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Tag Archives: public transport
Opinion: The ‘Secret’ Life of Bus Drivers
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
Visited: Powerhouse Museum (Free Museum Weekend 23-24 June 2018)
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
Posted in Event, Photography, Travel
Tagged event, photography, public transport, technology, train, trains, transport, visited
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Opinion: Transport for NSW 26 Nov 2017 Timetable Changes
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
Posted in Opinion, Travel
Tagged opinion, public transport, train, trains, transport, travel
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Melb2016: The Tram Catalogue (Part 8)
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
Posted in Photography, Travel
Tagged melb2016, photography, public transport, travel
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Melb2016: Transport Related Observations & Signs (Part 7)
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
Posted in Photography, Travel
Tagged melb2016, photography, public transport, trains, travel, visited
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Opal’s New Top-Up Machines and Single-Trip Tickets
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
Posted in Travel
Tagged nfc, opal, public transport, random, sydney trains, train, trains, transport
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Random: Opal Card Stories, Tips & Central Station Upgrades
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
Posted in Opinion, Travel
Tagged bus, nfc, opal, public transport, random, sydney trains, trains, transport
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Visited: The South-West Rail Link (Liverpool to Leppington)
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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Tagged public transport, rail, sydney trains, train, trains, transport, travel, visit, visited
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Mega Random: Merry Christmas, Site Updates, Transport Updates etc.
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
Posted in Opinion, Tablet, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged opal, public transport, random, site announcements, site update, train, trains
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Random: Site Update, Media Fails, TV Retune, Transport Sydney, Micro*sigh*ft, etc.
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
Posted in Computing, Opinion, Travel
Tagged digital tv, opal, public transport, random, site update, trains
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Spotted: Another soon-to-be Opal Ready Bus
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
Automatic Fare Collection Systems on Sydney Buses
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