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

Bus 400 · September 30, 2011, 06:08:40 PM

Bus 956
Bus 303

Kramden · September 30, 2011, 08:20:14 PM

A week of 2s and 3s covering routes 10, SR 668, 63 (sth/nth), 56, plus a Friday charter.

Mon: 990, 864
Tue: 109, 851...smooth ride but NO power
Wed: 110, 841...both run quite well
Thu: 106, 905
Fri: 111, 911

Snorzac · October 01, 2011, 12:11:46 AM

110 is nice, 990 is also nice but I am told the steering is quite heavy

476 (313)
343 (56)
453 (200)
397 (313)
424 (74)
853 (313)
439 (56)
102 (52)
439 (16/16/17)

CNG · October 01, 2011, 07:40:50 AM

Quote from: Kramden on September 30, 2011, 08:20:14 PM
A week of 2s and 3s covering routes 10, SR 668, 63 (sth/nth), 56, plus a Friday charter.

Mon: 990, 864
Tue: 109, 851...smooth ride but NO power
Wed: 110, 841...both run quite well
Thu: 106, 905
Fri: 111, 911

Was that a pr100.3 shift in the am?

Kramden · October 01, 2011, 09:35:53 AM

Quote from: CNG on October 01, 2011, 07:40:50 AM
Was that a pr100.3 shift in the am?

79

smitho · October 02, 2011, 04:01:24 PM

Last Week:

Sat 1 Oct: 442
Fri 30 Sep: 716 (running very well) and 892
Thu 29 Sep: 725 and 875
Wed 28 Sep: 711 and 887
Tue 27 Sep: ...and 875
Mon 26 Sep: 725 and 970
Sun 25 Sep: 379

And the week before:

Fri 23 Sep: 725 and 818
Thu 22 Sep: 702 and 818
Wed 21 Sep: 719 and 975
Tue 20 Sep: 719* and 883
Mon 19 Sep: 702 and 973
Sun 18 Sep: 402

* "Artic on steroids".

Snorzac · October 02, 2011, 06:01:57 PM

Yesterday:
DTG 218 (830) A ride on this bus for me was long overdue, the comfort of it's semi coach seats is un-beatable!
454 (900)
453 (905) If anyone manages to spot the difference between the rest of the fleet and anything above 453 I would be surprised (ACTbusspotter excluded)

Today:
428 (952)
422 (905)

CNG · October 02, 2011, 07:19:56 PM

yesterday
337 (935)
399 (900)

Kramden · October 02, 2011, 08:34:15 PM

419...noice!

Bus 400 · October 03, 2011, 09:38:44 PM

Sydney Buses
Bus 1341-480 (Camperdown to City)
CityRail
Carriage N5253 (Central to Liverpool)
Historic Commercial Vehicles Association
30607H (Liverpool Station to Whitlam Leisure Centre)
30607H (Whitlam Leisure Centre to Liverpool Station)
Sydney Buses
Bus 1619-T80 (Liverpool to Parramatta)
CityRail
Carriage 3551 (Parramatta to City)
Metro Lightrail
Tram 2104 (Central to Lilyfield)
Tram 2104 (Lilyfield to Central)
Murray's Coaches
Coach 537 (Sydney to Catherine Hill) * The insulation around the exhaust got too hot (50 degrees C) & started smoking. Everyone was evacuated & the NSW RFS turned up & cut a hole in the bus & cooled it down.
Our replacement was:
Roadcoach
Coach TV 6362 (Catherine Hill to Canberra)
ACTION Buses
Bus 430-900 (City to Woden)

Snorzac · October 03, 2011, 09:48:18 PM

435 (905)
327 (952)

Bus 400 · October 04, 2011, 08:53:26 PM

Bus 921 (111)
Bus 445 (318)
Bus 880 (45)
Bus 449 (16)
Bus 933 (44)
Bus 399 (315)
Bus 381 (315)
Bus 449 (71)
Bus 444 (313)
Bus 354 (314)
Bus 471 (200)
Bus 300 (200)
Bus 473 (313)
Bus 431 (66)

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Snorzac · October 05, 2011, 07:26:42 AM

Yesterday:
442 (74/313)
444 (51)

Bus 400 · October 05, 2011, 08:34:16 PM

Bus 116 (7)
Bus 102 (39)
Bus 365 (313)
Bus 451 (3)
Bus 345 (313)

Snorzac · October 05, 2011, 10:45:32 PM

391 (313)
414 (17/16/16/200/200/200)
142 (59)
407 (313)

