What PT did you get today? (2019-)

[L94UBbusfan]

Saturday (24/1/26)
643 (R3)
640 (R6) - transit enforcement officers boarded at the Legislative Assembly, but they were going to the drone show not actually giving people fines lol. I saw them later on 721 in Belconnen as well.
8625 (Drone Skyshow shuttle)
558 (R4)

Today (30/1/26)
429 (25)
730 (R8)
525 (R4)
011 (R1)
451 (26)

[triumph]

Mon 2/2/26
628 (13) First day rte 13 substituting for rte R3 Westfield - Spence.
751 (R3) Validators covered with out of use notice. PID off. Usual route using Alinga St. resumed.
464 (R5)
435 (13)

Return afternoon peak journey Legislative Council stop to Spence shops 51min 13sec tap on to tap off. Net on board time routes R5/13 42min 33sec. Change rte R5 to Rte 13 wait at Westfield 8min 40 sec.
Noted R3 signs at stops along rte 13 are still there.
Noted rails for Light Rail extension 2a are now in place across Alinga St..

[L94UBbusfan]

First trip of the updated network 
460 (30)
476 (R5) - felt weird catching the R5 in Belconnen, also weird seeing the R2/3/6 now terminating in Belconnen
517 (R2) - MyWay+ readers out of order, and a very nice and noisy ZF 
481 (R5)
864 (R8) - MyWay+ readers out of order
725 (26)

[CBRFlyer]

That R8 with 864 would have been an interesting ride...the driver was in a hurry to go home (so I hear 😂)

[L94UBbusfan]

That R8 with 864 would have been an interesting ride...the driver was in a hurry to go home (so I hear 😂)

It was a quick but interesting ride, especially towards the end in Gungahlin near the carpark 😂. Nearly caught that service again today but decided to try something else out.

398 (30) - today's Radford traffic was slightly better although that didn't stop the driver continuing along Haydon Drive and performing a 3 point turn in the middle of Battye St, which was quite thrilling (although nothing like my ride on 864 yesterday    )
486 (R4)
603 (R8)
668 (26) - more about this trip on the network update thread, too much to put here.

[triumph]

874 (72) Validator out of use.
816 (R5)
885 (71)
878 (71) Validator out of use. PID 'TC' only.

[triumph]

898 (24)
431 (24)

[L94UBbusfan]

Last Monday (9/2/26)
698 (31)
851 (24)
518 (R6) - saw 808 with "R6 City ANU" still on the desto, guess someone forgot to change it
503 (R8)
553 (26) - Same service I caught last week, while the bus was standing room only from Gungahlin Place to when I got off, it was nowhere near as packed as last week. They seem to have fixed the issue with the whole bus load of students boarding at JPC when the bus was already full as only 2 people boarded at the JPC stop this time.

Last Wednesday (11/2/26)
391 (30) - second oldest bus in the operational fleet. This service did a second loop through Giralang (presumably due to running early) which caught me off guard. Also no traffic issues at Radford anymore 
714 (30)

Friday (13/2/26)
409 (23)

Sunday (15/2/26) - my first Sunday trip since heck, 2019 at least, if not longer
712 (25)
011 (R1)
802 (R4)
685 (R4) - took diversion via Parkes Way, Edinburugh Ave, Vernon Circle and Consistution Ave before rejoining the route on London Circuit

Monday (16/2/26)
710 (23) - saw an R3 with Spence on the desto, geez that would be confusing to some people if they didn't know of the changes. I've seen several R5/6 services with City ANU on the desto as well (as mentioned last week), not sure if the buses haven't been updated yet with the new desto files or drivers are selecting the wrong destination by accident.
488 (R4) - my favourite STAG 
471 (R4)
466 (R4)
519 (R5)
865 (R8)
713 (26)

Today (18/2/26)
450 (23)
583 (30)

[triumph]

891 (76)
860 (77) Validators had out of service message on screen.
699 (R4) (There was a fracas mid-afternoon at Tuggeranong Interchange with Transport Officers appearing to have some difficulty in containing, whilst waiting for police.) 

