What PT did you get today? (2019-)

[triumph]

418 (R3)
111 (41) incl school extension. No student use on extension.
351 (R2)
538 (R2)
641 (R3) (Have yet to see or ride articulated, PR3, or PR2 on an R3; but have ridden 1 STAG running an R3. Very little opportunity now to ride PR2s and particularly PR3s on routes regularly used.)

[Snorzac]

Yesterday-
VH-YQV (QF1546 CBR-BNE) Boeing 717-200
VH-VYZ "Torquay" (QF623 BNE-MEL) Boeing 737-800
VH-VZC "Innisfail" (QF822 CBR-MEL) Boeing 737-800

Today-
434

[triumph]

501 (R3)
577 (57)
444 (57)
613 (R6)
515 (R2)
3?? (R4)
353 (44) Incl schools extension. 8 students, 4 cont to actual rte 44.
216.829 mini (44) replacing 353.
322 (R2)
421 (R3)

[Sylvan Loves Buses]

937 (70N) first possible Renault of the morning for Kambah.
520 (R4N)
674 (R2N)
913 (41N) Will remind myself not to do that again and get stuck in McKellar without a timetable on me...
958 (41S)
952 (30E) Continuous Westfield station to UC and back. No need for the sweaty-tryhard-77-buses-in-one-day-Cohen-Station-to-Community-Station-nonsense. Just trying out the Renault dawn services Anytrip has been showing me recently.
410 (R9W)
115 (R9E)
422 (R4W)
911 (30E)
679 (R2W)
677 (30E)
648 (R9W)
336 (R3E)
476 (R4S)
373 (71S)
371 (71S)

Unfortunately due to living in Kambah with the lack of accessibility to Belconnen, this is not as lucrative as the Woden afternoon Renaults cause they stop before 9:30am

[Snorzac]

Thursday-
305

Friday-
VH-XZI "Kalbarri" (QF851 CBR-MEL) Boeing 737-800
VH-VZX "Daylesford" (QF818 MEL-CBR) Boeing 737-800

Yesterday-
398
558

[triumph]

Yesterday
623 (R3)
587 (R2)
568 (R6)
393 (R3)

[Bus 503]

312 (31)
442 (31)

[triumph]

Yesterday
597 (R4)
581 (40) Incl school extension.
609 (R2)

Today
546 (R3)
551 (R3)
428 (45) Incl school extension.
509 (R2)
425 (R3)

[Snorzac]

Monday-(wasn't very diligent with taking note of fleetnumbers)
VH-VYE "Alice Springs" (QF853 CBR-MEL) Boeing 737-800
Skybus 103 (Melbourne City Express) Bustech CDi
Yarra Trams E Class Tram (86)
Yarra Trams D1 Class Tram (16)
Yarra Trams Z Class Tram (
Yarra Trams E Class Tram (96)
Skybus 116 (Melbourne Airport Express) Bustech CDi
VH-XZN "Wagga Wagga" (QF822 MEL-CBR) Boeing 737-800

Today-
108

[triumph]

630 (R3)
385 (57)
329 (57)
329 (58) (1 1/2hr later)
681 (R4) Incl school extension/diversion. Seats filled by students. See note 1.
564 (74)
495 (78)
495 (R4) See note 2.
550 (R3)

Note 1: School loadings are now being impacted by end of year run down, so no conclusions can be drawn.
Note 2: Very long journey Chisholm Shops to Westfield Belconnen with shortish break at Tuggeranong. Surprised that bus used for local service 78, then showed up on the R4.

[lukeo25]

379 - opposite Former Woden CIT - City

[Sylvan Loves Buses]

39 today (17 Renaults) - over 14 hours.

