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So, College St?
yeah, average road base, too dry, too many bus stops and a school who cant stop expanding.
some more interesting facts, the name COLLEGE has 7 letters in it.
the street type is 'ST' or street...
They also "fixed up" the College Street crossing because people with certain backgrounds thought that a car doing 60-80 had to stop for them. But from what I've seen they don't use those traffic islands anyway & they ruined a perfect possible bus way (City bound traffic).
No, did anyone see that roo hit the bus? Or see the aftermath?
Apparently it hit 358, and actually ended up "in" the bus, literally.
The speed limit is 60 on College St BTW.
SUGGESTED speed limit*
its available on ATDB as posted by me..
spotted a Veolia bus going along Commonwealth Ave this afternoon.. dont see too many of them aound the place..
What type? More info?!
how the hell should i know?
it had a desto with "Veolia Transport" on it, was white all over, may have had an aircon right at the back...
found this on a google search: http://samuelgordonstewart.com/2006/05/action-bus-advertising-update
I wouldn't bother, it's just Samuel :P
Aaaaaaand he missed out 854. Criminal!!!!!
isnt he some retard obsessed with AM radio...
no offence john
To put it bluntly, yes, yes he is.
No offence taken, but I can't speak for him.
AM radio? what the hell is that?
Oh yeah, the 2000 hit by the rock band "Everclear"...
I noticed 358 the other day had new logo stickers over the old logo, and someone had already peeled half of them off revealing the old ACTION logo and new writing.
Oh and John, if you read this, I sent you a PM please enact upon it as I am trying to plan a day to be with you, along with my new camera.
Quote from: Sir Pompously on June 30, 2008, 06:32:10 PM
I am trying to plan a day to be with you, along with my new camera.
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save it for the bath-house, sport
Suprisingly, I am watching Scrubs right now.
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hey bobbo
Today at 1:30 at the Aboriginal and Torrens Straight Islander Centre on Lady Denham Drive, 990 (info thanks to "Chris_Guru") and 982 showed off their new paint scheme in the official release of the "Aboriginal Art on ACTION Buses" program by John Hargreaves.
I would have attended, but was occupied at the time. Would have been a good opportunity to see the buses.
I saw 982 doing an erindale/woden bound 11 at like 2:40ish..so it musnt of stuck around for that long :)
the raiders shuttles have changed route numbers.. now 986 (tugg/woden/city)and 987 (belconnen)
BUS-985 which was doing the 987 had a gearbox problem at the game, it took 3 supervisers + the driver and a passenger to get it going
948 now has fleet numbers on the windscreen, as of yesterday. Looks really good.
948? Is that the renault with the bike rack?
No. 990 is the renault with the bike rack but i'd say that 948 will have one on soon
If it has numbers on the front, it will.
dont know how new these are, but i saw two new full-back ads on PR100.3's today - one for Industrie Jeans and the other for Virgin Mobile.
Industrie Jeans and Virgin are newbies. First sighted the Industries ones on Saturday.
948 will eventually get a bike rack. As for the jeans ad, I saw that on Wednesday. Haven't seen the Virgin one yet.
photos people! stop being lazy
Someone got on my 11 this morning (i believe it was 110?? it began with 1. Couldnt be arsed checking.), with a bike.
And because oh em gee, there was no bike rack, he got on, and carried the bike on with him.
should of he been allowed to do that?? gahh, stupid bogan.
(what made it more i*****d, is, he got on at calwell, got off at theodore. considering it's only a 15 minute WALK at most, couldnt of he just rode? arrgh!)
thats calwell for you
Ha ha, ouch.
Oh, keep on forgetting to mention, apparently there's some big hoo-ha down at Tuggeranong depot, after some driver got caught driving while he was over the limit. He blew .028 and the limit is .02, I think? Anyway, he only got breathtested ater his girlfriend caled ACTION and pleaded with them to take him off the road, as he was unfir to drive. This finally got done late in his shift.
The point is that ACTION failed to act quick enough to get him off the road, and this only happened after his girlfriend told them he was drunk. So, how do ACTION monitor drivers that are unfit to drive? They don't!
It might get more serious......
shit, that ain't good. ideally, IMO, drivers need to be breathtested on each shift.
Quote from: bubzie on July 22, 2008, 07:01:08 PM
Someone got on my 11 this morning (i believe it was 110?? it began with 1. Couldnt be arsed checking.), with a bike.
And because oh em gee, there was no bike rack, he got on, and carried the bike on with him.
should of he been allowed to do that?? gahh, stupid bogan.
(what made it more i*****d, is, he got on at calwell, got off at theodore. considering it's only a 15 minute WALK at most, couldnt of he just rode? arrgh!)
No such thing as a 110, 111 I'd imagine.
I've occasionally let people bring bikes inside the bus if there's not many other pax and they ask nicely.
Quote from: Renault Rider on July 22, 2008, 08:15:39 PM
Ha ha, ouch.
Oh, keep on forgetting to mention, apparently there's some big hoo-ha down at Tuggeranong depot, after some driver got caught driving while he was over the limit. He blew .028 and the limit is .02, I think? Anyway, he only got breathtested ater his girlfriend caled ACTION and pleaded with them to take him off the road, as he was unfir to drive. This finally got done late in his shift.
The point is that ACTION failed to act quick enough to get him off the road, and this only happened after his girlfriend told them he was drunk. So, how do ACTION monitor drivers that are unfit to drive? They don't!
It might get more serious......
That was like 6 months ago. Unless it's happened again. That's Tuggy depot for you. :)
Quote from: Charles Logan on July 22, 2008, 08:42:41 PM
shit, that ain't good. ideally, IMO, drivers need to be breathtested on each shift.
That's probably a bit harsh although it would be a logical solution.. but a bit of an insult to the drivers as well.
Yeah, it may seem a bit harsh and even insulting but.. safety first! i may just set up a new topic with a poll on this one..
Quote from: belcodriver on July 22, 2008, 09:56:38 PM
No such thing as a 110, 111 I'd imagine.
i think she meant BUS-110 was the particular vehicle that day.
yeah..it was 121 :)
Quote from: belcodriver on July 22, 2008, 09:58:11 PM
Quote from: Renault Rider on July 22, 2008, 08:15:39 PM
Ha ha, ouch.
Oh, keep on forgetting to mention, apparently there's some big hoo-ha down at Tuggeranong depot, after some driver got caught driving while he was over the limit. He blew .028 and the limit is .02, I think? Anyway, he only got breathtested ater his girlfriend caled ACTION and pleaded with them to take him off the road, as he was unfir to drive. This finally got done late in his shift.
The point is that ACTION failed to act quick enough to get him off the road, and this only happened after his girlfriend told them he was drunk. So, how do ACTION monitor drivers that are unfit to drive? They don't!
It might get more serious......
That was like 6 months ago. Unless it's happened again. That's Tuggy depot for you. :)
Thats the one, it only surfaced to the media recently. Apparently all the drivers knew about it, and always joked with him about it.
Ha ha, yeah, typical Tuggeranong alright! Good call!
Oh, and in other news, Deanes Buslines have taken over Transborder.
Duh, that news is SO last month
I saw 128 doing a 7 today and it had a bike rack on.
i saw that on wednesday, but i forgot to tell ya'll, i thought ya'll would of known by now, yo.
translation:
I saw the aforementioned vehicle modification on Wednesday, but regrettably i was unable to inform the enthusiast community due to unforseen circumstances. I was also of the belief that the community would be aware of the information by this stage.
Regards,
Bronwyn Q Lovejoy.
Q?
i dont know her middle name, take your pick: http://www.aussiethings.com.au/babynames/qgirl.htm
if i had to pick, i'm definitely going with "queanbeyan". suits her i say.
....what??
I walked past the tuggranong depot today and the MAN was in the workshops without the gaspod gathering dust. Does anyone know when it will hit the road?
The buses ACTION put on some runs are stupid. Today for example after school I was waiting for a 17 at Hawker and a packed 996 turned up not stopping to pick up, the next bus 20 minutes later was a packed dart which after hawker couldn't pick up the next on was an empty 929. It would make more sense to have a .2/3 or even an Iris on the second run and the dart on the 3rd which comes 4 minutes later. It' pretty obvious that none of the people at ACTION or atleast the people that assign the buses have no common sense.
the 4:25-11-from-woden gets an artic..which it definatly doesnt need.
..must come from a school run, me thinks :)
i saw bubzie 2day but she didn't see me or did she
i saw you, you were near my locker..s.
sitting on my laptop i was reading garfield comic strips
Quote from: macca on July 28, 2008, 07:15:29 PM
The buses ACTION put on some runs are stupid. Today for example after school I was waiting for a 17 at Hawker and a packed 996 turned up not stopping to pick up, the next bus 20 minutes later was a packed dart which after hawker couldn't pick up the next on was an empty 929. It would make more sense to have a .2/3 or even an Iris on the second run and the dart on the 3rd which comes 4 minutes later. It' pretty obvious that none of the people at ACTION or atleast the people that assign the buses have no common sense.
They dont assing buses based on every exact run, its not like they will take a .2 all day then swap for an artic for that service because its full. You will usually have one bus all day or one bus in the AM and one in the PM and they are assigned depending on patronage, or other services they do, such as the old 34 they used to put on scanias and the rest of the shift would have a scania, it may have even had a stupid run like a 73 on it for example.
All you can do is send in feedback forms asking them to review the service and they might add on an extra school days only short running service as they have done in the past for overcrowding.
What is with the Tennis Court at the Tuggronong depot? Is it ever used?
Would you be out there in winter?
unless i missed it, how long as woden interchange been green?
about 1.5 months or more
shows how often i go past there!
Quote from: Charles Logan on August 09, 2008, 01:38:28 PM
shows how often i go past there!
Same. Noticed it just yesterday.
i swear, it hasnt been green for that long!!
..and they were repainting stuff yesterday there. i got a headache from the fumes..gah.
Has been green for a while. It is alot nicer than Belconnen, toned down alot.
I quite like the look of both Belconnen and Woden's green.
Belconnen is ugly has hell. it's an eye sore.
The overall Belconnen Interchange is an eyesore, but the green makes it look better if anything.
I don't know why they bothered painting it as it is being demolished next year
Does anyone know which buses are doing the raiders games today, i would like to get a ride on a make 1 artic but from belco my chances are slim.
its usually the majority of artics. if you want a Mk1 though, get yourself to City Interchange and you'll most likely get one from there - most of the ones heading from tuggers through woden and city are Mk1's.
If I'm getting a MK1 artic I'll get a bloody Scania to Tuggronong thanks. The Tuggronong-Woden-City-Raiders are normally standinding room only after woden
Quote from: Busnerd on July 29, 2008, 10:36:06 PM
They dont assign buses based on every exact run, its not like they will take a .2 all day then swap for an artic for that service because its full. You will usually have one bus all day or one bus in the AM and one in the PM.
There are some shifts that do require a change of bus for a single run. I've seen shifts that start with a standard bus then changes to an artic for an Xpresso then changes back to a standard bus after the meal break. I've also seen shifts that keep the artic after the Xpresso service to do a regular route service before going back to the depot.
Quote from: Renault PR100.3 on August 10, 2008, 10:50:12 AM
If I'm getting a MK1 artic I'll get a bloody Scania to Tuggronong thanks. The Tuggronong-Woden-City-Raiders are normally standinding room only after woden
I ended up getting it from woden.
I got 711 to the game and on the way back I went to belco i got 988
Anyone know when they will take the rest of the full-back add for the fyshwick markets off the back of 823
No. All in due time.
The more important question, does it matter?
Considering the Fyshwick Markets AOA was on 695 for a good seventeen years, I dont think they will take it off until it has to (i.e. back panel replacement, rear window replacement, new fyshwick markets ads)
Some idiot managed to run inot the mirror of a scania today. he cried on the ground for 10 mins after
Also is it normal for 752 and 754 to be doing route services as yesterday i saw 754 doing a 31 and about 20min ago i saw 752 doing a 17.
Yeah, 752 and 754 do route services from time to time
ok. I have never really seen them do route services before. i think i may have seen 754 picking up passengers near my house after a dart broke down once but that's it
Quote from: Renault PR100.3 on August 13, 2008, 05:45:38 PM
ok. I have never really seen them do route services before. i think i may have seen 754 picking up passengers near my house after a dart broke down once but that's it
I've driven 754 a few times when they've been really short of buses but the last time must be at least a year ago.
Yeah, it's rare, but it does happen.
How is "Shuttle Bus 2" supposed to get from ADFA to Watson in 5 mins?!
http://www.action.act.gov.au/tertiary_open_day.html
Ha ha, a hoon and a half for sure.
now, THIS, i've got to see!
Does anyone know if 129 and 113 are accecible. pretty sure about 129 because it has the wheelchair sign on bit how about 113
they are both accessible
is there any others?
113, 126-131
Well, they were accessible. None of the 100.3a's (Well 126-131 anyway) have their ramps in operation from what I have been told. They are still easy access, but without the ramp.
129 is the only one that has a ramp, i saw it in use after I posted before
They all have a ramp, however most are disconnected. And 129 will not have a working ramp for much longer, the way the other 100.3a's have gone.
why have they disconnected them anyway
Quote from: Renault PR100.3 on August 27, 2008, 09:18:33 PM
why have they disconnected them anyway
they apparently had a tendency to get stuck in the out position which then required a visit from the breakdown van. i guess now they have the Irises and Scanias it wasn't worth the bother anymore.
Mainly due to the fact they believe they are unsafe..they are being permanently removed.
Action is still well above the DDA targets.
why don't they put the flip ramps onto them then????????
The way the entryt is designed makes it difficult, i.e. the curved/sloping entry.
that males sense. they weren't realy designed for low floor were they
They aren't meant to be low floors, they are low floor entry with wheelchair areas, they werent meant to be low floor, but wheelchair accesible.
noticed a new ad on the right of 962 today.. think the advertising position is "zeus" -its the same style as that purple one fo the weirdo pay tv channel. Its white and orange. Wasnt close enough to see what it was for.
I noticed that as well. The one on 962 has being on their for about a week and a half.
961 also has one. It is advertising some form of vitamin supplement or some shit like that
There are some new stickers on some of the buses saying drivers cannot get out to assist with prams etc. and that they must be folded not pushed on. I have not seen one of these in the same place though, are they just giving them to the drivers to slap on, or just putting them in random places? I have seen them on 316,317,318, 373, 758, 100 and 993
Probably Random, like everything else in ACTION is, ha ha.
Have seen them too, they look good, and convey a good mesaage too!
If you get 997 and 998, you will see the old version of these stickers. Very very old actually, probably new with the buses themselves.
Hopefully one of them will come on my school run this week. My bus driver has a passion for buses that go fast and so far he has only picked one bad one, 883 (slow as all shit) fast ones include, 993, 100 and 758.
I would like to go on 997, I haven't being on it since it ran thew Kippax
Ha ha, the "drive through medical centre" at Kippax.
It's always good when you get a good bus for your runs.
anyone know why 816 has no ACTION logos?
it hasnt for years. No reason why, who cares.
Either something to do with ORTA, or it's charter history. 816, for many years after the olympics, has a sticker of the old NSW transport logo.
Just a question, what is under the wrap on 108? Is it the Floiarde livery or is it the standard .3 livery?
Pretty sure its teh Floraide one because I remeber when part of the bigpond AOA was coming off you could see that creamy colour.
it'd be in floriade AOA underneath. They wouldnt repaint it unless they removed the wrap AOA and there wasn't another one replacing it (case in point: 994. Parliament AOA painted on, replaced by the tooheys/brumbies wrap, once that left parli AOA was back until they got a chance to repaint)
i saw a .3 yesterday with a full back ad advertising the mentalist, coming soon to Nine (complete with a nine logo).. Anyone got a pic? Found it funny that WIN didnt somehow come along and stick their logo over the top.
..Naturally the WIN logo would be smaller and ill-placed, showing par of the 9 underneath...
Seen it around, certainly eye-catching.
In other news, there is a new AOA for Deanes, pics later tonight (hopefully).
It is an aboriginal livery.
Sounds interesting. I demand photos.
Quote from: Irisbus Rider on September 19, 2008, 08:35:33 PM
Seen it around, certainly eye-catching.
In other news, there is a new AOA for Deanes, pics later tonight (hopefully).
It is an aboriginal livery.
Really!!! What type of bus is it??
I do believe it is one of their Ansair Orana bodied Vehicles, the one that was in the Drake Advertising. I sighted it the other day, and totally forgot to post about it.
Just searching the ACTION website, looks like the 81 doesn't operate on weekends anymore. Is this correct, or am I just misreading it?
Youd be correct, its now the 981
Ah!!! Damn, I knew it, ha ha.
How did I forget that!
Thanks for the info.
That old guy that drives 967 doesn't appear to be driving it anymore, he may have retired. For as long as I can remember he has either being driving 967 or 963. I have seen both buses but without him. Then again he may just be on leave.
And has anyone noticed that there is still green around the desto of 109
Spence has not retired. He probably won't until he kicks the bucket.
Yeah, 109 has been like that for many years, as 869 is partially cream, and 979 is turning red slowly.
Is there a shortage of Scanias or something. There has being Tugg MK2s on the 313 all day. Only about 4 or 5 Scanias which have being going up and back all day.
Just reading a thread on the ATDB there was an ACTION Scania possibly 367 spotted in Sydney on Wednesday. It was at one of the STA depots fueling for about 5min before leaving, it may have being having work done by Scania or CC, can anyone shed some light on this.
I read that, and got confused. I think thats mis-information.
I did see 127 driving on the M5 one day :P
I think there must have being a Scania up there because it was cited filling with CNG. As for 127, what day was that? My school run had it on Thursday and Friday
You sure would have. I saw it about 6-8 months ago.
As for that Scania, he could have been talking about when it was new, I'm not sure. Try and get some more details on it.
He did say that he saw it today and the date for that post was 17th Sept 2008
Ah, ok then. Odd, probably work at Scania, or CC. Who knows.....
Ha, 122 just broke down on the STEEP part of casey cresent, in calwell, about 15 minutes ago.
Damn...
Oh wow, the irony..it just rolled past my place now.. (as in, went a snails pace past...)
Ha, it's been a while since I've seen a .3 break down. They're fairly notorious for that, after the Darts, Iris' and Scanias.
gah, what am i talking about? it was 151?
actulary, i cant remember the fleet number.
but it was a dart.
I lol'd.
Ha ha, a Dart. That makes it all the better.
I wish that they would just get rid of those fucking shitbox darts.
Leave my British Girls alone!
Well, the least they could do is send them to England. That way they would be at hom in the little British lanes. Best case scenario, they should be lining the bottom of LBG as an artificial reef, same as Designlines should be sitting at the bottom of Port Phillip Bay.
everything about that post was correct. the one before I can't say the same
There goes a dart now {shudder}
They're not bad. They're unique, and some of them perform better than a normal bus. It's just that they were not suited to Canberra at all.
They were not suited John? They are not suited! They are unique, but you have to admit they are gutless buckets of junk and are not made for Canberra's wide streets, but more Country lanes in Merry old England (And Ireland). Great for inner city street work, as they can zip around the streets there.
They would be good for a re-invented Downtowner service however, as Chris_Guru and Myself were chatting away about the other night
Today was bazaar. There was older buses from both depots on Intertows, even 984 chipped in to help!!! What is going on?
A 312 just drove past, and I am in Page ;D. Either he is on a meal break, forgotten to change his desto blind, or he is really, really lost.
Quote from: Sir Pompously on September 24, 2008, 11:33:39 AM
They were not suited John? They are not suited! They are unique, but you have to admit they are gutless buckets of junk and are not made for Canberra's wide streets, but more Country lanes in Merry old England (And Ireland). Great for inner city street work, as they can zip around the streets there.
They would be good for a re-invented Downtowner service however, as Chris_Guru and Myself were chatting away about the other night
Thats right, they were not suited to our roads. Had they had a different engine/gearbox configuration, well, who knows.
John, my point of the were and are is that were is in the past tense, by saying were you are saying that either they have had modifications or have left the fleet. By saying are is in a present tense, which is what they are now. They are not suited to our roads :P
saw 990 up close today and i gotta say, it looks pretty awesome in real life. It really catches your eye
It does It is very bright. Much better than 982, IMO
I've seen 2 darts on intertown runs today.........................scary
:P
Not a good sign, they're scraping the bottom of the barrell of buses when they drag the Darts out, lol.
On a serious note, with Tuggy getting all of these MANs, will Belconnen get some of Tuggys' older buses? I did see 121 lingerring around Belconnen alot today. Could it possibly return to Belconnen after 5 years of Tuggy?!
