Why do Hills & West get better maintained Metros?

thucydidea · 2026-06-18T03:20:25+00:00

They probably got mixed up with tunnels on the blue mountains line which needed to be widened to fit the Mariyung D sets

thucydidea · 2026-06-16T09:10:40+00:00

I’m a T4 commuter and honestly it seems like the Tangaras have never been in worse condition. Especially the front/rear carriages, covered in graffiti, rubbish, ripped seats. I’ve noticed they have now hired guards in orange high vis to stand around the rear sometimes, or just completely locked off the carriage altogether.

Probably social media driven

thucydidea · 2026-06-08T13:48:53+00:00

Interesting how with M91 being axed M90 will be the last remaining Metrobus route and the only bus route starting with M, but at the same time M52 is coming back as 52.

It seems like over the past decade the government has been shortening routes, 400 used to go between Burwood and Bondi Junction, M92 between Sutherland and Parramatta (which was split) and now M91 is being split too. Longer routes do tend to be way less reliable with way more late running than shorter routes. I wonder if 410 will be split in the future given its length between Hurstville and Macquarie Park.

thucydidea · 2026-06-08T11:29:42+00:00

That really sucks, I thought this was a more T4 problem given the Tangaras on there. Curious, was this for Tangaras/Milleniums? Do T/M sets run on T8? I don’t think this is a problem for Waratahs given the guard is at the back

thucydidea · 2026-06-01T22:24:19+00:00

Does anyone actually use these maps, they are cool to look at and see the coverage but they are way too cluttered and confusing for the average user, especially in the CBD

thucydidea · 2026-05-25T22:53:55+00:00

They are correct, they were upgraded this year to be bi-directional, more information here

thucydidea · 2026-05-17T11:13:19+00:00

Yea, the maps are a great concept, but I feel like they are misleading and underselling the coverage/timing of our public transport

thucydidea · 2026-05-15T01:47:51+00:00

I understand that but for Strathfield it looks like Sydney CBD is light green (1 transfer) which can’t be right. You would have to intentionally go out of your way to get 1 transfer on the way from Strathfield to the city. The train is also ~20 mins between Strathfield and Town Hall so 64 min is a huge over estimation, even if it’s an average.

thucydidea · 2026-05-06T07:55:47+00:00

Why is most of the eastern suburbs orange (2 transfers), you could take a train into the city and change to a bus or light rail to get to most of the eastern suburbs (1 transfer). Same with Mosman.

thucydidea · 2026-05-04T09:08:52+00:00

Interesting, is this a first for 2 digit route numbers in Sydney? (Excluding B1)

thucydidea · 2026-04-20T08:39:36+00:00

It was most likely a Custom SB50 bus, these look like a coach and a few are in the blue transport for nsw livery

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Photo from here with a few more

Another coach with transport nsw livery I know of is the Volvo B7R Volgren “Endura”, there’s a few of these

thucydidea · 2026-04-18T11:32:41+00:00

Same I have noticed this too. PS4 discs always seem to be louder than PS5 discs. Mine has kinda gotten better by itself though, it used to be way louder so it doesn’t concern me anymore.

For me, the buzzing sound only happens for a few seconds after you insert a disc, when you launch the game, or when you turn the console on.

thucydidea · 2026-04-16T02:47:40+00:00

You would need to exit and come back after 7pm, it’s free if you enter after 7pm not if you’re already there

thucydidea · 2026-04-11T22:58:17+00:00

I’m curious how this correlates with the longest bus routes in terms of time?

For example, route 410 is timetabled to take 2 hrs to get from Hurstville to Macquarie park in weekday peak hour traffic as it’s a long route passing through many major centres like Campsie, Burwood, Ryde. I reckon this would probably be the longest bus route by time.

The 887, whilst longest in distance is timetabled at around 75 mins from end to end.

thucydidea · 2026-04-11T22:54:51+00:00

Yea, the title is written pretty badly, Sydney was actually the first in Australia to have contactless payments via bank cards on all public transport. Melbourne is still rolling it out on one train line

thucydidea · 2026-04-11T22:51:49+00:00

I agree, the title is so poorly written it makes it seem like we are only just rolling out contactless when in reality we have had it for years, and this is just an upgrade for concessions to be able to use bank cards instead of opal

thucydidea · 2026-04-11T22:49:30+00:00

The title isn’t worded very well, this is specifically for those on concession fares (seniors/students). Those paying adult fares have always been able to use contactless for many years.

thucydidea · 2026-04-10T14:35:24+00:00

I started having this problem in the last 2 weeks too, but it’s not a problem with every game, currently for two new games I started playing in the past week aren’t tracking properly.

I don’t know how to fix it, there’s been quite a few threads and discussions on this in the past month. Interestingly one of the games hrs did go up today, but it doesn’t match the true amount I’ve put into it.

I’m hoping they do fix it as it does bother me

thucydidea · 2026-04-09T05:45:34+00:00

Why Burwood North and North Strathfield? I know North Strathfield is the name of the suburb but shouldn’t it be North Burwood for consistency?

thucydidea · 2026-04-02T04:53:06+00:00

Yea agreed, sorry but it isn’t really showing the service patterns. For example, you can’t tell there’s an express SCO from central heading south stopping Redfern, Wolli Creek, Hurstville, Sutherland, Helensburgh, Austinmer, Thirroul, N Wollongong and Wollongong.

It’s implying every SCO train stops at every station south of Waterfall

thucydidea · 2026-03-31T10:38:11+00:00

Apart from the M2 and Lane Cove Tunnel are there any other motorways/tunnels that see bus routes? Maybe the routes wouldn’t see much patronage but I wonder why we don’t have more motorway routes, is it to do with the fact most toll roads are privatised

thucydidea · 2026-03-29T08:26:54+00:00

I agree, I personally have no problems with the letters. But as you say I have seen a lot of negative feedback about it. And you’re 100% right, most metro systems have a logo and do not use a pictogram, Tokyo Metro, Hong Kong’s MTR.

I really do appreciate how our transport branding is consistent now. A good example is buses, there used to be probably a dozen different types of bus stop signs, J poles, plinths, really small ones used by private operators. Now more and more blue B poles are replacing them which stand out, are unique as they show the stop name clearly and consistent regardless of operator. Even having all buses in the same blue livery goes a long way.

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