June 2004, Number 143 RRP $2.95 ISSN 1038-3697

Sydney Buses Transport Guides œ see page 2

Target Marketing Buses Marketing has produced a range of special promotional material for UNSW , UTS and the City Quarter development. These guides target groups of people with common transport needs with a simple concise and relevant message. Feedback from these has been good and is proving to be more cost effective than media advertising. The City Quarter brochure was for a residential development on the site of the former Royal Alexandria Hospital for Children in Camperdown. It currently houses 800 new residents but will grow to 2000 people when complete and Sydney Buses has received a commendation from the CEO of the development corporation for generating a high quality brochure in content and presentation. Thanks to Eric Priestley for supplying graphics.

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Top Table Talk: • NSW North Coast Rail and Bus Timetables œ page 4 • CityRail New timetable from July 24 œ page 5 • V/Line East Victoria temporary timetable œ page 7 • Dion‘s issue electronic timetable - page 7

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Rail NT-4 Express, From Casino, pass W oodville Junction NSW 0438 hrs, arrive Broadmeadow 0439 hrs, depart 0441 CountryLink's changes to the North coast hrs, pass Adamstown 0443 hrs, Sulphide Junction 0449 Services were announced on 14 May (see also hrs, Fassifern depart 0457d hrs, pass Awaba 0500 hrs, Table Talk May 2004, page 5). The new Morisset 0512 hrs, W yee 0516 hrs, arrive W yong 0526 timetable‘s key difference is the train will depart hrs, depart 0527d hrs, pass Ourimbah 0533 hrs, arrive Casino 4 hours and 33minutes earlier than Gosford 0540 hrs, depart 0543d hrs, pass W oy W oy previously. There is no change to the northbound 0550 hrs, Hawkesbury River 0602 hrs, Cowan 0613 timetable, apart from terminating at Casino. hrs, Berowra 0618 hrs, arrive Hornsby 0627 hrs, depart 0629d hrs, pass Thornleigh 0633, Epping 0640 hrs S, The required CityRail area changes were W est Ryde 0647 hrs, Concord W est 0653 hrs, North published in STN 1201-2004 dated 13 May 2004 Strathfield Junction 0656 hrs, NM arrive Strathfield which carried the following introduction: 0657 hrs, depart 0700 hrs, pass Ashfield 0703 hrs, The CountryLink XPT service between Sydney 0709 hrs, arrive Sydney Terminal Terminal and Murwillumbah, and return, is being 0713 hrs. œ Forms 0740. altered to operate only between Sydney Terminal and Casino, and return. As a consequence, the following The XPT set then forms HT-5 to Meeks Road alterations are to be made to the Standard W orking Depot. Timetables, effective from the dates shown. Note that The new timetable allows: NT-4 from Murwillumbah Sunday night will run to the • Passengers to make connections with existing timetable, due Sydney Terminal at 1138 hrs CountryLink's Melbourne, Canberra and Dubbo Monday, 17 May. NT-4 will commence from Casino train services on Monday night, 17 May, and run to the earlier • Gloucester and district residents to use this timetable shown herein, due Sydney Terminal at service, as it will stop on request for the first time 0713hrs Tuesday, May 18. • Coaches from Robina, Surfers Paradise and The train will now depart at Casino at 1925 rather Brisbane which connect with this train service will than 0008; Grafton at 2059 rather than 0135; also run to a new timetable. The new local coach Nambucca Heads at 2256 rather than 0341; timetable is available on the CountryLink website Kempsey at 2350 rather than 0434; W auchope at at www.countrylink.info 1227 rather than 0511 and Taree at 0132 rather Amazingly the STN for trackwork on the Main than 0621. The full southbound public timetable is: North on the weekend of May 22/23 (no. 0477- Casino 1925 2004 dated 10 May 2004) lists the Murwillumbah Grafton 2059 XPT as still operating. No mention of terminating at Casino, nor no new schedule for return to 2218 Sydney. Sawtell 2226 a Urunga 2241 a CityRail . Contractors will be Nambucca Heads 2256 a carrying out major construction work at Epping and it will be necessary to close platform 1 for Macksville 2309 a rebuild, followed by platform 2. It will be necessary Kempsey 2350 to terminate some peak trains at Eastwood W auchope 0027 instead of Epping over the next 16 months. Kendall 0047 a CityRail will therefore need to alter the Northern Taree 0132 Line weekday timetable to accommodate Gloucester 0233 a construction work from 31 May 2004: Dungog 0324 In the morning peak: The 0604 train from W yong Maitland 0405 to Sydney will now serve Epping at 0737; the Broadmeadow 0435 0709 train from Gosford to Sydney will now serve Fassifern 0454 d Eastwood at 8.10am. W yong 0522 d In the afternoon peak: the 1556, 1612, 1656, Gosford 0540 d 1726, 1742 & 1756 ex Sydney services will now Hornsby 0627 d stop additionally at Eastwood at 