[triumph]

20/2/26
843 (31)
650 (31)

Today
834 (R3)
818 (R2)

[L94UBbusfan]

Last Monday (23/2/26)
463 (23)
564 (R5)
484 (R4) - while 488 is my favourite STAG, 484 would have to be a close second, it sounds great.
502 (R8)

Last Wednesday (25/2/26)
595 (25)
416 (23)
889 (30)

Sunday (1/3/26)
729 (23)
692 (R8)

Monday (2/3/26)
497 (31)
510 (R2)
487 (R4)
472 (R4)
861 (R3)
867 (R8)

Today (5/3/26)
628 (30)
608 (R8)
451 (25)

Bold indicates first confirmed ride of bus (unless otherwise stated)

[triumph]

881 (61)
700 (62)
851 (57)
863 (59)

[triumph]

826 (61)
848 (60)
852 (66)
841 (R10)
002 (R1) 1st ride since battery installation upgrade
017 (R1)
018 (R1)
001 (R1) 1st ride since battery installation upgrade
474 (R5) Elapsed time City Interchange tap on to Woden Temporary Interchange tap off, 18min 49sec! Journey around 5pm. Negligible effect from Commonwealth Avenue bridge works peak delays.
Of interest, practical journey time from Gungahlin Place was 55min. Pretty good for public transport.

[Bus 400]

Little bit of an excursion to Sydney 

Bus 6499 (9T2) Leppington to Glenfield 
A35 (T3) Glenfield to Warwick Farm
M14 (T5) Liverpool to Westmead
LRV2172 (L4) Westmead to Tramway Avenue 
LRV2162 (L4) Tramway Avenue to Dundas
LRV2166 (L4) Dundas to Carlingford
Bus 3120 (550) Carlingford to Epping 
D135 (CCN) Epping to Hornsby
T68 (T1) Hornsby to Berowra
T68 (T9) Berowra to Milsons Point
Here I gave up taking notes
Bus x 2 (220-144) Milsons Point to Manly
Narrabeen (F1) Manly to Circular Quay 
Bus x 3 (33-360-360) Circular Quay-Bondi Junction-Clovelly-Bondi Junction 
Tangara (T4) Bondi Junction to Sydenham 
Bus x 2 (33T8-9T2) Sydenham-Glenfield-Leppington

First time on the L4 & a D Set. Nothing special about the L4, similar patronage on the old Carlingford train. Didn't mind the D Sets, I reckon I could sleep on the long distance trips in those seats.

[L94UBbusfan]

Last Wednesday (11/3/26)
627 (30)
489 (R4)
527 (R2) - 100th bus of the year, would have preferred 516 (which was behind it) but 527 will do 
517 (R6)
472 (R4)
878 (R8)
586 (26)
748 (25)

Monday (16/3/26)
421 (26)
583 (R8)
838 (30) - MyWay+ readers out of order, first time I've experienced a broken MyWay+ reader since 3/2/26 on 864.

Today (18/3/26)
668 (30)
613 (R4)
523 (R6)
891 (R8)
409 (25)

Quick reminder...

Bold indicates first confirmed ride of bus

[triumph]

14th March '26
891 (R2)
559 (R4) City Interchange Platform arrival recorded in acct. as 'invalid stop'

15th March '26
830 (R6) Has reverted to Ainsworth St regular route but still has to divert via Easty St.
730 (R4)
589 (31) 1 stop ride only.

Today
870 (70) Usual diversion via Launceston and Melrose Sts
837 (R7)
894 (56)
821 (59)
734 (R6)
524 (R2)
866 (57)

[triumph]

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.)

[Bus 400]

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"

[triumph]

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

[L94UBbusfan]

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)

[triumph]

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.

[triumph]

663 (13)
619 (R5)
705 (R4)
437 (13)

[triumph]

Yesterday
819 (57)
889 (60)
570 (62)
838 (72)
858 (75)
895 (76) Included Covenant College diversion.
566 (57)

[L94UBbusfan]

Monday (30/3/26)
429 (23)
466 (R4)
443 (R6)
677 (R2)
806 (R2) - not sure if I'm dreaming or not, but it looked like the text on the "Stopping" sign on 806 was more bold compared to 827 which I rode next. I don't recall any of the other original order Yutongs having the "Stopping" sign in a bolder text, but maybe I haven't been paying enough attention.
827 (R8)
461 (26)

Tuesday (31/3/26)
681 (26) - used to be operated by a standard, glad it's been upgraded to an artic as it was standing room only even with the artic by Moncrieff.
546 (R8)
832 (30)
596 (23)
417 (25)

Today (2/4/26)
588 (23)
901 (24) - newest bus in the TC fleet I also noticed it was speed limited through the Belconnen interchanges, never felt/seen that feature in use before.
644 (R8)
658 (25)

[Bus 400]

LRV13 (R1)
Bus 613 (30)
Bus 394 (47)
Bus 730 (R10)
Bus 579 (R5)
Bus 686 (R4)
Bus 577 (R9)
LRV3 (R1)

With half the readers not accepting my phone card tapping on.

