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25/3/26
823 (31)
829 (58) S bound late mid-afternoon. No delay Commonwealth Ave and waited time at Federation Mall stop.
524 (R5) First time have struck a stop/go traffic jam in Commonwealth Ave.. A bit after 5pm, N bound. Traffic banked up back from Albert Hall. Section N from Coronation Drive/Queen Victoria Terrace 3 lanes into one with traffic from these two side roads plus 'U' turners filling developing queue spaces, thus making it difficult for Commonwealth Ave N bound traffic to move forward. Once past Albert Hall it was clear sailing for all N bound traffic. Delay no timed but over 5 minutes.

#55

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

Last post by L94UBbusfan - March 23, 2026, 06:54:23 PM

567 (30)
621 (R2) - first Volgren Artic of the year, now ridden every type in the fully operational fleet this year.
486 (R4)
471 (R4)
468 (R5)
479 (R2)
010 (R1)

#56

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

Last post by triumph - March 22, 2026, 03:46:05 PM

LVTONG (no registration) - electric minibus, open sided/rear, cross bench seating, LH drive. 'Flora Explorer' service at Australian National Botanic Gardens.

#57

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

Last post by Bus 400 - March 22, 2026, 12:50:16 PM

LRV13 (R1)
Bus 893 (R3)
Bus 893 (R3)
Bus 568 (55)
Bus 870 (54)
LRV17 (R1) With LRV13 dead running 2 minutes behind. Wasn't even a X1 service, displayed "Not In Service Keep Clear"

#58

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

Last post by triumph - March 20, 2026, 11:33:51 PM

Yesterday
837(R8)
LRV019 (R1)
LRV013 (R1) Tap off at Gungahlin Place shown in acct as Phillip Ave
411 (R8) Validators displayed out of service.

Today
895 (60)
690 (62)
873 (72)
637 (R5) Validators displayed out of service.

(Total 7 rides yielding 3 MyWay+ faults. Still not good.)

#59

Fleet / Re: Bus Discussion (2019-)

Last post by triumph - March 20, 2026, 11:55:32 AM

Quote from: Barry Drive on March 20, 2026, 11:23:29 AMI wouldn't call having up to 10 days storage "just in time". Maybe if it was 3 days.

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There was a period some decades back (1980s?) when there was a severe shortage. The rural local government I worked for was not impacted, as it carried several months supply. Any extended shut down of normal operations would have been disastrous, with flow on effects for the town and rural areas too.
Against this experience, 10 days seems very short and risky.

#60

Fleet / Re: Bus Discussion (2019-)

Last post by Barry Drive - March 20, 2026, 11:23:29 AM

Quote from: triumph on March 18, 2026, 08:04:01 PMOuch! Essentially 'just in time' with negligible cushion against any longer term disruption. Thanks for clarification.

I wouldn't call having up to 10 days storage "just in time". Maybe if it was 3 days.

They need enough storage to cater for long weekends and missed deliveries, so 10 days storage is more than enough. (The contract specifies a minimum storage level for each depot, but it's redacted in the published contract.)

The main problem is deliveries. If you check the contract, Park Fuels runs a double-tanker from Wollongong to Canberra daily to deliver fuel to the depots. This puts a constraint into how much can be delivered at one time, which is why they run 9 deliveries every fortnight. (They probably also vary the amount of fuel delivered depending on how much is in the tanks and estimated usage. I haven't seen anything mentioning how much diesel is used daily, other than 13 million litres annually.)

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