1617, 1632, Strathfield 0657 d 1717, 1747, 1802 & 1817 respectively. Sydney 0713 A full colour A4 brochure Changes to CityRail a - the train stops on request (a request is logged Services - Epping Station from 31 May 2004 when a booking is made) includes replacement tables showing amended d - train stops to set down passengers only times for northbound and southbound services in The STN shows the following detail for the the AM and PM peaks. The brochure has been CityRail area: jointly published by the Transport Infrastructure capacity to be maintained by increasing four-car Development Corportation (TIDC) and CityRail. trains to eight cars. High-speed trains could be banned from Along with timetable adjustments, the CityRail travelling more than 120kmh after the network map has been enhanced to assist Government admitted yesterday it could not fix the customers when navigating the network. A state's most dangerous railway level crossings. number of design improvements have been The chief executive of RailCorp, Vince Graham, introduced to more clearly define lines, peak hour said reducing the speed limit from 160kmh in all services, accessible stations and intercity lines. high-speed rail corridors would lower the chances The most prominent amendments to the network of a derailment if a train and car collided. map are colour changes to the South Line Passengers would be inconvenienced by the (previously green, now light blue) and slower travel times; about 30 minutes would be Line (previously light purple, now orange). added to the Sydney-Melbourne trip and 10 Intercity lines are now grey, with corresponding minutes to the Sydney-Brisbane trip. coloured nodes representing the lines they stem CityRail will be making adjustments to the from. existing timetable for both weekday and Line by line details are: weekend services. These changes will come into effect on Saturday, 24 July 2004. Airport & East Hills Line • The adjustments On weekdays an additional eight-carriage are necessary to train will run from Macarthur to the City via the assist reliability Airport in the morning peak and from the City via in the peak the Airport to Campbelltown in the afternoon peak, hours, creating capacity for an extra 500 people each particularly the way. These services will depart Macarthur at evening, for the 7.21am and Circular Quay at 5.21pm arriving at vast majority of Campbelltown at 6.17pm. • CityRail On weekdays during the morning and customers during afternoon peak all trains between Kingsgrove and the ongoing Turrella will travel via the Airport Line. Kingsgrove driver shortage. Station will continue to have a frequency of eight They will also increase capacity and reduce trains an hour. Customers travelling to Sydenham congestion on the network. will need to change trains at W olli Creek. • On the weekends the current Airport Line The main adjustments are: shuttle will be replaced with an integrated Airport • Introduction of a new, fast train service & East Hills Line service, providing through between Campbelltown and Central during the services from the Airport to Campbelltown. morning and afternoon peak, replacing the existing direct services from the Southern • Highlands in line with sectorisation and creating On weekdays customers travelling to the west capacity for an extra 500 passengers each way. from Bankstown will need to change trains at This will also increase peak hour capacity on the in line with sectorisation. East Hills Line and improve reliability on the • On weekends there will be two trains per hour Illawarra line. between and the City via Bankstown. • Integration of Airport Line services with East Trains will be increased from four to eight Hills Line services at weekends to improve carriages to maintain current capacity. reliability. • On weekends customers travelling from • Minor adjustments to reflect actual running stations between Carramar and Sefton to the City times on some Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra, will need to travel via the Bankstown Line and if Airport & East Hills, W estern and Northern Lines travelling to Inner W est Line stations customers and intercity services. will need to change trains at Birrong in line with • To reduce duplication of services, the sectorisation. • replacement of some weekend and very early For customers requiring timetable information morning suburban routes already serviced by when travelling from stations between Carramar NightRide buses. and Sefton to the City please obtain the • Adjustments to the majority of Cumberland Bankstown Line booklet and Inner W est and Line services requiring passengers to interchange South Lines booklet for all services through these at Granville for connections between the W est stations. and South in line with sectorisation. • W eekend services will be reduced in frequency across the suburban network with