Yay. More .3s in Belco, the 120s would have to be the better ones. 124 is an alright bus
Quote from: MAN Rider on October 07, 2008, 09:48:12 PM
:P
Not a good sign, they're scraping the bottom of the barrell of buses when they drag the Darts out, lol.
On a serious note, with Tuggy getting all of these MANs, will Belconnen get some of Tuggys' older buses? I did see 121 lingerring around Belconnen alot today. Could it possibly return to Belconnen after 5 years of Tuggy?!
When walking around the T depot today I saw 121, while in the city I found that 124 had a Belconnen driver in. The only MANs that weren't out while I was there were 379 and 380. 374 was going to Lanyon on the 319 I got to the depot, 376 ran the next 319, 378 was on a 10, 375 on a 313 and I have no idea what 377 was doing but it wasn't at the depot.
If you want to get a MAN and you can be ready fast 378 will be running the 313 which leaves Page shops at 2:06, so in Belco just after
i spotted 378 on Route 4 in the City this morning too.
Has anyone seen the MAN's running on tuggy weekend runs?
MAN 18.310CNG reported seeing one of them on a weekend service.
Quote from: Richard Vernon on October 08, 2008, 02:26:53 PM
i spotted 378 on Route 4 in the City this morning too.
That would be what it did after the 10. The driver that had it yesterday arvo had it again today, he does a northbound 313 leaving the city at 1254 and a southbound one that leaves Belco at about 2:15
Quote from: Busnerd on October 08, 2008, 04:43:37 PM
Has anyone seen the MAN's running on tuggy weekend runs?
Yes there was 375 doing a 900 on Saturday but that's all I've seem so far
Forgot to mention that 374 was having problems with the kneeling suspension today. When the driver went to make it go down it went up, a lot of old people got pissed at him. I also saw someone getting a picture of 378 in the belco inter today, I have a feeling that it was Carrie
Well if someone can check over the next two weekends if they are out, as a few of us might be down on the 25/26th and they all wanna ride a MAN so, if you can all keep your eyes out to see how many are out on weekends, thanks.
i'll try to keep a lookout, but i've only seen one in service at all, and that was 378 today.
I have seen every single one doing a service except for 379 and 380, I have been on all the others as well. But then again, I did get 17 buses yesterday
Are you showing off or something :P
Lol.
no.....maybe........yes
Has anyone noticed on the parking location sticker for 918 someone has written gutless on it. 980 really needs a touch up with the paint. The orange is flaking off and you can now see blue in places from the old AOA
Yeah, thats happening to 869, 880, 979 and 109.
An interesting desto I saw the other day;
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How did that happen?!
an extra "0" on the 30 desto perhaps?
Yeah, must be, but I thought that could only be done on certain destos, didn't know that the Scania LED ones could.
Talking about the function where you can choose a number, and a different desto.
I'm not sure - i meant that it could be that the "30" desto was incorrectly programmed and displays "300"
Ryan would be correct, looks like someone type one too many zero's, so whilst the code would be correct like 300 or 301 it is displaying 300.
the code for the 300 would be 3000 - 3005
I have seen it. The 30 that is run by a Scania that arrives at Belconnen at about 7:50am always has it. It says 30 Belconnen Interchange and then scrolls to 300 via Girilang.......
It's probably just a corrupted file like the 0 Cemetery..........Call Police instead of 0 Emergency........Call Police
Ah, lol, ok.
ACTION ought to fix that up.....
Yes, I know, it's weird. Rob showed me that. Mat (Busnerd) showed him that.
Neither of them are corrupted, they were just programmed by someone who had no idea how to use helen
Heard a great story today. The other day at Belconnen High - one of my and many other drivers least favourite schools BTW - a bunch of kids got off their school bus to watch a fight. One of them asked the driver to wait and the driver said the bus leaves at 2:55 as always. He left as promised and delivered 17 schoolbags to the lost property bin in the depot.
Ha ha, thats gold! Thanks for sharing that, should teach the kids! Fantastic story though! :P
Hope the driver will be ok picking them up tomorrow, I've seen them, and they're an aggresive bunch.
lol haha... that driver's got balls. Imagine how many of the kids (and not to mention, their parents) would've wanted to throttle him after that. Good work to him though!
QuoteOne of them asked the driver to wait and the driver said the bus leaves at 2:55 as always. He left as promised and delivered 17 schoolbags to the lost property bin in the depot.
Kudos to the driver.
He's a big guy and he doesn't take any shit from anyone so I think he'll be alright. One of the kids said his parents were very upset but then admitted to the driver that he hadn't told them why he'd lost his bag.
Yeah, the parents always make other people out to be the baddies. Kids always pull the cotton wool over their parents eyes.
Oh well, if anything comes out of it, I'm sure the union would be behind him. It's been a while since we've seen a good old fashioned strike :P
haha, nice work by the driver.
Quote from: Irisbus Rider on October 17, 2008, 07:52:51 PM
Yeah, the parents always make other people out to be the baddies. Kids always pull the cotton wool over their parents eyes.
Oh well, if anything comes out of it, I'm sure the union would be behind him. It's been a while since we've seen a good old fashioned strike :P
They didn't seem to do much for the driver who got sacked for punching a cyclist who spat on him.
Ah cyclists, I remember once when I was on the route 43 to Belconnen, just before the bus was heading up the ramp of Belco interchange. There was a dickhead of a cyclist who crossed the intersection on a red light (which almost caused a collision with the bus). When the driver gave him a mouthful (which, IMO, he had every right to do so), the cyclist proceeded to ride alongside the bus and punched the bodywork of the bus as he was riding along.
i was sitting at the lights on northbourne a few months ago and over in the right lane saw a cyclist stop next to a car and punch the passenger side mirror until it was smashed and hanging off.. the driver jumped out and ran after the cyclist as he rode away, grabbed him and his bike and pulled him into the median strip. i drove around the block and the police were already there.
not sure why the cyclist did that but im guessing he was cut off or something. Most cyclists are pretty good but you do get the few that give the rest a bad name by running red lights then hurling abuse when cars who are doing the right thing get in their way.
I cycle a bit and I've abused people for pulling out in front of me and then they've told me to get off the road the bogan fucktards. My sympathies are generally with the cyclists but basically cars and bikes should be separated. Canberra's got some nice bikepaths but they're rarely direct to where you want to go.
Oh and when I'm on my bike I treat red lights as give way signs, what's the problem with that?
I have always found Bikepaths quite direct, especially in the older suburbs. I have one just down the road from me, and it takes me straight to Tuggeranong, then I can follow that path and it takes me to Woden which is also quite direct as it follows Athllon Drive.
On a bike and on the road you must obey all road rules relating to any vehicle using a road. Red lights, give way signs and Stop signs must be obeyed. I have felt like kicking a few off their bikes for riding through pedestrian traffic lights while people are crossing! The way I see it is onroad cycle lanes are a good idea, however giving priority on major roads to cyclists (ie green lanes on exits on an 80km/h road) is the stupidist idea in the world. It is dangerous for the cyclist and the vehicles using the road (Having to slow down or stop on the road to allow cyclists to continue on the lane) and also takes away a priority over vehicles who actually pay a shitload to purchase registration for their cars to use the roads.
Quote from: Busnerd on October 08, 2008, 04:43:37 PM
Has anyone seen the MAN's running on tuggy weekend runs?
376, 377 and 377 were out both days. Well not sure where 377 and 378 were today but they weren't at the depot, that's for sure.
In other news, it looks like all the .3s at Belco which were due for a full back add change or didn't already have one have now received the Dralion one, Most of the ones that didn't already have them ie. 991 don't have the black strips down the side.
I was driving alongside 370 last nigth on Adelaide Avenue (I was in teh right lane, 370 in the BL), anyway, I was doing between 90-92ks and 370 was still nudging ahead of me. I swear it could have been doing 93-94 at one stage.. (it wasnt packed i guess but still moderately filled as it was a 300 late at night) ..... I didnt know they had that much in them...
some of those scanias surprisingly do, but they all vary. i do believe the modified ones are completely different to your standard scania.
Quote from: Jack Bauer on October 24, 2008, 04:56:26 PM
I was driving alongside 370 last nigth on Adelaide Avenue (I was in teh right lane, 370 in the BL), anyway, I was doing between 90-92ks and 370 was still nudging ahead of me. I swear it could have been doing 93-94 at one stage.. (it wasnt packed i guess but still moderately filled as it was a 300 late at night) ..... I didnt know they had that much in them...
I had 370 yesterday, it was running almost 10min. early on the 313 by the time it got to Belco. It was going pretty fast. What time was it? The driver I had was horrible to all the old ladies telling them "hurry up, I'm late" even though he was almost 10min early.
Some bazaar scenes outside CISAC today. First thing I saw was 316 blackened by exhaust with the engine open and then less than 50m up the road was the most bazaar thing. 308 was in the middle of the intersection engine cover open and a trail of sand that stretched of about 300m which ended where 308 was. The only thing I can think of was a petrol spill. I came back later and 316 was with the breakdown truck and 308 with the tow truck.
Another strange thing happened that I can't work out. 959 went up on the 904 that I was going to get but it never came back. The supervisors van turned up. I know that the driver who had it does a 907 and then another 904 after that particular run. While waiting for my 905, 959 pulled up with another driver finishing a 907 and then going straight on to a 904. WTF??
377 and 374 were out and about today
Why does my last post say I used my mobile? I posted via my computer
Quote from: Irisbus Rider on October 08, 2008, 06:46:24 PM
MAN 18.310CNG reported seeing one of them on a weekend service.
about 5 of them were seen at belco this afternoon
Quote from: MAN 18.310 CNG on October 25, 2008, 04:17:41 PM
The only thing I can think of was a petrol spill.
Can't have been a petrol spill as Irises burn diesel.
Diesel spill then. But whatever happened it didn't take a lot to fix as it was back on the road today
Ha ha, yeah. The low floor buses are of urgent priority, so either they fixed it up quick smart, or it was no biggie.
Not sure who has being on 378 other than John and myself but if you've being on it you will know what I mean. When the bus it leaving a stop the engine revs it sounds like a normal take off but it doesn't move and then in jerks and starts to move,
Not sure what it could be, I can think of 2 possible causes:
1. Gearbox Problems
2. Delay in the door interlock
It wouldn't be the door interlock. The bus won't move an inch otherwise.
377 was a bit jerky when we were on it Sunday. IIRC Ken said it was something that afflicts gas buses. One of the other guys could confirm.
Could be something as simple as the driver having short stop or the bus stop brake on and forgetting to take it off before pulling out.
Yeh 377 is very jerky
Yeah, MAN 18.310 is right, they are jerky. I think the Voith box is still problematic, IMO, but I'm no expert.
It's only 377 that is Jerky. As for the parking brake and short stop theory with 378 it has happened with every driver I have had. I think that the interlock is a bit slow as it doesn't happen at traffic lights. 376 did it the first few times I was on it but hasn't done it recently.
i was on 378 yesterday, and it was fine..
Maybe I just keep getting drivers in it that are slow to release the short stop, or just jump the gun with the accelerator before the interlock
Ha ha, used to 100.2s, they must be. I love it when they begin to rev the bus up before the brake releases!
Quote from: bubzie on October 29, 2008, 09:42:34 PM
i was on 378 yesterday, and it was fine..
i saw you getting on it and i was 376 on a northbound 313 and i waited for 15 minutes just to see what it was going t be
the new 'green' woden interchange now has 'action going your way' plus the logo in big white writing on the side of it. It really stands out.
Quote from: lukeo25 on October 30, 2008, 11:42:39 AM
Quote from: bubzie on October 29, 2008, 09:42:34 PM
i was on 378 yesterday, and it was fine..
i saw you getting on it and i was 376 on a northbound 313 and i waited for 15 minutes just to see what it was going t be
..considering it was from civic-tuggeranong, shouldnt of you been at school, instead of loitering around civic? :P
(if you saw me getting off it, on the otherhand, perfectly normal?)
I have noticed that on the Scanias and MAN's which only have one rear door, still have the same sign as the .2s and 3s where it says "These doors.....".
Quote from: bubzie on October 30, 2008, 06:41:21 PM
Quote from: lukeo25 on October 30, 2008, 11:42:39 AM
Quote from: bubzie on October 29, 2008, 09:42:34 PM
i was on 378 yesterday, and it was fine..
i saw you getting on it and i was 376 on a northbound 313 and i waited for 15 minutes just to see what it was going t be
..considering it was from civic-tuggeranong, shouldnt of you been at school, instead of loitering around civic? :P
(if you saw me getting off it, on the otherhand, perfectly normal?)
must saw you getting off
Oh? I didnt know yov two were an item. .
Quote from: MAN 18.310 CNG on October 30, 2008, 09:01:08 PM
I have noticed that on the Scanias and MAN's which only have one rear door, still have the same sign as the .2s and 3s where it says "These doors.....".
A few drivers have those stickers on their lockers at the depot. The lockers also have only one door.
lol
A few weird things today:
-952 went out of Belco on a 52 about 5mins. later the bus returned. The driver got out and went into the supervisors office and then came back and turned the bus off, no-one got off the bus. Not sure what happened 990 called.
-131 which has a bike rack was driving out of the depot with a bike in the bus......WHAT THE FUCK????
-And I saw 374 and 384 having validators replaced.
Validators being replaced are not that weird.
There's a driver that carries his bike around on the bike racks, he doesn't want to leave it at the depot for whatever reason.
The driver of 952 probably realised the bus was faulty, returned to the depot, and got another one.
Hope that insight helps.
Should have worded my post better.
The bike was in the bus
The driver picked up passengers and returned to the interchange about 5mins later. He went into the supervisors office, came back and turned the bus off, there was still at least 10 on the bus no-one got off.
Does anyone know when they are going to begin putting the bigger turbos into the Scanias, or have they started already? 332 was a lot faster than usual and I was wondering is the reason is possibly due to a larger turbo.
Doubt It
Quote from: MAN 18.310 CNG on November 18, 2008, 06:06:58 PM
Does anyone know when they are going to begin putting the bigger turbos into the Scanias, or have they started already? 332 was a lot faster than usual and I was wondering is the reason is possibly due to a larger turbo.
They started ages ago, and the Scanias only get a new larger turbo when the "slower" turbos decide to give up.
OK so looks like 332 has had it replaced.
BTW 320 is still great
They have taken that ugly add off the side of 962 unless the bus I just saw was 952, I am 90% shaw that it was 962 though.
I've just watched deanes bus ..65? (I cant see...Stupid fence. who needs it.) go up casey cresent, then go down loader cresent, about..5 times now.
no, make that 6.
the hell????
(My only theory is, that he's filling in time before his school bus run. .....hang on, he just turned onto casey, towards the high school, so i presume so.)
Yep. thought i'd share.
I was out for an evening stroll earlier (yes, really) and i noticed something quite interesting at a bus stop on Barr Smith Ave in Bonython.
It's one of the old "Schools only" stops that went unused for quite some time until the 66 started going round there - on the footpath at the base of the pole, there is an old ACTION logo (the one that was replaced with Network 08) spraypainted. I didnt have my mobile with me so i couldnt get a photo or anything, but next time i go for a walk i'll try to get a snap.
They usually spray paint the curb where a new bus stop is to be placed; even if the stop already exists. It's all around the new suburbs, and the Airport office parks.
Yes, there are a few around BBP, and one which is marked on the map, marked by a yellow logo at the location of the stop, however no stop sign installed. Sucks as that would be the closest to the terminal then :P
On an aside, where's that one?
anyone have a photo?
It is on the other side of the Qantas Defence Services Hanger inside the park, the other side of the road has a Bus Stop Seat (It is almost directly across from that).
Must be the ACTION christmas party today (or yesterday) - I drove past the depot last night and all the artics were out the back of the workshop, the Scanias and MANs were all parked next to the Darts (opposite end of the shed as normal) and where they usually are, there were a number of amusement rides set up.
Yes it is the Christmas party today. They had all the drivers park the artics there as they came in on Friday peak. The Scanias and MANs were moved on friday morning
Which depot are you talking about? As I saw this at Tuggeranong Depot & thought it had to do with the Tuggeranong Festival.
Which depot do you think, given that i said
Quote from: Mr Snrub on November 30, 2008, 09:57:33 AM
the Scanias and MANs were all parked next to the Darts
Sorry, didn't read it all.
there was some sort of protest march through civic today. they were chanting about light rail and coal power and god knows what else, all holding signs for the Greens.
we had to wait a good two minutes to cross the bloody street..
yeah, walk against warming..
..there were posters all on the buses!!
There is a Mashall Moruya coach at Belconnen depot with lost causes such as 914, 148 etc. Anyone know why.
Quote from: MAN 18.310 CNG on December 14, 2008, 06:14:11 PM
There is a Mashall Moruya coach at Belconnen depot with lost causes such as 914, 148 etc. Anyone know why.
Why not? It's safer than parking it on Akuna Street.
So true
There has being an accident involving a bus and car on Launceston st in woden. Not many other details other than the bus is 322 and it has sustained damage similar to that of 108.
only a matter of time given the changes on that street lately, combined with the way morons drove on that street already.
Just heard that the driver of the car cut in front of the fast moving bus (70km/h approx.) to turn left.
typical impatient bastards
If the bus was doing 70kph i want to know how!!!! Its a 60 zone there for starters, and the bus had just come around the corner, i would guess 40kph at best!
I'm just going on what I was told.
Oh well, car drivers had better start learning you dont cut off a bus unless you want to be without a car for 6 months.
is it just me, or is there a lot more buses getting around with less advertising lately? nearly every bus used to have ads on each side, now its not uncommon to see ads on only one side.
and why no ads on the scanias/MANs? Surely thats a lot of potential revenue going to waste.
You are right. Personally I would love to see a Scania, Iris or a MAN in AOA. But advertising is dieing.
someone should tip off the media that the government loves crying poor but is missing out on advertising revenue...
I've noticed the same thing on the inside of the fleet. Nowadays I only see an occasional ad, with the rest either blank space, or ACTION reminding me that the new timetable starts June 2008.
Quote from: Busnerd on December 17, 2008, 07:17:27 PM
someone should tip off the media that the government loves crying poor but is missing out on advertising revenue...
That cantips service is as useful as tits on a bull. The Canberra Times would be your only hope...
I've split the bunker shelter posts into a new topic
http://actbus.net/forum/index.php?topic=996.0
Enjoy
i was behind 380 doing a 66 this arvo, and I think the driver must've been daydreaming, cuz he missed the turn from Athllon into Soward. He ended up turning down Reed St instead.
Quote from: Mr Snrub on January 02, 2009, 06:21:57 PM
i was behind 380 doing a 66 this arvo, and I think the driver must've been daydreaming, cuz he missed the turn from Athllon into Soward. He ended up turning down Reed St instead.
It happens to the best of us ocassionally.
Quote from: Mr Snrub on January 02, 2009, 06:21:57 PM
i was behind 380 doing a 66 this arvo, and I think the driver must've been daydreaming, cuz he missed the turn from Athllon into Soward. He ended up turning down Reed St instead.
Just wondering if you followed this bus the whole way? As on the front of that bus was "66" "TUGGERANONG INTERCHANGE". So he was probaly going back the depot to put the bus to sleep for the night.
Also it appeared that Bus 305 was broken down on Athllon Dr b Hindmarsh Dr (northbound) at around 18:30. But at 18:50 the bus had dissappeared.
Deanes are following in ACTION's footsteps with their new slogan being "Going Your Way" is the except same AOA painting.
Joking, 758 was spotted on a 832 Deanes Bus route going past Spotlight Queanbeyan (Ellerton Dr) around 09:00. I was on the phone at the time, so didn't get a pic. But does anyone know why it was out that way?
Did it actually have 832 on the Desto, or was it just driving down the same road that the 832 goes down?
Heading the way of the 832 does at the same time that thr 832 goes that way. It actually appeared to have 834 on the side desto.
hmmm, im skeptical.
Maybe our deanes contact can shed some light on this one?
Or a Belco driver? I didn't believe it at first as I did see a Deanes bus return to depot a few minutes later.
Does anyone happen to know an opening date for Tuggeranong Depot? Can't seem to locate one.
Quote from: TP 3000 on January 07, 2009, 04:16:59 PM
Deanes are following in ACTION's footsteps with their new slogan being "Going Your Way" is the except same AOA painting.
