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@@TheRealMillennium unfortunately, yes. It wasn't ideal but for reasons I'd rather not divulge, I couldn't record it with my own voice. I'm not too pleased with how some of the words and places are pronounced but I guess there's not much I can do to change that.

@@microwavedpopcorn3209you could try do a script, also awesome video microwaved!

@@TheRealMillennium It looked amazing the first time I was on it, but after seeing Ryde's bus it looks a bit plain in comparison! I haven't had a look at 5308 yet - that was Northmead's official Christmas bus.

@@MrAnsairDude I tried getting one too but I missed it Personally I prefer the real thing though 😂

Not really - I have a video from three months ago of 2120 ST with similar displays, and I believe 2120 was running around with LED displays for quite some time beforehand. It does add a bit of variety into the fleet though.

The 9M only ran at night, way after the evening peak - and on this particular service there were plenty of empty seats available! Although you are correct, the State Transit Authority has specified dual-leaf centre doors on all its rigids save for the midis.

@@EOL76552 indeed, the year before KDNB borrowed one of Transit Systems' Custom Denning Element 1s, of which KDNB has never operated! It'll be interesting to see KDNB's Elements though, supposedly they are fitted with pantographs for rapid charging.

I'm not too sure whether the LCD screen was a replacement for a faulty LED board or whether 8157 was delivered new with them on a trial basis. But yes the Volgren Optimus vehicles at Tempe are quite nice vehicles, and as more new buses arrive at Tempe (either delivered new or cascaded from other depots like the Mercs) I think we can expect to see the final few Volvos at Tempe moving to Burwood.

Are you talking about the exterior wheel arches cut into the body panels? I've not paid much attention to those on the Oranas but on Custom Coaches vehicles they are a bit less round than on Volgrens and Bustechs. As these buses near retirement age we will hopefully see some of the better examples of these buses preserved, however the Volvo B10BLEs may be overshadowed by the Scania L113CRLs which were the first wheelchair accessible buses, and looking back a few years, not that many Custom Citaros were preserved either. I think there'll be quite a few charter operators hoping to snap up some of these though, seeing as many L113CRLs have already received a second home.

Agreed - my first ride on a Volvo B10BLE Orana was onboard 3898 from Burwood Depot and it was enough to keep me off them for quite a long time. It's a shame, because I've had the fortune to experience some Volvo B10BLEs that Busways Western Sydney brought out of retirement from a grave yard and those Oranas are still in better condition than the ones in Burwood which don't seem to have been maintained very well at all. There doesn't seem to be any imminent plans to replace the ageing Oranas at Burwood unfortunately - but with an influx of electrics to TSA's other depots it's expected that newer diesels will be cascaded to Burwood to displace the B10BLEs. Burwood has already received some Volvo B8RLE Volgren Optimus vehicles from Tempe, but I think further cascading is unlikely to occur until the older Scania L113CRLs at TSA's other depots are retired. In the meantime, though, TSA haven't been using their B10BLEs as much on weekends - although the Euro III B12BLEs aren't much quieter they are significantly more comfortable.

@@microwavedpopcorn3209The Burwood B10’s used to be well maintained about 15 years ago. It’s a shame to see them deteriorate with lack of maintenance, along with the earliest models also being well past expiry date. Funnily enough, the quietest B10BLE at Burwood up until recently was 3960. It had some work done and now it’s the loudest in the fleet. Rumour has it that the 14xx series B12’s from Newcastle were supposed to replace the B10’s at Burwood until electric eventually gets set up there. A complaint got received to a local MP about this from a member of the public so that idea isn’t happening anymore.

​@@STANewcastle That's a shame to hear - but also somewhat understandable considering how noisy the Euro III B12BLEs can become. It would've been nice to see some Newcastle vehicles running around Sydney though I wonder what justification said member of the public must have given for this idea to have been dumped.

@@microwavedpopcorn3209 Something to do with a conflict of interest from KD Newcastle and TSA Region 6 I’m pretty sure. I personally would’ve loved seeing the Newy B12’s in Sydney, purely because I grew up in Region 6 and I’ve spent a bit of time living in Newcastle so it’s the best of both worlds for me lol

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Whoops... I believe I did cover the fact that the white boxes were covering the old green AES Prodata magstripe readers in an earlier video but this being one of my older unpublished videos I must have forgotten to update it! Thanks for letting me know.

It's a shame that these vehicles didn't receive Cummins replacement engines like the Brisbane Transport gas Scanias did, but considering these vehicles are so old there wouldn't have been much point! I haven't been fortunate enough to catch one of these though I have heard mostly positive things said about them. I used my phone camera on the day as I don't have a proper camera unfortunately, so the video quality isn't that great.

Yes - how did you know lol

@@microwavedpopcorn3209 better... quality,/.