To coincide with the Belco50 street party celebration, Belconnen Community Council has kindly offered to host an enthusiasts tour of Belconnen and surrounds featuring re-enactments of significant bus routes around the Belconnen region and visits to former terminus which are now disued.
Anyone wishing to attend should print a ticket and bring it along on the day, a place will be held on the vehicle for you up to 12:50pm, after that your place will be offered to the general public. There will be one pickup, one set down only, this been Cohen st Bus Station Platform 1 and departure will be 1pm sharp with an estimated completion time of 1800 after this places will be open to the general public, tickets to this event are free, however we do ask for a $5 donation to go toward the restoration of BUS 494 to be paid upon boarding the vehicle.
At this point 49 places have been made availiable, if demand nessesitates we will make more seats availiable through use of a bigger bus or a second bus. Please note we will not be offering standing room on this tour for the comfort of everyone onboard.
Tickets Available From:Eventbrite (https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/belco-50-bus-enthusiasts-tour-tickets-25760522416?utm_term=eventurl_text)
More details will be made availiable closer to the date.
Well, I'm game, signing up for a ticket right away!
Please note the date of this tour has changed to the 10th of September due to a change in date of the street party this tour will coincide with.
Don't forget we are 6 days out from the tour and we have plenty of tickets left, I will release the full itinerary for the day after the allocation of NRL finals slots to insure we aren't caught in any traffic from a game.
What bus will be doing it?
Quote from: Bus 503 on September 04, 2016, 12:25:13 PM
What bus will be doing it?
Subject to availability, it
should be BUS.113.
And I was curious, given it's a Bike Rack equipped bus, will the option for Bike and Ride be available? :-\
Unfortunately for photos we'd prefer not
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Quote from: King of Buses on September 04, 2016, 01:07:31 PM
And I was curious, given it's a Bike Rack equipped bus, will the option for Bike and Ride be available? :-\
Quote from: #Domelight Drew on September 04, 2016, 01:10:52 PM
Unfortunately for photos we'd prefer not
Lol, good thing I was planning not to take my bike with me then ::)
Also, is there going to be some sort of seat plan, or will it just be like any other time - sit where you like?
No seat allocation, front few seat will be reserved for those organising the even as well as the extra driver/drivers.
On behalf of #DomelightDrew, I present to you the itinerary for the Belco50 tour.
Belco50 Enthusiast Tour
10th September 2016
Vehicle: BUS.113*
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/belco-50-bus-enthusiasts-tour-tickets-25760522416?utm_term=eventurl_text (https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/belco-50-bus-enthusiasts-tour-tickets-25760522416?utm_term=eventurl_text) - please show these to #DomelightDrew, King of Buses, or one of the drivers upon boarding.
Cost: Minimum $5 donation to the Restoration of BUS.494
ITINERARY
1250: Pickup @ Cohen St Bus Station (CSBS), Platform 1
1300: Departure from CSBS (travels via former route 80)
1310: Crisp Cct/Maddison Close SSO stop (then travels via former routes 80 and 71)
1335: Chuculba Cres/Canopus Cres near former Giralang Terminus (then travels via former route 30)
1345: Kaleen Terminus (then travels via former route 31)
1410: City Bus Station (then travels via former route 40)
1440: Fullagar Cres near Old Higgins Interchange (then continues via former route 40)
1455: Macgregor Terminus
1505: Douglas Waterhouse Dr/Branson St
1520: Fraser East Terminus (then travels via routes 14/314/714)
1530: Fraser West Terminus (then travels via former route 46/current 905)
1550: Kippax Centre
1615: Cameron Ave Bus Station (then travels via former route 73)
1630: Burkitt Cres/Bavay Pl (then continues via former route 73)
1640: Springvale Dr (then continues via former route 73)
1700: MEAL BREAK - Belconnen East Layover (Aikman Dr)
1725: Depart from Belconnen East Layover (then continues via former route 460)
1740: Spence Terminus (then continues via former route 413 until Melba Shops)
1815: University of Canberra - Bimbimbie St
1830: Drop off @ Cohen St Bus Station
END OF TOUR
* : Subject to availability
Please Note: Despite the fact the Belco Street party and assossiated events are cancelled, the enthusiest tour WILL be going ahead at 1300 as planned, due to a platform closure we will however be departing from Platform 2.
I was just thinking, cause you guys said you might do a Tuggeranong version of this sometime around December, how would you do Kambah Terminus (if that is one you'd think of passing)? cause lately due to all the construction that's been going on there lately, I'm not completely certain, but I think it's been destroyed and converted into a car pull-in. ???
Quote from: Sylvan Loves Buses on September 12, 2016, 11:04:46 AM
I was just thinking, cause you guys said you might do a Tuggeranong version of this sometime around December, how would you do Kambah Terminus (if that is one you'd think of passing)? cause lately due to all the construction that's been going on there lately, I'm not completely certain, but I think it's been destroyed and converted into a car pull-in. ???
Perhaps they'll do the tour in one of the supervisor vans and that should get around the issue.
I heard an iris bus or something would be used, not a van - that wouldn't make a difference anyway
Quote from: The Love Guru on September 12, 2016, 11:28:26 AM
Perhaps they'll do the tour in one of the supervisor vans and that should get around the issue.
Maybe a Keirs Coaster?
Quote from: King of Buses on September 12, 2016, 01:32:46 PM
Maybe a Keirs Coaster?
Good idea KOB, I will ask them to see if the brown one is available
Oh dear GOD no