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• There will be some minor adjustments to There are no changes to services. journey times with the final service to operate at Inner W est 12.11am from Central to Springwood. • There are no significant adjustments to Carlingford Line weekday Inner W est Line services. • On weekdays the 0703 service from • On weekends there will be two all-stations Carlingford to the will terminate at services per hour between Strathfield and Central, stopping at Lidcombe, Strathfield and Redfern. Trains will be increased from four to Redfern. This service will arrive at Central station eight carriages to maintain current capacity. 8 minutes faster than the current service. • On weekends customers travelling from • On weekdays passengers will need to stations between Carramar and Sefton to the City interchange at Clyde for all other services to and will need to travel via the Bankstown Line and if from Central in line with sectorisation. travelling to Inner W est Line stations customers • This timetable is now a stand-alone brochure will need to change trains at Birrong in line with and is no longer part of the W estern Line booklet. sectorisation. • Inner W est Line and South Line services are Cum berland Line now combined in one timetable booklet On weekdays three services each way in the morning peak and two services each way in the Newcastle & Central Coast Line afternoon peak will remain on the Cumberland • On weekdays expanded services will operate line. At other times, passengers will need to on the 0604 W yong to Central and the 1825 interchange at Granville for connections between Central to Newcastle services, replacing the and Campbelltown. existing 0558 W yong to St Marys and the 1604 St On weekends customers will need to change Marys to W yong direct services. trains at Granville for South and W estern Line • On weekdays and weekends the 2319 service services to Campbelltown and Blacktown in line from Newcastle to Central will now terminate at with sectorisation. Gosford. This timetable is now a stand-alone brochure and • On weekends services leaving after 2000 is no longer part of the South Line booklet. from Central and after 2130 from Berowra will run Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line hourly. • • On weekdays to reduce passenger On weekends the 2047 from Central will congestion on Cronulla services, four trains from terminate at Gosford instead of W yong due to this Cronulla arriving at Central between 7.30am and service‘s irregular stopping pattern. Passengers 8.30am will not stop at Rockdale. travelling beyond Gosford should catch the 2017 • On weekdays to reduce passenger or 2117 service from Central. congestion on Cronulla services, four trains from North Shore Line Cronulla arriving at Central between 7.30am and • On weekdays there are no changes in 8.30am will not stop at Rockdale. There will still frequency to North Shore Line services, although be nine city services stopping at Rockdale during there will be minor adjustments to running times this period. and stopping patterns to improve reliability. • In the morning peak the 7.52am Sutherland • On weekdays after 2230 two Newcastle & service will stop at Rockdale instead of Kogarah. Central Coast Line intercity services will now stop There will be 12 city services stopping at Kogarah all stations between Hornsby and Berowra between 7.30 and 8.30am. replacing the existing three half-hourly services. • On weekdays the last service at 12.10am • On weekends after 2000 from Central and from Bondi Junction will terminate at Mortdale 2130 from Berowra the half-hourly return services (previously W aterfall). An intercity train from will be replaced with hourly Newcastle & Central Central at 12.14am will replace this service, Coast Line intercity services. stopping at all stations between Sutherland and • On weekends there will be four city services W aterfall. per hour. Trains will be increased from four to • On weekends there will be four trains per hour eight carriages to maintain current capacity. between Bondi Junction and Sydenham and major stations between Sydenham and Northern Line Sutherland. Minor stations will continue to get a • On weekdays, to allow for construction of the 30 minute service. Trains will be increased from Epping œ Chatswood Line, four morning and two four to eight carriages to maintain current afternoon peak services starting and terminating capacity. at Epping will now start and terminate at • On weekends services starting at Sutherland Eastwood. or Hurstville to the City will begin at W aterfall Olym pic Park Sprint stopping at all stations to Bondi Junction. • The Olympic Park Sprint from Lidcombe to Hunter Line Olympic Park station will continue to operate every 20 minutes. Table Talk June 2004 Page 6

