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Other Australian cities are doing big things with buses. Adelaide is increasing its frequent network by 42%, delivering frequent buses to 200 000 more people.
Posted 3 days ago by Railpage System User
Buses in Melbourne are usually thought of as public transport's small fry. Most corridors have rail services and its world famous trams link inner suburbs to the city. Buses account for barely a quarter the network's patronage; a much lower proportion than for any other Australian city.
Posted 3 days ago by Railpage System User
The last time anything significant happened to Route 740 was when Henry Bolte was premier.
Posted 3 days ago by Railpage System User
Normally on Tuesdays we discuss the quirks of one particular bus, train or tram route's timetable. Today we'll take a different tack. We'll do a broad historical sweep over the last 70 years.
Posted 3 days ago by Railpage System User
Last Friday I wrote about the collapse of bus network reform in Adelaide.
Posted 4 days ago by Railpage System User
Last month the South Australian state government released details of a 'better, faster and more frequent' bus network for Adelaide.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
State Transit has been trialling an electric bus over the past two weeks, in order to determine the suitability of electric buses to the State Transit operation.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
We continue or look at some of the vehicles that attended the Kingsbridge Running Day. All pictures kindly submitted by Ken Jones.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Bombardier Transportation has announced the delivery of the first BOMBARDIER INNOVIA automated people mover (APM) 300 vehicles to Thailand.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Terrified passengers were forced to take evasive action as a man used traffic equipment to smash windows on an Adelaide metropolitan bus on Thursday morning.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
July 12 will be the biggest day for buses in Melbourne's north west for quite some time. There will be network changes in the Airport West/Keilor East/Niddrie area and some others around Caroline Springs.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Two weeks ago I reviewed the recent service upgrade of bus route 704 between Oakleigh and Westall.
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Here's an obscure little bus route in Melbourne's Dandenong Ranges that has so far survived proposals to delete it. It runs from Mt Dandenong to Belgrave as per the map below.
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Ten years ago the issue of whether buses connected with trains went from being a daily encountered but largely private passenger frustration to the political mainstream. It got talked about in the media. And for a while stuff got done.
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Transdev announces the signature of several public transportation contracts in Sweden and the Netherlands, valued at €1.2 billion.
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Key transport professionals have jointly written to the Victorian Premier urging the Government’s Building Victoria’s Recovery Taskforce to focus on upgrading bus services and active transport through a 5-point plan to improve mobility for Melbourne and build jobs as part of recovery from COVID-19.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
The saying is to never look a gift horse in the mouth. Especially during times, like the last few years, when bus service reform of any description has been limited.
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What happens when an area doesn't have public transport? Everyone who can drives, walks or cycles. Those who can't do either of those things, possibly due to limited mobility or housing location, rely on family, friends or the occasional taxi.
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Queensland’s Transport Minister is looking at implementing additional bus services during peak times, after pictures of a packed bus emerged online.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
The NSW Government has confirmed that they will be adding extra bus services along key corridors from this week.
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Last week I mentioned the Transport For Everyone (T4E) plan that would deliver new or upgraded SmartBuses running every ten minutes to major destinations including universities, shopping centres, employment hubs and train stations.
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Self preservation makes it wise to have several lines in the water, strings to your bow or pies on your fingers. Then if something goes sour then you've still got other things to hang your hat on. Investment fund managers call that a diversified portfolio.
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Bus 432 doesn't stay on one street for very long. It's your classic 'coverage' neighbourhood bus route designed to connect back streets to shops and stations. Over 30 streets are served in the 45 minutes it takes to get from Yarraville to Newport.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
"Never let a good crisis go to waste". That motto has been said a lot lately. People in transport are scrambling to see the implications to get the future they want.
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Just over two months ago I reviewed the new Endeavour Hills bus network. It's quite a rare thing, being a review of bus services in an established area.
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