968 (70N)
519 (R4N)
678 (R2N)
933 (41N)
957 (41S)
939 (30E)
520 (R4W)
628 (42W)
962 (30E)
667 (R9W)
670 (R9E)
324 (R9W)
335 (R3S)
375 (R6E)
379 (R4S)
938 (R6E)
650 (61W)
370 (71W)
516 (R4S)
401 (63N)
517 (R4S)
525 (R5N)
978 (64W) - 8 minutes late
969 (64W)
959 (57E)
377 (61W)
972 (71E)
946 (63E)
943 (71E)
341 (66E)
517 (R4S)
124 (60E)
555 (R6W)
948 (R4S)
582 (R5N)
975 (57E)
982 (R6W) - weird how some drivers were still taking the Hospital detour
681 (R4S)
966 (71N)


As for those who are still wondering about Renault's, I've done the hard work for you (with some help from KoB) to find out the current networks increased Renault activity. I'll certainly be following this with the remaining weekdays left before the revised network starts and screws all this up.
This is as good as it gets for now, so if you want to ride those endangered buses between now and the 23rd and after the 10th before buses like this replace it, the best times for Renault's are: 6am-10am around Belconnen, and if you're lucky to find the stragglers still around when you can't think of something to do to kill 4 hours, the next wave doesn't hit Woden till 2:30pm (and obviously City and Belconnen during peak).
May have only ridden 17 Renault's today, but with more strategic timings and drivers not running early, there's definitely potential for more.

[triumph]

982 (R6W) - weird how some drivers were still taking the Hospital detour

The TC Alert says avoiding Hospital Rd in effect till 24th Dec. If this is the detour you refer to, then not taking the detour might be weird.

[Snorzac]

Friday-
VH-SCE "Birdsville" (QF1474 CBR-SYD) Dash 8-300
VH-NXR (QF1515 SYD-CBR) Boeing 717-200

Yesterday-
541
414

[lukeo25]

526 - Woden Interchange - City (Commonwealth Bank London Circuit Stop)

[Snorzac]

Sunday-
395

Yesterday-
953

[Snorzac]

437
460 (19)
389 (R8)
437

[triumph]

Yesterday
575 (63)
64? (64)

Today
390 (R3)
673 (R2)
006 (R1)
403 (R8)
586 (R3)

[Sylvan Loves Buses]

I won't bother with the blue indicating 'not yet ridden this year' buses, I've caught so many and ticked off so many, it would be too hard to find out which ones were which.