South Coast Line per hour after 9.00pm. These services will easily • On weekdays 3 return shuttle services meet existing patronage demand. between Kiama and Bomaberry (Nowra) after • On weekends there will be four city services 2100 will be replaced with bus services or taxis. per hour. Trains will be increased from four to • On weekends all intercity services will stop at eight carriages to maintain current capacity. all stations between North W ollongong and Suburban W eekend services capacity Thirroul. There will be an hourly direct service for • Suburban W eekend Comparison, showing the all customers between North W ollongong and number of trains in operation now, compared to Bulli. what is coming into effect on 24 July 2004. • On weekends Port Kembla branch line • Currently all weekend services other than customers will get a regular hourly shuttle service Olympic Park comprise 4-car trains unless to W ollongong. specifically built up to 8-cars for Special Events South Line and possessions. From July 2004, all suburban • On weekdays services will revert to their pre- trains will comprise 8-cars, apart from the Olympic timetable of two per hour after 2100 from Carlingford Line, which will continue to operate an Central. This will easily exceed patronage hourly service as it does now. demand. Trains Per Hour • On weekends customers travelling from stations between Carramar and Sefton to the City Line Now July Change will need to travel via the Bankstown Line and if 2004 In Seats travelling to Inner W est Line stations customers Per Hour will need to change trains at Birrong in line with Illawarra 6 4 +33% sectorisation. East Hills/Airport (2 4 4 +100% • On weekends there will be two services to the from C‘town and 2 city via Granville per hour. Trains will be increased from East Hills) from four to eight carriages to maintain current South: (Campbelltown 4 2 Same capacity. to City via Granville) • Inner W est Line and South Line services are Bankstown 4 2 Same now combined in one timetable booklet. Inner W est 4 2 Same W est 6 4 +33% North Shore 8 4 Same • On weekdays the 0508Goulburn to Central North 2 2 +100% service will be replaced with a shuttle service that Carlingford 1 1 Same connects with a new, fast service from Macarthur Olympic Park 6 3 -50% and Campbelltown. • On weekdays the 1732 Central to Goulburn service will be replaced with a new, fast service Victoria from the City to Campbelltown in line with W e can now confirm that January 2004 pocket sectorisation. The connecting service at timetables are being reprinted. The Carrum Campbelltown to Goulburn in the afternoon peak (incorporating Bonbeach) one is still issued by is guaranteed. M>Train but the map is now correct. The non- • On weekdays additional local services existent 1145 trip to City on weekdays is still listed between Campbelltown and Picton will leave and the short-term changes to late night trains via Campbelltown at 0735 and Picton at 0825. • Caulfield Loop are not included. M>Train Version On weekdays Moss Vale passengers on the 2 Jan 2004 pocket timetables have also been 1042 and 1440 services will need to interchange sighted for: Cheltenham; Mentone & Frankston; at Campbelltown to connect with city services in Bentleigh (incorporating McKinnon & Ormond) line with sectorisation. • On weekdays four services currently starting New V/line East Victoria booklet effective 3 May or terminating at Bundanoon will now start or 2004, with twice daily return RAIL services terminate at Moss Vale. Customers at Bundanoon between Sale & Bairnsdale. 22 Pages, doesn't and Exeter will continue to have through services include the introduction section. An example of from Goulburn to the city. There will be no the timetable can be seen on page 14. changes to weekend services at this time. Connex have reprinted the SMS Timetable W estern Line brochure. It omits details of the Motorola V300 • On weekdays three nightly services between and Yearly Metcard competition, which ended 31 Richmond and the City will be replaced with March 2004. The FAQ section has also been shuttle services to Seven Hills for connection to revised. city services in line with sectorisation. • On weekdays services will return to their pre- Olympic timetable of two services from Central Table Talk June 2004 Page 7

W estCoast Rail as of 22 May has contracted its 1808 Melbourne to W arrnambool - train as per services to V/Line due to cracks being found in its timetable locomotive chassis. 0638 W arrnambool to Melbourne - train as per timetable Replacement services for week commencing 1225 W arrnambool to Melbourne - train as per Monday 24th to Friday 28th May are as follows: timetable 0848 Melbourne to W arrnambool - train as per 1745 W arrnambool to Melbourne - road coaches - timetable expect delay to destination 1240 Melbourne to W arrnambool - road coaches - expect delay to destination

