Transport for Brisbane Observations 2023

[BT Enthusiast]

Toowong doesn’t really need any of Sherwood’s B8s
Historically I think they’ve had 160-180 buses, if we assume all B8s except Sherwoods are transferred (around 105), then Toowong has 105+66 MANs = 171 buses.

It doesn’t seem like they need more, unless their responsibilities have grown. They’re the biggest they’ve been in recent years right now!

[TangyBanana]

Toowong doesn’t really need any of Sherwood’s B8s
Historically I think they’ve had 160-180 buses, if we assume all B8s except Sherwoods are transferred (around 105), then Toowong has 105+66 MANs = 171 buses.

It doesn’t seem like they need more, unless their responsibilities have grown. They’re the biggest they’ve been in recent years right now!

Expect a final number closer to 185

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[qut391]

1652 on Route 60 today with the “S” removed.

[BT Enthusiast]

Yep also saw yesterday a naked 1652 with no wrap and no depot prefix

[Megumi]

Will new diesel/diesel-hybrid buses be coming to Brisbane in the coming months? Some of my friends who work in related a manufacturer have disclosed this information, indicating that a great number of Scania Hybrid buses are heading to Queensland.

[Merc1107]

If something big was in the works, you can bet either the State or Council would be beating their drums about it given both have elections looming on the horizon.

[Lachlan-Conley-102]

Will new diesel/diesel-hybrid buses be coming to Brisbane in the coming months? Some of my friends who work in related a manufacturer have disclosed this information, indicating that a great number of Scania Hybrid buses are heading to Queensland.

Hopefully these are Bustech ones, I reckon these will be going to a private operator as TFB seems to only go with Volvo these days.

[TheDragonFire123]

Wild mass guessing here, but given that Bus Queensland has nil electric buses or even hybrids, and the fact they often go for Scania, maybe it's them?

[Megumi]

I saw some W buses are now equipped with digital mirrors while conventional mirrors have been removed.

[Merc1107]

I saw some W buses are now equipped with digital mirrors while conventional mirrors have been removed.

This is on buses that have had a barrier/cage retrofitted.

[Megumi]

I saw some W buses are now equipped with digital mirrors while conventional mirrors have been removed.

This is on buses that have had a barrier/cage retrofitted.

But hopefully, they will roll out to every bus in the coming months.

[Megumi]

The bus with digital mirrors.

[BT Enthusiast]

Another bus crashed into the Graceville bridge today,
Does anyone know which one it is?

[Bg1]

It was W1493. Looks like a good chunk of roof has been ripped off too.

[TheDragonFire123]

The first example (in recent times) of an 18.310 crashing into it; usually B7RLEs are its hapless victims. Do you think it'll be repaired given that 18.310s aren't exactly first class citizens of TFB anymore?

[Merc1107]

I think it will depend on the extent of the damage - especially to the gas cylinders as those are not cheap to replace. From the photos I saw, it looked like it got off lightly compared to the B7s that have gone under.

[IHateSherwood]

Have heard from Eagle Farm leadership team that the Gold Cityglider is confirmed and in the works to commence early next year, operated by E.

There was also a rumour that it would be operated by articulated B8’s, although that seems pretty unlikely and isn’t viable.

This was a rumour a few years ago but I have not heard anything recent or seen any evidence that Tfb and Translink are planning to launch this service? Especially as a Gold Cityglider service wasn’t mentioned or announced on the new bus network plan whatsoever.

[Merc1107]

On page 9 of the document "Brisbane's New Network Draft - October 2022", the following is noted:

Council is proposing a new service, the Gold CityGlider, connecting Northshore Hamilton
to Woolloongabba, subject to a joint funding agreement with Translink.

[BT Enthusiast]

2831 is now surprisingly at S… spotted today with S decals everywhere

[verbatim9]

I saw the eBus that usually runs on route 30 doing the R599 run at Toowong today.

[BT Enthusiast]

Are you sure it wasn’t a very similar bus from Transdev Capalaba? As fair as I know BCC doesn’t do any rail replacement.

[verbatim9]

Yeah it must have been the Transdev one.

[Bg1]

So I’ve just come across S5102 and S5100 doing a 140 and 150 respectively both still with S signage. 5102 also did a 140 outbound run yesterday arvo. Does anyone know if this is just shift covers or are they transferring more to possibly Garden City/Willawong from Sherwood?

[Merc1107]

S5102 is now W5102 (saw it yesterday with S decals in the morning, W decals by afternoon), so it's only just made the move in the last few days.

[TheDragonFire123]

In case it wasn't already confirmed earlier, W1425 is another bus with the Willawong technology upgrade.