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

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The Love Guru



Quote from: Bus 503 on August 17, 2015, 05:37:20 PM
I believe I heard something about a 319 at 8##am this morning in my bus... Apparently this shift needed a driver....

All shifts need a driver

King of Buses

Quote from: Bus 503 on August 17, 2015, 05:37:20 PM
I believe I heard something about a 319 at 8##am this morning in my bus... Apparently this shift needed a driver....

Twas the normal driver...it happens a couple of times a month. We always get a euro 6 in place of a STAG cause of the greater seating capacity than say a gassie. We've had 565, 561 and 562 a few times in the past on this run. And it is the 319 ex-LMP at 0747.

Quote from: The Love Guru on August 17, 2015, 05:53:40 PM

All shifts need a driver

True that  :P

Bus 503

Quote from: The Love Guru on August 17, 2015, 05:53:40 PM

All shifts need a driver

I believe this shift didn't have a driver and someone needed to cover.

Skitube

I shall contribute to this thread for the first time (think it's my first time?)
From memory, I had 108, 106, 344, 147 on 7A this morning (probably the first time a bus with hanover LED desto has been used on this charter of sort service)

King of Buses

Quote from: Skitube on August 18, 2015, 11:43:53 AM
147 on 7A this morning (probably the first time a bus with hanover LED desto has been used on this charter of sort service)

All the Belco Darts and some Irises I believe have run the 7A...the occasional MAN diesel too IIRC. So not the first time, but nonetheless it isn't the most common occurrence.

Bus 503

551 (Aircon smelt like.... So disgusting I can't say...) 31
529 (Boring bus) 834

I'm getting on too many Scania's!!  >:( >:( >:( >:( if there's any scanias I do want though, they are gasses (366-372) or a stag which I haven't got on for about 8 months.

King of Buses

Quote from: Bus 503 on August 18, 2015, 06:43:47 PM
551 (Aircon smelt like.... So disgusting I can't say...) 31
529 (Boring bus) 834

I'm getting on too many Scania's!!  >:( >:( >:( >:( if there's any scanias I do want though, they are gasses (366-372) or a stag which I haven't got on for about 8 months.

Catch different runs.



479 (319)
949 (67)
538 (606) - I stand by my comments about this bus... :P

Bus 503






521 (4) something in this bus smells like garbage
880 (31) good to get on a bus that might be withdrawn soon.

Barry Drive

Quote from: Bus 503 on August 20, 2015, 09:03:16 PM
521 (4) something in this bus smells like garbage
Then maybe take a shower before you get on the bus.

(Too easy.)

Bus 503

Quote from: Barry Drive on August 21, 2015, 11:14:18 AM
Then maybe take a shower before you get on the bus.

(Too easy.)

::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

554 (31)
527 (834)

530 (823) this bus smelt like more disgusting things than 551 the other day.

King of Buses

Quote from: Bus 503 on August 21, 2015, 06:54:02 PM

530 (823) this bus smelt like more disgusting things than 551 the other day.

The smell gets worse the longer you spend without showering...


970 (719)
350 (3)
451 (315)
443 (54)
443 (767)
402 (319)

Bus 503

Quote from: King of Buses on August 21, 2015, 07:04:40 PM
The smell gets worse the longer you spend without showering...


I think [the smell] is the aircon.... *mind explosion*


King of Buses

Yesterday...

577 (919)
577 (918)
456 (900)
363 (940)
363 (900)
349 (961)
327 (919)

King of Buses


Bus 503

558 (31) seems to go a lot more weirder and sounds different to other k320's
527 (834)

325 (4)
548 (2) lady who got on at the finance building, please try to avoid paying with a $20 note because you spend 2 minutes of our time not  knowing what fare to pay.
375 (31)

King of Buses

Quote from: Bus 503 on August 24, 2015, 05:37:23 PM
548 (2) lady who got on at the finance building, please try to avoid paying with a $20 note because you spend 2 minutes of our time not  knowing what fare to pay.