Joking, 758 was spotted on a 832 Deanes Bus route going past Spotlight Queanbeyan (Ellerton Dr) around 09:00. I was on the phone at the time, so didn't get a pic. But does anyone know why it was out that way?
It was probably going to/from TISC.
What is TISC?
A training center out near Queenbyan. Refer to the topic on the vandalism of 754
Transport Industry Skills Centre.
When you apply for a job as an ACTION driver, after passing some of the initial assessments, you get to drive a couple of laps of the track at TISC to see if it's possible to train you to drive a bus.
TISC instructors train prospective drivers in preparation for their MR licence test which is also conducted by TISC.
Has Belconnen got a Scania? Last night the shift that just does 13s all night was a Scania however today it is 981. This shift of constant 13s starts at 7:30ish and finishes around midnight.
The Scania probably covered a broken down Belconnen Shift.
Yesterday I think I witnessed one of the dumbest people on earth. Here is what she said to a driver who was in the city on a route 10 to Cambell Park. She had a foreign accent:
Lady: Can I get to Fyshwick?
Driver: Yes
Lady: On this bus?
Driver: No
Lady: Which bus?
Driver: 8
Lady: What time does that go?
Driver: I don't know read the timetable!
Lady: {walks to timetable and back} You need a university course to read this.
Driver: Pardon
Lady: A university course to read this.
Driver: {Closes doors and starts driving} A university what?
Mini Mat: Course.
Driver: For crying out loud, maybe she should be in preschool, university won't teach her that!!
lol
We possibly saw Lukeo driving a white Astra on erindale drive yesterday afternoon...
It was a red head with curly hair...so yeah..
1 i do not drive
2 i hate holdens
3 i hate driving and i will never learn
4 i am a gunzel for life
5 i was at Aussie Junk at Mugga Lane at that time with my mum and dad looking at pots and bunk beds
Aussie Junk, eh? Yeah, I usually get dragged along there too, but I usually get a sasuage sandwich from the charity BBQ, a can of Solo, and sit in the car, slowly frying in the heat, listening to 2CA.
Or I gunzel Murrays Depot.....
Quote from: Mr Snrub on January 07, 2009, 08:00:57 PM
Does anyone happen to know an opening date for Tuggeranong Depot? Can't seem to locate one.
I'm fairly sure the year was 1987. There is a plaque somewhere which shows the actual opening date.
Quote from: Martin on January 20, 2009, 09:42:39 AM
Quote from: Mr Snrub on January 07, 2009, 08:00:57 PM
Does anyone happen to know an opening date for Tuggeranong Depot? Can't seem to locate one.
I'm fairly sure the year was 1987. There is a plaque somewhere which shows the actual opening date.
The Hyperdome opened in 87 but I thought the depot was a couple of years later.
From memory, the depot opened in 1992. Or I might be getting confused with the Interchange.....?
I Sighted a Scania heading down the Monaro Highway this morning at about 5am towards Tuggeranong. Might have been coming back from Custom Coaches, and was a flip dot. Only the rear saloon lights were on. This is the second time I have seen an early morning Scania heading towards Tuggeranong on my way to work. Too dark to get the fleet number.
nice to see 352 getting around tonight with aussie flags hanging from the side mirrors!
994 has a really nice looking full back, for a movie, not sure what though
there's an ex-STA merc that's been converted to a motorhome on the corner of Don Dunstan Dr and Athllon Dr at the moment.
NSW Plates, think it was ZBH 758 or something similar.
i think i saw it in Lyons outside a house on launcaston st just be4 saw the shops whilst passing through yesterday and my sister said she saw it 2day there
That motorhome / merc belongs to one of the Tuggeranong drivers; she lives in one of the new townhouses near Don Dunstan Ave / Athllon...
ah, nice.
Seems to be a growing number of exSTA Mercs belonging to drivers hanging around the depots :D
Saw a new small ACTION trial bus from Toyota. It is lower & shorter & has a bit better engine (from what I heard). But couldn't get any pictures as I was driving.
Nah only joking. But there were some silly people at the Melrose High stop on Athllon Dr, were this person flagged down their friend in a Toyota Corolla which was in front of a 900 to Woden & I am sure we all know what happens when people at bus stops stick their hands out as a bus is approaching.....
Hah
Anyway 324 was on the back of our favourite orange tow truck about an hour ago heading towards the depot in Tuggers.
Also, I had a light blue/white ex STA merc in my street the other day that was a motorhome with a men and women on board. Unfortunately didnt catch the plates.
did it have waves painted on the side?
Nope, just plain white.
i was replying to Jack Bauer, not you.
Websites mistake when I clicked on this link from the main page it only showed me YOUR post Mr Snrub.
thats right, blame the website.
That's what she said...
Ok, it was the server. My blonde roots were showing before. But a bottle of hair dye fixed that up.
more likely that it was your browser using the cached version of the page and not reloading it.
Don't blame Apple Safari, it has worked the best for me. If it was the old Internet Explorer then you are welcome. But to keep the server happy, so that it doesn't do that to me again I'll agree with you.
Has the 3 desto always been
Belconnen/Interchange
{scroll}
via Hospitals
The current desto should be BELCONNEN/INTERCHANGE - VIA HOSPITALS - VIA UNIVERSITYS
Only some buses have that. The taller the desto screen, the more information that is given
I haven't seen any with the "via uni's" on them. They are using the same desto that the 934 has, namely "belco/woden, via hospitals".
Good to see they finally fixed the 938 desto, as you were unable to select just city on it.
109 has a new drivers seat in it, the same as the one in 130
Quote from: Chris_Guru on February 17, 2009, 12:29:28 AM
Good to see they finally fixed the 938 desto, as you were unable to select just city on it.
What about just Woden? 938 used to offer only "Woden via City" despite it starting at City.
I have noticed that 80 doesn't have a City (only) desto available even though evening services commence from the Railway Station. Some drivers have used "City via Fyshwick" (even though it starts after Fyshwick), "Railway Station" (to come back) or just blank with 80. So far no-one has tried using a different route and changing the route number (which is what I'd do - and what I currently do for 58 once I reach GMP).
I guess a lot of drivers wouldn't know how to 'manipulate' the desto, and just use whatever the pre-programmed codes are.
Quote from: TP 3000 on February 16, 2009, 11:37:19 PM
The taller the desto screen, the more information that is given
Really?
This morning there was a woman complaining at the ACTION City Info place about Route 27 went past her as it was full 2 stops from the end (I guessing Badimara Street). The info guy was partly laughing & she was like "it isn't funny you need a bigger bus as people miss work."
The thing is that she boarded the Inter-town to City on Melrose Dr a Launceston St. Which is no where near any other bus goes from Waramanga. I did feel like asking her what sort of bus it was, as if it was a bendy bus, ACTION would have no choice. But she did fill in some complaint form.
Probably the same old woman me and Mat saw complaining about hackett to waramanga and I started laughing only for her to exit in a huff!!
This one was just before 9am & she was mid 30's to late 40's. But I didn't stick around to see the end of it, but I did also think it was funny (her explanation).
The thing I want to know is: How did she get from Badimara St to Melrose Dr?
Also this morning the Route 60 took a new route to Woden:
as per normal to Hindmarsh
R-Hindmarsh
L-Melrose
unknown from here.
Has anyone seen 377 today. I saw it this morning and it had a chunk ripped out of the gas pod, must have happened sometime after 8am yesterday as that is when I saw it last and it wasn't like that.
My 313 needs a bigger bus, today it was past legal limit and half the standing pax had to get off at Lathalain st to let a pram off and then get back on. Pram seriously need to be banned from been pushed on they are such a pain in the neck.
that's just stupid. Why should parents with prams be banned from utilising public transport because of overcrowded buses or your personal preference?
I think that the pram pusher was a bit selfish if they didn't just fold it up to help everyone else.
Quote from: Mr Snrub on February 17, 2009, 07:02:50 PM
that's just stupid. Why should parents with prams be banned from utilising public transport because of overcrowded buses or your personal preference?
Okay maybe I didn't word that properly, what I am trying to say is they should be folded up, they take up too much space, especially on a busy peak hour service
Woden Interchange Platforms now have one sided versions of new bus stop bollards. These include times & route maps, these replace the old flat sided ones with only the times.
sounds interesting..
is the global financial crisis having an effect on the bus advertising industry or something? its ridiculous how many renaults have no advertising on two or all sides at the moment. I remember back when every bus had ads on the left, right and rear except for 816-819.
103 is in need of an add to cover up all the paint it is missing
Spotted the Perisher Blue Ski Bus going down Northbourne Ave then up Barry Dr this morning. It had Deanes Buslines sign on the front & abunch of school kids inside.
Quote from: TP 3000 on February 17, 2009, 06:54:25 PM
This one was just before 9am & she was mid 30's to late 40's. But I didn't stick around to see the end of it, but I did also think it was funny (her explanation).
The thing I want to know is: How did she get from Badimara St to Melrose Dr?
Also this morning the Route 60 took a new route to Woden:
as per normal to Hindmarsh
R-Hindmarsh
L-Melrose
unknown from here.
I think a bit of Callan St is shut for roadworks til the end of March. It's going to really slow the 300s down.
i drive along callam st every day to get to work, and the only roadworks i can think of, is the carpark next to the police station is just..god only knows what.
..ick, i can just think of all the inconvedience..OH THE HUMANITY!
Belco driver is correct, Callam st was due to be closed at the start of the week until the end of march. I think it is to allow the laying of pipes under the road for the construction of the huge housing complex that is to built between the police station and Hindmarsh Dr.
All 300 series routes will divert via Hindmarsh/Melsore/Launceston/Callam etc for Northbound and the reverse southbound. Buses from Weston Ck will also use Melrose etc...
According to TAMS Callam St is only closed from 20:00 to 05:30 from 16/02/09-30/03/09. This can be found at:
http://www.tams.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/138864/RC_Callam_Street_2009.pdf
yeah, that'd be it.
yay, no inconvedience to us woden commuters!
does not my journey 2 college just a little diversion on my 300 won't me any harm yay
There you go! No mention of times on the notice board!
758 has had the rear panel put back on, so it is no longer AOA with a corporate panel on it.
Just following up with what Ryan has said, yeah, there is something going on and there has been for a long time. It's a conspiracy!
But seriously, I recently noticed the ads inside the buses dissapearing, and now it's happening with the exterior as well. It may have to do with the financial crisis, but generally speaking, this is Canberra, a relatively small city. The demand for ads wouldn't be that high around here anyway.
Quote from: Renault PR100.3 on February 19, 2009, 10:09:45 PM
758 has had the rear panel put back on, so it is no longer AOA with a corporate panel on it.
it's been like that for months now. it was mentioned on here too.
It is back to a green panel. I haven't seen that on here and I was the one who mentioned the loss of it originally.
does any1 know why platform 15 in woden is closed? it was closed when i got there 2day about 4ish and i had to go to platform 17 for my 23 which is a set down platform only
The 10:32 62 service from Woden had 2 buses doing this run yesterday. This was because one of the drivers was covering the run for the other driver who was meant to be in the depot.
Woden Platforms 5 and 15 are closed due to pavement works to extend the platforms outwards due to the height of the new MAN's scraping the roof of the interchange.
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It will be lovely when the new Woden Bus Station East is opened.
ouch, thanks for that i was just curious why
Quote from: Renault PR100.3 on February 20, 2009, 06:51:33 PM
It is back to a green panel. I haven't seen that on here and I was the one who mentioned the loss of it originally.
my bad, misread your original post
Quote from: Sir Pompously on February 20, 2009, 10:48:35 PM
Woden Platforms 5 and 15 are closed due to pavement works to extend the platforms outwards due to the height of the new MAN's scraping the roof of the interchange.
That must be what happened to 377
It seems people can purchase personalised street signs. I was driving in a southern suburb a few months ago and spotted a street sign on a lightpole, pointing up somebody's driveway. It's now gone (the bracket remains) but google street view shows it still - a quick search of the name on white pages.com.au reveals a match.
And before you ask, yes, it was a genuine street sign.
Quote from: Mr Snrub on February 21, 2009, 08:06:56 PM
It seems people can purchase personalised street signs.
Have you got a pic from street view :P? If you do not wish to post the name, I would love a PM. Thanks Ryan :)
Quote from: TP 3000 on February 20, 2009, 10:12:52 PM
The 10:32 62 service from Woden had 2 buses doing this run yesterday. This was because one of the drivers was covering the run for the other driver who was meant to be in the depot.
Apparently a couple of years ago new shifts started and 2 buses showed up to start the same run, the drivers compared shift cards and they were indeed both meant to do the same run so they came to some arrangement about which of them would do it on which days and didn't tell management about their shift-building fail.
lol, how funny.
Here's that sign, Locki. House has been blacked out. Unfortunately its not too clear in street view.
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Quote from: Chris_Guru on February 19, 2009, 12:25:31 AM
Belco driver is correct, Callam st was due to be closed at the start of the week until the end of march. I think it is to allow the laying of pipes under the road for the construction of the huge housing complex that is to built between the police station and Hindmarsh Dr.
All 300 series routes will divert via Hindmarsh/Melsore/Launceston/Callam etc for Northbound and the reverse southbound. Buses from Weston Ck will also use Melrose etc...
Oops. I did routes 922 and 934 yesterday and went the usual way along Callam St without any problem. Maybe I should have read the notice in the depot a bit more closely.
Quote from: belcodriver on February 22, 2009, 11:26:58 AM
Apparently a couple of years ago new shifts started and 2 buses showed up to start the same run, the drivers compared shift cards and they were indeed both meant to do the same run so they came to some arrangement about which of them would do it on which days and didn't tell management about their shift-building fail.
Did management wake up to this or did it all just change when new shifts came into effect?
Quote from: Martin on February 23, 2009, 12:15:51 PM
Oops. I did routes 922 and 934 yesterday and went the usual way along Callam St without any problem. Maybe I should have read the notice in the depot a bit more closely.
I went along Callam St at 22:00 on Thursday & it was all open. In fact it was quieter on Callam St then on Christmas Day
Quote from: TP 3000 on February 23, 2009, 12:38:06 PM
Quote from: belcodriver on February 22, 2009, 11:26:58 AM
Apparently a couple of years ago new shifts started and 2 buses showed up to start the same run, the drivers compared shift cards and they were indeed both meant to do the same run so they came to some arrangement about which of them would do it on which days and didn't tell management about their shift-building fail.
Did management wake up to this or did it all just change when new shifts came into effect?
Not AFAIK.
Quote from: Chris_Guru on February 19, 2009, 08:28:38 PM
There you go! No mention of times on the notice board!
Actually there is. At the end. From 8pm to 5.30am. And as you may know by now, the first closure was last night.
To update Kambah diversion. Cars are being diverted, but buses are being let through the roadworks.
377 has had the gas pod fully replaced the patch work has gone
I have just noticed that ACT Bus Gallery has a link on the ACT Archives website (http://www.archives.act.gov.au/home/image_gallery)
yeah, and we're in their link section too.
We're also coming soon to Pandora, which is a national web archiving project conducted by libraries around Australia.
A newish driver had fun with Bus 338 yesterday, the thing was that the front door wouldn't shut. So a techie ended up lifting the panel above the above & tightening screw & it worked perfectly. Except his runs ended up being round 20-25 minutes behind time.
Every driver on the 73 today came into the bakery and got 2 cheese and bacon rolls and 1 sausage roll, every one on the 73, the same thing and not one was the same driver.
The more important question is, shouldn't you have been at school
moderation day that is why
yep that is right, I worked 8-4 and sent my supervisor home in the process.
Even though only Canberra Junior Girls Grammar & Canberra Boys Grammar where the only of the South Canberra private schools operating today, all the normal busses were out this afternoon waiting at Canberra Girls Grammar & when most busses arrived at St Clares empty most just changed to 000 & went to where there next run starts. A few others weren't as lucky though & had to do their run to the end with 5-20 students on board (instead of the usual 100+).
and i was at work experience 2day in blockbusters in erindale (what waste of a good day for going salvos hunting for star trek videos and old street maps of canberra and other things)
that explains why there were so many kids hanging around the canberra centre today
and westfield woden.
and woden interchange.
...and woden in general...
*shudder*
& why Tuggeranong Hyperdome was even emptier....
Hawker was busy with belco kids wagging
Probably Tuggers kids trying to get as far away as possible from Tuggers. As belco kids always wag at Belco Interchange. That is why they are building the new bus station out the front.
Certain it was belco, the shirt is a giveaway
Quote from: TP 3000 on March 03, 2009, 07:42:07 PM
Probably Tuggers kids trying to get as far away as possible from Tuggers. As belco kids always wag at Belco Interchange. That is why they are building the new bus station out the front.
Yes that is the exact reason. Not the re development of the town centre, creating an ease of access bus service to the whole town centre, but the kids wagging in the Interchange.
And there is nothing wrong with Tuggeranong, however the less Bogans who roll down from the hood's up north wagging their classes the better.
Quote from: Sir Pompously on March 03, 2009, 09:34:56 PM
Quote from: TP 3000 on March 03, 2009, 07:42:07 PM
Probably Tuggers kids trying to get as far away as possible from Tuggers. As belco kids always wag at Belco Interchange. That is why they are building the new bus station out the front.
Yes that is the exact reason. Not the re development of the town centre, creating an ease of access bus service to the whole town centre, but the kids wagging in the Interchange.
But there is nothing out that way to warrant a Bus Station. The few college kids that get to school walk there easily & those from Gunners get off from across the road. Also not that many people catch the bus to CISAC. They could terminate at ABS & use the carpark to the north as layover/u-turn space.
The CISAC stop is for the uni I am guessing, that gets rather busy, it also services the emu bank area
But at the moment the only way to the uni is via scrubland.
Yesterday I saw desto "GARRAN 03" this was one of the old Renaults & coming fro NMA & into City Interchange.
Also on Monday I was on a 66 from Woden that had "BONYTHON" up for the desto. So it looks like we have a bit of variation going on here.
They ought to make the UC/CISAC stop down there at layover, and bugger off the two stops on College St, which would then only leave the Radford Stop on College St, speeding up the Interttown somewhat IMO. It's not far to walk for the poor students.
Old Renaults? They're all old. Blind Flipdot desto?
Bonython 66, yes, it is a ligitiment desto, as there is a service that ends in Bonython.
Spotted a new Deanes bus doing a 048 school run from Canberra Boys Grammar. It had rego 1700 MO & was a newer version of the high up buses & had a the Deanes lines that are normally straight in a sideways Y. Was unable to get a pic as I was driving in a school area with little kiddies.
Might be their new P&D bus, which features their new front.
That had 048 school bus on the desto when we saw it at the depot.
Someone from ATDB has also spotted this bus at the Depot (but on Monday).http://www.busaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=39487
Apparently today various groups were at the Legislative Assembly discussing public transport at the airport. I wonder if Deanes are wanting to pull out & want ACTION to take it back?
look, its the new tall bus with those lines in a Y
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An accident around Barry Dr / Belconnen Wy / Fairfax St blocked citybound traffic around 3.30ish this afternoon. They had announcements in the interchange saying that services were running between 10-20 minutes late as a result.
Overheard the driver on my bus saying that he had diverted down Dryandra St, and most other drivers were diverting via Northbourne.
On 104.7 east bound services where being diverted via Fairfax St/Macarthur Avenue/ (then I guess some would come back via 3 to Barry Dr unless there was a notice at the stops on Barry Dr & Marcus Clarke St).
On my walk around Tuggeranong Depot today it look as if 906 was having quite a lot of work being done internally, with a large panel sitting in that bay just in front of the driver panel & quite a few empty boxes strewn along the front step. It still had its digital desto connect with 265 Woden on.
The "Centrelink Tuggeranong" "Terminus" has been closed & the 705 now starts/ends at the first stop in Soward Way.
Also as many know the Renault, Scania & Dennis busses do go a bit slow up Hindmarsh Dr hill. ut today I saw Bus 389 (MAN) cruising up the hill at around 70-85k's. That is compared to the 50-65 the others usually do. I have also noticed that the MAN actually run quite smooth at anytime.
906 is a Belco bus, driver seat replacement maybe.
310Hp! Expect nothing other than power with those MANs.
anyone else see 'Priscilla' (Aka Pete) at the end of WIN News tonight? They had a story on his bus (the purple Merc)
I saw it in the City this morning outside Legislative Assembly. There were 2 blokes in "weird" clothes standing around it.
I heard something on the radio about him and his bus, has anyone seen the desto on that, it says, "how a bout a 69"
i've seen round town a few times
If anyone is out near Belconnen Interchange, at the CISAC end up at the Chandler St entrance someone has decorated the entrance with a bicycle hanging off somewhere there. This must be northsides version of the trolleys on bus shelters that we do down in Tuggers Valley.
