Transport In Review 2020

[Zidanehartono]

With 2020 coming to an end, here's a review of what has changed and/or happened.

JANUARY

18th: Transdev WA's last day of operations after nearly 9 years in the Joondalup/Wangara Area with TP2968 operating the last timetabled trip under the former operator.
19th: Swan Transit commenced operations in the Joondalup Contract Area the very next day.
23th: After a 2 year stint at Perth Airport, the only Lion's City Hybrid-bodied MAN NL323F had its livery removed as it was withdrawn from service awaiting to be sent to Brisbane.

FEBRUARY

3rd: Off-peak deviations to the Warnbro Centre were trialled for 12 months on Route 560.
21st: 12 Volvo B7RLE's, 2175-2186, joins the Path Transit fleet all allocated at Malaga Depot.
24th: To reduce overcrowding on Yellow CAT services in the Perth CBD, the Yellow CAT and Route 28 will operate additional services during to school days for students going to Perth Modern School, Bob Hawke College and Shenton College.
25th: For approximately 18 months, Karrinyup Bus Station moved into the median strip at Karrinyup Road to facilitate works at Karrinyup Shopping Centre.

MARCH

1st: A big day for Transperth as the one-time "Highway to Hell" event resulted in significant service disruptions and deviations being put in place along with the 3 special event services provided to cater for the event.
5th: Route 352 and 469 ceases operations after its last timetabled service.
8th: Taking effect are the changes to services in the northern suburbs commencing from 8th March which also include the introduction of route 374/375/448/449 and the removal of route 352/365/372/469.
12th: Transperth announced that they will increase its cleaning regime on buses, trains and ferries to minimize the spread of COVID-19, while passengers are encouraged to follow the health advise.
15th: Route 281 commenced operations catering for Lesmurdie Senior High School students, replacing the School Special 741.
25th: Front seats on buses were off-limits to passengers as part of a measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the tape protecting access to these seats was later removed 4 months later as per health advise.

APRIL

6th: For two weeks, bus and train services runs on a Saturday timetable between Monday and Saturday including some bus routes not covered by the Saturday timetable to operate on weekdays following its respective weekday timetable, no late night train services after midnight on Friday and Saturday nights and ferries operating on a winter timetable.
14th Parking at Transperth stations will be free until further notice.

MAY

4th: Bus and train services will run on a modified weekday timetable with additional peak period services.
24th: Due to safety concerns at the Murray Street intersection in the CBD, some bus stops on William Street were relocated.
Buses serving Oat Street Station will stop at Rutland Avenue on the opposite side of the current location due to redevelopment works at the bus stands.

JUNE

TP1466 is now used exclusively for the Midland Gate Shuttle Route 300, replacing TP1352.
TP2880 and TP2881 is now used exclusively for Joondalup CAT services on a temporary basis until the rollout of electric buses in 2022, replacing TP1824 and TP1825.

JULY

17th: Route 150 ceases operations after its last timetabled service, those short-running service merged into Route 160 on the following Sunday.
19th: A number of services on Route 103 withdrawn due to the introduction of Route 26, Route 501 became a high frequency route as the 915 with additional trips provided, particularly at school peak times, and Route 522 withdrawn and replaced witha School Special 770 and additional services on the 532.

AUGUST

After 5 years, the last Path Transit-operated Mercedes-Benz OC500LE, 1434, has been refurbished.
15th: The Red CAT (Fremantle) will cease operations due to funding reduction by the Fremantle Council as a result from the COVID-19 pandemic, the situation will be reviewed in the next 12 months.
23rd: Buses servicing Oats Street Station will returned to the bus stands on Banks Street following completion of the redevelopment.
After 2 years, TP2899 is the last bus numbered in the 28xx-series delivered and put into service.

SEPTEMBER

The first and second bus numbered in the 32xx-series, 3200 and 3201, was put into service that month.
27th: Route 950 no longer serve Mounts Bay Road and instead, travel via the new Riverside Drive bus lanes to/from Elizabeth Quay Bus Station.