You expect that sort of person to get the message? Especially from this forum?

Skitube

another reason i'd always have $20 worth of change ready, especially for drivers in the morning...rolls of 5c coins would be handy for the lady
anyway, currently on 544 on my way home

Skitube

564 and 567 this morning, more to come this afternoon

King of Buses

475 (319) - It must've received an new windscreen lately. No fleet nos.
937 (67)
538 (606)

Bus 503

Quote from: King of Buses on August 24, 2015, 07:32:44 PM
You expect that sort of person to get the message? Especially from this forum?

No, I'm just making my point.

552 (31) so, at Mouat Street and Northbourne intersection, lights turn green and the bus doesn't go. For some reason, door light are on. Driver opens doors about 5 times but door lights remain on. Driver starts hazard lights, gets out, and try's to shut the doors fully, which they are. Lights still on! Holding up lots of traffic now, and honking. We all disembark, and walk to Northbourne ave stop. No buses for about 5 mins only 202. Soon enough, bus seems to be fixed and starts again...
552 (31) again from northbourne
949 (4) missed 834 and got this bus. Training assessor on board as well as new driver. 949 is whiny but seems to sound good.

Interesting day of buses from me today :P :P

Buzz Killington

Lol at the honking. That's going to help.

Bus 503

Quote from: Buzz Killington on August 26, 2015, 01:45:10 PM
Lol at the honking. That's going to help.

I'm also led to believe that 552 worked fine for the rest of the day, but broke down in the evening...

540 (31) obsessed kid in car today stared at this advertisement while we passed 8)
530 (834) smelt of urine. To avoid this problem, I suggest we get a much better 531.

King of Buses

#3122
Quote from: Bus 503 on August 26, 2015, 05:34:27 PM
540 (31) obsessed kid in car today stared at this advertisement while we passed 8)

As always...
Actually it is pretty awkward when you are out taking photos of buses...and you see people you know (particularly females I know for me)...who see you taking photos of 540... :-[

Quote from: Bus 503 on August 26, 2015, 05:34:27 PM
530 (834) smelt of urine. To avoid this problem, I suggest we get a much better 531.

You can always report buses to ACTION by the way...I do it all the time when things like that seem the way...
I'm probably sounding like a particular driver...logging everything. Hehe



EDIT: After all that, I forgot to mention the buses of the day...
488 (319)
919 (67)
528 (606) - Now this bus really whines...

Busfanatic101

#3123
Quote from: Bus 503 on August 26, 2015, 05:34:27 PM
I'm also led to believe that 552 worked fine for the rest of the day, but broke down in the evening...
'Broke down in the evening' doesn't sound all that fine to me..
Quote from: King of Buses on August 26, 2015, 05:49:19 PM
Actually it is pretty awkward when you are out taking photos of buses...and you see people you know (particularly females I know for me)...who see you taking photos of 540... :-[
Regardless of what bus and passengers, I mainly worry about the bus drivers. Some just glare out at you. It's worst when you enlarge the photo and realise that the driver glaring at you is the driver of another run that you get daily  :-[


Anyway, my buses for the day:
575 (65)
447 (318)
304 (31) -first IRIS in months  :o
447 (School run)
367 (318) - had to wait 12mins for a blue rapid  :( . Even worse, I missed other bus and had to sprint from ice skating rink to canberra college stop to make the 67 it in time. Otherwise, we would've passed each other at the entrance to woden BS
561 (67) - Bus upgrade from a PR100.2!
967 (67)

King of Buses

Quote from: Busfanatic101 on August 26, 2015, 06:48:40 PM
Regardless of what bus and passengers, I mainly worry about the bus drivers. Some just glare out at you. It's worst when you enlarge the photo and realise that the driver glaring at you is the driver of another run that you get daily  :-[

Umm...who cares what they do? And just saying, tad bit creepy to enlarge the photo to look at drivers...unless of course they specially posed for you :)

The Love Guru


Bus 503

Quote from: King of Buses on August 26, 2015, 05:49:19 PM
As always...
Actually it is pretty awkward when you are out taking photos of buses...and you see people you know (particularly females I know for me)...who see you taking photos of 540... :-[



Well, I guess you don't care what other people think and continue photographing buses... that's my attitude at least...

