Buses might be the poor cousin of Melbourne public transport, but I still write about them.
Buses
Cutting the ribbon on a bus shelter
October 23rd, 2020
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Buses might be the poor cousin of public transport in Melbourne, but politicians are the kind of attention seekers who will turn up to the opening of an envelope – or issue a media release when they install a new bus shelter. New bus shelters in the Yarra Ranges? 12 new Yarra Ranges bus shelters […]
‘Blaze it’ on Melbourne’s route 420 bus
October 9th, 2020
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Everyone loves to chuckle when the route 69 tram is mentioned, but there is another Melbourne public transport route with a number worth a smirk – route 420 from Sunshine to Watergardens via Deer Park. Melbourne’s first route 420 bus route ran from St Albans to East St Albans, and was operated by the Footscray […]
More COVID-19 related public transport observations
October 2nd, 2020
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Time flies when you have to stay home, but it’s been a few months since my last round of COVID-19 related public transport observations. So here goes another collection. Cleaning ‘We’re deep-cleaning and disinfecting this vehicle every day’ stickers have appeared on buses. V/Line trains. And Metro trains. At stations ‘Keep your distance where you […]
How do you pronounce a bus route number?
September 25th, 2020
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The other week somebody on Facebook made a divisive comment – “If you refer to a bus number as its numerical value rather than as single digits, you’re what is wrong with this world”. So how do you pronounce a bus route number? I posed that very question on a bus spotting discussion group years […]
Photographing the same bus, different place
September 11th, 2020
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When you take as many photos as I do, lots of strange things start to happen – like accidentally photographing the same bus twice on the same day. But having that happen with two different buses on the same day – what are the odds? I photographed Transdev bus #369 0369AO departing Footscray station on […]