OCTOBER

7th: TP2974 is Perth's 1000th Volvo bus delievered to the Public Transport Authority, marking 10 years into the contract with the Swedish manufacturer.
11th: The grouped numbering for the bus stands at Perth Busport's will be replaced by a 2 zone system. Zone A will consist stands 5 to 12 and Zone B will consist stands 1 to 4 and 13 to 16.
27th: A proposed Free Transit Zone (FTZ) in the Fremantle area as a replacement for the CAT services is being considered by the City of Fremantle as part of a review into the service since June.

NOVEMBER

1839 joins the BPSWA fleet after its withdrawal from Transperth services to be preserved alongside 1302.
Ex-Joondalup CAT 1824 has found a new home with a party bus operator a few months after its withdrawal from Transperth service.
Swan Transit decorated the front grill on some of their Transperth buses with moustache decals.
9 Volvo B7RLE's, 2300-2308, joins the TransGoldfields fleet in Kalgoorlie which will replace the Mercedes-Benz O405NH's there.
20th: The first Volvo B8RLEA under PTA's second contract with the manufacturer has been registered, these units will have the same feature as those on newer rigid B8RLE's.

DECEMBER

The final few Path Transit-operated O405NH's, 1566-1568 and 1724, has been withdrawn from revenue service and currently stored at Redcliffe Depot after their short stint at Malaga Depot.
8th: Truck Centre Welshpool for buses now operates at 507 Abernethy Road, Kewdale that was formerly used for trucks which they now operate at a newly-built site in Forrestfield, this however means that the site at 25 Furnace Road in Welshpool is now closed.
10th: TP3209 is the 2000th Volgren-bodied bus to be built at their Malaga factory.
25th-28th: All Transperth services operated on a Sunday/Public Holiday timetable on these consecutive days due to Christmas Day and the Boxing Day long weekend.

[Squiddy]

Looks good, only thing I'd add is December also saw Path's final NHs withdrawn from revenue service.

Good chance (but unconfirmed at this stage) December also saw the last NHs for Transdev (the remaining CR226Ls) parked up too.

And I'm not sure if it's noteworthy enough to make your list, but 1434 was refurbished in August, marking the completion of Path's OC refurbishments over the last ~five years

[Enviro 500]

Also, Swan Transit's contract for Canning and Gosnells was apparently extended to 2022, possibly to tie in with that of Kalamunda, paving the way for all 3 packages to be operated by one single operator in future, who is most likely the incumbent for Kalamunda.

[Off The Rails]

Or, you know, has been extended/delayed due to the current world situation, like with many government contracts that isn't an urgent thing to do.

Cheers!

[Woolies_truck]

Also worth noting that the Rockingham and Fremantle contract will also be up for tender in 2022, along with Kalamunda, canning and southern river.

[Enviro 500]

Also worth noting that the Rockingham and Fremantle contract will also be up for tender in 2022, along with Kalamunda, canning and southern river.

Yup, Rocko and Freo (and eventually Perth CAT) to Go-Ahead, Kalamunda, Canning and Southern River to Path Transit would be the best case scenario, leaving Swan Transit to take both Morley and Midland in 2025.

[Bus Suggestions]

I think just worth noting that this isn't a prediction thread, rather a review thread...

[Squiddy]

I think just worth noting that this isn't a prediction thread, rather a review thread...

I agree. In case people forget, the topic is 'Stuff that happened in 2020'. Not stuff that's happening in 2022, or in people's imaginations... It's getting pretty annoying to see so many threads being cluttered up by off-topic baseless speculation and 'what-ifs', mostly stemming from one user in particular. Please stop, or at the very least keep it to the thread where it belongs.

And also one thing I forgot to add, route 522 was also withdrawn on 19/07

[Enviro 500]

The changes at the Busport coincided with the truncation of 67 and 68 to said terminus.

Also, 33 no longer serves Karawara, effectively becoming the former route 70.

[Bus-1809]

Yup, Rocko and Freo (and eventually Perth CAT) to Go-Ahead, Kalamunda, Canning and Southern River to Path Transit would be the best case scenario, leaving Swan Transit to take both Morley and Midland in 2025.

and you know this how? or is your imagination working in overdrive again?

Speculation does NOT need to be posted on this forum. Things like this are best kept to yourself.