Quote from: Busfanatic101 on August 26, 2015, 06:48:40 PM
'Broke down in the evening' doesn't sound all that fine to me..Regardless of what bus and passengers, I mainly worry about the bus drivers. Some just glare out at you. It's worst when you enlarge the photo and realise that the driver glaring at you is the driver of another run that you get daily  :-[





I have a photo of 322 that has a driver weirdly staring at me :-\

Quote from: Busfanatic101 on August 26, 2015, 06:48:40 PM
'367 (318) - had to wait 12mins for a blue rapid  :( . Even worse, I missed other bus and had to sprint from ice skating rink to canberra





well, it is blue rapid: Blue rapid services depart every 5-8 minutes during peak hour.

Quote from: The Love Guru on August 26, 2015, 07:58:05 PM


Don't know who you are referring too.

King of Buses

#3127
Quote from: Bus 503 on August 26, 2015, 08:20:14 PM
Well, I guess you don't care what other people think and continue photographing buses... that's my attitude at least...

Don't know who you are referring too.

Yeah that's my attitude. I don't really care what they think and/or say...

And I think he is just talking about all of us...or imparting the way he is teaching his kids about the world...at a guess.

Busfanatic101

#3128
Quote from: King of Buses on August 26, 2015, 07:10:45 PM

Umm...who cares what they do? And just saying, tad bit creepy to enlarge the photo to look at drivers...unless of course they specially posed for you :)
I don't enlarge it to look at the driver. When I zoom in on the camera to check out the fleet #s, and the driver is smack bang in the middle of the photo glaring right at you, you can't help noticing...
Quote from: King of Buses on August 26, 2015, 08:47:32 PMYeah that's my attitude. I don't really care what they think and/or say...
Good suggestion, now I'll be able to happily snap photos

Quote from: King of Buses on August 26, 2015, 08:47:32 PMAnd I think he is just talking about all of us...or imparting the way he is teaching his kids about the world...at a guess.

Yeah. Us ignorant kiddies that are plaguing this forum

Bus 503

Quote from: Busfanatic101 on August 26, 2015, 10:05:33 PM
Yeah. Us ignorant kiddies that are plaguing this forum

Thats just horrible...

543 (31)
52# (834)

520 (823)
430 (31) shift is yet to get a euro 6....

Busfanatic101

#3130
566 (65)
449 (318)
111 (200)
539 (School Run)
332 (343)
514 (65)


Quote from: Bus 503 on August 27, 2015, 04:49:27 PM
Thats just horrible...
hehe...

King of Buses

471 (319)
338 (65)
967 (695)
965 (64)
101 (319)

Bus 503

551 (31)
527 (834)

527 (823) a bit of a boring bus

King of Buses

Quote from: Bus 503 on August 28, 2015, 07:08:41 PM
527 (823) a bit of a boring bus

Whinger. The bus I mean...it whines.

Anyway...
489 (319) - I froze the MyWay reader hehe
979 (67)
332 (695)
970 (71)
335 (313) This run got packed between City and Belco!
475 (313)
414 (318)
472 (19)

Busfanatic101

#3134
Quote from: King of Buses on August 28, 2015, 08:05:02 PM489 (319) - I froze the MyWay reader hehe
I did that the other day too (on a different bus). Everyone behind me had to get off the back :P


570 (65)
900 (164)
404 (200)
426 (School Run)
387 (300)
535 (300)
923 (65)

Bus 503

Quote from: King of Buses on August 28, 2015, 08:05:02 PM

335 (313) This run got packed between City and Belco!


