Retrofit Destination Displays

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The Love Guru

961 could be next after seeing its alcatel unit today

King of Buses

#101
114 has one now too. Saw it yesterday.

Bus 503

Saw a PR100.3 in the distance, usually doing the same route every day had an orange desto on the side. Bus 996?
Please correct me if I'm wrong!

Skitube

#103
you sure it's not buses like 102, 104, 114, 115, 126-131?

Barry Drive

#104
Quote from: Bus 503 on March 23, 2015, 07:56:42 PM
Please correct me if I'm wrong!
You are wrong. (You did ask.)

Definitely not 996, but no idea which one it would have been. Although you can rule out any in the 126-131 range.

It's quite possible another one has been fitted, but not to 996 - it still has flip-dot.

Buzz Killington


King of Buses


Busfanatic101

101 having issues with desto yesterday, frozen at "110 Watson" on a route 39. Some very confused passengers...

The Love Guru

Very confused driver by the sound of it incorrectly programming the desto

King of Buses

977 now has an LED desto. I wonder if they took it from recently withdrawn 875...

Bus 503

#110
In the distance today, I saw a Renault that looked like the fleet numbers were 101???? That had a Hanover desto, can someone please confirm whether this bus has been retrofitted??

EDIT: Saw it today, has not been fitted... My bad..!

Bus 503

Bus 975 now has received the treatment.

King of Buses


King of Buses


The Love Guru

#114
949 too, but i think it's been like that for a while.

Busfanatic101

#115
937 has one too.


EDIT: I see it has been reported (reply #113), but it wasn't on the list: http://www.actbus.net/forum/index.php?topic=3944.msg38276#msg38276 Admin, please update

Barry Drive

Since you asked so politely. (Next time, just send me a private message first.)

King of Buses

971 now has a Hanover LED display - looks odd with the livery.

King of Buses

#118
307's flipdot has been replaced by a white Hanover LED desto (e.g. Similar to many buses in Sydney - plus the QCity Endura fleet).


EDITED TO AVOID FURTHER CONFUSION

Busnerd

Quote from: Barry Drive on February 15, 2016, 04:42:31 PM
Although Sydney Buses mostly (only?) use Mobitec. Not knowing what Deane's uses - but white Hanovers are fairly uncommon at the moment.


All new deliveries at STA are coming with white LED desto's. Started with the delivery of the VST's

The Love Guru

White LEDs are much clearer and look better. However be nice if they could pick a standard sign and stick with it. They've always got to be changing things around and it just makes for headaches all round.

Barry Drive

In which case we'd still be using manual wind desto blinds!

The Love Guru

1994 desto roll
Alpha roll
Alcatel single line
Alcatel dual line .3s
Alcatel STC dual line in the .3As
Mobitec 7 segment
Mobitec full matrix
Mobitec LED
Hanover matrix
Hanover dual line LED
Hanover single line LED
Hanover white LED

Just a small amount of spares and knowledge needed

ajw373

And how many bus chassis over the same time and how many body types?

ust a small amount of spares and knowledge needed

The Love Guru

Quote from: ajw373 on February 17, 2016, 12:15:27 AM
And how many bus chassis over the same time and how many body types?

ust a small amount of spares and knowledge needed
My point exactly

Barry Drive

#125
Veering slightly off topic for a moment: 113 was (originally?) fitted with a Hanover flip-dot. Possibly this was what was used when it was in Brisbane and when it was first used by ACTION.

A close look at this photo shows a different desto style.


Wiki will be updated to mention this at some point.

Skitube

Quote from: Barry Drive on February 15, 2016, 04:42:31 PM
Although Sydney Buses mostly (only?) use Mobitec. Not knowing what Deane's uses - but white Hanovers are fairly uncommon at the moment.

STA does have quite a few VST with Hanover white LED, think most of them reside in Willoughby

King of Buses


King of Buses

#128
934 now features a Hanover.

EDIT: 979 does too.

2ND EDIT: 982 as well. :(

Barry Drive

#129
Also 963 & 980.

And 957 as well.

They must have ordered a large box of them.

Buzz Killington


Barry Drive

#131
Latest sightings / reports: 959 965 966 972 974 975

(Update: King of Buses has confirmed 972 & 975)

The Love Guru

#132
Looks like the whole .2 T fleet is getting upgraded as well as a few B ones. Would make sense to do the whole lot.

Bus 503


King of Buses

All PR100.2s above 963 now have Hanover LED destos. Spotted 964 this morning (which was the last in that group I had to find).

Busfanatic101


Busfanatic101

#136
And 948 this morning

EDIT: and probably 941 this arfternoon

743

938 also if it hasn't already been reported.

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Barry Drive

Yes to 941. I've also seen 945 & 947 recently.

Busfanatic101

#139
It looks as though the flipdots are on the way out :(

Wouldn't it be nice if I could have one for my bedroom... What do they generally do with old stuff?


Sylvan Loves Buses

Quote from: Buzz Killington on August 18, 2016, 08:15:52 PM
Bin.
and probably 1 to RATEC.

I want one too :'(


I just wanted to ask, as I've noticed quite the few being replaced recently, is it to make all the fleet have better *cough, worse at night* displays  and all of them together with them? cause I originally thought they only replaced them when one broke or something. Has this changed or somethin'?

ajw373

Obviously something has changed.

King of Buses


Barry Drive

#144
New sightings are getting harder to come by, but this week 932 936 942 952 and 955 have been seen with LEDs. (With 935 still as flip-dot.)

Quote from: Barry Drive on August 01, 2016, 07:04:40 PM
They must have ordered a large box of them.
Several boxes, actually. There is a contract for the purchase of 42 new Hanover displays (which Bus400 alerted me to) - for full delivery by 31 August.

Busfanatic101

#145
As of yesterday:

939 has been done

Not done: 961, 903, 109, 933, 898, 928, 935, 924, *911, *954
*probable



As of thurs:
not done: 953, 118


ajw373

What a waste of money. These buses are now approaching 25 years of age and for the most part are peak hour buses. Would not have been hard to keep the existing signs going until retirement by using signs from decomisioned buses as spares or at the worst new one where and old one has really carked it. But to replace 42 on buses with a limited life left in the fleet, a waste.

King of Buses

Quote from: ajw373 on August 28, 2016, 09:46:34 AM
What a waste of money. These buses are now approaching 25 years of age and for the most part are peak hour buses. Would not have been hard to keep the existing signs going until retirement by using signs from decomisioned buses as spares or at the worst new one where and old one has really carked it. But to replace 42 on buses with a limited life left in the fleet, a waste.

Have you noticed how no further PR100.3's have been upgraded? Just a wild guess, but it perhaps shows the withdrawal agenda. I.e. The buses they're upgrading will be around a bit longer (bearing in mind the date of DDA compliance is 2022 IIRC).

Sylvan Loves Buses

Quote from: ajw373 on August 28, 2016, 09:46:34 AM
What a waste of money. These buses are now approaching 25 years of age and for the most part are peak hour buses. Would not have been hard to keep the existing signs going until retirement by using signs from decomisioned buses as spares or at the worst new one where and old one has really carked it. But to replace 42 on buses with a limited life left in the fleet, a waste.

Yeah, I know right... and especially as how most of them didn't have anything wrong with them (imo), but that's typical ACTION for you.

ajw373

Quote from: Sylvan Loves Buses on August 28, 2016, 12:53:30 PM
Yeah, I know right... and especially as how most of them didn't have anything wrong with them (imo), but that's typical ACTION for you.

If the .2's last until 2022 they will be 30 years old!  And even if they do last that long still could have kept the signs going until then anyway.