Buses at Northland Shopping Centre - Melbourne Transport
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- In this video we visit Northland, a major shopping centre situated in the northern suburb of Preston. Opening in 1966 it is the largest shopping centre in Melbourne's northern suburbs with 330 stores on 95,311m2 of retail floor space. It also serves as a major bus interchange in the area; served by 11 different bus routes operated by Dysons, Kinetic, and Ventura.
Filmed on a weekday we see a good variety of buses from all three operators, including Volvo B12BLE's, Volvo B7RLE's, Scania K230UB's, Scania K280UB's, and Scania K310UB's. Of particular interest we see some Kinetic Volvo B7RLE's with the Smartbus livery on route 251, and one of Dysons' Scania K310UB's with a Gemilang body.
However the main purpose of this video was to get footage of Ventura's Iveco Metro's, of which we see several throughout the video. These buses were the preferred bus for Ivanhoe Bus Company, who purchased many Iveco/Irisbus Metro's over the years before they were acquired by Ventura in June 2010. These buses have a shorter wheelbase compared to a conventional bus and are loud thanks to the Cummins ISLe engines; as an enthusiast I quite like these buses.
However the future of the Iveco Metro's along with the rest of Ventura's Ivanhoe fleet is uncertain. As part of the state government's Zero Emissions Bus Trial Ventura has committed to completely electrifying their Ivanhoe depot by 2024, making it the first fully electric bus depot in Victoria. 27 BYD D9RA electric buses have been ordered, with the first 13 already having been built. Infact in the day prior to filming this video I spotted nine of these electric buses hanging out at the Dandenong depot, so I assume these buses will be entering service fairly soon.
The current bus interchange at Northland was constructed in 2014 at the edge of the shopping centre facing Murray Road. The old bus interchange used to be inside the shopping centre; undercover within the car park which was similar to the bus interchange at Southland Shopping Centre (no relation to Northland btw despite being "land's", they have two different owners). However the old interchange was demolished and relocated to enable the expansion of the shopping centre, with an Aldi supermarket now occupying the site. The new interchange is quite basic and was done on the cheap; so cheap infact that I'm fairly certain they reused some of the bus shelters from the old interchange. After opening the interchange drew some criticism from users for its lack of weather protection compared to the old interchange and the long walk to the shopping centre entrance, and even today I have to agree with them; from a passenger amenity point of view I consider the new interchange to be a downgrade compared to the old interchange.
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This is my home shopping centre. I truly am disappointed that weather protection was thrown out of the window when this interchange opened. Plus, it's worse at night with poor lighting around the area.
and it used to be right next to the entrance
Looks like I'm not the only one sharing the same sentiments. The new interchange is truly a downgrade from the old one.
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Liking the outro music!
Lol I got lost in Fountain Gate Westfield Twice in 2022😂😂😂
1:11 imagine having a dead front desto 😭
It will truely be a shame when the Ivecos finish up soon from Ivanhoe, however I believe that along with the other newer diesel buses, some ivecos will transition across to other depots, potentially including Knoxfield.
Ivanhoe is by far probably the best (or one of) the best Ventura depots, cool unique buses, great drivers and clean buses, I’m sure the diesels will be missed by many of the drivers and enthusiasts in the Northern suburbs!
Great documentation.
Cheers!
I'd say the newer Scania's will definitely find a new home elsewhere but I'm definitely curious as to what would happen with the Iveco's, especially seeing some of them are nudging 18 years old.
I'm definitely a fan of the Ivanhoe depot for much of the reasons you explained. I remember a couple of years ago (maybe 2018 - 19) me and a friend rode on a number of Ivanhoe buses and pretty much all of them were immaculate inside; no scratched windows or graffiti once so ever! Definitely a rarity among Melbourne buses.
@@ThebusofdoomFSX Some are late 2009 models, and one is a 2010 model. I’d expect these ones to stick around a little longer, unless they have concern for their reliability.
They could potentially displace some older Knoxfield buses, even some designlines predate them!
Could You Try And Make It To Woodgrove Shopping Center Or Melton Station Interchange?
What camera do you use
You found Bus Dysons 1300 at 10:29
Nice video. You going to do a Fountain Gate interchange video anytime soon?
Thanks! I might do Fountain Gate at some point but it's not a huge priority for me right now.
What are the metal bars inside the bus near the windshield for?
Driver protection.
I am sending a helicopter to save busofdoom :)
Thank you, I'm still lost inside
Why send a helicopter? Send a rescue vehicle so that it crashes into the shopping centre like crazy and the shoppers will be like “OMG! What on Earth is this Rescue Buggy doing in a busy Christmas Store”
I’d rather send the FBI to find a random adult in a shopping mall in the north than illegally driving without a licence.
Wtf is with Ventura destinations? There is about 200 different files loaded and their all horrible to read. Rear destos designed for route and destination now show a route number in size 10 font FFS!
Has some child been put in charge of this? Never thought anything could get as bad as Transdevs but they new take the cake!
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