[July 2012] SA Transport Observations

retiredbendy · Post by **retiredbendy** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 4:42 pm

jibb wrote:Would be great to see photos of this new vehicle.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanthesco ... hotostream

Muttley · Post by **Muttley** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:48 pm

It seems that 1801 has been built to STA Sydney specs, judging by the rubber mounted windows, double width centre door and the external mirror arms

Douglas · Post by **Douglas** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:51 pm

Also has Mobitec destos.

retiredbendy · Post by **retiredbendy** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:55 pm

TT's 1255 is back in service after the 'front-end' crash. It now has NO Red smile.

Dave C · Post by **Dave C** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:02 pm

1801 is a cancelled Sydney Buses order.

jibb · Post by **jibb** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:21 pm

Shame there are not a few more.

citadis203 · Post by **citadis203** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:15 pm

retiredbendy wrote:
jibb wrote:Would be great to see photos of this new vehicle.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanthesco ... hotostream

I have some questions;
What is(in the Flickr photo of inside of the bus) the black large area directly in point of view, and does it have a front (in photo) left seat??
Thanks in advance:-)

Douglas · Post by **Douglas** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:53 pm

citidas203 wrote:I have some questions;
What is(in the Flickr photo of inside of the bus) the black large area directly in point of view, and does it have a front (in photo) left seat??

I assume you mean what looks to be the little black room up the back?

I believe that's part of the engine, the cooling system perhaps.

Post by **busrider** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:05 pm

The engine itself is in there... The bus does have a front left seat, but the space where the front right seat would be, behind the driver, is a luggage bay.

retiredbendy · Post by **retiredbendy** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:03 am

Here is the new Árndale Interchange'.

Post by **Daniel** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:05 pm

Dave C wrote:1801 is a cancelled Sydney Buses order.

Close. It was built alongside the Sydney Buses Scanias in Sydney but was always intended to be a Scania demo, with the Sydney Buses specs as a basis. Demo arrangements fell through and it was put up for sale some months ago.

jibb · Post by **jibb** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:10 pm

LCB MAN SL202 874 which hit an ETSA stobie pole at Kilkenny on the 6th June returned to service today fully repaired .

TT · Post by TT » Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:52 pm

So who bought 1801 then? Transfield or the SA government?

Post by **busrider** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 7:09 pm

1801 is government owned.

retiredbendy · Post by **retiredbendy** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:42 pm

Saw #765 with a 'S' on it's windscreen.

Columbo · Post by **Columbo** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 10:42 pm

retiredbendy wrote:Here is the new Árndale Interchange'.

Still a fair bit of confusion with the new setup. Zone E is now operational but Zone A is now out of action so the 100/231/300 are using Zone E also...which is the reverse of last week when Zone E was closed and the 250-254 were stopping at Zone A (sometimes).
Bit of a hike from the shops to the new stops at the moment (especially Zone A and B) and there are no shelters and very little lighting, hopefully this improves in the next few weeks.

retiredbendy · Post by **retiredbendy** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 3:26 pm

SouthLink's 3230 has entered service now and I just saw it on a 861 on Currie St.

Saw 1605 on a 'B10'.

Also saw LCB's 895 and it has TT's signing above the drivers window.

Eagle Eye · Post by **Eagle Eye** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:42 pm

retiredbendy wrote:Saw 1605 on a 'B10'.

Where did you see it? Maybe it was on a G10, as that bus was last reported as being with LCB. B10 and G10 look almost identical on the flip-dot matrix.

jibb · Post by **jibb** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:47 pm

1605 is definitely an LCB bus based at Morphettville Depot.It arrived at Marion this afternoon on a G10 and after a short layover left on a 248.
It seems the new rosters might be working better than before the July changes.Buses now seem to have longer layover times and there are more services running closer to schedule than previously.
Good news Light-City buses!
retiredbendy-B10 is an East-West service operated by Torrens Transit

retiredbendy · Post by **retiredbendy** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:51 pm

Eagle Eye wrote:
retiredbendy wrote:Saw 1605 on a 'B10'.
Where did you see it? Maybe it was on a G10, as that bus was last reported as being with LCB. B10 and G10 look almost identical on the flip-dot matrix.

It was travelling along 'King William Road' past Elder Park.

Haydown500 · Post by **Haydown500** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:41 pm

There are 6 O- Bahn Scania's that have had their speed limited to 85kmh by Workshop for "engineering reasons".. There are speed limit changes coming for the Busway also

jibb · Post by **jibb** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:02 pm

Will that affect schedules /running times?

jibb · Post by **jibb** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:12 pm

In today's SA Government Tenders section,tenders have been called for the sale of 2 Mercedes Rigids and 1 Artic buses(all 1985 ex O-Bahn vehicles).

Post by **busrider** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 2:08 am

For the fleet lists: 1368 Mk II SL200 has been identified as ex-MBL #349:

349 0349AO MAN SL200 6AB8890090MX00153 Ansair "Mk2" MAN2025 06/1990 B40D

Leigh · Post by **Leigh** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 8:27 am

Haydown500 wrote:There are 6 O- Bahn Scania's that have had their speed limited to 85kmh by Workshop for "engineering reasons".. There are speed limit changes coming for the Busway also

Are they artics or rigids?

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