I keep on forgetting to mention it, but something needs to be done at City West Terminus. As with Network '08 they painted over the old numbers from the boards, but have not yet replaced these with the new numbers. It is the same case at Electricity House, but it atleast has a totem stop.
AIS Precinct will be busy on Friday night with Brumbies & Canberra Capitals playing next to each other. ACTION have busses for the Brumbies, but are suggesting for Capitals fans to catch the Intertown & get off on Haydon Dr or College St & walk (10 minutes) or catch the 7 or 3. But say your only option home is to catch the Intertown from Haydon Dr or College St.
Not sure if they'll finish around the same time, but if it was me I'd walk around the other side of Canberra Stadium & catch the Brumbies Busses home.
wait.... people GO to the capitals games?
Tuggeranong Depot must of been tight on busses as when I caught the 67 from Woden, Bus 389 was on a 315 to Tuggeranong. When I arrived at Tuggeranong 40 minutes later. Bus 389 was waiting to go out on a 67 with a different driver.
Not necesssarily, Sare Lee, Sara Lee.....
It is a good bus, and the drivers would prefer 389 over, say, a Renault. So, the bus would naturally be sought after.
It must of been a quick turn around as aren't they refilled when they return to the depot & aren't their checks to do beforehand?
I also noticed some shifts haven't changed since November 2008. With the shift with 15:09 62 to Woden was issued at 5th November 2008.
The Tuggeranong Interchange Supervisor had a word to a driver this afternoon who parked at "Platform 2" while he dashed to the toilet & was then going to do a 60 at Platform 3. Also there were no busses behind him & in my mind it is safer to park at "Platform 2" for a short period.
Um, platform 2 is for vehicles laying over...what has the driver done wrong?
Quote from: TP 3000 on March 12, 2009, 11:10:23 PM
It must of been a quick turn around as aren't they refilled when they return to the depot & aren't their checks to do beforehand?
They are re-filled when they need to be not every time they are in the depot
Quote from: Renault PR100.3 on March 12, 2009, 11:19:35 PM
Quote from: TP 3000 on March 12, 2009, 11:10:23 PM
It must of been a quick turn around as aren't they refilled when they return to the depot & aren't their checks to do beforehand?
They are re-filled when they need to be not every time they are in the depot
which makes sence, you dont re-fill your car every time you go home do you??
Quote from: Busnerd on March 12, 2009, 11:17:54 PM
Um, platform 2 is for vehicles laying over...what has the driver done wrong?
Apparently they can't park there, it is for set down only. It was the bitchy Supervisor who was complaining.
Quote from: Renault PR100.3 on March 12, 2009, 11:19:35 PM
Quote from: TP 3000 on March 12, 2009, 11:10:23 PM
It must of been a quick turn around as aren't they refilled when they return to the depot & aren't their checks to do beforehand?
They are re-filled when they need to be not every time they are in the depot
But I remember being told at the Depot Open day that they are always refueled each time as they don't know how long it will be out for without being refueled. For example 389 could of ended up at Belconnen Interchange & have something go wrong at 23:00 & then be towed back to Belconnen Depot & spend overnight there & it may get back to Tuggeranong Depot the next day or it may sit at Belconnen for a few days or it may get fixed first thing in the morning & then be needed for a 315 to Tuggeranong. But it may then run out of fuel on Athllon Dr, Greenway.
Also as a RFS Volunteer I always been taught to always refuel my car as I may get stuck out in the bush & have to take the long way through the mountains.
That is a waste of time, if a bus needs fuel then it goes into the fuel lane and is fueled by a cleaner fueler. If it doesn't need fuel it is parked. If a bus broke down late at night it would be fixed on the spot like any other bus by the mechanics in the breakdown van, it would not be towed, and if it was a fault that couldn't be fixed on the spot it would then be towed back to it's base depot where it would be fixed.
ACTION policy is that all buses are parked on the fuel lane when returned to the depot, with the exception if you are keeping the bus for the rest of the shift. It is the drivers responsibilty to ensure there is sufficient fuel in the bus to complete his/her shift. If in doubt, a trip to the bowser is required.
Except for artics which don't get parked in the fuel lanes. But in the case of CNG buses (such as 389), they must always be fully fuelled before leaving the depot on a new shift.
Quote from: Renault PR100.3 on March 13, 2009, 12:28:13 AM
If a bus broke down late at night it would be fixed on the spot like any other bus by the mechanics in the breakdown van, it would not be towed.
If a CNG bus runs out of fuel it cannot be topped-up by the breakdown truck - the only option is to tow it to Tuggeranong Depot. Which is why it is vital that CNG buses are re-fuelled after every shift.
I've had 389 for the second half of my shift yesterday afternoon and also the day before....good bus.
Smitho, could you of been one of the drivers that I spotted in this bus then?
On my exploration today I spotted a posible new bus gunzel with this young gentlemen being shown different aspects of a Scania. Including the ramp & bike rack.
Quote from: TP 3000 on March 13, 2009, 10:39:17 PM
Smitho, could you of been one of the drivers that I spotted in this bus then?
Yes, I was probably one of those drivers - I had the bus most of the afternoon.
The first driver finished before 15:00 & the other driver started after 15:00 & it looked as it the second driver also had 389 on the same shift yesterday.
Quote from: TP 3000 on March 14, 2009, 11:00:03 AM
The first driver finished before 15:00 & the other driver started after 15:00 & it looked as it the second driver also had 389 on the same shift yesterday.
Yes, I had 389 again yesterday from around 1445 to 1930; its not a shift bus for me - just lucky that I have come on about the time the other driver is finished with it..... most times I get Scanias.
Well I also am thankful that you picked up 389 for when I took your 16:02 62 from Woden as MAN are the best. But I reckon I could be a better bus driver though.
Only joking.
Quote from: TP 3000 on March 14, 2009, 11:45:40 AM
Well I also am thankful that you picked up 389 for when I took your 16:02 62 from Woden as MAN are the best. But I reckon I could be a better bus driver though.
Only joking.
LOL, another one of THOSE passengers! You'd have to get in line behind all the public servants and pensioner/gold card holders, they are by far the best "bus drivers", you ask them, they'll tell you all about it!
Old people are useless at driving-they are only the bus because they were too old to drive & public servants just think that if you drive a certain way you can save x amount to go back to the public. Me I just love the drivers that race lights, take corners at good speed & push their way out of a bus stop. Which is what I plan to do after about 5-10 years of driving.
DBL 133 the little Volvo Express has had a new front put on it and it has a customs badge on it.
Quote from: TP 3000 on March 14, 2009, 11:45:40 AM
Well I also am thankful that you picked up 389 for when I took your 16:02 62 from Woden as MAN are the best. But I reckon I could be a better bus driver though.
Only joking.
Yep, I reckon the MANs are pretty good too. Introduce yourself TP3000 next time you're Going my Way. Hmmm, a better bus driver eh?
But I forgot what you look like. Were you wearing a cap yesterday? Is it your regular shift?
Quote from: TP 3000 on March 14, 2009, 04:14:24 PM
But I forgot what you look like. Were you wearing a cap yesterday? Is it your regular shift?
I'm that forgettable am I?!!!! But then I guess all ACTION drivers look similar after a while, just some are fuller built than others.
Yes, I nearly always wear a cap - that down 62 @ 1602 is part of my regular school term shift.
Cool. There not all forgettable. I still remember some drivers when I see them & what they are like. I still remember a young female driver from Belconnen who did a 39 to Watson at around 13:00 & then a 36 to AGSO at about 15:00 & that was back in 2006. But I have seen her since.
I also remeber the driver when I took the 15:53 62 to Tuggeranong or 15:51 22 to Southlands. They both had same driver & same bus (both Scania). Also in 2007 the driver that took me to Tuggeranong in the morning (Dennis Dart) (08:00) was the same driver for the 162 from Woden (Artic) (17:00)
Quote from: Renault PR100.3 on March 14, 2009, 03:03:58 PM
DBL 133 the little Volvo Express has had a new front put on it and it has a customs badge on it.
It's been like that for a few months
This morning artics that were 1/4 full were being used for the Arboretum Shuttles
Customs badge? It was a Customs rebody? I was led to believe it was a P&D front, but I will say, it looked a lot like a SB400 front.....
It is a Customs front (And looks spiffy to say the least) and AFAIK still an Express Body.
AFAIK? It definately is an Express body, just a CC refront.
As Far As I Know
Get with the times, tokaji
Quote from: TP 3000 on March 12, 2009, 03:56:47 PM
Tuggeranong Depot must of been tight on busses
Repeat after me:
must HAVE, should HAVE, would HAVE, could HAVE
have is so 1990's.
No, 'have' is proper grammar.
Another driver stole 389 this afternoon.
At Tuggeranong Depot does anyone know if all the green buses fit undercover? As I always see quite a few parked over near the service waiting area.
Quote from: TP 3000 on March 16, 2009, 08:25:37 PM
Another driver stole 389 this afternoon.
At Tuggeranong Depot does anyone know if all the green buses fit undercover? As I always see quite a few parked over near the service waiting area.
Yep, my timing of arrival @ work was wrong today so I got a Scania instead (347 'Doris'). I had no-name 385 yesterday. The Scanias and MANs parked 'on the bricks' (ie near the workshops) are awaiting servicing attention.
I don't mean to bring up history but the 15:53 62 from Woden (which your 16:02 service has replaced) use to always be Bus 347.
Quote from: TP 3000 on March 16, 2009, 08:34:12 PM
I don't mean to bring up history but the 15:53 62 from Woden (which your 16:02 service has replaced) use to always be Bus 347.
That was when drivers could keep their shift gas buses with them all day; that's no longer the case. It's a lottery which gas bus you'll get in the afternoons now....just depends on what's available at the time you're about to start your afternoon runs.
That's not very good as I would always get 148 on a 62 from Kambah to Tuggeranong then 357 on a 313 from Tuggeranong to City, 308 on a 314 from City to Woden & 347 to Kambah. Of course the gap was a few hours between 148, 357 & 308.
I was right with Tuggeranong having fewer buses as on ATBD 369 is at Scania being fixed as those rough Tuggeranong drivers broke the gas system
Quote from: TP 3000 on March 16, 2009, 09:29:55 PM
I was right with Tuggeranong having fewer buses as on ATBD 369 is at Scania being fixed as those rough Tuggeranong drivers broke the gas system
You really are an idiot...
Blaming the drivers for the gas system 'breaking'....Im not even going to say anymore.
This afternoon the driver of Bus 361 received a complaint by a passenger about him going into the Platform in too fast. The passenger was told to go to the info counter & the driver followed.
I snuck over & had a listen in. The passenger claims that the driver came into the platform at 30, 40 or 50 k's & hit the back of his foot (the driver denied this). The thing was the the front of the bus was at an angle, but was on the road side of the yellow line.
While waiting for my next bus, I had a word with the young lass at the portable ticket machine. She didn't think that he was coming into that fast & most people exaggerate the facts when then complain. But also he was probably running late & was in the rush of things. I was on the bus & I think he came in slower then most drivers. I did forget to tell that lass that 95% of the time I am on the drivers side-even the ones that I despise.
I doubt anyone has pulled up at those platforms at 40km/h, it would have been 20 if he was going fast, and if you are standing on the kerb or on the wrong side of the yellow line, don't try and blame the driver, thats like standing in the middle of the road and complaining of being hit by a bus!
where was the guy who claimed the bus hit his foot standing?
All I saw was he walked in as I was getting out & was complaining. So I followed him over (but made it look as if I was waiting for the bus) to hear his side fully & just to clear it up I'm not blaming the driver, they have their spot to park & as per railway stations, you are suppose to stay behind the yellow line & should be in a line behind others getting ready to board the bus.
To add to today's events, a passenger on Bus 832 had a medical emergency & was first attended by ACT Ambulance 4WD A9 which parked just mm from the fron of Bus 832 & an ambulance was then called to take the passenger to Calvary Hospital. I am not sure what happened as I arrived there as it was all finishing up. But the Bus was undamaged & was then driven back to Belconnen Depot (I think another drive may of taken on his shift but 100% sure).
Just to clear things up this all occurred at City Interchange Platform 3.
The 361 incident occurred at Woden Interchange Platform 6.
Does anyone out there regularly see the new artic 300 service City-Belconnen due out of Civic Interchange at 1710?
If so, I'd be interested to know what passenger loadings are like...and does it frequently run late due to heavy loadings?
I last saw that run 2 weeks ago & the bus was almost empty & it was an artic.
Quote from: TP 3000 on March 17, 2009, 09:38:39 PM
I last saw that run 2 weeks ago & the bus was almost empty & it was an artic.
Thanks TP: Can you recall if it was on time? Have you seen it almost empty other times as well?
The driver was waiting at City West for ages. But he did a bit late. I think that maybe they altered the wrong shift as some other Xpresso's could use artics. The 710's usually have quite a few out of City (most of the time).
I have noticed that there are alot less people using Intertown to Belconnen from City (that is compared to the southbound intertown). It appears as if more people gets on at the other stops. More people do use the Xpresso's though.
That would be because it has more interchanges to service on the southbound, and the 710 gets good loadings, which would take off the northbound intertown, meaning less pax.
But south-side has 19 special peak services. While north-side only has 6 of these. This is on top of quite frequent intertown services.
A lot of people park near an interchange. There are no services connecting interchanges like the 710 from the city to Woden and Tuggeranong therefore heavier loadings on Southbound
Quote from: Renault PR100.3 on March 17, 2009, 10:43:46 PM
A lot of people use park near an interchange.
Should say: "A lot of people
do park near an interchange.
Bus routes 111, 160-162 & Intertown connect City & Woden. To connect to Tuggeranong you catch a 785 or 787 & get off in Kambah to transfer to a 705 (which usually comes around 5-10 minutes later).
why the hell would they do that, when they can just get one bus. Most people don't catch buses for the sake of it, they use it to get from a to b.
This whole debate is about bigger loadings on intertown south. what I am saying as that T and W interchanges don't have a service like the 710. 111- 160-162 are intertown services between city and woden hence they depart from the intertown platform.
I love it when you lot get all bitchy.
I see lots of people use ..say, the 111 as a intertown, they clearly get on at civic, and get off at woden/southlands/athlon drive in general..
I don't get bitchy 8)
Same thing happens with the 265. I even heard of passengers getting off on Athllon Dr & dashing across for the 21-24 services as if they miss it from Woden they can make it at Southlands.
Quote from: Busnerd on March 17, 2009, 05:22:04 PM
I doubt anyone has pulled up at those platforms at 40km/h, it would have been 20 if he was going fast, and if you are standing on the kerb or on the wrong side of the yellow line, don't try and blame the driver, thats like standing in the middle of the road and complaining of being hit by a bus!
I've come pretty close to giving a few people a bump on the head with the left mirror when they've been standing right on the edge. None of them ever dared to complain though. I think below about 5'9" you're safe from the 2s and Irises, not sure about the other models.
One of the funniest things I've seen while driving was a guy put his bike on the front of my bus, hit his head on the mirror while walking towards the door then hit his head again when getting off.
Does anyone know how ACTION Bus Services were different when the Federal Government ran ACTION?
Quote from: belcodriver on March 18, 2009, 09:32:51 AM
One of the funniest things I've seen while driving was a guy put his bike on the front of my bus, hit his head on the mirror while walking towards the door then hit his head again when getting off.
It wasn't JOHN was it
The Belconnen Intertown Platform at City Interchange has a few weird things. Firstly it has a bus stop sign on a pole at the back end & the front end has the old logo spray painted on in yellow near the top end of the platform. I'll post the pic of the logo later.
i noticed that when i got off there yesterday whilst looking for a certin DVD in impact comics
There are the same 2 regular style bus stops on Platform 1 in the city as well, almost looks like they want to make it so there are 2 'bus stops' and buses can stop at either. Probably due to complaints about buses behind another one pulling out of the stop whilst they were waiting at the front of the stop.
At Platform 1 you would think they would just the the shelter from the old stand 1.
But I guess that they don't want what happened in Perth to happen (http://www.busaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=39610)
I am guessing there will be artics out in force tonight, great photo opportunities around Lake Burley Griffin.
Edited: To fix spelling of our glorious lake. SP
There was an Ulladulla Coach out on Uriarra Road for the Open Garden thing out at Huntly.
Quote from: TP 3000 on March 18, 2009, 08:57:17 PM
Does anyone know how ACTION Bus Services were different when the Federal Government ran ACTION?
Yes. Quite a lot of people do. Thanks for asking. [/quote]
I was asking at the Federal Senators for the ACT were putting down the current service in the Parliamentary Triangle & I was wondering if it was any better back then.
Quote from: TP 3000 on March 21, 2009, 05:57:31 PMI was asking at the Federal Senators for the ACT were putting down the current service in the Parliamentary Triangle & I was wondering if it was any better back then.
I think it was only Gary Humphries (Lib) who was being critical. To answer your question I have started a new topic in History.
http://actbus.net/forum/index.php?topic=1121.0 (http://actbus.net/forum/index.php?topic=1121.0)
For some time after the 'new' Parliament House opened, ACTION ran a frequent shuttle from the front underground car park bus stop of Parliament House to Civic. It was very frequent, (perhaps every 10 minutes or so?).
It got the axe as patronage was pretty light; I think a lot of Parliament House staff didn't even know the service existed.
This is that ACTION logo on the Northbourne Ave side of Platform 5.
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Quote from: smitho on March 21, 2009, 09:19:09 PM
For some time after the 'new' Parliament House opened, ACTION ran a frequent shuttle from the front underground car park bus stop of Parliament House to Civic. It was very frequent, (perhaps every 10 minutes or so?).
It got the axe as patronage was pretty light; I think a lot of Parliament House staff didn't even know the service existed.
wasn't the service number 777, i think it is on this site under network 88, Monday to Friday
Route 777 Parliament House Loop
City Bay 13
City Interchange (L) London (U) Commonwealth (U) Parliament (L) Parliament (L) Parliament (C) Commonwealth (D) London (R) East to City Interchange
Quote from: TP 3000 on March 21, 2009, 10:25:28 PM
This is that ACTION logo on the Northbourne Ave side of Platform 5.
That just means that a bus stop pole needs to be put there.
365 was parked in a weird place
Spotted 919 on a 90? yesterday on Lathalain st.
lukeo
Yes, the 777 would be that route. I think it only last a year or two, if that.
i have seen a picture somewhere of a bus at parliament house with 777 on the desto and the bus was a .2
702 Xpresso always starts/ends at Fraser East
Quote from: lukeo25 on March 23, 2009, 05:15:23 PM
i have seen a picture somewhere of a bus at parliament house with 777 on the desto and the bus was a .2
it may not be a .2, but in the ACT Bus Gallery is a Merc
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Also it was stated before that College Street was being fully duplicated. This is however wrong, onky the intersection of College Street & Cooinda Street-possibly for a roundabout.
Also it looks as if demolition work has been done at Farrer Terminus. As there is an old door that is open but leads to outside (just over side of wall to seating area.
This evening at the Woden bound Platform 1 at City Interchanges, Buses 370,387 & 373 were all full. 323 was the first bus that came along & left 50% empty. Apparently 2 buses didn't turn up. This was around 16:30
Forgot to mention that a Scania driver just made the right turn into City Interchange at the ex-Greater Union site.
Quote from: TP 3000 on April 01, 2009, 05:45:12 PM
This evening at the Woden bound Platform 1 at City Interchanges, Buses 370,387 & 373 were all full. 323 was the first bus that came along & left 50% empty. Apparently 2 buses didn't turn up. This was around 16:30
Forgot to mention that a Scania driver just made the right turn into City Interchange at the ex-Greater Union site.
Can you tell me what is discussion worthy about this practice?? I assume it was coming down Bunda street from Northbourne Ave, if this is the case it is totally normal!
That was merely an observation. But just to make sure, you are aware that the left lane is blocked from Bunda Street intersection to near the next Platform?
*We are now discussing that item*
Yes i am totally aware of that! I make this turn on a daily basis without issue, its a good test of ones judgement to avoid the sign in the middle of the road.
Well this time the sign guy was standing behind the Give Way sign, usually he is standing right on the edge of the intersection. This bus just made it round, as I was about to help him reverse back-stop inbound Bunda Street traffic & guide him around.
Ha ha ha. I still, to this day, swear it was not my fault, ha.
I recently caught 760, and I noticed this going especially fast, as the engine just didn't stop revving in 3rd gear. Odd.