Monday - 20 Buses   | 2:30pm-7:30pm (7 Renault's) 379 (R4N) 939 (57E) 304 (57W) 946 (71W) 654 (R4S) 649 (R4N) 968 (71W) 945 (R6E) 648 (61W) 374 (R4S) 468 (R4N) 675 (R4N) 937 (R4S) 124 (65W) 389 (57E) 348 (57W) 325 (R5N) 372 (58S) 973 (58N) 608 (R6E)	Tuesday - 31 Buses 5:50am-6:30pm (16 Renault's) 636 (70N) - No Renault due to later charter service   | 517 (R4N) 507 (R2N) 961 (41N) 911 (41S) 955 (30E) 528 (R2W) 108 (R9E) 329 (R4W) 109 (30E) 451 (R9W) 951 (44E) 314 (30W) 935 (43E) 950 (42W) 934 (R8E) 465 (R4S) Movie Break 674 (R4N) Break 333 (70W) 971 (58N) 484 (R5S) 928 (58N) 530 (R5S) 964 (62W) 949 (62E) 113 (61S) 393 (R4N) 973 (R4N) 441 (R5S) 638 (R4S) 964 (R4S)	Wednesday - 28 Buses 5:45am-9:15pm (15 Renault's) 967 (70N) 525 (R4N) 509 (R2N) 961 (41N) 958 (41S) 121 (R2E) - Temporary 'Sweaty-try-hard' ability activated   | 319 (43W) 107 (R9E) 664 (R4W) 933 (44E) 925 (30W) 305 (42E) 953 (43W) 961 (R9E) 675 (R2W) 908 (30E) 939 (R8W) 962 (R8E) 369 (R4E) 484 (R4S) 474 (R4S) Movie Break 509 (R4N) 942 (R4S) 622 (R5N) 945 (57E) 965 (R6W) 414 (R4S) Dinner Break 503 (R4S)
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Thursday - 40 Buses   | 5:50am-5:50pm (15 Renault's) 966 (70N) 517 (R4N) 506 (R2N) 950 (41N) 933 (41S) 625 (R3E) 535 (R4W) 124 (R2E) 523 (R2W) 114 (R9E) 380 (R3W) 115 (30E) 507 (R2W) 365 (R2E) 114 (R9W) 950 (R9E) 475 (R4W) 952 (32E) 650 (R9W) 384 (R4E) 405 (R3W) 303 (R9E) 302 (R9W) 624 (R3E) 522 (R2W) 963 (R8E) 517 (R4W) 526 (R4S) 955 (50E) 109 (R6S) 487 (R4S) 937 (70W) 942 (71W) 364 (R6E) 315 (57W) 656 (R4S) 328 (R5N) 363 (R4S) 535 (R4N) 979 (R4S)	Friday - 43 Buses 5:50am-8:40pm (19 Renault's) 944 (70N) 536 (R4N) 673 (R2N) 911 (41N) 959 (41S) 621 (32E) - All ∀rtics for 2019* 516 (R4W) - 'Sweaty-try-hard' ability activated 657 (42E) - All Volgrens for 2019 431 (R8W) 939 (30E) 676 (R2W) 674 (30E) 956 (30W) 927 (41E) 316 (31W) 317 (42E) 929 (31W) 952 (32E) 669 (R3W) 951 (44E) 114 (31W) 932 (40E) 113 (R9E) 516 (R4S) 576 (AMC E) Canberra Men's Choir performances 663 (31W) 933 (31E) 927 (R8W) 664 (Bruce Shuttle E) 536 (R4W) 928 (45E) 627 (R8W) 316 (40E) 959 (R8W) 950 (R9E) 507 (R2W) 521 (R4E) 926 (30W) - All P2's of 2019 672 (R2E) After 40 minutes of suffocating on smoke on Haydon Drive later... 510 (R2W) - All Artics of 2019 Break 932 (45W) - 200 P2's goal achieved! 326 (R4S)

Now with all that bus hopping out of the way, I have 13 more buses left to catch over 3 allocated days before the end of the year to achieve my 1000 goal again. Half way through the year I thought I would exceed the 1000, so I got many lifts from people and look where that got me...

*Incase you're wondering what '∀rtics' is, It's my shortened way of writing 'Volgren Articulated Buses'.

[triumph]

Sylvan, you have been busy. If you completed the round trip on each shuttle on the same day - congratulations.

501 (R4)
644 (79)
519 (R5)
617 (71)
942 (73)
512 (R4)

[Sylvan Loves Buses]

That would've been nice, but no I only rode the two shuttles a short distance. If I had, the direction letter would've been 'L' for loop.

Also if you noticed, the R9 appears to be the best option if you want to ride every type of bus. Dunno if this will be the same over the next few weeks, but that's a lotta options for one route

[Sylvan Loves Buses]

#999 -- 629 (71S)
#1000 - (70N)

[triumph]

589 (R3)
404 (R8)
003 (R1)
002 (R1)
346 (18)
012 (R1)
681 (R4)
390 (R3)

[Snorzac]

Sunday-
671

[Snorzac]

Yesterday-
Murrays 813 (Sydney Express Jolimont Centre to Sydney Airport) BCI FBC6133CRZ1 "Cruiser 13"
Sydney Trains M4 (T8 International Airport to Domestic Airport)
VH-OEJ "Wunala" (QF417 SYD-MEL) Boeing 747-400ER
VH-VZJ "Bowral" (QF424 MEL-SYD) Boeing 737-800
VH-QOJ "Riverina" (QF1479 SYD-CBR) Dash 8-Q400
547 (R3)