Bus 400 · October 06, 2011, 04:54:40 PM

Sydney Bus Musuem
Ex-Sydney Buses Bus 2643 (Parramatta Loop)
Veolia
Bus 487-M92 (Rosehill to Parramatta)
CityRail
Train 3578 (Parramatta to Blacktown)
Port Stephen's Coaches
Bus 4667 MO-51 Rail Replacement (Blacktown to Richmond)
Bus 3128 MO-51 Rail Replacement (Richmond to Blacktown)
CityRail
Train 4054 (Blacktown to Clyde
Train 4026 (Clyde to Carlingford)
Train 3938 (Carlingford to Carmelia)

Snorzac · October 06, 2011, 10:38:44 PM

344 (313)
414 (17/16/16/200/200/200)
455 (314)
119 (52)
100 (52) Something seriously wrong with this bus, everytime it got to 50km/h there was some weird vibration in the suspension.

Kramden · October 07, 2011, 07:38:36 AM

Quote from: Metrobus on October 06, 2011, 10:38:44 PM
100 (52) Something seriously wrong with this bus, everytime it got to 50km/h there was some weird vibration in the suspension.

Would you expect anything less of a '3'? I was discussing their short comings with a colleague the other day and we agreed that in a perfect world the 3s should be scrapped ahead of many of the 2s. Not surprising there are always more 3s than 2s in the sheds come mid afternoon.

CNG · October 07, 2011, 10:55:56 AM

when i start driving i am always gonna try and get a .3 over a 2

Kramden · October 07, 2011, 07:42:40 PM

Quote from: CNG on October 07, 2011, 10:55:56 AM
when i start driving i am always gonna try and get a .3 over a 2

Good luck with that CNG. I know I've only driven a handful of them in my short time at ACTION, but I'm afraid whenever I think of 3s the term 'shitbox' immediately springs to mind. I never liked them as a regular commuter either. I will concede that some 3s are better than others.

Bus 400 · October 07, 2011, 11:51:36 PM

City Rail
Train L12 (4009) (Rosehill to Clyde)
Train S121 (4057) (Clyde to Penrith)

Blue Mountains Bus Company
1530 MO-690P (Penrith to Springwood)
5958 MO-692Y (Springwood to Springwood)
3747 MO-685H (Springwood to Hazelbrook)

CityRail
Set V39 (8130) (Hazelbrook to Katoomba)
Set V40 (8144) (Katoomba to Central)
(8096/9158) (Central to

Forest Coachlines
5250 MO-Custom Coaches Tour Shuttle (Strathfield to Custom Coaches)
5250 MO-Custom Coaches Tour Shuttle (Custom Coaches to
Lidcombe)

CityRail
Set T83 (N5171) (Lidcombe to Clyde)
Set L12 (3829) (Clyde to Rosehill)

CNG · October 08, 2011, 01:12:30 AM

Quote from: Kramden on October 07, 2011, 07:42:40 PM
Good luck with that CNG. I know I've only driven a handful of them in my short time at ACTION, but I'm afraid whenever I think of 3s the term 'shitbox' immediately springs to mind. I never liked them as a regular commuter either. I will concede that some 3s are better than others.

Oh i love riding on them as a commuter, atleast when i do start driving i won't have a problem picking some from the shed.

Snorzac · October 08, 2011, 10:43:45 AM

Yesterday:
404 (313)
910 (737)
VH-ZPE (DJ637-CBR-SYD) {Embraer 190 'Bluephoria'}
P Bus Volgren B12BLE (P Bus Shuttle)
T83 (Strathfield to Blacktown)
Rovers Coaches 45 (Rail Replacement-Blacktown to Riverstone) {Mercedes Benz OH1830LE/Evo II}
Baxters Bus Lines 12 (Rail Replacement-Riverstone to Blacktown) {Mercedes Benz OH1830OL/Coach Concepts}
V40 (Blacktown to Sydney Terminal)
H7 (Sydney Terminal to Strathfield)
Forest 5250 MO (Custom Coaches Tour) {Volvo B12BLEA/Evo II)

Snorzac · October 08, 2011, 11:33:20 PM

453 (934/938/922/923/934/900/964/900)

Kramden · October 09, 2011, 07:19:14 AM

A varied week due to school holiday rosters and a Mon public holiday.

Sun: 419 (900 sth, 932 nth, 942 sth and return, 900 sth and return, 951 nth)
Mon: 447 (931 sth, 939 x 2, 981, 906, 905)
Tue: 929, (59 sth, 52 nth, 52 sth, 59 nth)
Wed: 964, ditto
Thu: 856, ditto
Fri: 850, ditto and some o/t in 432 ( route 3 sth and return)

CNG · October 09, 2011, 07:29:40 PM

Quote from: Kramden on October 09, 2011, 07:19:14 AM
A varied week due to school holiday rosters and a Mon public holiday.