Tram/ Light Rail

Melbourne New timetables have been printed for all ex- New timetables for routes 1, 8 and M>Tram routes (1/22, 3, 5, 6, 8, 16, 19, 55, 57, 69 will start from Sunday 6th June 2004. As a 59, 64, 67, 72, 78/ 79, 82) and were available in result of passenger feedback new timetables for late April/ early May. All are dated effective April routes 1 (East Coburg - South Melbourne Beach), 2004 and are in format with Yarra trams 8 (Toorak to University) and 69 (Cotham Road, details. See example on page 16. Kew to St Kilda Beach) will come into effect on Sunday 6th June 2004.

Bus Route 725W will be discontinued. National Caringbah Bus Service's Routes 977 (Miranda- Following the conclusion of Daylight Saving Time Lilli Pilli) and 978 (Miranda-Port Hacking) dated in the southern states McCaffertys/ Greyhound April 2003, published by Adtrans Publishing Co (is Pioneer have issued their updates National this a new name for Brochure Publishing, as the Timetable booklet effective 28th March 2004. style is identical?). Connex NSW routes 996/997. There is a new NSW - Sydney timetable for these routes dated 1 April 2004, in Baxter's Bus Lines have issued Bustrans' route which Route 996 appears to be unaltered, but 817 (Fairfield-Cabramatta) dated March 2004, Route 997 has been truncated from Garrawarra with a sticker over the old address with the name Hospital to W aterfall Stn. Only two trips per and address of the new owner. weekday run to the W aterfall Stn (possibly school- related), others running only as far as Garvan & The W onderland Sydney theme park at Eastern Patterson Rds. It was once said that the hospital Creek closed on 26 April 2004.As a result, subsidised trips to that point. If that is correct, changes will be made to services there maybe the subsidy has been withdrawn. as from Monday 3 May 2004. Route 738 will now serve the Eastern Creek Industrial Park located A small article in 13 May 2004 St George & adjacent to the W onderland Sydney site. Buses Sutherland Shire Leader newspaper indicates that will run in peak periods Mondays to Fridays Crowther's have published a new between Rooty Hill and Eastern Creek Industrial 'pocket' timetable for their services between Park (some trips extended to Mt Druitt). The Sutherland/Cronulla/Kurnell. It also indicates the twice-daily Monday to Friday service between Mt company's previously unknown website address Druitt and Horsley Park will remain. Summary of of www.buslink.net.au (which redirects to new timetable for Route 738 from 3 May 2004: www.crowthersbuslink.com.au ). The website Mondays to Fridays (except Public Holidays) contains info about the company, timetables in To Eastern Creek Industrial Park PDF format and two network maps (one GIF and From Mt Druitt: 08:30, 09:40, 13:40 one PDF). The pocket format Cronulla - Miranda From Rooty Hill: 08:38, 09:48, 13:48 Timetable - 984-985-987 - Issue April 2004 has a From Eastern Creek Industrial Park new, sharper design and font. Includes a quick To Rooty Hill: 10:11, 14:11, 16:11, 17.11 reference table for trips between Miranda and To Mt Druitt: 10:11, 14:11 Caringbah and a network map showing all three There were no weekend services as from routes (on a rather dated UBD base - pre- Saturday 1 May 2004. computerised mapping!). Table Talk June 2004 Page 8

