Friday, August 24, 2012

Blacktown Gets Double Decker Buses - Busways!


Just Got an E-mail from Lester from our Group - regarding a  new  Double Decker Bus purchased by Busways to be used in Blacktown Local Government Area. from Lester:

Hi John
Article on the double deck bus trials in Sydney.  One bus, a Bustech CDi double decker, fleet no. 1048 with country registration 5064 MO has been allocated to Busways.  Photo attached.  The bus is in the Transport NSW colour scheme. According to the press release, it will do routes out of Blacktown on the T70 and T71 to Castle Hill and the T74 and T75 to Riverstone.  This same type of bus has been on trial with Forest Coachlines on their northern suburbs routes for a few months.  The other buses on the trial will be allocated to Hillsbus for their Rouse Hill and Castle Hill to City runs.
I don't think we will see 1048 at Mt Druitt because of possible clearance issues at Mt Druitt Interchange.  I recall that when the Leyland Atlantean double deckers were retired by State Transit in 1986, Westbus bought a few of them.  I also recall an incident where one of the Atlanteans was used on the Mt Druitt run, hit the roof of the old interchange and got converted to a single decker as a result.  I never saw an Atlantean again in Mt Druitt as they got confined to routes out of St Marys and Penrith.
Regards

Lester

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