Sun: 419 (900 sth, 932 nth, 942 sth and return, 900 sth and return, 951 nth)
Mon: 447 (931 sth, 939 x 2, 981, 906, 905)
Tue: 929, (59 sth, 52 nth, 52 sth, 59 nth)
Wed: 964, ditto
Thu: 856, ditto
Fri: 850, ditto and some o/t in 432 ( route 3 sth and return)

so you were doing spare this week?

Kramden · October 10, 2011, 09:17:05 PM

Quote from: CNG on October 09, 2011, 07:29:40 PM
so you were doing spare this week?

No, just another floating shift. I don't think they let the newbies do spare work until we're a bit more experienced.

Bus 400 · October 12, 2011, 09:53:49 PM

SATURDAY
City Rail
Set L12-Rosehill to Clyde
Set T89-Clyde to Wynyard

HCVA Transdev Tour
These buses took us firstly from Wynyard Station to the Transdev Depot & then around the surrounding suburbs. A photo report will be up in a few days.
Bus 74 (Hino BG300P)
Bus 68 (MAN 16.240 UOCL)
Bus 92 (Hino CG277K)
Bus 2 (MAN 16.242 HOCL)
Bus 10 (Mercedes-Benz O405)
Bus 134 (Iveco Metro)
Bus 93 (Mercedes-Benz O405NH) *Has the same body (inside & out) as an ACTION Irisbus, but with DTG's pink handrails.

City Rail
Set H37-Hornsby to Strathfield
Set V34-Strathfield to Parramatta

Veloia Transport
Bus 490 (Volvo B7RLE)-M92 (Parramatta to Rosehill)

SUNDAY
Veolia Transport
Bus 474 (Volvo B7RLE)-M92 (Rosehill to Parramatta)
Bus 451 (Volvo B7RLE)-900 (Parramatta Station to Wharf)

Sydney Ferries
Betty Cuthbert-Parramatta to Circular Quay)
Freshwater-Circular Quay to Manly
Collaroy-Many to Circular Quay

City Rail
S60-Circular Quay to Central)
A3 (Central to Revesby)
A3 (Revesby to Central) *For a train that is a few months old, it is still quite nice inside. The top deck is very quiet & easy to have a nap on, while the lower deck is quite noisy. In comparison, the older trains are noisy all over.

Sydney Buses
Bus 4856 (Volvo B12BLE Euro V)-372 (Central to Coogee)
Bus 2228 (Volvo B12BLEA Euro V)-M50 (Coogee to City)
Bus 2214 (Mercedes-Benz O500LE CNG)-M52 (City to Parramatta)

Veloia Transport
Bus 333 (Mercedes-Benz O500LE)-M92 (Parramatta to Rosehill)

MONDAY
Jones Bros
6623 MO (Mercedes-Benz OH1830LE)-300 (Lithgow Loop via Oakey Park *Old part of Lithgow) *Good service to be on as it has a few school kid pickup diversions.
6623 MO (Mercedes-Benz OH1830LE)-200 (Lithgow Loop via new part of Lithgow)

Snorzac · October 12, 2011, 10:24:39 PM

Yesterday:
470 (313)
378 (51) I HATE this bus and the stupid jerking thing it does everytime the driver lifts off!!!
438 (51) ACTION must have optioned all the rattles when they ordered this one...
308 (13) this thing is just in a class of it's on, what a pile of junk!

Today:
365 (313) hoons!
940 (64/62/60/225)
347 (200) over an hour to get from Russell to Gungahlin due to traffic.
106 (51) not a bad bus!
390 (51)

Kramden · October 13, 2011, 07:15:03 AM

Quote from: Metrobus on October 12, 2011, 10:24:39 PM

308 (13) this thing is just in a class of it's on, what a pile of junk!

A-ha, one of the Iris's I'm yet have the pleasure of. Thanks for the heads up.

Snorzac · October 13, 2011, 10:54:08 AM

I am lead to believe the problem is to go wit the torque converter not locking up, hence the bus is loosing a lot of power.

Buzz Killington · October 13, 2011, 07:14:09 PM

This morning, an ex-Belco Renault that's now at Tuggeranong, and this arvo it was an ex-Tugg Renault that is now at Belconnen :)

Snorzac · October 13, 2011, 11:07:34 PM

428 (51)
300 (51) Not a bad bus!