Just one interesting little item - on Sundays a At the QVB George Street M2 buses stop was a number of afternoon trips now run 5 minutes later. large cardboard showing a new GBC timetable as of 3 May 2004. Highlighted as a new But this causes a problem with the Caringbah Bus service on the cardboard is a 15:20 from QVB, a Service timetable, keeping in mind that one bus 654? Under the old timetable there is a rather long operates the Sunday services for both Buslink and gap from 13:45 to 16:00. Caringbah. The Route 984/985 trip which previously arrived at Miranda at 1645 now arrives A new undated Sunday timetable has been issued at 1650 but is still due to depart Miranda for for Pleasure Tours Routes 446 (Roselands- Caringbah etc on routes 977/878 at 1647. It is Kogarah) and 447 (Belmore-Greenacre) possible there is a further new Caringbah combined, upgraded to start at 0800 and from timetable to the one dated April 2003 which still two-hourly to hourly. They both come with a shows the 1647 departure. W hen this was raised separate Excel table showing an hourly Sunday with Crowthers the following response was service. The file path at the bottom of the page received: —Thankyou for your interest in our new has a date of December 2003 and must have timetable, I am aware of the time difference and I been hurriedly prepared as it also mentions DoT have shortened up the running time on the shift Minimum Service Levels - Pleasure must have bat to have the bus arrive a little earlier in Miranda been getting away with a two-hourly service at 1648 and delayed the departure 977/978 to contrary to their Minimum Service Levels. 1648. That bus had a 8 minute layover in Miranda Sydney Buses on return so we will utilise this to catch up. The times were changed in anticipation of rail time Note œ to save repetitive text the symbol # is changes. Of course the wrinkle will be ironed out being used for ”STA No.‘ Version 1 indicates the when Caringbah re-release their timetable.“ first issue in Transit Graphic format. All documents are effective April 2004 unless will launch a new network of indicated. services on June 7th, 2004. The timetable launch will see the following changes to services. Completing the set the North W estern Region Guide has been published in April 2004, #173724 The Route 270 City service will increase to a half hourly service during the weekday non-peak The Allambie, Balgowlah Heights and North period. An additional service is also being Balgowlah district timetable has been replaced by introduced from the QVB to (via five different timetables œ the first five in the list Davidson) at 1925, filling the current 70 minute below. It is rumoured that there are enough 145 gap between the 1850 and 2000 departures. and 149 timetables in stock to last a century! The terminus for all Route 195 and 196 services The W arringah (175 etc) timetable is also likely to will be relocated from Pymble Station to Gordon be split into several parts as evidenced by the Station. This will provide commuters with the release of individual timetables for 185, L85 and benefits of 35% more rail services to connect with, E86. connection with regular bus services to Ryde and • Macquarie and the proposed wheelchair 131, 132, 133, 171, E71 Balgowlah Heights accessibility upgrade at Gordon Station. Service version 1, #189795. This includes a second map levels will be increased on 195 services to half on the inside rear cover for evening route 131 - hourly in non-peak period to provide a 15 minute this seems to be the first timetable that includes service along Mona Vale Road from Killeaton two maps within the one booklet. • Street where the 195 and 196 converge to form a 140 Manly to Epping Limited Stops, Pocket, common route. All services will terminate on the May 2004, #175422 • Pacific Hwy side of Gordon Station 141, 168, E68 North Balgowlah, version 1, #189803 The Route 195 will change from the current route • 142, E66 Allambie Heights, version 1, of operation (see timetable for map) The Route #189787 196 services will now terminate at Austlink • 145 W arringah Mall to The Bluff, #189779 (DL Business Park on all non-peak weekday services. size single leaf) Elanora Heights will no longer be serviced on • 149 W arringah Mall to Old Pittwater Road, # Sundays by Route 196 services. 189761 (DL size single leaf) • 159 176 E76 E77 W ingala District, 12 October Running times have been adjusted where 2003, version1, # 175158 appropriate in order to improve service reliability. • 185, L85 W arriewood Valley District, version Any changes to school services will be advised 1, #189811 directly via the schools. Up to date information will • E86 McCarrs Creek to City, version 1, be displayed on the "School Services" page of this #190652 site from the 7th June. • 191, 192, 193 Avalon District, May 2004, version 1 #175216 Table Talk June 2004 Page 9

