't be long until all buses are fitted with it - but what it will mean for people with no cards (maybe drivers will need to start taking cash fares, which a lot won't be happy about) and how it will calculate the distan...

Would be interesting to see whether the Interline part of the Oliveri family will subcontract some of their services to the Metrolink part of the family.

As a kid, our family car was a 1936 Chevrolet. The chassis & running gear was made by General Motors and the body was made by the Holden Body Works company in South Australia. It had a Holden badge on it on the left hand mudguard down behind the front wheel just above the running board. Eventua...

Love it! Although I must say part of the attraction of the 80 Bustechs is that it represents 80 fewer fugly CB80s running around Sydney! Let's hope Customs have a new design by the time they win another contract :lol: Also if the STA wants to fill in the spare fleet numbers (which I'm guessing is h...