Was it the 313 at city due at about 4:10? I recall riding it before and yes, it was packed from City to Belco... But many got off at Uni Canberra, was still full though.

King of Buses

Quote from: Bus 503 on August 29, 2015, 07:37:43 AM


Was it the 313 at city due at about 4:10? I recall riding it before and yes, it was packed from City to Belco... But many got off at Uni Canberra, was still full though.

Yep. Helps to have an enthusiast friendly driver too  8)

And the ACTION of the day today was...
367 (919)
559 (900)
565 (934)
410 (TOD Loop)
565 (900)
560 (900)
573 (962)
565 (919)



The Love Guru

553 (955)
553 (950)
553 (950)
553 (956)
553 (940)

Bloody unlucky to get the same bus on every trip!

King of Buses

Quote from: The Love Guru on August 29, 2015, 06:39:31 PM
553 (955)
553 (950)
553 (950)
553 (956)
553 (940)

Bloody unlucky to get the same bus on every trip!

Your choice to work weekends!

Bus 503

#3139
421 (932) The Giralang loop seems a bit weird for buses... Always seemed like the buses were struggling to get up.
393 (935) Bus goes awesome! One of my favourites! Went round the Narrabundah terminus fine, note that a peg still exists on Matina a few meters from the terminus on the other side of the road. Friendly driver on 393 too.

King of Buses

Quote from: Bus 503 on August 29, 2015, 07:46:48 PM
421 (932) The Giralang loop seems a bit weird for buses... Always seemed like the buses were struggling to get up.
393 (935) Bus goes awesome! One of my favourites! Went round the Narrabundah terminus fine, note that a peg still exists on Matina a few meters from the terminus on the other side of the road. Friendly driver on 393 too.

Yeah that driver of 393 is a nice guy! If you saw some guy on Vernon Circle taking a photo of this bus that was me  ;)

The Love Guru

Quote from: King of Buses on August 29, 2015, 06:47:26 PM
Your choice to work weekends!
No real choice this weekend. If I'm not there it wouldn't have operated.

King of Buses

Quote from: The Love Guru on August 29, 2015, 11:27:18 PM
No real choice this weekend. If I'm not there it wouldn't have operated.

I'm sure there were other drivers to ask...even if they're T drivers!

The Love Guru


King of Buses

#3144
Quote from: The Love Guru on August 30, 2015, 12:36:46 PM
You have NFI

Whatever

And 496 today for me (919).

Bus 503

Quote from: King of Buses on August 29, 2015, 08:50:16 PM
Yeah that driver of 393 is a nice guy! If you saw some guy on Vernon Circle taking a photo of this bus that was me  ;)

No I didn't actually, was the 11:56am 935 from city. I was more focused on a car I thought I recognised rather then looking left.

549 (31)
530 (834)

Hehe nothing bad happened today that I can angrily report.

King of Buses

Quote from: Bus 503 on August 31, 2015, 09:15:02 PM
No I didn't actually, was the 11:56am 935 from city. I was more focused on a car I thought I recognised rather then looking left.

I photographed it on its return to the City.

Today,
480 (319)
378 (65) first time in ages we have had something that wasn't a gas Scania on this run!
521 (606)

Bus 503

550 (31) Nice AOA ;)
536 (834) was very shiny ;D

523 (823)
554 (31) first euro 6 (I believe) on this shift ^-^

Quote from: King of Buses on August 31, 2015, 10:27:05 PM
I photographed it on its return to the City.



Right, I was off the bus by then.

King of Buses


Busfanatic101

Yesterday: 526 (67), 344 (318), 107 (200), 399 (School Run), 361 (318), 967 (67)


Today:
913 (164)
101 (200)
544 (School Run)
920 (313)
496 (67)


I used the bike racks on all my buses today. The first time I have ever used them. Surprisingly easy to use. The variation between them surprised me though