What bus did you get today? (2007-2018)

Kramden · July 15, 2011, 09:52:11 PM

Yesterday:

994... 702 sth

954... 318 nth
368... 314 nth

Today:
858... 28 ex Fairbairn

Bus 400 · July 17, 2011, 09:42:24 PM

Bus 354
Bus 364
Bus 302
Bus 322

Snorzac · July 17, 2011, 10:13:32 PM

Yesterday:
ACTION Liveried Hyundai iMax (952)
422 (956)

Today:
474 (Raiders)
344 (905)

Buzz Killington · July 18, 2011, 05:46:30 PM

156, complete with one seat that had its cushion back falling off anytime the brakes were applied.

bubzie · July 19, 2011, 04:33:11 PM

373 (11) complete with G.O.M (grumpy old man), who tagged off three stops early, and got yelled at by the bus driver, and two supervisors that just happened to be there at the time. Pure comedy gold.

Kramden · July 19, 2011, 05:56:02 PM

926... 314 sth
358 ...313 sth

Err, so the old fella tagged off a bit early. Wouldn't be the first person who's done that. Why yell at him. Just coz he was grumpy! Gee, what's the world coming to. My wife calls me a GOM as a term of endearment!

smitho · July 19, 2011, 09:24:04 PM

TODAY

399 on 300 North and 318 South

120 on 28 ex Fairbairn

Snorzac · July 19, 2011, 09:39:06 PM

Yesterday:
381 (313)
327 (314)
443 (73)
900 (52/737/31)

Today:
371 (313)
316 (52)
100 (52/737/31)

bubzie · July 20, 2011, 01:55:51 PM

Quote from: Kramden on July 19, 2011, 05:56:02 PM

Err, so the old fella tagged off a bit early. Wouldn't be the first person who's done that. Why yell at him. Just coz he was grumpy! Gee, what's the world coming to. My wife calls me a GOM as a term of endearment!

Ok, now i have more time to write this, heh.

Bus stopped at calwell shops, some pax get off, two supervisors get on, whilst doing so, man gets out of seat, tags off, and proceeds to sit on..the gunzel seat.
Driver: Are you getting off here?
Man: No no, i get off next stop!
Supervisor 1: Then why did you tag off here?
Man: I get off next stop!
(please note, i wasnt paying much attention, and was sitting on the other end of the bus..)
The supervisors then spend a good 4 minutes (Yes, i timed..) standing there explaining why he has to tag off at the correct stop
Anyway, after all that, the bus continues. Gets to the next stop (First one on casey cres, for those playing along at home), bus stops, a different passenger gets off. Hmmm, he said he was getting off here. Me and friends giggle to self.
Continue driving up casey cres, driver is still explaining how the gps in the myway thing measures patronage .etc (he did a good job trying to explain, i admit), and the man was like "I STOP HERE!"
Driver: You need to press the bell..
(Hmm, getting off at the next stop hey? we've passed two now!)
Man: "I WRITE LETTER! I WRITE LETTER!" *storms off bus*

(I got off at the next bus stop, and proceeded to joke "Yep, tagging off now!") :bonk:

Kramden · July 20, 2011, 07:27:22 PM

Thanks for that blow-by-blow Bubzie. Evidently a disorientated GOM. Possibly not of an English speaking background.

Anyway, I caught 781 today. Better still I drove it around the TISC yard and did some cone work with another trainee.

Look out Canberra and QBN, we'll be heading out on the road tomorrow.

smitho · July 20, 2011, 09:04:51 PM

TODAY

399 on 300 North and 318 South

821 on 28 ex Fairbairn

Snorzac · July 20, 2011, 09:40:40 PM

WOW (Glenfield Express)
C1 (Glenfield to Mascot)
Long Scania (400)
M10 (Domestic Terminal to Central)
S Set (Central to Melsons Point)
Refurbed G Set (Milson Point to St Lenords)
S Set (St Lenords to Milsons Point)-before disembarking due to failure of signal at Central
H Set (Milsons Point to Nth Sydney)
2002 (m20) the first Volvo B12BLEA/Volgren in the STA fleet
T set (Wynyard to Marrackville)
G Set (Marrackville to Redfern)
S70 (Redfern to Lidcome) with a member of ACT Bus as guard
M Set (Lidcome to Central Express) had to make up time so it went direct non-stop, worked well for me!
M1 (Central to Domestic)
VH-ZHF, Virgin Australia E-170 'Little Miss Sunshine Coast' (DJ670 Sydney to Canberra)

smitho · July 20, 2011, 09:49:27 PM

sounds like a great day...

Snorzac · July 20, 2011, 09:52:22 PM

yeah, the flight at the end of the day wasn't planned but hey...

Busnerd · July 21, 2011, 12:59:46 PM

Awful awful spelling

Also 2001 is the first B12BLEA Volgren not 2002.

Funny, I was also on S70, there were these annoying passengers peeping into my cab the whole trip and passing action newsletters through the gap in my door :p

Snorzac · July 21, 2011, 02:23:48 PM

It was 2001, I just have fat fingers

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Kramden · July 21, 2011, 08:12:55 PM

781 for TISC training. Out on the road today. Clipped one curb going through the ANU. Doh! That's one beer I'll owe. No doubt there'll be more in the weeks to come.

Saw Ed in the T depot sheds while I was waiting in the re-fueling line. A great day. Learned heaps.

