Tag Archives: public transport

Opinion: Sydney Metro Northwest – One Week In & More Detective Work

Posted on June 2, 2019 by lui_gough

Since my in-depth look at the Sydney Metro Northwest covering the launch-day observations and experiments received a lot of traction online, I feel like it’s probably a good idea to write a follow-up article now that the first week has … Continue reading →

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Event: Sydney Metro Northwest Launch Day & Analysis (26th May 2019)

Posted on May 28, 2019 by lui_gough

Sunday marked the launch of the Sydney Metro Northwest – the first driverless metro system in all of Australia, built nearby to where I live. This new system includes eight new stations, joined up with the Epping to Chatswood rail … Continue reading →

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Random: North-West Metro, Swollen Redmi Note 4X, New Sharp Aquos S3 (FS8032) & more

Posted on May 5, 2019 by lui_gough

It’s been another busy week – so busy in fact that I can’t see myself doing much in the way of blogging for the next month or two. Between working away on my research, RoadTest reviews and keeping everything running, … Continue reading →

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Beta Tested: Cooee Busways On Demand Public Transport Service

Posted on April 21, 2019 by lui_gough

Updates at the end of the article – Busways has launched the Cooee Busways – The Ponds, Schofields and Kellyville Ridge site with further details. Residents in the Hills district have much to celebrate, as after many years of promises, … Continue reading →

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rnd(): Ghosts in the Air Glow, Networking Woes, Surprise T-Shirt, Opal Receipts & Parking Tickets

Posted on March 31, 2019 by lui_gough

It’s been another busy week, as usual, but I guess it’s nice to be occupied. You wouldn’t want to be bored … so I thought it would be a good time to make this “random” post that covers some things … Continue reading →

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Opinion: The ‘Secret’ Life of Bus Drivers

Posted on August 25, 2018 by lui_gough

As a frequent public transport user, I’ve always had an interest in various modes of transport. By far, the one that has proven to be most entertaining to monitor in recent times has been that of the bus radio, as … Continue reading →

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Visited: Powerhouse Museum (Free Museum Weekend 23-24 June 2018)

Posted on July 3, 2018 by lui_gough

Once a year, the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences holds a free museum weekend. This year, it was held over the weekend of 23rd – 24th June 2018 with free tickets that could be booked online to visit the … Continue reading →

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Opinion: Transport for NSW 26 Nov 2017 Timetable Changes

Posted on December 12, 2017 by lui_gough

It’s been just over two full weeks since Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW) introduced a new timetable. The changes are claimed to increase capacity, adding extra services across the network across all modes. These changes were signalled by bright … Continue reading →

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Melb2016: The Tram Catalogue (Part 8)

Posted on June 14, 2016 by lui_gough

The last posting dealt with a lot of transport related observations, but you might have noticed that it lacked photos of trams. The reason is that I’ve saved them for this posting – a post almost exclusively intended to catalogue … Continue reading →

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Melb2016: Transport Related Observations & Signs (Part 7)

Posted on June 13, 2016 by lui_gough

I’ve always been a fan of public transport, no matter where I go. It’s an economical way of travelling, although it’s not always convenient. I don’t mind though – I’m patient and tolerant enough. It’s always interesting to note the … Continue reading →

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Opal’s New Top-Up Machines and Single-Trip Tickets

Posted on April 1, 2016 by lui_gough

Sydney’s long march to a paper-ticket-less transport network just got one step closer with the announcement on 23rd March 2016 that they are trialing new top-up machines with single-trip tickets. While this was always considered as the next step, it’s … Continue reading →

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Random: Opal Card Stories, Tips & Central Station Upgrades

Posted on August 13, 2015 by lui_gough

The Opal Card is an automatic fare collection system based around NXP MiFare DESFire EV1 NFC cards and readers supplied by Cubic Transportation Systems (based on readers on the Oyster card network). It has been in use since December 2012 … Continue reading →

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Visited: The South-West Rail Link (Liverpool to Leppington)

Posted on May 5, 2015 by lui_gough

Having spent a decent chunk of my life on public transport, whenever anything happens, it immediately captures my interest. The rail network had suffered through many years of neglect, and has only been undergoing “slow” evolution – I’ve only really … Continue reading →

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Mega Random: Merry Christmas, Site Updates, Transport Updates etc.

Posted on December 24, 2014 by lui_gough

Gee, it’s been ages since my last random post. Since then, countless security vulnerabilities, mobile OS updates, world news events, scientific discoveries, scandals and wild weather events have happened – so many that it seems pointless to try and even … Continue reading →

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Random: Site Update, Media Fails, TV Retune, Transport Sydney, Micro*sigh*ft, etc.

Posted on March 16, 2014 by lui_gough

Another week, another random post! We begin this week with a quick site update – while I can’t say I have much faith in the scientific accuracy of Alexa’s ranking methods, after 13-14 months of being online at this domain … Continue reading →

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Spotted: Another soon-to-be Opal Ready Bus

Posted on March 13, 2013 by lui_gough

On the way to UNSW, I boarded another bus which was getting ready for the Opal readers to be installed. This one is Sydney Buses, bus number 4632 (or is it 4832, darn phone camera – can’t tell for sure … Continue reading →

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Automatic Fare Collection Systems on Sydney Buses

Posted on March 12, 2013 by lui_gough

While rummaging in my box of old odds-and-ends, I came across something that reminded me that I should make a short post about the automatic fare collection (AFC) systems on Sydney buses. In almost all Sydney Buses today, we still … Continue reading →

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