[Snorzac]

Yesterday-
339

[triumph]

Yesterday 3/1/2020

422 (R3)
487 (R4)
011 (R1)
014 (R1) Short working Gungahlin Place - Well Station Drive. Now ridden in each module of each LRV at least once.
012 (R1)
670 (R8)
586 (R3)

[Snorzac]

398
655

[triumph]

455 (R3)
003 (R1)
437 (R9)
457 (R3)

[Snorzac]

Saturday-
540
622

Sunday-
455

Yesterday-
676 (R2)
631 (R8)
631 (R8)
545

Today-
VH-VYB "Cape Otway" (QF809 CBR-MEL) Boeing 737-800

[Bus 503]

Friday 24/1/2020
636 (31)
381 (R7)
498 (65)
494 (61)
389 (R6)
383 (R7)
431 (63)
508 (R4)
453 (30)

Trips on the 18.310s were definitely the highlight, so much so that I may have to change my user name to Bus 383 

[Toyota Camry]

Batemans Bay taxi, Toyota Camry; unknown registration.

[triumph]

Yesterday
390 (R3)
586 (R8)
506 (R1)
006 (R1) Includes travel via Dickson crossover.
014 (R1)
680 (R1)
462 (R8)
653 (R3)

[King of Buses]

358 (81)
358 (80)
324 (80)
518 (R5)
682

[Snorzac]

Saturday-
660

Sunday-
455
625

[Snorzac]

911

[Snorzac]

Yesterday-
553

[Snorzac]

Sunday-
558

Yesterday-
543

[Snorzac]

Yesterday-
408

Today-
451

[triumph]

2nd Feb
004 (R1)
003 (R1)

3rd Feb
413 (R3)
537 (R4)
530 (R2)
585 (R3)

4th Feb
550 (R3)
634 (R2)
594 (R3)

Today
540 (R3)
360 (44) Including school extension - 3 students
343 (R2)
534 (R4)
672 (R2)
584 (R3)

[Sylvan Loves Buses]

Wednesday:

684 (R4N)
678 (R4S)
683 (R4S)

[Snorzac]

Friday-
117

Yesterday-
665

[Sylvan Loves Buses]

976 (70N Woden)
533 (R4N City)
LRV001 (N Franklin)
115 (22W Palmerston drawing)
911 (21E Franklin)
LRV007 (S Braddon) - I think I should've stayed on 911 to Gungahlin, and taken two extra buses back to the City, omfg that ride was disgustingly cramped.
115 (55E ex-RATEC clubhouse)
115 (55W City)
Movie break
488 (R4S Woden)
528 (R4S Wanniassa)

[Snorzac]

450
304

[triumph]

Yesterday
594 (R3)
650 (R4)
342 (63) Validator u/s.
461 (65)
369 (R4)
682 (R4) First ride new series. Noted 'Bus Stopping' sign different from previous Bustech series. May be other differences, didn't look for them.
666 (R3)

[triumph]

432 (R3)
407 (58) Incl school diversion. 4 students.
338 (57)
358 (57)
325 (66)
681 (R10)
560 (R7)
970 (65)
464 (R4)
315 (50)
014 (R1)
532 (R2)
640 (R3)

Note: None of the above were short trips. The shortest would be rte 57 between Woden Interchange and Hughes. Rtes R10, 58, 65 were full length of route terminus to terminus.

[Sylvan Loves Buses]

May be other differences, didn't look for them.

Mostly just visual changes from what I've noticed so far - I'll keep my ears primed to hear if the engine/FX are any different.

Today:
487 (R4N)
936 (62W)
982 (62E)
980 (62N)
981 (63W)
388 (R4S)

Don't think I've ever managed to unintentionally ride the three 980's in such close succession outside of bus hopping before. *Pats self on back*.

[Snorzac]

542

[Snorzac]

597

[Snorzac]

585