Unfortunately, most of the drivers will keep away from that bus like the plague, it's a major dog (apprently).
There's one guy that is always driving it, big fella. Ticket machine always buggers up on him and he puts a ticket saying free into it.
I have had that happen with the back set in a few PR100.2's MkI's. Which isn't fun when the whole seat moves forward.
At least 760's Days are numbered when the next batch of buses start arriving.
has any noticed 359 a black bike rack, i have noticed it twice when i have seen it
And of course, the buspedition about 2 years ago, Mat or Bubzie might remember the seat shenanegans we had on that trip!
TP3000; The next batch of buses, at this stage, might be a year away., but yes, when they arrive, it will be going going gone.....
Black bike rack on a Scania? Interesting, thanks for the info there.
Maybe they no longer make the yellow ones? ???
http://actbus.net/forum/index.php?topic=618.0 (http://actbus.net/forum/index.php?topic=618.0)
Refer to reply 41 guys.
Next post will be 500 posts for the General Discussion thread!
Quote from: Irisbus Rider on April 02, 2009, 09:31:40 PM
And of course, the buspedition about 2 years ago, Mat or Bubzie might remember the seat shenanegans we had on that trip!
I remember that!
He broke a seat, for those playing along at home
John Tokaji, the expert bus seat breaker.
Oh, andddddd, i saw this today, in 950.
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What is it with me and seats, is it just my larger than usual behind?
GOLD!!! Also, seen interesting messages behind the driver in 918 and 904 as well.
Oh, sorry Renault PR100.3, I must have forgotten about that post of yours.
what is it, I can't really see, it's to blurry.
It appreas to be a Network map of Melbourne's Connex (Railway) Network and a promotion for Connex improving the railway network.
I knew advertising in/on buses was down. But why would Connex be advertising in an ACTION Bus?
Quote from: Irisbus Rider on April 02, 2009, 09:53:24 PM
It appreas to be a Network map of Melbourne's Connex (Railway) Network and a promotion for Connex improving the railway network.
...and it got there how?
Maybe the Connex Promotional Officer got lost? Who knows.......
Quote from: Renault PR100.3 on April 02, 2009, 09:55:56 PM
Quote from: Irisbus Rider on April 02, 2009, 09:53:24 PM
It appreas to be a Network map of Melbourne's Connex (Railway) Network and a promotion for Connex improving the railway network.
...and it got there how?
heh Its been there for a while ;D
well obviously *someone* put it there.
And if 760 was such "a dog" surely they would've flogged it already? They've sold off some half decent .2's
discussion on selling ACTION buses has been split into a new topic - i think it has some potential for a decent amount of discussion
For that Tidbinbilla Extravaganza, 5 MAN Buses were sent out to Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve as shuttle buses.
The surprising thing was that I was heading north up Drakeford (going past Bonython) when I spotted them. So I decided to do a u-turn & follow them, but I didn't catch up to them until Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve & Paddy's River Road (or whatever it is called out there) is a 100k road. I had planned to do the best "Where Is It." But I was stopped at the gate as I had my doggie in the car.
out of interest, why do you always take your dog in the car?
He loves his car rides & we end our drive at Tuggers Dog Park. I don't always take him, as when I go shopping he stays home.
How very strange. I have been told no ACTION buses are allowed in the Murrumbidgee valley, because the ACTION radios don't receive reception out there, but this must obviously be wrong.....Interesting.
I thought that it would just be those tiny mini-buses. I got a shock when I saw that.
But I am aware that radio networks have been improved in the Brindabella's. Anyway if all 5 stay together, if something goes wrong one should spot if one mucks up.
Also it was an ACT Government event & this would be a chance to show their nice new buses.
Quote from: Irisbus Rider on April 02, 2009, 09:48:47 PM
GOLD!!! Also, seen interesting messages behind the driver in 918 and 904 as well.
Not in 904 anymore.
I seemingly found a Epping to Chatswood Rail Link brochure in a 100.2, now how did that get there? :D :P
The ACTION website is down
I missed a perfect photo shot today because I left my camera at home! :'( It would have been a beauty of John holding a mannequin dressed as a bus superviser. Drat! But thanks for your help John, with carrying things out to the car and helping put things away when the Canberra Heritage Bus Open Day finished today. Well done. :)
Yes, what a shame that photo opportunity was missed!
Thank you to yourself and all of the lovely people at RATEC, what a wonderful exhibition you had. Thoroughly enjoyed it, as I'm sure many other people did. And it's my absolute pleasure to help out with such a worthy cause!
I hope the open days went well, i wanted to get along to see it but unfortunately i was unable to get away from the office this week!
The Open days for the Canberra Bus Heritage went off exceptionally well, thank you for asking. We were all very pleased with the number of people who came. All the comments were positive so it was well worth the effort. But I'm not doing it again for a few years, there is so much organising to do it's unbelievable! Still it was fun. :D
Good to hear! For those who missed it, here is an article from the Canberra times the other day..
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The RATEC guys made the comment that that was the first time that Eddie had ever worn that hat-he use to wear a different hat.
I am wondering wether all Public Holiday shifts were filled today. I ask this as I only saw 2 people at bus stops between Tuggeranong & Amaroo & they were all waiting for buses that were due 5-10 minutes before & as I followed that route I never saw that bus.
Quote from: TP 3000 on April 10, 2009, 08:41:42 PM
I am wondering wether all Public Holiday shifts were filled today. I ask this as I only saw 2 people at bus stops between Tuggeranong & Amaroo & they were all waiting for buses that were due 5-10 minutes before & as I followed that route I never saw that bus.
As per usual, I don't understand WTF you are trying to say. Bus stops between Tuggeranong and Amaroo?? This must be a very long bus route.
I assume that he meant that he saw two people at bus stops at one location or another between the two areas, stopped, consulted his timetable, noted that the bus was due some time ago, and upon following the route from the opposite direction to the bus, did not come across it.
2 different stops, 1 on the 962 (Kambah) & one for 958 (Amaroo). Also I already knew the 962 times & had a fair idea about the 958.
It looks as if someone is upset over the 6 being overcrowded. This note is attached to the bus stop on McCaughey Street Turner (City Bound) just before the Barry Drive lights.
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when is the new timetable coming out
Quote from: Rad D on April 11, 2009, 08:30:07 PM
when is the new timetable coming out
It looks as if it won't be until end of May now. They had the timetables all ready, but the work hasn't been finished yet.
Bus 129 had a lot of greyish smoke coming out the back as it pulled out of Tuggeranong Interchange today on an Intertown. Also 978's bus communication radio doesn't work & they have to use a portable to hear anything.
There will be a few, there will be a 'Belconnen Changes' one out in May but nothing other than Belconnen changes will be updated. A major timetable upgrade is expected in July.
With some route alterations including the 2 & 3 in City Interchange. The thing is I was told that they are only now asking for drivers comment on the network. So alot of July upgrades have to do with drivers comments (well that is my jist of it anyway).
About time they fix up City Interchange, what a shambles.
Most likely all in due time. The shift I was on today, had a 4 come into City Interchange at 17:21 & for that bus to leave Platform 5 for a 300 to Belconnen Interchange at 17:30. However during that 9 minutes 3/4 other 300 series buses arrive & depart & the bus had no where to park for that time. He ended up parking at Platform 4 until the 2 other 300 buses left & he then pulled in. But this held back an 8.
Bus 388's gas pod cover has a hole in it from hitting an interchange platform & Bus 387's doors have a few problems of not closing properly due to someone not securing the top bolts securely. & the bolts have moved forward.
Don't know what happened with 388. All I can think of is it may have been riding a bit higher than usual and has clipped the top at Woden.
326 also has a hole in the pod.
I wonder how long it has had the hole. As maybe it was before the Platforms were extended?
Didn't have it on Saturday. Refer to thread 'Pictures in Page'.
Got this pic of 375 this arvo, stuff that guy, he is mosaicked out. Check out the body roll.
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Lol, very nice shot. And, yes, stuff the guy, ha ha. It must be becuuse of their high ride height?
Quote from: Renault PR100.3 on April 16, 2009, 09:18:44 PM
Didn't have it on Saturday. Refer to thread 'Pictures in Page'.
That shot is taken on the wrong side. Have posted the pic in Multimedia as it is a great shot.
But you can see there is no damage
If anyone is still after a Network '06 map, the newsagent at Tuggeranong Hyperdome has lots of them & are handing them out & don't have any from even Network '08.
lets hope they have some tommorow when i am down there, are they handing them out for free or not?
Yep, even though it has the price of $2.20 RRP on them. I suppose that they can't order more until they run out. There was almost 30-40 in a pile.
good, i can put 1 on my wall and get 1 for my collection
I suspect that a well known driver (Fraser) is on holidays as no one picked up on which bus I caught on Wednesday.
read the post after your Wednesday 'What bus'
My apologies, I didn't know what 970, lol would mean. Only found out today it is Fraser's bus. But Fraser wasn't driving, it was a driver opposite to Fraser (assuming Fraser is bus gunzel friendly). I love typing Fraser alot in this post.
Accoring to The Riot ACT, Brenden Smyth has concerns over ACT Government selling off assests such as ACTION (http://the-riotact.com/?p=11748). But I am not sure about this as I haven't seen anymore on this anywhere else.
I don't even have to read that to know that ACTION will not be privatised, shut up about it.
It was also confirmed by treasurer Katy Gallagher today that she is not considering any such sale.
Hey guys, look at this, what is wrong, it was taken today:
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I've seen that months ago. It is the same case with the last bus stop of Eyre Street KINGSTON. I feel like taking both signs (if only I could work out how)
all of it, aside from the words 'bus stop' and the little bus icon?
Yepo, it is only a sheet of metal attached to the board, Kingston is screw in, but both are higher then my arms.
Also forgot to mention that as some people may of heard, there was a bad accident at the southern entrance into Woden Interchange at around 17:00. This resulted in south bound buses having to do the Woden loop (via Melrose Drive, Hindmarsh Drive & Callam Street). I had the bad luck on my southbound 300, where the driver (one of the good ones mind you-he is known here that's why) had to do his drop off from Platform 12 & I called people waiting at the southbound Intertown platform over to him. Most others did the Woden Loop though.
You are not stealing those ACTION signs. Why can't you be content with a photo like everyone else.
It is to help the public not be confused, which helps the drivers stress levels as they won't get people asking "When does the 34 comes?"
**To be fair, I do not condone illegal activity such as theft of Government property. This is only as a joke.
Well if your truly concerned you can contact the government to take it down!
Quote from: TP 3000 on April 22, 2009, 10:51:27 PM
It is to help the public not be confused, which helps the drivers stress levels as they won't get people asking "When does the 34 comes?"
**To be fair, I do not condone illegal activity such as theft of Government property. This is only as a joke.
Being a sarcastic guy I'd quite happily answer "10 months ago".
On Thursday my Gran had one of the "bitchy" bus drivers. I say this as she was on an Intertown North & pressed the bell for the bus stop on Athllon Drive just after Melrose Drive rounabout. We she was getting off she asked the driver if it was the right stop for the Phillip Health Centre. His reply was "There are lots of bus stops along here & one goes there." She got off anyway & ended up walking along Athllon Drive & found the closer stop near Shea Street (which is the right one).
She described the driver to me & it sounds like the only driver in ACTION that I avoid at any costs. I have never had a run in with this guy, but I just don't trust him. But I'll ask: As a driver what would/do you do? I'd do what I think most drivers do & say it's the next stop.
338 is over in the Workshop waiting area at Tuggeranong Depot with a plastic sheet over the back right windows.
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With a CNG Pod off a bus. But it isn't 381 as I saw this pod on Friday, with the mirror being replaced on 381 at the same time (& it still had a holy gas pod.
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338 has apparently been there for ages and that gas pod came off 377, which had really bad damage to it's pod a few weeks back.
The same as 382, didn't think a bus had a plastic sheet before. I would love to know why these 2 have been in for ages.
The plastic sheet is for a broken window and if you mean 382 has been outside of the workshops for ages, it seems to have spent more time there than on the road, I haven't seen it out of the depot since January
That explains why I haven't got a photo of it yet then!
Forgot to mention that I noticed an "incident" at Platform 12 at Woden Interchange this afternoon. What I saw was a Poilce car fly out of Woden & go the wrong way past the drivers lunch room & park right at the end of the Tuggeranong Intertown Platform. Then by the time I had driven around the taxi rank up the top & came back down, a Police paddy wagon copied them. It looked as if they were talking with someone on the metal chair on the corner of Platform 12 & an ACTION staff member came out of the Supervisor Office just after the Police arrived.
I am wondering what are peoples thoughts on learning bus routes by driving behind the bus?
I ask this as I was behind Bus 783 which was being driven my a member of this forum at the time. We where on School Bus 583 (Lanyon Valley Serive) while on Pockett Ave BANKS, 2 detectives pull me over & search my car & etc. But at the end one of them says that this sort of activity (driving behind the buses, learning the routes) is a bit weird & I shouldn't do it again. Although yesterday the driver in question said it was ok (I always ask the driver beforehand). They did let me off & said I couldn't do it again. But I was as open as possible & told them how I met the driver (through this forum) & gave both our usernames. I also told him about Australian Transport Discussion Board. So this forum & ATDB may be looked at by ACT Police workers today.
Following buses in your car is a BIG MISTAKE. You will attract police attention almost everytime you do, with or without the drivers consent. Members of the public will report suspicious activity. If you were following a school bus i'm not suprised the police stopped you. There have been numerous attempted abductions in recent times and there is a high level of alert regarding student safety.
I suggest if you want to learn the runs then it would be best to do so on board the bus. Also, it is pointless learning school runs as they tend to change a lot and you may only get to that run once in a year. ACTION provide more than adequate route direcitons.
I would just like to say that the ACT BUS management team do not kendone this sort of activity.
As Chris_Guru said, you can easily learn the routes on the computer by looking at route maps or directions.
Exactly. I would suggest you learn the routes via the maps and listings available on the ACTION Website.
We'll leave that line of discussion now thanks.
It looks as if today was bus breakdown day today.
345 broke down on Namatjira Drive FISHER
Another Scania broke down on Belconnen Way
Another bus broke down on Northbourne Ave LYNEHAM
Also drivers that had a Scania or MAN were not allowed in Belconnen Depot on their lunch break today. It wasn't that Belconnen Depot was annoyed with Tuggeranong, but that resealing work was being done on the main gate & drivers had to go through the cement gate entrance.
Name one driver who actually goes to the Belconnen Canteen for lunch?
Most drivers would pack their own lunch or go to the mall
No idea. But I think that some shifts say to have lunch at Belco or Tuggers depot. Surely with the amount of shifts given out on Sunday someone's shift might say this (mine don't).
You'll find a lot fo drivers use the canteens in the depot, at a guess i'd say at least 50 a day.
Yes I know that people go there, but I'm saying, as an example, plenty of people get shifts with things like 'WODEN MEAL ROOM' or 'BELCONNEN DEPOT' yet a lot pack their own lunch or just go to the shopping centre(s)
My depot has a fairly high turnover or drivers and staff who use the canteen, but then usually they will be at the depot because they have to swap a bus over, where as most of the ACTION shifts where a tuggy driver has a meal at belco may just run as
950 has been transferred to Tuggeranong Depot & personally Belconnen should have it back. The Wayfarer is broken, the box behind the driver is on the ground, the door doesn't have its hook things.
Also I saw the 732 Xpresso come into Woden Interchange at 17:00 & it was Bus 700 & empty.
Chris_Guru won't be happy about that, he thinks it's a good bus, I am going to wait for confirmation from one of the drivers before I update the Bus Australia fleet lists as it may only be temporary.
If it is permanent it will be tuggys first .2 with a rack.
how do you know it has been transferred, TP3000?
I may have the number wrong as this bus didn't have a bike rack. But I know that this bus didn't have an S & the driver did think it was a Belco bus. I was going by what the driver said as he hasn't seen it around. It did have a weird drivers seat though that was different & the driver said it felt like a sack of potatoes. The seat cover did look different to most bus driver seats.
did it have front fleet numbers?
You realise that the 'S' sticker doesn't really mean anything anymore? They were applied around 2001-02 IIRC, and many stickers have come off and buses have been transferred.
No front fleet numbers & the driver also said about that 'S' thing
Most of the 87# series which are (with the exception of 870) all at Belconnen have them. I think it was before '01-'02 Ryan I can remember seeing them around before then.
yeah, not entirely sure when they were applied - around 2000 or so.
950 was at B depot at lunch time today. It had not been transfered to the best of my knowledge.
Didn't think it would have, Belco seems short on buses at the moment, it would make no sense transferring on to Tuggy.
I was told that Tuggeranong sent buses to Belconnen for the start of Network '08. Belconnen sent some back for Network '09 changes. But some may be sent back to Belconnen for this new change.
Going by what poor quality this bus is in, I suspect it may be a "if we have nothing except MkIII's or Darts left you can take this one instead" bus
Mk IIIs ???
A few driver's call the PR100.3's MkIII's, well they are the 3rd version of the Renaults
Ah no they don't, they may call them Point threes, but not Mark threes.
Yeah I don't think I have heard a driver use the term MkIII in my life unless it is describing a Sydney MkIII Merc.
I know of one driver that does. At first it confused me, I'm use to it now.
That driver has no idea then, I know a lot of drivers and have spoken to drivers that I don't really know and not one has ever called a .3 a Mk III.
This driver is a member of this forum & when he finds out he won't be happy. It isn't who you think.
My source has informed me that it was Bus 975 which the driver in question had today. Which according to another sources records is currently based at Tuggeranong Depot, ACT. It is currently situated in F Road.
A PR100.3 is commonly know as a .3, or a PR100.3. MkIII is not a commonly used term for this type of Vehicle, whether or not it is the third generation of Renault vehicle (PR100, PR100.2 then PR100.3 with Agoraline taking up the number 4 spot). If so we can all begin to call the Irisbuses MkIV's. Discussion on this matter shall now cease, and we can all get back to being one happy little family.
Who cares where 975 is parked!
I'm sure it will move when another driver takes it out, it's not as if the bus is a crime scene, all they would've done is downloaded the camera footage before returning it to service.
In the next week or so the left lane of Belconnen Way (City Bound) is to become a Bus lane only at the Macarthur Avenue Traffic Lights (there is a message at Tuggers Depot).
Also there is a damaged Toyota Coaster at Tuggeranong workshop layover (in the spot where the Dennis Darts are lined up in the open)
Also more then the normal amount of drivers took today (Monday 04/05/09) off & casual were being called in from 5am.
A coaster?? It ain't ACTION's
It could be Lake Tuggeranong College's or any other school's. But all I could see was the front bit & damaged bottom grill.
I would like to also add a close major stuff up by ACTION. That is that (from what I could see ) the MAN's only just fit into Tuggeranong Workshop by just over centimeter.
I had 700 for my school run this am instead of the usual Mark 1 - a bit of a snail, but running a lot better than how I remember it around mid last year, when it was very sluggish. It has no wayfarer/validator, something its been missing for a while I think.
Earlier in the week, I had 714 for my school run which I then continued to use on the up 318 ex Banks @ 0836. She is running very well.
Scotty & Nige mentioned route 315 this morning. It had something to do with making fun on a topic & they mentioned about people complaining on the 315 from Tuggeranong to Spence
A reminder to all forum members that this thread should be used for small/general observations - please consider starting a new thread for items of note.
I spotted 983 running a southbound 900 earlier this afternoon.. that's a bit unusual, isn't it?
It wasn't Chris was it?
couldn't see the drivers window unfortunately. i was in the right lane and it was in the left
It was a driver that was required to operate a charter at the end of the shift, so instead of having to return to the depot to swap buses, just took the artic the whole shift.
Was quite an interesting sight though.
He was also sighted doing a 903
Bus 986 lost its middle left wheel today at Tuggeranong Interchange at about 13:00. I was on this bus & smoke came from this wheel at the Woden Pool stop (southbound). I got off & caught at 64 20 minutes later & ended up at Tuggers with the mechanic fixing up the bus bu pulling the axle apart. The bus was driven back to the depot at 14:00.
105 now has an advertisement on it's right hand side: "How to prevent the spread of Flu"
There's a fair few buses with that ad..
Really? That's the first time I've seen it
It must have gone on over the weekend, because I hadn't seen it before today, but I saw it on a bunch of Renaults today.
It's up allover the inside of buses as well, all the buses I got today had it behind the drivers cab, except 302 which has the responsible gambling pamphlet...I wonder how that got there.