Kramden · October 14, 2011, 02:57:19 PM

A week of MANs for routes 51 to GMP and 312 sth/nth.

455 Pub hol (907 and 903 loops, 934 sth, 956 nth, 952 sth and nth, 956 sth).
452
451 plus o/t in 959 on routes 5 and 6
Didn't work Thurs.
408

Snorzac · October 15, 2011, 08:28:34 AM

Yesterday:
414 (315) broke down two stops after I got off requiring a tow home!
977 (31)
114 (51)
309 (51)

Snorzac · October 19, 2011, 09:18:18 AM

Monday:
354 (313)
967 (56)
930 (56)
432? (313)
313 (13)
848 (52) fastest .2 I have ever been on
907 (51)

Yesterday:
472 (313)
338 (56) The gas smell is back
880 (52)
889 (313)
154 (52)

King of Buses · October 19, 2011, 01:59:27 PM

Alright, heres my long list
30th sept
723 (500)

5th Oct
432 (314)
477 (313)
426 (43)
927 (44)
330 (312)
447 (76)

11th Oct
372? (319)

17th Oct
975 (665) got shunted onto this instead of 120.
723 (500)

Yesterday
700 (665)

Today
713 (665)

CNG · October 20, 2011, 07:19:34 AM

815 (434)
372 (494)

Snorzac · October 20, 2011, 07:51:12 AM

432 (313)
9?? (56)
477 (200)
429 (200)

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Buzz Killington · October 20, 2011, 05:54:52 PM

Quote from: King of Buses on October 19, 2011, 01:59:27 PM
975 (665) got shunted onto this instead of 120.

Did they send two standards in place of an artic?

Snorzac · October 20, 2011, 11:43:22 PM

The reason for that delay is actually because the driver has some sort of idea. From experience all the 50 series runs have to much time to get to the first timing point after Belconnen (William Slim/Chuculba) so leaving late ensures the bus stays on time once leaving Belconnen, the people who do the timings need to look at tightening the timings up to avoid such occurrences.

418 (313)
915 (56)
345 (200)
477 (313)
395 (313)
966 (56)
418 (56) same driver as earlier in the day
435 (313)
305 (13)
476 (7)
848 (52) :)

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King of Buses · October 21, 2011, 11:12:51 AM

Quote from: Buzz Killington on October 20, 2011, 05:54:52 PM
Did they send two standards in place of an artic?

Yep. Confused a lot of people.

Bus 400 · October 21, 2011, 06:18:53 PM

Bus 133
Bus 303

Kramden · October 21, 2011, 09:37:38 PM

Firstly, in response to route56: WTF?

...and now back to our scheduled program.

A week of mostly 100.3s on 737 am and pm, 7 nth and S/Rs 456 am and 688 pm.
Mon: 990, 992
Tue: 841, 993
Wed: 993, 842 (my new favourite Mk 1)
Thu: 113, 114
Fri: 100, 100 (other than *idling rattles that would wake the dead, it performs very well)
Last Sat I picked up 416 for a long detail including 956 City, 938 Woden, 932 Belco, 942 City, 900 sth, 961 Woden, 927 Cooleman and return, 932 Belco, 905 Fraser.

*Seriously, I was in the middle of a comms call and I had to call them back when the bus was in motion. The rattling noise was that bad I couldn't hear what they were saying to me.

smitho · October 21, 2011, 11:14:20 PM

Took 935 out for afternoon runs today - one of the best Mark 2's I've had for a long time, never short on smooth power.

Bus 'owner' must keep a keen interest in making sure bus is well presented inside and out - one of the few around still with its own broom.

smitho · October 22, 2011, 05:04:09 PM

This week:

Mon: 702 and 919
Tue: 701 and 882
Wed: 710 and 821
Thu: 7?? and 874
Fri: 711 and 935

Bus 400 · October 23, 2011, 04:15:33 PM

SATURDAY
Bus 407 (932)
Bus 386 (980)
Bus 926 (980) *This bus was empty when around 10 of us boarded at the AIS at 9 at night.
Bus 372 (934)

Snorzac · October 24, 2011, 01:39:48 PM

Friday:
472 (313)
338 (56)
302 (58)
341 (313)
334 (313)
670

Saturday:
382 (905)
395 (900)
DTG 21 (830)
454 (952)
332 (905)

Snorzac · October 26, 2011, 07:40:50 AM

Monday:
354 (313)
107 (56)
880 (52)

Yesterday:
475 (313)
338 (56)
345 (200)
327 (313)

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CNG · October 26, 2011, 05:44:31 PM

861 (434)
879 (610)
455 (6)