• 256 Chatswood to Chatswood W est, version Deanes Coaches, Queanbeyan. From Their 5, #173971 website. New timetable for their Airporter Service • 267 Chatswood to Crows Nest, version 3 dated 23rd February 2004and a new Hume #174706 Service. Deanes will operate a new route 834 • 292, 293 Marsfield District, version 7, May service between Queanbeyan Interchange and 2004, #174086 Hume, for a 2 week trial from Monday 31 May on • 311 312 Railway Square to City via Elizabeth weekdays only. Bay. May 2004, version 4, #174813. Dion's Bus Service has recently launched their • 339, X39 Clovelly to Millers Point, version 3, new electronic bus timetable software suite for May 2004, #174821 PCs and Pocket PCs. Manager Les Dion says the • 360-361 W averley District, version 3, software is another way of making timetable #174847 information more accessible to the public. • 374/X74 Coogee to City via Bream Street and Randwick, May 2004, version 5, # 174110 "...we hope that with the easy access of timetable • 380-381-382-L82-X84 W atsons Bay and information, people will more readily consider North Bondi to City, version 5, #175117 Dion's Bus Service as a transport alternative," says Dion. • 391 - 399, X92, X94, X96-7, X99, L94 Maroubra Junction and Kingsford to City, version 2, #176990) • 423, L23 Kingsgrove to City, version 7, May 2004, #174136 • 425 Dulwich Hill to Rockdale, version 6, May 2004, #174789 • 431-434 X31 Glebe, May 2004, version 2 #175307 • 442 Balmain to City, Pocket, May 2004, #190660 • 518/X18 Macquarie University to City, version 4, #174185 The • 536 Gladesville to Chatswood, version 7, company says the electronic timetable will enable #174029 users to interactively access timetable information • 541 Epping to Eastwood, version 4, #174037 on the go, making information virtually available A new T-way route map (or more accurately, a anywhere, anytime. network map), showing the LPT route and The PC version enables the user to print their connecting bus services in the region between timetable enquiries so that they can take their and Liverpool. The map is undated. customised version with them. The fold out map is in Z-card format, very similar Dions have also included a feature for users to the original Z-card T80 timetable (prior to the wishing to access Dion's low floor wheel chair November 03 timetable), and shows the northern accessible bus. Each version can identify [low half of the route on one side, and the southern floor] accessible bus services only, enabling users half on the other. Routes operated by Baxters, to easily identify these services. Hopkinsons, W estbus, Oliveri‘s and Busabout are shown, as well as CityRail connections and local To further encourage the use of public transport, landmarks. It is understood that the new map is the University of W ollongong and W ollongong City being distributed locally to schools, community Council have come on board and will promote the groups and on buses. facility to their employees and students. W estbus are currently carrying out a review of The CD Is professionally printed using Dion's new their Penrith District timetables - the revised logos and similar designs to their current various timetabled are expected to come into use at the media publications. end of July this year. The CD Includes a Desktop PC Timetable, Pocket PC Timetable, and a PDF Timetable. The Desktop NSW - Country PC Timetable is a professionally presented program, which gives route information, Busways North Coast W auchope timetable timetables, and is extremely fast. reprinted showing times of buses which now divert via W auchope Station, which diversion Dion's have further information on how to obtain commenced a few weeks after 5 April 2004 this on their website, definitely a way of the future commencing date. Other times unaltered. for transport timetables. The CD information Regrettably from a timetable collecting viewpoint, expires in August, but Dion's will provide service the original date is still shown on the cover. packs from time to time to update this information. Table Talk June 2004 Page 10

A new Newcastle Buses‘ Newcastle Region April 2004. Those affected are routes 7, 9 and 22 Guide dated March 2004 - version 3. The only (Trainlink service): difference noted is the bus on the front cover is • Route 7 Pacific Fair - Mermaid W aters - Bond now Volvo B12BLE 1413. University - Varsity Lakes - Burleigh Heads - Elanora - The Pines - Currumbin Beach - Tweed Pearce Omnibus Pty Ltd operating as Pearce Heads - W est Tweed. 19 April 2004 Mountainlink have issued new timetables for • Route 9 Seaworld - Main Beach - Australia • Katoomba œ Leura, Katoomba œ North Fair - Southport. 19 April 2004 Katoomba, Katoomba œ South Katoomba, • November 2003 Route 22 Trainlink Service. Nerang Station - Pacific Fair œ Jupiter‘s Casino - Surfers Paradise. • Katoomba œ Medlow Bath œ Blackheath- Mt 19 April 2004 Victoria, March 2004 In conjunction with developer Delfin, W estside From Transborder website: "Transborder Bus Co has commenced a Springfield Lakes Express would like to advise passengers that the Community Bus Service which operates from Goulburn CityLink Service will be discontinued Springfield Lakes to W acol Railway Station and from 1st May 2004. The discontinuation is a result Mt Ommaney Shopping Centre. W hile no route of the recommencement of multiple train services number has yet been allocated to the service it is by CountryLink between Canberra and Sydney. believed it commenced operation around W e thank all our passengers for their patronage February 2004. and support of the service."