On the topic of drivers cab advertising, it is apparently free for non-profit organizations(Hint, hint)
Heard the best thing on the radio today, someone was trying to put a washing machine on the bus up at Lathlain Street, the driver refused & the radio room altered other drivers.
Today on ### there was a bit of a debacle between the driver and a cyclist, I found it mildly entertaining....here's what was said:
Cyclist: {Puts bike on bus and steps on}
Driver: Excuse me mate, would you mind removing your drink bottle?
Cyclist: WHY!!!
Driver: Because that is the rules.
Cyclist: {Storms off bus and gets drink bottle returning to bus and banging the drink bottle on coin tray}
Driver: GET OFF THE BUS!!!!
Cyclist: You'll pay for this!!
Driver: How?
Cyclist: {takes bike off rack angrily, makes a rude gesture to the driver and rides off with BUS %%% almost hitting him}
and while I am on the topic of strange happenings today...301 was parked in the car park on Cameron ave. (near where the new bus station is) with police in attendance, don't know what was happening there.
Quote from: Mini Mat on May 17, 2009, 08:45:11 PM
and while I am on the topic of strange happenings today...301 was parked in the car park on Cameron ave. (near where the new bus station is) with police in attendance, don't know what was happening there.
I do. Let's just say it's not a good idea to leave your coin dispenser / money bag in plain sight even if you lock your bus. [No, I wasn't the driver.]
The latest InterACTION newsletter had this reminder from the South Region manager:
QuoteDrivers are reminded that buses must not be parked and left unattended in any area other than an approved layover, depot or interchange. Buses left unattended at unauthorised locations are vulnerable to theft, vandalism, tampering or damage. Any variation of this policy may constitute improper use of Territory owned property and will be seriously regarded.
Maybe the driver hadn't read that bit.
I thought that if you left your bus unattended, that you were meant to lock everything in the storage lockers. But I would love to know how they got access to the bus (doesn't have to be answered if it is private) if it was locked up? Unless a window was smashed.
Right then this happened to me this morning:
I got a coffee, I went to get on the 2 at 8:23am (woden), the bus driver wouldn't let me on, so I decided to put my School Faresaver in the machine, I said I won't drink it. I sat down as normal and decide to act natural, what does the driver do call the inspector on the radio. The inspector comes and asks who has the coffee, I don't own up, he goes back and asks the driver, the driver says the person with the blue bag (that was me), I agreed and I said fine I will catch the 8:38am one and be late for school. Which I was. Hope it isn't the same driver tomorrow.
I wish I threw the coffee in one of their faces.
Please Reply on it! :'(
Well to be fair there is a no drinking sign on every bus. I think there's probably a bit of leniency with that rule when the drink in question is in a bottle with a lid that seals it (such as a bottle of water). A hot drink is probably a bit different.
That said, if you think you were unfairly treated you can always contact customer service and quote the route and time, and/or bus fleet number.
Hot Drinks are a no no, for safety reason's mostly. And when they spill they can create quite a mess (Woman getting on QR EMU Who got her hand in the door, hot chocolate exploded everywhere!). The sign say's 'No Drinking' which implies you can have a drink aslong as you do not drink it, however drinks with flimsy lids, can's which are open, coffee with the easy drinking mugs can be considered as Drinking as you have already been drinking, or can easily drink it. Water is an exception to the rule.
I was having this same conversation with a few other drivers on the weekend. The driver I hand around with allows most drinks except cans on the bus, but he has to see the drink container when they exit. He does this as otherwise they'll just sneak it on & leave the container on the back seat afterwards.
But another driver doesn't allow any drinks, especially coffee as if a passenger with coffee & they get in an argument with the driver or another passenger, then that hot coffee will end up on someone & because of the sign on the door, the driver gets in trouble.
Quote from: TP 3000 on May 18, 2009, 01:11:30 PM
I thought that if you left your bus unattended, that you were meant to lock everything in the storage lockers.
In a perfect world, all the storage lockers would actually work. Most of the buses (the bus in question too) has not had a storage locker that actually locks for 6 months. Certain buses don't even contain storage lockers.
I think it's time for ACTION to get serious about this sort of thing.
As for the coffee, hate to say it too, but buses aren't the place for hot drinks. Spilling is the major issue, especially if the bus has to stop in an emergency, your hot coffee would have ended up on the person in front of you. Not too pleasent.
Edit: Identity crisis.
I only thought by the time I got to school it would of cooled down a bit! :D
Completely understand the justification in bringing it on board, I don't blame you, but rules are rules.
Quote from: Breakdown Van Rider on May 18, 2009, 09:52:59 PM
In a perfect world, all the storage lockers would actually work. Most of the buses (the bus in question too) has not had a storage locker that actually locks for 6 months. Certain buses don't even contain storage lockers.
I think it's time for ACTION to get serious about this sort of thing.
There are some that have lockers that don't lock/can't be locked - but these are very few. It's still better to put your money in an unlocked locker than to leave it out on display (although I don't know what the case was in this instance).
However, I am not aware of any bus in the ACTION fleet that does not have a storage locker.
Can anyone tell me wether the Irisbuses have always had the air vent/grill up the front where the doors open over? I ask as I hadn't noticed it before & I saw it on 308.
Does the sticker on 957 have anything to do with ACT Bus. It is a sticker from a label writer and it says 'Leroy' on it. lol.
maybe one of the drivers named the bus, like the scanias :D
342 has just shat itself outside my house ;D
Quote from: lukeo25 on May 21, 2009, 08:10:07 AM
maybe one of the drivers named the bus, like the scanias :D
Why are the Scanias named? I'm just curious
I think the mechanics got bored
Bus 311 had a 3 smashed windows tonight, they were near the rear drivers side. It looked like rocks had been thrown at it. It occurred sometime on its 900 service to Tuggeranong Interchange. But it still did its last 900 service to Belconnen that went through Civic at 23:50(ish).
I was told by another driver by SMS, as he saw it go through Tuggeranong Interchange.
Quote from: Martin on May 20, 2009, 11:22:00 AM
However, I am not aware of any bus in the ACTION fleet that does not have a storage locker.
I thought the Darts lacked one. Or does the desto count as a storage locker? Ha ha.
Quote from: Breakdown Van Rider on May 25, 2009, 11:46:55 AM
I thought the Darts lacked one.
You thought wrongly. Like the Scanias and MANs, the Darts have a lockable compartment above the driver's seat. They all use the same key, so any driver can unlock the compartment.
Caught the 170 home this evening and was caught in a traffic jam between Hindmarsh Drive and Mawson, turned out 952 had snuffed it and had the breakdown truck behind fixing it up.
Quote from: Sir Pompously on May 25, 2009, 08:34:59 PM
....turned out 952 had snuffed it and had the breakdown truck behind fixing it up.
It was on the side of the road just before Mawson Drive when I went past at 18:40ish, with 312 Tuggeranong still on the desto
They are doing work at the Cameron Ave. Station who knows what's happening.
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Small observation that may have been raised already, but looking at some Scania photos, it seems 320 was the only one to have the "do not overtake turning vehicle" sticker that is one of the old long strip ones across the bottom of the rear window, whereas all the others have the small sticker in the bottom left of the rear of the bus.
Does 320 still have the long strip version of the sticker? it looks quite odd really.
Quote from: Mini Mat on June 05, 2009, 03:34:24 PM
They are doing work at the Cameron Ave. Station who knows what's happening.
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They are putting in underground cables; what should have been a quick job ended up a much longer task when they ran into rock unexpectedly. I took my No 7 through there this am around 0745, just using the back end of the platform; it was closed altogether later on in the morning, Base telling us to use Platform 2 instead.
There is a Tuggies .2 doing a 905. No idea what the fleet number it is but it was doing the same run that a Tuggies driver that I know did last week. I didn't think that Tuggies drivers were supposed to take anything other than gas buses on weekends.
From what I have been told, drivers can take whatever standard they like. Starters would probably prefer drivers to take gasies. Also depending when the refuellers & the driver's shift started, there may not of been a gas bus ready for him. As there are times when all gas buses are out either drivers shift coming towards an end or others that have just started.
Quote from: Mini Mat on June 06, 2009, 10:32:43 PM
There is a Tuggies .2 doing a 905. No idea what the fleet number it is but it was doing the same run that a Tuggies driver that I know did last week. I didn't think that Tuggies drivers were supposed to take anything other than gas buses on weekends.
You're right - Tuggeranong drivers are nearly always allocated gas buses on weekends and weekend shift cards all specify gas buses are to be used.
On rare occasions, there may be personal
health reasons or training reasons why a driver needs to use a certain type of bus which might explain what you saw.
Note that the new on-line timetables identify which weekend (and weekday) runs are worked with low floor buses so that's another reason to match up your bus type with what is on the shift card.
Quote from: smitho on June 07, 2009, 09:59:47 AM
On rare occasions, there may be personal health reasons or training reasons why a driver needs to use a certain type of bus which might explain what you saw.
Could you elaborate as to what the gas buses lack in terms health requirements? Just curious.
There will be some very happy drivers, as it looks like soon they will no longer have to do a u-turn in Forde. As there is a DA for a an access road into Forde to be extended & a bridge to be built. The only road that I can see that would need this is Jessie Street, where buses currently turn around & head back down Amy Ackman Street. This would mean that the 59 would enter from Francis Forde Boulevard & exit via Jessie Street/Gundaroo Road (or I think it is now called Mulligans Flat Road) & then go onto Belconnen & in reverse order to Gungahlin.
Here is the DA:
Quote from: ACT Plan & Land Authority
FORDE
Development Application: 200913825
Address: NO ADDRESS
Block: 1 Section: 85
Proposal: PUBLIC WORKS-ACCESS ROAD-BRIDGE-STREET EXTENSION-STREET LIGHTS-LANDSCAPING.
As per quite a few Government DA's there are no plans attached to the DA.
Quote from: Locki on June 07, 2009, 12:48:59 PM
Could you elaborate as to what the gas buses lack in terms health requirements? Just curious.
Sorry, I can't give particular examples, but I'm aware of the odd driver who has been permitted to use a particular type of bus in very special circumstances because of a particular health condition. But as a general rule, drivers can't be selective about which types of buses they can or can't drive based on their health or fitness circumstances.
Quote from: TP 3000 on June 07, 2009, 01:15:16 PM
There will be some very happy drivers, as it looks like soon they will no longer have to do a u-turn in Forde. As there is a DA for a an access road into Forde to be extended & a bridge to be built. The only road that I can see that would need this is Jessie Street, where buses currently turn around & head back down Amy Ackman Street. This would mean that the 59 would enter from Francis Forde Boulevard & exit via Jessie Street/Gundaroo Road (or I think it is now called Mulligans Flat Road) & then go onto Belconnen & in reverse order to Gungahlin.
Here is the DA:As per quite a few Government DA's there are no plans attached to the DA.
It is Jessie Street that is being extended, its just waiting on a bridge to take it across to meet up with the roundabout at William Cooper Av/Mulligans Flat Rd, where the Jessie St exit is already in place.
Pretty obvious idea here is that once it comes out of Forde on Jessie St, it'll continue onto William Cooper and through Bonner.
& eventually through to Bonner to terminate at Casey Group Centre.
358 is currently getting around with no logos on either side.
This may have been raised before, but why is there not a Platform 13 at Woden?
its bad luck :D, i think when they built it the builders or ACTION didn't want to jinx the place :)
Quote from: lukeo25 on June 12, 2009, 08:00:24 PM
its bad luck :D, i think when they built it the builders or ACTION didn't want to jinx the place :)
That's exactly right, I was told this by a driver.
Also, an operator in Sydney goes to the extreme in this sense, under it's previous owner, Busways didn't have 13 anywhere in their operation.Although, this has changed in these modern open-minded times.
Quote from: lukeo25 on June 12, 2009, 08:00:24 PM
its bad luck
So that's why the 13 goes through Charnwood & why Belconnen Interchange was the only Interchange to have a Platform 13.
Belconnen Interchange had a Platform 13.
..and then it got decommissioned.
OMG
Yeah, and woden needs all the..non bad luck it can get.. :D
I think i saw tp3000 sitting outside tuggeranong depot today with what looked to be a clipboard, be warned...
Quote from: bubzie on June 13, 2009, 04:14:15 PMI think i saw tp3000 sitting outside tuggeranong depot today with what looked to be a clipboard, be warned...
Oh, Dear God, Run! Children, RUN!
i'll just pop this here , http://www.canberra.edu.au/monitor/articles/new/20070529_bus?SQ_DESIGN_NAME=print (http://www.canberra.edu.au/monitor/articles/new/20070529_bus?SQ_DESIGN_NAME=print)
Yeah I was out waiting for my ride for Saturday shift. I was at the main gates, but on the wrong side. As I was going to pull over 2 of the Inspectors coming to the depot (in their private cars to transfer for their shift) & pretend to give them speeding tickets.
Apparently there was a special ACTION passenger waiting for a bus on College Street. But this passenger ended up being taken away by special people. What I am saying is that apparently a Kangaroo jumped into a bus shelter & died on College Street (well that is what I understood of it-but I was corrected with another thing said over the radio that I heard wrong).
Quote from: TP 3000 on June 14, 2009, 12:16:28 AM
Yeah I was out waiting for my ride for Saturday shift. I was at the main gates, but on the wrong side. As I was going to pull over 2 of the Inspectors coming to the depot (in their private cars to transfer for their shift) & pretend to give them speeding tickets.
Ah, What? That is the most idiotic thing I have heard. I Am trying to fathom exactly what would possess you to do so....
From what I gathered on the radio was that the Kangaroo was hit and ended up in the shelter.
It's as a joke, I only do it to the ones that are my buddies. I wouldn't do it to the crabby ones.
Quote from: lukeo25 on June 13, 2009, 07:20:39 PM
i'll just pop this here , http://www.canberra.edu.au/monitor/articles/new/20070529_bus?SQ_DESIGN_NAME=print (http://www.canberra.edu.au/monitor/articles/new/20070529_bus?SQ_DESIGN_NAME=print)
lol!
941 now has a reverse beeper.
330 is also one of the buses to be ruined with auto retardant. For those that don't know what I am talking about. As soon as the bus driver takes his foot off the accelerator, the retardant kicks in to slow the bus. This then takes the wear & tear on the brakes.
Quote from: TP 3000 on June 15, 2009, 08:04:04 PM
941 now has a reverse beeper.
330 is also one of the buses to be ruined with auto r****dant. For those that don't know what I am talking about. As soon as the bus driver takes his foot off the accelerator, the r****dant kicks in to slow the bus. This then takes the wear & tear on the brakes.
Wear and tear on the brakes? I think you mean
off the brakes.
Also, there is nothing wrong with a
retarder, it is a good feature to have on a bus weighing 18t.
Something like that, that way ACTION spend less money on brakes. So far mostly only Scania's have this feature. The bit that annoys me is when I'm standing & the bus jerks forwards, then brakes. It could also muck up a drivers perception of how much force to apply to the brakes of a bus without retardant.
Quote from: TP 3000 on June 15, 2009, 11:15:02 PM
Something like that, that way ACTION spend less money on brakes. So far mostly only Scania's have this feature. The bit that annoys me is when I'm standing & the bus jerks forwards, then brakes. It could also muck up a drivers perception of how much force to apply to the brakes of a bus without r****dant.
That's interesting, as most re-tar-ders work so that when a driver touches the brake slightly, the re-tar-der kicks in. If what you're saying is correct, the re-tar-der cuts in as soon as the driver lifts off the accellerator, which certainly is unusual.
BTW, all 100.2s have a re-tar-der too.
Even if it may annoy you, it's much better for the bus and the driver to have, if it's applied correctly.
I have been informed that all lost property goes through Tuggeranong Depot.
So we have gone from each Interchange having a lost property, 2 each depot having a lost property to just the one now.
Quote from: TP 3000 on June 16, 2009, 12:00:14 PM
I have been informed that all lost property goes through Tuggeranong Depot.
So we have gone from each Interchange having a lost property, 2 each depot having a lost property to just the one now.
And yet again you are wrong. There is a lost property office at Civic Interchange.
Quote from: TP 3000 on June 15, 2009, 11:15:02 PM
Something like that, that way ACTION spend less money on brakes. So far mostly only Scania's have this feature. The bit that annoys me is when I'm standing & the bus jerks forwards, then brakes. It could also muck up a drivers perception of how much force to apply to the brakes of a bus without re-tardant.
You really don't have a clue, do you? Are you seriously not aware that all (automatic) buses are fitted with some type of re-tarder and have been since at least the 1970's? Interestingly, the imported MAN SG192s, which may have been the first buses in Canberra with re-tarders, had a re-tarder system which did activate when the foot was taken off the accelerator. The driver had to set the level of re-tardation from none to full by pulling and pushing a lever and when the accelerator was lifted, the re-tarder would kick in (or not) depending on where the lever was set. Fortunately, most (all?) re-tarders now work from the brake pedal.
Quote from: TP 3000 on June 16, 2009, 12:00:14 PM
So we have gone from each Interchange having a lost property, to each depot having a lost property to just the one now.
Wrong. There was never a lost property at each interchange.
But on some of the old buses, they have a phone number for lost property for Belconnen, City, Woden & Tuggeranong.
The Belconnen Area Supervisor told the driver that all lost property goes through Tuggeranong now
QuoteIt could also muck up a drivers perception of how much force to apply to the brakes of a bus without r****dant (sic).
All ACTION buses have a re-tarder.
Most if not all heavy vehicles have a secondary braking system of some sort (be it a re-tarder or an exhaust brake).
TP3000 = NFI!!!!!!!
You should go away for a while (longer the better) and study how the buses actually work before posting your half assed comments on how they work.
I would love to be working in the radio room when you have your first breakdown, your description of a problem would be truly comical.
Quote from: Chris_Guru on June 17, 2009, 12:10:30 AM
I would love to be working in the radio room when you have your first breakdown, your description of a problem would be truly comical.
Who told you where I've been doing work experience?
Quote from: Ed on June 16, 2009, 11:01:07 PM
Most if not all heavy vehicles have a secondary braking system of some sort (be it a re-tarder or an exhaust brake).
There's also the Telma frictionless secondary braking (see: http://www.telmausa.com/telma_htm/default.htm (http://www.telmausa.com/telma_htm/default.htm)) which is basically a big electromagnet (~ 100A current which is heaps) around the axle which works like an electric motor in reverse. The big drawback with them is that extended use can burn out the magnet.
Forgot to mention that the retarders on the SNT Hinos come on as soon as there's no pressure on the accelerator or clutch. This feature can be switched off but there's no intermediate settings like on the old MANs someone mentioned.
Quote from: belcodriver on June 16, 2009, 12:13:55 PM
And yet again you are wrong. There is a lost property office at Civic Interchange.
I'll take that I am wrong as I now have confirmation of this from ACTION.
A lost property office is now in Bailey's Arcade & runs from 07:30 to 17:30.
To add to the Auto Re-tard-er debate, I have been told by ACTION Fleet Services that the activation of the re-tard-er on the CNG Scania's is a standard application set at the Scania factory.
Apparently it is more apparent in 344 to accommodate for a driver who had an injured leg/foot.
Quote from: TP 3000 on June 17, 2009, 10:45:46 AM
I'll take that I am wrong as I now have confirmation of this from ACTION.
And it was also mentioned here twice.
Quote from: TP 3000 on June 17, 2009, 07:09:33 PM
To add to the Auto Re-tard-er debate, I have been told by ACTION Fleet Services that the activation of the re-tard-er on the CNG Scanias is a standard application set at the Scania factory.
WTF? "activation ... is a standard application"? What does this even mean?
Quote from: Martin on June 17, 2009, 07:58:31 PM
WTF? "activation ... is a standard application"? What does this even mean?
That is the exact wording used by ACTION Fleet Services
tp3000, and i will ask that drivers comment if i am wrong as i havent driven actions buses yet, but renaults have retarders and are activated when you hit the brakes, or tap them rather. All other buses should have automatic retarders that come on when you lift your foot off the accelarator, that is how all buses work, i have driven things like 0405NH's and 0500's which have this feature very prominent, however some mercs have switches to turn the retarder off as some drivers don't like them.
So far, ACTION has opted for all buses to have re-tarders operated by the brake pedal - and no ability to switch them off. It's possible that some of the early MAN SL200s didn't have them when first delivered, but the artics always had them as did the Merc O.305/O.305Gs (using the brake pedal) and all subsequent buses.
Quote from: TP 3000 on June 16, 2009, 06:58:37 PM
But on some of the old buses, they have a phone number for lost property for Belconnen, City, Woden & Tuggeranong.