[L94UBbusfan]

Thursday (9/4/26)
580 (26)
504 (18)
001 (R1)
465 (R5)
800 (72)
402 (77)
836 (59)
488 (R5)
411 (R8)
411 (25) - transit enforcement officers boarded the bus and were checking people's tickets. First time in my over 1000 or so bus rides in Canberra that I have had my ticket inspected!!! (and only the second time on public transport in general)

Monday (13/4/26)
462 (20)
666 (R8)
724 (R8)
436 (19)

Today (15/4/26)
598 (26)
709 (R8)
856 (R5)
619 (R5)
018 (R1)
395 (25)

[L94UBbusfan]

Last Tuesday (21/4/26)
552 (23)
873 (R8)
557 (26)

Wednesday (22/4/26)
546 (30)
475 (R4) - surprisingly my first R4 ride since 30/3/26
520 (R2) - left rear (when boarding) MyWay+ reader out of order but the other 2 were fine
822 (R8)
406 (25) - oldest bus I was yet to have a record of riding

Today (28/4/26)
718 (23)
805 (R5) - I really should have got 468 on the R4 behind, they ended up arriving at Woden at the exact same time and meant I wouldn't have had to run to make the bus (not to mention the fact it was a relatively empty STAG VS a full Yutong). Oh well
600 (R4)
848 (R8) - saw a Custom Coaches mudflap in the bike lane at the Gundaroo/Gungahlin Drive intersection 😂
595 (26)

[Sylvan Loves Buses]

My first element in idk how long.

748 (R4N)
507 (R6E)

[L94UBbusfan]

Last Tuesday (5/5/26)
418 (26) - PID out of order

Last Wednesday (6/5/26)
713 (30)
877 (R8)
589 (30)

Last Thursday (7/5/26)
584 (30)
484 (R4)
534 (R2)
511 (R6)
489 (R4)
834 (R8)
587 (26) - ended up being pretty late due to some sort of traffic in Gungahlin which made every bus leaving Gungahlin around 5pm run late.

Last Friday (8/5/26)
556 (23)
396 (28)

Tuesday (12/5/26)
390 (23) - crazy that a CB60 Evo ll is now the oldest bus in the fleet 
469 (R4)
475 (R4)
498 (R8)
727 (26)

Today (15/5/26)
682 (31) - random question, I pressed the stop button and the "BUS STOPPING" light activated, but then it looked like the driver flicked a switch or something and turned it off. Do drivers actually have any control over the next stop system, and if so, can they control it on all buses or only certain types/bodies?
474 (R4) - now confirmed ridden all steertags in the TC fleet 
846 (R8)
748 (25) - always good to ride an Element, swear they've done something to make them quieter though.

[Bus 400]

Today (15/5/26)
682 (31) - random question, I pressed the stop button and the "BUS STOPPING" light activated, but then it looked like the driver flicked a switch or something and turned it off. Do drivers actually have any control over the next stop system, and if so, can they control it on all buses or only certain types/bodies?

Drivers have the ability to switch the bus stop bell off. It's fun when they forget to turn it back on & you're up the back of an artic. 

It was more fun in the old days, when the driver would open & close the front door whilst still moving. 

[triumph]

And perhaps less so (particularly for the driver in winter) in even older days, when some buses (at least in Hobart - 1st fleet of electric buses) had no front door at all.

[L94UBbusfan]

It was more fun in the old days, when the driver would open & close the front door whilst still moving.

I remember sometimes on the Renaults the driver would leave Westfield Belconnen interchange with the front doors still open and presumably drive to the depot with the doors open. Would have been around 10 years ago now.

Nothing super exciting this week, but next week I should ride my 200th bus of the year. I'm slightly further ahead numbers wise than I was this time last year but I assume it will all even out as I didn't start going really hard with bus riding until about May/June last year.
Saturday (16/5/26)
2619MO (Wings over Shellharbour carpark shuttle)

Monday (18/5/26)
717 (23) - I was in such a rush to get it I mistook it for 711 when I boarded, only found out it was 717 after checking Anytrip later.
614 (R5)
487 (R5) - up to 14 minutes early at one point, I just missed the previous R5 and 487 arrived not even a minute later.
014 (R1)
413 (25)

Today (22/5/26)
585 (30)
536 (R6)
647 (R8)
549 (26)