What PT did you get today? (2019-)

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2nd Aug
726 (R3)
595 (R4)
648 (57)
718 (57)
599 (R2)
403 (R3)

Today
595 (R3)
464 (R4)
375 (57)
673 (57)
807 (R5)
008 (R1)
407 (R8)
624 (R8)
727 (23)
544 (R3)

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008 (R1)
728 R8 Have now had a ride in all the Yutongs (8** series plus trial 490), and all recent 7** series in service.
663 (R8)
005 (R1)

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23rd Aug
613 (71)
562 (64)

Today
552 (R3)
425 (R4)
565 (57)
680 (57)
810 (60)
506 (R5)
711 (R4)
622 (R3)

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6th Sept
390 (R3)
604 (R5)
383 (57)
811 (57)
014 (R1)
724 (31)
705 (R3)

8th Sept
809 (R2)
367 (R2)

Today
666 (R3) No devil seen today.
802 (58)
330 (57)
673 (57)
806 (R4)
979 (74)
511 (R5)
684 (58)
934 (58) Included school diversion
503 (R4)
558 (R3)

[Sylvan Loves Buses]

Not done for today, but thought I'd just mention the hounerable mentions of the last 2 days.

Thursday 18th:
979 (72S)
979 (71N)
672 (R4N)
951 (46W)
927 (31S)
953 (51N)
958 (51S)
388 (R5S)
980 (65W)
328 (64E)
518 (R5S)
463 (R4N)
438 (R6E)

Today 19th:
979 (72S)
979 (71N)
674 (R4N)
931 (42L) - Full Loop
480 (R4S)

931 today was my 100th Renault ride of the year, hooray! I did not think I would get to 100 let alone more than 60-70 trips on Renault's this year with the threat of the new buses - so much for that huh. Yesterdays trips were based on the same plan I used during February and I am honestly surprised and relieved how many of them were still being allocated to the same shifts. The gps not working these last few days didn't help, but I thought I'd try to get the 100th anyway as I noticed my rides on bustech/precision models if added together was about to also hit 100 - I couldn't allow that with Renault's being so close.

Also what the hell have they done to 931? It sounded NORMAL for the first time in forever. For as long as I can remember its engine sounded as though someone shoved a french horn in there, but today it sounded like any other Renault. Leave them alone ffs, let them die in peace.

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15th Sept
805 (R2)
458 (R2)

20th Sept
598 (R3)
465 (R4)
682 (57)
621 (57)
806 (R4)
471 (R4)
803 (63)
692 (64)
708 (58)
414 (58)
571 (R4)
363 (R3)

Today
729 (R3) Caught up again with newly in-service buses.
724 (R3)

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27th Sept
585 (R3)
674 (R4)
323 (57)
433 (57)
514 (R5)
375 (R5)
412 (66)
460 (47)
657 (R3)

3rd Oct
9035MO (F1) Bus S 57 labelled inside
MO7347 (F1)

Today
724 (R3)
676 (R4)
702 (57)
597 (57)
011 (R1)
010 (R1)
683 (51)
634 (31)
641 (31)
600 (R3)

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672 (R2)
661 (R3)

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656 (R3)
503 (57)
546 (57)
550 (R2)
725 (R3)

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Note: None of the following contain enthusiast elements... I have added some detail to demonstrate it is possible to get around on week days quite well, if time consuming, using TC transport.
17th October
To City for event and stop off Westfield Mall on return.
303 (R3)
580 (R3) (Just next service that appeared.)
626 (R3)

18th October
To Hughes for 10am event, via Woden as direct via City has inconvenient timing.
558 (R3)
666 (R4) (This service precedes R3 but have found it is usually caught up and I can transfer. The next two R4s usually also arrive Woden in sufficient time but are not quite so reliable.)
609 (57)

Then to Macquarie shops for 2pm appointment with stop off to Canberra Centre. Via Woden due convenient timing.
607 (57)
327 (R5)
580 (32)

Then to Westfield Mall (fill in time) and 5.30pm function at Barton
728 (32)
727 (R3) (Again, just next service to appear.)
506 (59)

Finally, back to day's starting point with stop off at Westfield Mall (not shopped earlier to avoid lugging stuff about).
446 (59)
586 (R2)
451 R3
Roughly 8am to 8.30pm for whole day out.