If you mean a different number for each then I doubt that. ACTION have for a long time used a single phone number for lost property - it may have changed over the years, but it was always a single number. And anyway, lost property would be handled by depots, not interchanges.
This was before the 13 17 10 number. I'm trying to steal the poster that shows a whole bunch of the old numbers (it's ok as it is no longer valid). All the number missed the "6" at the begining.
i've a few of them on a few of the .2s
Thought so, but all those I check don't have them just those RATEC Open days posters. But so do have the 13 17 10 on big stickers though.
Those old stickers with the the old phone number probably won't come off anyway, they've been there for twenty years and would probably chip off if you tried to steal it, which you shouldn't do anyway as it's not yours to take. Just take a photo of it.
Bugger, I was hoping it was a piece of paper. I do it as a community assistance, as old people will call 2******** asking when the 2 will turn up & get something about number being disconnected
Some work has been done to Tuggeranong Depot this week.
This includes the lines being repainted in the shed, speed bumps at the exit of each bus bay & a speed hump as buses go around the back of the shed. Apparently all new bus bay numbers have been painted in different colours. There is also a new sign informing drivers about applying the handbrake before leaving bus. I suspect that this has to do with the OH&S rep identifying problems within the depot.
It also appears if the speed humps may be put in at Tuggeranong Interchange. If so I hope that speed humps go into each Interchange/bus station
Quote from: TP 3000 on June 19, 2009, 12:03:33 AM
It also appears if the speed humps may be put in at Tuggeranong Interchange. If so I hope that speed humps go into each Interchange/bus station
Why? All they need is a sump buster at the entrance to stop car's from entering the interchange (That'll learn 'em), leave the rest alone!
But they have to let so cars in, as ACTION Management have an office in the Supervisors building.
Although today we saw contractors inspecting Tuggeranong Interchange & ACTION Southern Manager was spotted having a word with Roads ACT person last week at Woden Interchange entrance.
-A Scania (330 I think) did a 3 point turn entering City West Interchange directly from Marcus Clarke Street. He crossed over the double lines & had to reverse a few times.
-Also 354 bashed the bollard stop on Callam Street b Corinna Street (Sky Plaza Stop).
-Also I saw a scary thing, it looks as if the new ACTION uniforms might be bright green. As I saw a driver with one of the new bright green hats. Now what drivers are getting in the current uniform issues are just back log as they still have the old logo. But as things run out we may see bright new uniforms. Apparently the mechanics have bright new orange uniforms.
A Brighter shade of fluro orange maybe...... :P
The new design caps are green (And have been around since last year, used for promotional staff during launches), yes, however at the moment the Shirts are the same colour with a new green ACTION logo. They have not shown in any promo material, and I have not personally seen what the Jumpers or vest's will look like, however I presume they will be the same blue with Green logo. However, there may be a slim possibility they will go for a Green jumper with white logo, but I will believe it when I see it!
With the workshop orange. Once I noticed that when a workshop guy in his old orange vest walked past a MkII, you could barely see him.
I had a uniform re-issue earlier this year; everything was old style ACTION except some of the L/S shirts, which are a lighter weight fabric - of the same grade as the summer shirts (as far as I can tell).
If anyone gets a chance, could they have a sticky beak at Bus 857, I was behind it on Tuesday & just below the rear window on the right side, it appeared as if rust may of been starting to form. I saw that paint had peeled off, but I didn't get a chance to have a proper look & since then I haven't seen it around. Going by ACT Bus Wiki the bus is based at Tuggeranong Depot
A lot of .2s are rusty and have flaky paint. It's nothing new
Quote from: TP 3000 on June 25, 2009, 08:23:06 PM
If anyone gets a chance, could they have a sticky beak at Bus 857, I was behind it on Tuesday & just below the rear window on the right side, it appeared as if rust may of been starting to form. I saw that paint had peeled off, but I didn't get a chance to have a proper look & since then I haven't seen it around. Going by ACT Bus Wiki the bus is based at Tuggeranong Depot
Yes, 857 is at Tuggeranong, and has had that rust patch for 8+ years.
Bus 876 was involved in an accident on Gooreen Street, Reid. Photos & explantion later.
A truck jackknifed at the roundabout of Northcott Drive & Fairbairn Ave, it then whacked a Dart. Didn't get the bus number of the super though.
Ha ha, in your face Dart!
But seriously, that intersection in itself is an accident waiting to happen.
Those cement bunker shelters that were removed to make way for AdShel bus shelters are starting to return to use. There is one on Charleston St MONASH & apparently around Mackillop College, Isabella Campus (Ellerston Ave & Dumston Street (or what ever the name is)
Good, there's nothing wrong with them and all should be redeployed for use on stops that need them.
Well Mackillop Stops have no shelter & lots of kids use them. Also Charleston Ave is in the same boat & since they moved the 65 & 312........waits are even longer now for buses.
Quote from: TP 3000 on June 26, 2009, 07:49:53 PM
A truck jackknifed at the roundabout of Northcott Drive & Fairbairn Ave, it then whacked a Dart.
The Dart involved was 155. Drove past as it was being hooked up to the tow truck. So that's another Tuggy dart off the road for a bit.
Quote from: Buzz Killington on June 26, 2009, 10:07:51 PM
Good, there's nothing wrong with them and all should be redeployed for use on stops that need them.
While doing the 980 and 80s, I've noted since last year a stash of them stored on a block just near the Fyshwick Mail Exchange.
Quote from: Martin on June 27, 2009, 12:06:48 AM
The Dart involved was 155. Drove past as it was being hooked up to the tow truck. So that's another Tuggy dart off the road for a bit.
I passed it being towed by the truck heading south along Fairbairn; police were directing traffic through the Campbell Pk roundabout.
The incident seemed to give the workers @ Campbell Pk and Russell an excuse to flex off even earlier, both places producing zero passengers for my 226 South, which ran empty virtually all the way to Woden Interchange.
Quote from: smitho on June 27, 2009, 12:47:19 AM
The incident seemed to give the workers @ Campbell Pk and Russell an excuse to flex off even earlier, both places producing zero passengers for my 226 South, which ran empty virtually all the way to Woden Interchange.
Same went for the next 226 (apparently).
It was Friday. That's reason enough to flex off early.
BTW, I'm not sure if the truck jack-knifed. All I saw was a Dart which had been whacked in the rear and a truck which had damage to the front. It could have been a simple nose-to-tail incident.
City Super's told us that it jackknifed as it had no where to go except into the bus.
As some may of heard the reports of a Kangaroo in Tuggeranong Interchange this afternoon. Well I did see the kangaroo in the bushes near Platform 5. So (unless it has been taken away) Tuggeranong Interchange has 2 pets, the other is a pussy cat that hangs around the Interchange at night.
Quote from: TP 3000 on June 27, 2009, 09:19:14 PM
City Super's told us that it jackknifed as it had no where to go except into the bus.
Which might mean that the jack-knifing was not the cause of the accident, but the result of the accident.
Quote from: TP 3000 on July 05, 2009, 12:18:23 PM
I don't care about some depot rumors like ACTION are selling the Irisbus's by years end & replace them with the ex Merc buses.
now THAT would be awesome.
Was waiting at Civic Bus Interchange today waiting for John to show up, when a Mccafferty's liveried Greyhound coach rounded the corner only for the luggage locker to burst open and dumped a bag in the bus bay. The coach did not stop, however motorist's did so I grabbed the bag and took it over to Greyhound. The girls behind the desk did not understand when I said 'a Mccaffertys coach went around the corner, and the luggage locker burst open dropping this bag'. I had to say it twice before a driver quickly stepped in and got them to call the driver who was in the coach to get him to stop asap and grab the bag!
lol, thats pretty funny..
ACTION are following along with the Emergency Services Agency & are changing their system for checking on their stock.
This means that ACTION staff will be checking every bus stop sign, seat, termini shelter, bus stop shelters, buses, spares, etc. All this will be then on a database that will most likely be kept wherever ACTION Headquarters are. So whenever a new bus comes in, it will be added, if a brake pad gets put on Bus 300, that will be noted for that item, etc.
This has to do with numerous items from different ACT Government Agencies going missing.
For those that saw Bus 866 parked on the grass on the side of Northbourne Avenue this afternoon (around 18:00ish). This was for a passenger transfer & he thought the 52 I was on went via Mitchell & he knew that his 59 went direct up Flemington Road. So he just sat there for 5 or so minutes while we brought a passenger with a guide dog.
For those that missed it, it was quite a sight & it was a pity that I didn't have the time to take the photo
The last remaining bunker shelters are being removed from Northbourne Avenue. Work is being done to put the new AdShel bus shelters in. This may of been why bunker shelters were placed in Isabella Plains/Monash a few weeks back.
Also the layover at Lanyon Marketplace has changed to the otherside of the road. So if a driver wishes to park near the Australia Post boxes, he will now park on the Aldi side of that road. This has to do with the Scania/MAN buses bashing the roof overhang of Lanyon Marketplace. The thing I have noticed is that most buses park on Box Hill Avenue anyway.
Quote from: TP 3000 on July 09, 2009, 08:10:50 PM
The last remaining bunker shelters are being removed from Northbourne Avenue. Work is being done to put the new AdShel bus shelters in. This may of been why bunker shelters were placed in Isabella Plains/Monash a few weeks back.
I believe when they remove the bunkers, they have to be installed elsewhere. AdShel's are being installed at a steady pace, and the small amount of Bunker's removed are slowly being installed elsewhere around the network (After being stored in Fyshwick). The one on Charleston Street you can see where the concrete line used to be on the shelter, it has not been installed as deep as it was prviously.
Noticed the other day, one of the Renaults that has the "Get Fresh" fullback ad, but only on the window, has had another ad stuck on the engine cover.
Looks rather odd!
I suppose it has to do with the new bus ad company, trying to get as much for their dollar as possible.
I noticed a few new ads on Tuggers buses today. I know one included a full side ad for Adventure Paintball & the other ad was something in Tuggers Valley, but forgot what it was.
Quote from: Buzz Killington on July 10, 2009, 08:33:41 PM
Noticed the other day, one of the Renaults that has the "Get Fresh" fullback ad, but only on the window, has had another ad stuck on the engine cover.
Looks rather odd!
It is 823...it has been like that for months. You are right, it does look really stupid. And TP 3000 it has nothing to do with the new advertising company!
Since 2008, some of the advertising applied on the rear of a number of Belco and Tuggy PR3's (sometimes referred to as Mark 3s in this Forum) has covered up the high viz safety zebra stripes on the rear of these buses. I think a similar thing has happened to several Darts as well.
Over the past month or so, newly applied adverts on the rear of several Tuggy PR3's have been accommodated while retaining the safety stripes. From what I can tell, this has been achieved by relocating the safety stripes on to the bumper. I haven't seen any Belco Mark 3s with this treatment as yet.
None of the MANs have had safety stripes applied to date.
Well usually it is in the advertising contracts, that if they want to put a full rear ad on, it is the job of the advertising company to move the licencing and any other related safety stickers, usually they move them to the bumper, or anywhere out of the way...before they put the ads on!
From memory, buses don't HAVE to have the 'zebra stripes' anyway, however they must have DO NOT OVERTAKE TURNING VEHICLE on it, and obviously working tail lights and a number plate, that's all you need on the back to be able to drive it. But yes it does reduce visibility somewhat, and they should move them, or just put the ads around them!
I was actually watching an ad guy the other day, he was moving the DO NOT OVERTAKE TURNING VEHICLE and in the process he ripped some paint off the back, so he got a square sticker out that was the same colour as the paint he just ripped off, he cut it to a smallish rectangle and stuck it over the rip in the paint!
Quote from: MaxiZac on July 12, 2009, 12:03:29 PM
From memory, buses don't HAVE to have the 'zebra stripes' anyway, however they must have DO NOT OVERTAKE TURNING VEHICLE on it, and obviously working tail lights and a number plate, that's all you need on the back to be able to drive it. But yes it does reduce visibility somewhat, and they should move them, or just put the ads around them!
Yes, I can understand why the "Do Not Overtake..." is a compulsory requirement (even if most motorists either ignore it, or don't understand what it means)....but I had understood that the rear safety stripes were an ACT requirement, even though this is not applicable in NSW. Deanes seem to have most, if not all of their buses fitted with them, although I'm not so sure about Trans Border.
From what I can tell, the transition to the new ACTION logo has seen a reduction in amount of reflective 'paintwork' (vinyl) on our green buses; the old blue ACTION logo was reflective whereas neither the green or the white versions of the new logo appear to be reflective.
And of course, at no stage have the green buses carried the full length reflective off white strips which make the Mark 1s and Mark 2s really stand out at night.
The "Zebra stripes" (called marking plates) are required by law on all heavy vehicles, with the exception of buses used solely for suburban services.
The 'Do not overtake turning vehicle" sign is not required by law, however without this sign displayed it is not legal to use more than 1 lane when turning left (or right from a 1 way street). You will not see many long vehicles without it (wouldn't be able to get around leagally).
Similar thing goes for the 'give way to buses' sign. If it is not displayed the bus does not have right of way out the bus stop.
Check this story out
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/bus-driver-beats-up-passenger/story-e6freuy9-1225751476986 (http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/bus-driver-beats-up-passenger/story-e6freuy9-1225751476986)
I would say that it is the end of his career. I doesn't say how he ended up with a dislocated shoulder though
Quote from: Martin on June 27, 2009, 12:06:48 AM
The Dart involved was 155. Drove past as it was being hooked up to the tow truck. So that's another Tuggy dart off the road for a bit.
Spotted this bus on the Reed Street South side of the Depot today, it has extensive damage & the whole right rear corner piece will probably need to be replaced. The engine cover & another bit have already been removed. I'll try & grab a picture tomorrow.
Saw that sitting there on the 10th, suprised it's still there.
I have been told that Belconnen Workshop normally does the bodywork fixing & they'll just make new parts from the fibreglass (that's what the side piece looks like) & metal for the rest. I did suggest that a bus flies into the workshop & has a brake failure & finish 155 off, but that would be frowned upon.
Here is Bus 155
(https://www.actbus.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi550.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fii421%2FJulianHamstead%2FBUS155TuggeranongWorkshop.jpg&hash=42ae0875e1dcf1dd7fe836e15faacfa549678390)
Also as some may note, I did post about safety upgrades at Tuggeranong Depot. Well a speed hump that was put in has been moved after workshop told Depot staff that it was damaging the buses. It has been moved closer to the main building, where a stop sign is.
Belconnen broke their speed hump in under a week.
And TP3000 it doesn't hurt to put your camera through the fence...
Quote from: Lemon on July 19, 2009, 02:36:50 PM
Belconnen broke their speed hump in under a week.
On Friday, the Tuugy Depot speed hump on the western side of the garage was relocated to the zebra crossing outside Starters Office.
Quote from: smitho on July 19, 2009, 05:54:58 PM
On Friday, the Tuugy Depot speed hump on the western side of the garage was relocated to the zebra crossing outside Starters Office.
I already mentioned that in my last post. Probably a different way
Also going to add, quite a few security cameras are being installed at Tuggeranong Interchange. Mostly 3 on each side of the Supervisor Office, including a few roaming cameras. A few are also being installed/upgraded down the Platform 5/6 end & I have been told there are plans to instal a camera in the lunchroom. Woden Interchange will be next.
So another 10 or so cameras to join the other 20!
From what I've been told the old ones will be disconnected.
The ACTION Kangaroo made a visit to Tuggeranong Interchange again. So we have a bus gunzel returning or a new one. As apparently a kangaroo spent a few weeks at Tuggeranong Depot, but was eventually shooed out after it started causing problems.
As everyone may/should be aware of, one of the new southbound lanes on Drakeford Drive opened today in Gordon/Calwell. Well this caused huge traffic delays as traffic has to form one lane before the Woodcock Dr/Johnson Dr roundabout. I was on a peak service 318 South & it took 30 minutes for the bus to get from Tuggeranong Interchange to Covenant College.
Also ACTION are currently checking on timing points for all runs at different times of the day. Apparently running times won't be shortened, but just moved around. So while on Route 3 South, it timing may be like:
CSBS-0 Mins
LSBS-2 Mins
CABS-6 Mins
Calvary Hosp-15 Mins
O'Connor Shops-23 Mins
These times would just be altered to keep running time smooth. There are some runs that drivers have too much time in some spots & then not enough on other parts.
Quote from: TP 3000 on July 19, 2009, 10:16:36 PM
Also going to add, quite a few security cameras are being installed at Tuggeranong Interchange. Mostly 3 on each side of the Supervisor Office, including a few roaming cameras.
These roaming cameras - do they get about on foot, or do they have their own set of wheels? I'll have to be sure not to run over them if they're roaming around Tuggy Interchange next time I drive through.
They are on the ACTION Kangaroo.
Only joking, what I mean is that they can do a scanning motion & do not have a set view.
Quote from: TP 3000 on July 21, 2009, 09:07:33 PM
As everyone may/should be aware of, one of the new southbound lanes on Drakeford Drive opened today in Gordon/Calwell. Well this caused huge traffic delays as traffic has to form one lane before the Woodcock Dr/Johnson Dr roundabout. I was on a peak service 318 South & it took 30 minutes for the bus to get from Tuggeranong Interchange to Covenant College.
I wondered why it was so banked up last night when i went past on Isabella/Athllon
beasley st at farrer side of road ad shel was all smashed, noted when i went past driver called base and they said they will sort it out
ACTION are not having a good afternoon:
-313 left over 10 minutes early
-Northbound 312 and a Southbound 318 both broke down
-Supervisors were slow when I requested them about the 313, a driver tried to help me out and was yelled at by the radio room)
-and 314 owned a ute on Cohen street. Didn't see the front of the bus but the rear of the ute wasn't pretty
322 was sounding very sick in City Interchange this arvo, making some very clunky sounds as it moved along.
i noticed that also when i was on it coming home from college, it didn't sound to good
I beleive there was also an accident with 899 on Commonweatlh Ave. I heard it over the Radiola, so not sure if it was an accident or break down, however they were requesting buses to pull up and take passengers to Civic.
I heard that as well over the radio, I suspect it was an accident as they were telling drivers to be careful & for breakdowns you rarely here that. It sounded like it was near where that carpark entry/exit is on the northside of Lake Burley Griffin.
I mentioned earlier about the cameras at Tuggeranong Interchange, well for the first time I walked up near the top end of the Interchange & the system looks wonderful. On the bar that had the other cameras are another 5/6 each facing the main corridors of the Interchange on both sides of the bar. I just hope that they are like the digital camera at Woden Interchange. For those that don't know about the camera. It is situated above the old shop at Platform 16. Now this camera can zoom in & see who is driving a northbound Intertown service on Platform 9 (in that gap before the shelter).
It was opposite Commonwealth Park, although they said Floriade. Why Floriade when it is an event that is not currently on I don't know....
Yes it was an accident. 899 has a smashed headlight and damage to the bumper near the front door.
Does anyone know how long before insurers might write off a bus? I ask this as 155 is still sitting at the back of Tuggeranong Workshop with the same damage. As far as I know Belconnen Workshop does the bodywork repairs, so after a month I would of thought it would of been sent up there unless the best thing might happen & it might get written off. It is all just speculation on my part, but as I swung past there tonight, it looked like panels were missing from the front right as well. But didn't trust getting out of my car at night to have a closer look.
155 has disappeared from Tuggeranong Workshop
It is now at the back of Belconnen workshops along with 375 which would also be there having some panel damage fixed.
I am pretty sure that they will repair 155 (after all they are repairing 148), but then again there may be some damage that is not visible and it may be written off. At this stage it is probably a bit to early to tell.
I suppose ACTION were just waiting for the insurance company's answer.
I had the perfect example of why rear vision mirrors on buses need to be set properly. I was heading along Athllon Drive with 357 by my side, as we approach the Beasley Street (south) traffic lights, the driver thinks there is no one along side him & indicates & moves over. But I was just behind the side indicator. He did spot me & moved back while I slowed down a bit & flashed for him to come in. He at the lights he waves to me & fixes the mirror. I let him in after the lights & stay behind me. I knew there was no reason to blast the horn as it wasn't really his fault & he probably knows my car anyway.
They are hardly rear vision mirrors as they don't show the rear they show your near and offsides.
The drivers SHOULD be setting up their mirrors for only them, how they like them and how they can see everything. Perhaps he just took the bus and didn't bother setting them up for himself.
Quote from: TP 3000 on July 29, 2009, 06:56:38 PM
I suppose ACTION were just waiting for the insurance company's answer.
