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#91 Post by **monotonehell** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:43 am

Mr.Frodo wrote:Some of the bus 'nuts' have some photos here

http://www.busaustralia.com/forum/viewt ... 10&t=31047

I found those after the first time I spotted it myself. They take much better photos than me, but they were chasing it in a car where as I was on another bus.

Is that Frodo as in the C64 emulator there?

Mr.Frodo · #92 Post by **Mr.Frodo** » Fri May 16, 2008 7:11 pm

I haven't actually used the Frodo emulator, mainly PC64 and ccs64 i think they were for PC, and now my favourite emulator is pspVICE, which is nice and portable! I just like the C64 so I used it as my logo! THe Mr.Frodo has a different history

muzzamo · #93 Post by **muzzamo** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:25 pm

The list of extra bus services announced in the budget is now online

http://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/routes/july28.html

Note that this is probably the first time in many years that genuine extra peak services have been added. Everything else over the last 5 years or so has really been the result of reshuffling, or using more busses during interpeak - including go-zones etc.

#94 Post by **Norman** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:33 pm

Great news. This is the result of getting some more second hand buses from Sydney and bringing some older buses out of retirement. However, I have no idea where the extra ticket machines will come from.

muzzamo · #95 Post by **muzzamo** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:42 pm

Norman wrote:Great news. This is the result of getting some more second hand buses from Sydney and brining some older buses out of retirement. However, I have no idea where the extra ticket machines will come from.

If they removed the gates at adelaide station for a few years i guess they could use them?

#96 Post by **Norman** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:44 pm

muzzamo wrote:
Norman wrote:Great news. This is the result of getting some more second hand buses from Sydney and brining some older buses out of retirement. However, I have no idea where the extra ticket machines will come from.
If they removed the gates at adelaide station for a few years i guess they could use them?

I think they're more ticket checkers than validators.

Pat28 · #97 Post by **Pat28** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:34 pm

The yellow machines in Adelaide Station are ticket checking devices that only check if your ticket is valid or have been validated by the blue machines

#98 Post by **Norman** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:37 pm

Ten News Story

Shuz · #99 Post by **Shuz** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:17 am

The improvements are welcome - however, I would have thought any service increases would be spread out evenly across the system. It seems they have jumped the gun to drastically improve services on a handful of routes, which is a good thing, but still leaves the rest of the system to suffer a bit.

#100 Post by **Norman** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:33 pm

Shuz wrote:The improvements are welcome - however, I would have thought any service increases would be spread out evenly across the system. It seems they have jumped the gun to drastically improve services on a handful of routes, which is a good thing, but still leaves the rest of the system to suffer a bit.

There is only so much they can do with 20 extra buses. And these buses are there to help relieve pressure on crowded routes and corridors, not all of them. There are a handful that don't need extra services, including my very own M44 (well, maybe in afternoon peak a few extra runs wouldn't hurt, but it's fine for now).

bm7500 · #101 Post by **bm7500** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:48 pm

Does anyone know what make the new busses will be? eg SCANIA?

#102 Post by **Norman** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:59 pm

bm7500 wrote:Does anyone know what make the new busses will be? eg SCANIA?

Well, there are no new buses yet. The extra fleet wil comprise of 14 MAN SL200s that have been brought out of retirement and 6 Scania K92s that have been leased from Busways in NSW. I'm not sure what the new buses will be, but I'll keep you updated.

bm7500 · #103 Post by **bm7500** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:17 pm

Norman wrote:
bm7500 wrote:Does anyone know what make the new busses will be? eg SCANIA?
Well, there are no new buses yet. The extra fleet wil comprise of 14 MAN SL200s that have been brought out of retirement and 6 Scania K92s that have been leased from Busways in NSW. I'm not sure what the new buses will be, but I'll keep you updated.

Thanks Norman

jimbly_ · #104 Post by **jimbly_** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:59 pm

The South Australian Government is planning to offer free internet on the state's public transport system to make it more appealing to use â€” but it needs to find a vendor willing to install the technology first.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/hardware/s ... 8_other_l2

Sounds a great idea if they can make it work!

Omicron · #105 Post by **Omicron** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:07 pm

Aha! This must be the second phase of Mr. Rudd's Education Retribution! (Repatriation? Remission? I forget) All those kiddies who shall be issued with those smashing new Commodore 64s but lack power/internet/chairs/walls in their schools shall be ushered onto buses, where they can browse for moral, family-oriented information to their heart's content! A fine solution.

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