Ed · July 21, 2011, 11:04:35 PM

Ah, so you were in 781 along with the other newbies, but I never quite got to see who exactly was driving it.

smitho · July 22, 2011, 05:27:53 AM

Yesterday:

399 and 949

geoffrah · July 22, 2011, 09:01:27 PM

Unfortunately the driver of this southbound 200 service slightly misjudged the entry into Mort St Platform 9 this morning - causing some minor damage to the ute .....

smitho · July 23, 2011, 01:12:05 AM

Friday 22nd:

399 & 937

The Love Guru · July 23, 2011, 07:11:21 AM

Quote from: geoffrah on July 22, 2011, 09:01:27 PM
Unfortunately the driver of this southbound 200 service slightly misjudged the entry into Mort St Platform 9 this morning - causing some minor damage to the ute .....

They obviously missed the memo!

Kramden · July 23, 2011, 08:30:47 AM

Hmmm, makes me feel better about one too many clipped curbs during TISC training these past few days. I'm now dreaming of mirrors!

lukeo25 · July 23, 2011, 09:59:55 AM

yesterday
3?? - "intertown" woden to city
i saw 471 on STAG training in woden turning in to launceston st as i passed the tradies in woden
I got the day off work to go out to costco :)

Merv319 · July 24, 2011, 07:56:41 PM

371 (Route 958, 3:44pm at Katherine Avenue Amaroo)
964 (another 958, 4:52pm at Belco Westfield)

Bus 400 · July 24, 2011, 08:26:43 PM

340 (900)
908 (939)
347 (900)
410 (905)
429 (903)
365 (900)
394 (964)

Snorzac · July 24, 2011, 09:02:21 PM

Thursday:
898 (51)
443 (73)

Friday:
422 (52)
328 (313)
912 (10)
137 (737)
350 (313)

Yesterday:
423 (951)

Today:
412 (900)

Merv319 · July 25, 2011, 03:41:26 PM

836? (The last AM route 757)

Also; bus 992 (Nara bus) has got broken down at Campbell High around 3 o'colock, before doing route 449.
They brought bus 103 instead, and it left Campbell High at 3:23(20 mins later than usual).

They also brought the repairing people about 10 mins ago, now reparing.

(added at 3:45) reparing finished, the bus has gone.

Kramden · July 25, 2011, 08:02:48 PM

411... 314 sth
426... 313 sth
377... 312 sth

435 ...314 nth

Snorzac · July 25, 2011, 09:37:45 PM

338 (56) I had to get the 56 that comes off my old school run...lol
421 (56)
411 (313)

King of Buses · July 26, 2011, 05:37:49 PM

Yesterday
711 (665) Got the good driver back! (not saying the otheres were bad.

)
717 (500)

Today
987 (665) Nice varitey of seat covers. L94,PR100.3,PR180.2 MK2...
700 (500)

Kramden · July 26, 2011, 09:28:42 PM

350... 319 sth

968... 702 nth

Snorzac · July 26, 2011, 11:19:07 PM

470 (313)
888 (56) same service that 338 was on yesterday so it must have been covering from B depot
816 (52)
990 (51) the diff has seen better days...
980 (13)

King of Buses · July 27, 2011, 05:01:06 PM

987 (665)
721 (500)

Bus 400 · July 27, 2011, 08:13:41 PM

Bus 300

Snorzac · July 27, 2011, 08:51:50 PM

391(313)
929 (56)
464 (200) an extreme load, quite surprising actually
856 (200)
419 (57)
882 (30)
416 (318)

smitho · July 27, 2011, 11:46:46 PM

Quote from: Metrobus on July 27, 2011, 08:51:50 PM

464 (200) an extreme load, quite surprising actually

Extreme loads on the 200 may be more frequent than you think, both in am and pm peaks and in shoulders; irregularity of 200s due to Northbourne Ave congestion can severely flow through to extra heavy loads....plus service cancellations arising from bus shortages.

smitho · July 27, 2011, 11:52:18 PM

Today

Ye Olde 700 (smoking like a steam train)
874 (with National drivers seat)

Yesterday

718 (usual S/R and 2 north extra)
128

Day before

722
987

King of Buses · July 28, 2011, 04:51:56 PM

716 (665)
714 (500)

Kramden · July 28, 2011, 08:15:04 PM

394... 702 sth

Snorzac · July 28, 2011, 11:15:52 PM

411 (313)
930 (56)
369 (200) another heavily patronized service, maybe Transport for Canberra should consider a 10 minute frequency?
345 (200)
842 (56)
154 (52)
960 (52)

smitho · July 28, 2011, 11:32:59 PM

715 & 871

Kramden · July 29, 2011, 09:15:04 PM

398 ...314 sth.

My last ride as a daily commuter. Thank you drivers.

Snorzac · July 29, 2011, 09:27:19 PM

472 (313)
338 (56)
317 (58)
990 (25/61/61/80/8)

jasp3r · July 30, 2011, 03:23:15 PM

THURSDAY
79x (615)
416 (318south)
FRIDAY
871 (615)

King of Buses · July 30, 2011, 05:18:27 PM

Yesterday was a bad day for me on buses.
first was....
715 (1/3 of a 665) Broke down halfway up Pockett Avenue. (doors not working)
712 (1/3 of a 665) Came and saved us. Took us too halfway up Tharwa Dr. (Some smoke/Dust stuff came out of the parts around the turntable. We left it there) I don't know what it was but it didn't look good for the old girl.

715 (1/3 of a 665) Returned after been fixed up on the side of the road to complete our journey! :)
714 (500) This bus did NOT breakdown. 712 was gone by then as i knew it would be.

Bus 400 · July 31, 2011, 04:00:14 PM

411 (938)
428 (936)
395 (939)
338 (900)
390 (900)
338 (962)
402 (900)
360 (942)
402 (932)
413 (900)

Snorzac · July 31, 2011, 04:05:11 PM

Yesterday:
424 (900/932)
427 (934/938)

Today:
425 (951)
435 (905)

400:D · July 31, 2011, 05:38:48 PM

Friday:

704 (58)

King of Buses · August 01, 2011, 05:03:34 PM

717 (665)
986 (500)