Tony, I doubt Transdev could find drivers at peak hour for replacement
busses.
THey are very short as it is for their normal services.
On Sunday, 12 March 2023 at 12:52:51 UTC+11 Tony Galloway wrote:
> Unlike Yarra trams Transdev has control of a large bus fleet, so can use
> these opportunities to grift a few more dollars out of TfNSW by “hiring”
> their own buses to cover the outage.
>
> Tony
>
> On 12 Mar 2023, at 12:06, Malcolm Rowe mal....@...> wrote:
>
> The GTCOTS takes continuity of service seriously, so there is always a
> tower wagon in the CBD during peak hours.
>
> Mal Rowe - temporarily away from a city that sees replacing light rail
> with buses as a last resort
>
> On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 10:13 AM Malcolm Rowe mal....@...> wrote:
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>> Five and a half hours to fix a broken span wire!
>>
>> Mal Rowe - shaking head in disbelief.
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 10:03 AM Matthew Geier <
>>mat...@...> wrote:
>>
>>> I've been sent a photo of the failed bit of overhead - not at liberty to
>>> repost so don't ask.
>>>
>>> Looks like a piece of parafil or it's attachment gave way resulting in
>>> a dropper arm hanging below the contact wire in the Chinatown area.
>>>
>>> Had the failure not been noticed it could have easily ripped a
>>> pantograph off making the incident much more complex.
>>>
>>> After they started turning back cars at Central Chalmers, apparently one
>>> of the points at Central decided to die adding to their challenges.
>>>
>>> Points failures are happening so often there is a 'points reliability
>>> enhancement' project underway. Seems the mechanisms are too easily clogged
>>> up with dirt and sand.
>>>
>>>
>>> The Panania incident ripped off a pantograph AND a hatch cover. Not
>>> clear what order it happened, but they managed to pull down the catenary as
>>> well as the contact wire.
>>>
>>> As passengers couldn't be trusted not to 'self evacuate' into a space
>>> that had potentially live wires in reach, the passengers had to wait over
>>> an hour in a train with no ventilation, non openable windows and closed
>>> doors, till overhead crews could 'safe isolate' the accident site.
>>>
>>> It took them most of Saturday to repair the damage.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/3/23 10:09, Greg Sutherland wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> https://vervetimes.com/sydney-light-rail-outage-overhead-wiring-issues-cause-commuter-chaos-in-sydney/
>>>
>>> L2/L3 CBD and South East Lines between Central and Circular Quay closed
>>> for 5 hours 30!
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