I had the perfect example of why rear vision mirrors on buses need to be set properly. I was heading along Athllon Drive with 357 by my side, as we approach the Beasley Street (south) traffic lights, the driver thinks there is no one along side him & indicates & moves over. But I was just behind the side indicator. He did spot me & moved back while I slowed down a bit & flashed for him to come in. He at the lights he waves to me & fixes the mirror. I let him in after the lights & stay behind me. I knew there was no reason to blast the horn as it wasn't really his fault & he probably knows my car anyway.
Typical bloody camry driver sitting right in the blind spot!
Quote from: Chris_Guru on July 30, 2009, 12:18:26 AM
Typical bloody camry driver sitting right in the blind spot!
Excuse me, don't let one bad Camry driver tarnish the reputation of others!
Quote from: TP 3000 on July 29, 2009, 06:56:38 PM
he probably knows my car anyway.
Yes, I'm sure all 800 of ACTIONs employees know your Red Camry ::)
Anyway, don't sit in the blind spot, you're just asking for trouble there, simple as that.
saw a mk2 earlier with most of the nrma ad on it's right hand side ripped off, looked pretty funny.
also saw a mk1 tonight heading down woodcock as I turned into Clare Dennis ave. it then turned left into preddey way and then left into Clare Dennis. had "special" on the destk.
The Supreme TV Master lady is back!!!
There is an ad with her on it that says 'Go Veg' and has the Supreme TV Master website on it.
Only bus I have seen with it is 958 so lets hope it stays to a small number.
Kill me now, it is just as bad as the 'Thats Vitality' AOA and that is possibly the worst in the fleet.
Has migrated onto a few vehicles seen this morning, including Megabacks.
I am also going to take a punt and say that this is now all Bus Advertising's work. Seeing as though ad's have been disappearing thick and fast. Also noticed Ad Space has been patched over by plain Blue or Orange stickers, obviously to cover marks left by previous ad's. This is on a fair few vehicles judging by what was seen at City West.
One wonders now with BA doing the work, what will happen to the AOA buses done by APN Outdoor? Their time may be short lived.
At least they have taken/are in the process of taking the 'missing person's week 2008' ads are off.
Lol, well seeing that only a month or two ago buses were still going out with ad's for the launch of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows......
Quote from: Sir Pompously on August 04, 2009, 06:28:09 PM
One wonders now with BA doing the work, what will happen to the AOA buses done by APN Outdoor? Their time may be short lived.
Could explain why 880 is still getting around in the iiNet AOA.
BA are crap. Looks like the end of 'national' campaigns, and we'll just have a couple of buses running around with ads for adventure frigging paintball.
What a day;
-Some school kid tool sitting in the rear stairwell got his foot caught in the door after the driver opened it on a packed bus today
- Some bogan asked to use my phone, I enlightened him that there is not a public phone shortage around the world
- Worst of all, I got on my 45 home, and I sit in front of a SFX girl, with her friend sitting across the aisle. As soon as the bus leaves Cameron Av, the girl across the aisle from me begins graffitting the seat. I ask her to refrain from doing so. She gives me a dirty look.
As the trip continues, I continue smelling texta, and become somewhat suspiscious. Upon getting off, the girls are giggling, so I look at the seat directly behind me where one of the girls was sitting to find it covered in texta graffiti. Farken pathetic, seriously, I'm sick of scum on public transport. So frustrating!
Well on the school run I went on with a driver today we got pulled over by a car that had just had an apple come dent there car, and believe it or not it came from the bus. SFX ARE NOT HAVING A GOOD DAY TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Filling out that paperwork was a pain in the arse, that's for sure. I can also tell you that they will examine the camera footage. So who ever it was that threw the apple, they will get caught.
I think I know anyway
John, if a student from a school was graffiti-ing the bus, let ACTION know what bus and time it was. Also notify SFX and tell them an official complaint has been made against one of their students with ACTION who will be investigating the incident.
The good thing about people like us is...I see us as Vigilantes for doing right things. Just like me and everyone else punish people for doing stupid things. Bad drivers get nothing but their own medicine (Car drivers). I purposely set out to ruin these people. So please do so John, do everything you can to get these people caught.
Quote from: MaxiZac on August 07, 2009, 11:59:46 PM
John, if a student from a school was graffiti-ing the bus, let ACTION know what bus and time it was. Also notify SFX and tell them an official complaint has been made against one of their students with ACTION who will be investigating the incident.
Yeah, I notified the driver when I got off, whilst he was concerned and frustrated, he made it clear that he wasn't going to pursue it.
The most frustrating thing was that I was sitting in front of the girl doing most of the graffitiing, blocking her and all of her actions from the view of the security camera.
But yeah, I think I might contact the school, didn't think of that.
I hope that no buses needed towing today because the tow truck is currently being worked on in the Belconnen workshops.
(Being not been, Zac! Currently Being is present, been or has been is past, will be is future)
Is it possible for any other vechiles to tow broken down buses? For example could a Renault tow a Dart? Or anything other ACTION vechiles?
For the last time, it is spelt Vehicle!
It seems near impossible, as the other bus under tow would not be properly secured in any way. A chain tow isn't very legal.
Quote from: TP 3000 on August 12, 2009, 09:37:38 AM
Is it possible for any other vechiles to tow broken down buses? For example could a Renault tow a Dart? Or anything other ACTION vechiles?
It is possible,Yet Im not sure on how legal it would be, But also with that scenario you need 2 drivers. one in the front and one in the back bus.
How did the Matenance crew get there in the first place? ACTION Dont have enough buses to be able to take
- The "Dead" Bus out of service
- Another bus to tow The dead bus back
- And yet another bus for the driver of said "dead" bus
theres to much cost in doing so. Just add it to the list of buses the crew have to recover.
Why cant a Dart tow a 180.2? ;D (Its beside the point the dart has enough trouble Pushing itself around)
With Yarra Trams Z1's are capable of towing D2's!!!
Has anyone else noticed the Murrays Coach is an Optus/Pink AOA? I spotted it leaving the Mugga Lane Depot & again on London Circuit on Sunday morning, but never again.
I heard two "Car and Bus" accidents on time saver traffic today. This morning at the intersection of Clare Dennis and Woodcock, and this afternoon at Callaway Cres. Anyone know any more?
Went past both sites yesterday. It would appear that a bus has pulled out from Clare Dennis Avenue & a car heading towards Point Hut has had no time to stop & wacked into the bus. Glass/part of a bumper from the car was left last night.
Couldn't find any clear signs of an accident for the Callaway accident. But there does appear to be oil marks at the southern intersection of Callaway Crescent/Jim Pike Avenue
If anyone wishes to attend that Dirt Bike thing out at Stromlo Park here is a bit of info.
If you are planning on attending before Friday it should be all right to drive. But from the info I have it may be better to bus it in with the possibility of artics being used on these services. I am saying this because of the large amount of volunteers being requested for traffic control. Although I am confused a tad as traffic controllers are starting from 07:30 to 17:00/19:00 while ACTION Shuttles start later & finish later.
Does anyone know if anything is happening about Woden Depot? I ask as this week the buses along the back fence are slowly being cleaned up & moved out. A few other loose items have been removed, the cars at the southern end are disappearing faster then usual. The inner sheds also look a bit emptier.
The inner sheds also had, well, inner sheds for self storage. These seem to have been removed from there leaving just an empty space. Don't know whether this is a sign that maybe ACTION are actually going to use the depot again, or that it is just inbetween leases.
There is something going on there, however i am unable to comment at this time.
All I know and will say is that all the tennants have been given notice.
One can only assume the depot will be reclaimed, as has been stated numerous times by numerous sources. And what a timely coincidence, with the arrival of new MANs.
Give it a few more weeks, then it'll be official.
One of the Scanias has no logos on the left or right. 35#.. possibly 357..
It's 358 and it has been like that for months. I think I may have posted it in the topic 'ACTION Re-brand'
Yeah, I seemed to recall there was one that hadn't had logos for ages. Just saw it again recently and thought i'd mention it.
Does anyone which were the 2 buses that weren't to go on shifts unless the tow truck was available?
The driver who was telling about them couldn't remember which ones, but apparently when these buses were in Queensland they were fine until they felt Queensland's summer. They came back to Canberra & during summer, drivers had to leave the buses running all day as once they were switched off, the buses wouldn't start up again. So that meant the buses needed towing back & they were apparently worse then the Virusbuses
I suspect it might be buses 990 & 991 as I've been told that you aren't really meant to switch the Scania's & MAN's during the day because of the turbo chargers
AFAIK the only ACTION bus to do time in Brisbane is 113.
990 was in Canada for a period of time but I would say that it would be 990 & 991 as they were very unreliable during their gas days.
Quote from: Lemon on September 02, 2009, 08:43:56 PM
It's 358 and it has been like that for months. I think I may have posted it in the topic 'ACTION Re-brand'
358 was the first ACTION bus to have the new logo applied to it (on the sides only), but that was only briefly (before the new logo was officially launched) and it was in the dark blue colour of the old logo....this transitional logo was then quickly removed after the green version was released.
It did have green logos on for a bit though. It was probably involved in an incident and they just didn't bother with logos
Does anyone know about reports of a bus accident out on Uriarra Road/Cotter Road/out that way this afternoon/tonight. I was being given reports, but everyone was saying something different.
I thought someone here might be able to inform me, so that I & others are not ill informed
Just reading the ACTION website homepage;
Quote from: ACTIONAs part of Westfield Belconnen's upgrade, the red pedestrian bridge will be temporarily relocated. Druing the relocation process, the red pedestrian bridge will be closed to public access from Monday 31st August 2009.
The ACTION proofreader has struck again :P
Given reports?
So 104.7, 106.3, 2CC?
Quote from: MaxiZac on September 03, 2009, 11:56:15 PM
Given reports?
So 104.7, 106.3, 2CC?
ESA (Emergency Services Authority) Staff
i went along Coppins Crossing, then left into Uriarra and left onto Cotter. This was about 5.30pm and I didn't see anything, but a few Deanes were headed up Uriarra.
I wonder if anyone else knows there are now pdf versions of ACTION Network Maps
yeah, they've been there for a while now
the xpresso services mini-map on the weekday network map still says belconnen interchange!!!
i saw bus 390 going towards tuggers at 1.10 this avro between sulwood dr and wanniassa shops, i noted the special livery but i was going to fast to note if it was on a route or not
AFAIK they haven't even started driver training on it yet so I doubt it was on a route
but i did see it nor did i see the driver
It went to Tuggeranong Workshop, no idea why it went the way it did.
But a few mechanics looked over it & some Public Servant person was there walking around the bus on his phone.
Got to have a look at the engine, it looks quite similar to the gas MAN engines.
Of course it is the same engine!!!!!!!!!! it is exactly the same model of bus just no gas pod!
I spotted a swooping magpie at Cohen Street Bus Station today. Twice when I was there I spotted this bird swoop at only people that were pushing prams. I don't know what happened about it, but I reported it to Canberra Connect & the Ranger called me back.
So anyone with a pram better watch out.
I saw 365 broken down on College st last night. At about 1pm this afternoon I also saw 374 broken down in exactly the same place, the first MAN I have seen broken down.
I don't know if I am allowed to mention the numbers. But this morning a request went out for drivers to cover a very high amount of shifts/runs that can't be covered out of a certain depot this afternoon.
Is that what you were scoping out at Cohen St station thisafternoon, talking to the driver of the 898
I can't discuss what was said.
The call went out at around 11:30am.
Does anyone know what company did the Merc bus that Capital Coaches own? It has a fleet number 3 & has rego MO 262.
I spotted it a few times around Tuggeranong this afternoon. It is all white with the Capital Coaches bus license details in the usual spot.
im sorry, that made no sense at all.
if you're asking who owned it, I recall seeing it in the NSW Fleetlists. Think it was Yass.
Is anyone able to tell me what is different about Buses 849 & 900? I spotted a laminated note in the driver cabin of 900 but couldn't read it properly, but had something about a feedback form.
it is 900 & 839, they have the new ACTION spec national seat in them
I think it is actually 849.....
iirc a driver told me 839.
Again, my credibility walks out the door, it is in fact 839.
A number of Tuggeranong Depot details (= weekend shifts) are being worked by Belconnen drivers this long weekend.
Is anyone able to tell me if there has ever been any problems with Bus 946? As I was in it this morning & both roof hatches have been replaced with a style I haven't seen before, the window on the left side right in front of the rear doors has its hopper window missing & the hopper window above the luggage rack doesn't have anything stopping the window from opening (most MkII's have had this window screwed shut since the security cameras were installed)
To have been 'replaced' means there was something different originally. This is not the case. Just like 808, 820, 855 and 940, 946 was trialling a different body option - 946 had a different make of roof hatch.
920 has also had window above the luggage rack unscrewed. You can easily get this window open, but it is quite hard to close the window again without damaging the plastic pipe that contains the security camera data. Also Platform 2 at Cohen Street Bus Station has had a bit of damamge done to it.
Note: Attachment has expired.
YF
937 no longer has FFFM
& FFFM & YF mean what exactly?
YF=Your F*&ked
FFFM=Fyshwick Fresh Food Markets
Curiosity may of killed the cat, but I am curious as to why & how?
Bus 122 had a slight problem while dead running on the Parkway tonight. The bus moved into the right hand lane & then all of a sudden the bus moved back into the left hand lane & then crawled in the breakdown lane.
Did anyone go out to the AFP Open Day today? I was told that one of the ACTION Buses that was written off after hitting a tree is out there for the Police to train with. Much like 703 is used at ACT Fire Brigade Training Centre.
Probably 914. Although it could be 797 maybe someone else can enlighten us.
It was taken out there around 5 years ago
So it would be 797
It's good that even the written-off buses can still be put to good use!
I noticed this a few weeks ago, but ACTION have now run out of bus stop blades with the old logo.
Where are the new ones at?
Reminds me - was driving down Giles St last week and noticed a blade with a lot of print on it. Will have to go past again and see what it says.
The ones on Eyre and Giles Streets both have route information on them from memory. However I would say outdated as they have been there for a while (I remember seeing them on the odd afternoon after school I went to Kingston, even when my brother was going to Marist so before 2004).
That would be correct, they state the 38, 39 and 84 service the stop. Quite ridiculous, as those routes ceased in '06 (from memory).
Much like the big info boards on the stops on Constituion Ave & London Circuit. Constitution Ave still shows Route 250 & until Network '08 ACTEW stop on London Cct showed Route 80 Woden via Fyshwick.
Quote from: Bus 400 on October 24, 2009, 08:58:11 PM
I noticed this a few weeks ago, but ACTION have now run out of bus stop blades with the old logo.
'Run out' is not correct. ACTION do still have some spare blades with the old logos on them. To be more accurate, ACTION have now got bus stop blades with the current ACTION logo on them. They can be seen at various locations - there is one on Nettlefold St and several in Higgins (Fullagar Cres). The bus logo on them is different as well (a bit larger then before).
when did the last leyland bus operate and what number was it ?
The Leylands were Fleet Numbers 256 - 325. Not sure on what the last one to operate was, but I believe they were all withdrawn by 1990.
I probaly should report this finally.
It appears that during October ACTION started replacing the white Holden Viva fleet that are used by ACTION Management/Customer Service with silver Hyundai i30's. The Management cars have no logos, with customer service cars have the TAMS logo on both sides & the ACTION logo on the back-as per the Viva's. The Supervisor vans should stay around for a few more years as more money is spent on them (security cameras).
There was a Grand Touring coach in Belconnen Depot this afternoon
Time Saver Traffic indicated a bus/car collision on Clift Cres Richardson this arvo.. anyone know anything?
People were lucky today when one of the older style platform boards fell on Platform 10 at Woden Interchange. These Supervisors fixed it up, but the old maps has shown up.
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Also I think I may of spotted a Transborder coach in the new livery. It was in the far distance on Northbourne, but the rear 'waves' looked like a Transborder livery
Is Tom Elliot still the Head (or was it Spokesperson?) of ACTION?
I think it's Tim Swift now, though I may be wrong. Liz Clarke has also been the public face of late.
Last I heard, Tom Elliott was on leave, and Tim Swift was 'filling in' for him, because I'm unable to find anything that states Tom Elliott has officially left the top job.
Liz Clarke is acting General Manager. She is acting for Swift as I partly remember a few headlines going around were "Swift ACTION blah blah" around the time of the Union wanting the ACTION General Manager sacked. Funny thing was Stanhopey said Swift was safe & now Elliot is acting in his role.
There was a lovely sight at the Railway Station.
The loudspeaker at the station was telling everyone the train was 45 minutes late. 2.35 minutes later a whole lot of taxis flew off, then the message said the train was due in 20 minutes.
Good thing about this is now that passengers won't have to wait for the 80 or 8 or whatever its called these days when their train is delayed. Knowing there is a 727 a short wait away is a relief
Also it is a guarantee that the 727 will be a low floor for their suitcases.
Yeah, Once I got off the train with a backpack, another bag and two green bags, was a lot to juggle. Then had to get on a .2 and buy a transfer
I spotted an Mk I artic leaving the City at about 12:30pm today. Two southbound redex services in a row didn't turn up at around 1pm today.
Here's an article from Custom Coaches:
http://www.custom-coaches.com.au/News&Dev.html#environmental (http://www.custom-coaches.com.au/News&Dev.html#environmental)
Just some info on belconen and tuggers depot and I was interested in knowing can drivers change into a different bus which is bassed at a different depot, half way through shift. For example a driver bassed at tuggers depot, changes from bus 123 renualt pr100.3 to bus 301 irisbus agoraline
I've never heard of it happening, mainly because then buses will most likely end up being left at the wrong depot.
Some shifts will require drivers to change buses (say, a standard to an artic or midi), but they would need to return to their bus to its depot and then take another bus from that same depot.
When Woden Depot reopens, maybe this sort of thing will occur, but it's probably not worth the hassle
Thanks I was just interested because I once saw on a drivers shift card CNG inprinted and the driver was bassed at belconen depot
Where a Belconnen Shift is stamped with 'CNG' bus it means that the driver needs to take a bus with a bike rack.
Makes sense hey!
Latest I've heard on the recommissioned Woden Depot is that it will not really be a satellite depot after all, but a free standing operation like the other two depots.
I'm not sure how accurate this report is - you would think that in the initial reopening phase when there will be just SNT buses based there, it would need to operate more as a satellite depot.
Quote from: rolfe on November 29, 2009, 08:27:46 PM
Just some info on belconen and tuggers depot and I was interested in knowing can drivers change into a different bus which is bassed at a different depot, half way through shift. For example a driver bassed at tuggers depot, changes from bus 123 renualt pr100.3 to bus 301 irisbus agoraline
There was an arrangement a few years ago when a small number of Belco gas operated PR3s shuffled between the two depots because they had to be refuelled at Tuggeranong. As far as I know, they were just operated by Belco Depot drivers.
The CNG shift card have a story that sort of make sense. In May when Tuggeranong transferred the 20 or so buses to Belco they were originally going to be gassies and there were a few belco shifts that had been dedicated as a gas bus.
That seems like that it was such a hassel having CNG buses bassed at belco, when they still needed to be refueled at tuggers. Belco diffently needs to get a CNG fuelling facility, so northside can get their share of the gases
just a quick question from my dad, he is wondering when do ACTION release their christmas timetable?
probably a week or two before christmas, however it dose depend due to times, routes and driver availability
Quote from: lukeo25 on December 01, 2009, 07:09:02 PM
just a quick question from my dad, he is wondering when do ACTION release their christmas timetable?
By that do you mean Christmas Day timetable or the period 29-31 December? Because the Christmas Day timetable is likely to be the same as last year.
I would assume he means the Christmas/New Year period.
yes i do!
Yes I did mean the christmas/ new year period timtable thanks
Quote from: Irisbus Rider on November 16, 2009, 11:34:29 AM
Last I heard, Tom Elliott was on leave, and Tim Swift was 'filling in' for him, because I'm unable to find anything that states Tom Elliott has officially left the top job.
Just a late follow up - Tim Swift has left ACTION after 26 years and has headed up north.
Quote from: Buzz Killington on December 05, 2009, 03:06:12 PM
Just a late follow up - Tim Swift has left ACTION after 26 years and has headed up north.
And Tom Elliot has now officially been appointed as Executive Director of the Transport and Infrastructure Division of TAMS. In other words, he is in charge of the division which includes ACTION. Liz Clarke is acting General Manager until a permanent replacement is recruited. No word on who is filling Liz's regular position.
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