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#1

Routes and Timetables / Re: Network update from Monday...

Last post by Bus 400 - Yesterday at 06:22:58 PM

It'll be the same old, the bus that was once convenient is no longer convenient. So people will start driving again.  But someone else will see the new bus timetable is convenient & they'll try the bus till the next timetable change.

I can't remember pre-Google Transit feed. But when I use to play with ACTION GTFS data. Google required this information from everyone to be uploading 2 weeks before going live. I'm not sure if this is still the case. Especially when tracking apps can do live changes, I've seen it with Sydney Trains.

#2

Routes and Timetables / Re: Network update from Monday...

Last post by Sylvan Loves Buses - Yesterday at 03:18:16 PM

Great... "in the coming days" we'll get to see what they adjusted... Why is it that the public has to wait until there's almost no time left to work out adjustments yet the drivers get to pick shifts MONTHS in advance? It's just not fair. I'm not angry because I'm not going to have enough time to fix up my own timetables, I'm angry because 2 weeks is just not enough - and I'm NOT just speaking for myself here.

#3

General Discussion / Re: MyWay+ implementation

Last post by Sylvan Loves Buses - Yesterday at 03:15:37 PM

Is it though, has anyone actually tried? I've been too afraid to do anything that would risk my account after they bothced the concession requirements a year ago.

#4

General Discussion / Re: MyWay+ implementation

Last post by triumph - January 08, 2026, 09:59:04 PM

Something I've wondered about then... Are there any if you forgot to tap off during the fare free periods?

There are currently no penalty fares.

That seems to be a straightforward statement.

#5

General Discussion / Re: MyWay+ implementation

Last post by Sylvan Loves Buses - January 08, 2026, 03:48:42 PM

Something I've wondered about then... Are there any if you forgot to tap off during the fare free periods?

#6

General Discussion / Re: MyWay+ implementation

Last post by Busnerd - January 07, 2026, 10:49:46 AM

There are currently no penalty fares.

#7

The Playground / Re: What PT did you get today?...

Last post by Busnerd - January 07, 2026, 10:48:47 AM

They check a mobile phone/watch etc. in the same way as checking a physical bank or travel card, they tap their device onto your device which will advise if it has been tapped on or not.

There are new devices for TC/CMET staff to check tickets, now a mobile phone (previously a green non-phone device), unsure what specific the NEC app? does and how it compares with the software/app Sydney uses.

#8

General Discussion / Re: MyWay+ implementation

Last post by Bus 400 - January 06, 2026, 09:21:40 PM

but it still hasn't been fixed though. A few wasted hours is better than drivers getting shit from angry passengers

If someone's getting upset over not having to pay, they need to put that $2 towards a therapist or an e-scooter hire.

#9

General Discussion / Re: MyWay+ implementation

Last post by triumph - January 06, 2026, 08:10:10 PM

but it still hasn't been fixed though. A few wasted hours is better than drivers getting shit from angry passengers

Except for passengers unable to tap off and might worry about penalty fares, why are passengers angry at getting a free ride?
For that matter, are penalty fares being enforced at present? I would have thought not, except perhaps for Light Rail.

#10

The Playground / Re: What PT did you get today?...

Last post by L94UBbusfan - January 06, 2026, 06:41:31 PM

Wow! In 27 years my ticket has been inspected on an ACTION bus just twice. The last time over a decade ago.

(The Light Rail is a different matter - been inspected numerous times.)

Funny, I've never had my ticket inspected on any PT in Canberra. I think the only time I've had my ticket inspected on PT was on the L1 in Sydney a couple of years ago but I can't quite remember. I wonder how they'd check a mobile phone bank card tap on (like Apple Pay or Samsung Wallet) or even a physical credit/debit card.

I said the exact same once all the Iris and Renault's were gone haha. Although I am so glad I don't have to get up at the crack of dawn to ride the 6am 72 anymore, that was rough.

The MAN CNGs aren't running during the school holidays so I couldn't even ride them. I ended up going out to Denman Prospect and as I mentioned Tuggeranong Depot to see the L94s, which was nice. I mainly focused on riding STAG/Artics and Yutongs and other buses that interested me, but it was quite different without the L94s, last year I went on so many crazy bus trips and made so many crazy transfers just to ride any CNGs, it's kind of weird not doing it anymore.

No PT for me today, used the car (shock horror)