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Oct 20th
392 (R3)
542 (R3)

Today
541 (R3)
429 (R4) Arrived Woden Interchange together with preceding R4, and was followed 2 min later by another R4 and yet another R4 about a further 3 min later. They leave Cohen St Interchange at 6min intervals. By Woden I was only one of three passengers, yet the bus was full leaving the Belconnen area. This is a wicked problem to ameliorate. The preceding bus got slightly late and started getting patronage that should have been on the following bus I was on. It gets later and thus even more passengers who should have been on the following service. Outcome is an eventually near empty slightly early following service. (It is important to avoid priming this problem by presenting at the initial stop in time to depart strictly on time.)
365 (57)
517 (57)
454 (71)
641 (63)
420 (57)
701 (57)
671 (R4)
553 (R3)

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29th Oct
730 (R2)
712 (R4)

Today
706 (R3)
385 (R4)
344 (57)
684 (57)
803 (R5)
809 (R2)
488 (R2)
702 (R3)

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3rd Nov
428 (R3)
422 (R6)
491 (R6)
810 (R7)
354 (R7)
628 (R3)

Today
414 (R3)
582 (R3)

All very mundane.

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428 (R3)
402 (57)
443 (57) 3/4hr wait as preceding a no show.
709 (R4)
660 (R3)

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9th Nov
931 (46) Incl schools diversion
312 (42) According to on-line TT should have been a Renault (TT out of date?)

11th Nov
006 (R1)
428 (23) Diverted via Emu Bank & Benjamin Way, due road works closing Cohen St through Belconnen Interchange
428 (R4) Diverted via Benjamin Way & Emu Bank, due road works closing Cohen St through Belconnen Interchange

[Barry Drive]

9th Nov
312 (42) According to on-line TT should have been a Renault (TT out of date?)

Quick explanation: there are fewer Renault buses at Belconnen Depot than there are shifts for them (due to recent withdrawals). So there will always be services not marked as low-floor which will be operated by low-floor buses.

From my observations it isn't the same shifts every day - they seem to be allocating the additional low-floors at random.

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Quick explanation: there are fewer Renault buses at Belconnen Depot than there are shifts for them (due to recent withdrawals). So there will always be services not marked as low-floor which will be operated by low-floor buses.

That's rather surprising, thanks.
If there are insufficient Renaults to do all the TT runs that are marked not disability compliant and some low floor buses (disability compliant) are routinely allocated to take up the slack, then Renaults should not be appearing at all on other disability compliant runs. If these other disability compliant runs have a compliant bus shortfall, then surely, except in the most immediate circumstance,  one of the compliant buses doing nominal Renault runs should be swapped in with a Renault (apparently available) replacing it. Yesterday a Renault appeared (according to Any Trip) on, of all runs, the hospitals service, route 901. Must have been an extreme immediate need... .

[Sylvan Loves Buses]

A lot of the Iris runs will often have Renaults on them if the Iris allocation or whatever is not available on that day.

[Bus 400]

I think you've misread Barry Drive. Low floor buses are being used on high floor shifts. Not the other way around. But always, if there's only a Renault available. That's what a driver will take. Better than no bus at all.

I can't pull up the online timetable. But is the 901 are designated low floor route? It would be ironic if it wasn't. 

[Barry Drive]

A lot of the Iris runs will often have Renaults on them if the Iris allocation or whatever is not available on that day.

I don't believe that's true. What will happen is that there's a number of shifts which are allocated Irisbuses - but fewer shifts than the 18 buses. In the event that there are unallocated Irisbuses, they will be firstly allocated to Renault shifts.

So if there are fewer spare Irisbuses than normal, those shifts will be allocated Renaults as per the shift.

I can't pull up the online timetable. But is the 901 are designated low floor route? It would be ironic if it wasn't.

Checking AnyTrip - all 901 departures have a ♿️ symbol. I recall there used to be a few Renault 901s in former School Holiday timetable.

[Sylvan Loves Buses]

A lot of the Iris runs will often have Renaults on them if the Iris allocation or whatever is not available on that day.

Maybe not anymore now that there's fewer of them than there was a couple of years ago but that's certainly how it appeared in previous networks. True or not now, who cares, I barely bus hop anymore and the renault allocations in this network suck to navigate so whatever.

Yesterday:
445 (71S)
805 (71N)
709 (R4N)
630 (R4S)

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722 (R3)
695 (57)
400 (57)
392 (57)
013 (R1)
590 (R8)
440 (R3)

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729 (R3)
934 (45)
950 (45)
570 (R2)

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18th November
012 (R1)
004 (R1)

Today
709 (R3)
365 (R4)
619 (57) Due excavation in part of Callum St., departures from Woden Temporary Interchange towards Launceston St were diverted via Matilda St and Bowes St
351 (57)
980 (64)
979 (65)
643 (66) Diverted as above.
953 (47)
959 (47)
398 (R3)