Queensland - Brisbane South Australia - Adelaide Since the 6 January 2003 Chandlers Hill Rd has Brisbane Transport been closed near the Happy Valley Reservoir for From 19th April 2004 Brisbane Transport Route major road upgrades which affected the 713, 723, 150 was amended so the 1348 service from 723F 733, 727, 727F, 727H, 737 and 737H Griffith Uni to Browns Plains will commence from routes. They had been diverted down Serpentine Queen Street Bus Station at 1335. Road, right Candy Road, left Tripoli Road, left Kenihans Road and then right into Regency Road From 19th April 2004 Brisbane Transport Route and them normal route. As of the 9 May 2004 the 435 was amended so that the 1549 service from routes will return to normal with new timetables Queen Street Bus Station will arrive at Upper available. Brookfield at 1653. Also from the same date on Route 471 the 1510 service from Mt Coot-tha to On the Adelaide Metro internet site and there is the City operates 3 minutes later. an updated MA1 and MA2 timetable Effective • from March 2004. The last bus leaves Marion a 150, 151, 152, 156 Browns Plains Cityxpress; little later about 1812 instead of finishing between Calamvale Rocket; Stretton Community Bus; 1730 and 1800. Stretton Rocket. 19 April 2004. (TT numbered TT150) The Serco 550-552, SL8 timetable has been • Highgate Hill Citybus. 19 April 2004. (TT updated for May 2004. numbered TT192) • Chermside - QUT Kelvin Grove - City BUZ Victoria - Melbourne service. 10 May 2004. (TT numbered TT333) • 435, 436 Brookfield Cityxpress; Brookfield Cranbourne Transit. Routes 896 Cranbourne Rocket. 19 April 2004. (TT numbered TT435) R/S - Cranbourne East Trainlink & 897 Cranbourne R/S - Central Parkaway bus timetable • Mt Cooth-tha, Birdwood Terrace, Toowong had been reprinted, Dated May 3rd, 2004 (with Citybus. 19 April 2004. (TT numbered TT471) new look blue and white format). Queensland Transport has issued a QUT Kelvin Bus Lines. Route 513 Glenroy - Eltham Grove Busway Station Departures Quick bus timetable revised effective date March, 2004. Reference Guide effective 23 February 2004. It includes Brisbane Transport services and Grendas Bus Services. Routes 826/827/828 Hornibrook Bus Lines route 11 services. Hampton - Berwick/Pakenham bus timetable had been reprinted effective date 3rd May, 2004. This Not previously recorded is the timetable for North is the second time this timetable been reprinted in Stradbroke Island Bus Service who operate a month. Last time they altered timetable was 5th services on North Stradbroke Island from Pt April, 2004 Lookout - Dunwich - Amity Point. Their current timetable is dated November 2003. Moorabbin Transit/Grenda timetable for Routes 811/2 Dandenong-Brighton. Dated 19th April 2004 Surfside Bus Lines have made a number of minor changes to their services from Monday 19th

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Moreland For Your Pocket: "Moreland has Routes 366/367 Ringwood - Croydon bus recently introduced a new pocket size 510/512 timetable are also reprinted May 2004, but still timetable. So next time you are travelling with us dated 21st February, 2000. (Black & white photo ask your friendly driver for one of these timetables copy A4 format with new look Metlink route map). for your wallet." Route 510 (Essendon - Ivanhoe) Peninsula Buslines (Grendas Corp). Routes and 512 (Strathmore - East Coburg). Folds out to 782/783 Frankston - Flinders/Hastings bus show the 510 timetable (printed in green) & map timetable had minor timetable change effective on one side, and the 512 (black) & map on the date 19th April, 2004. New look format and other. The effective date of 1st April 2004 appears Metlink route map with two maps instead of one. at the head of both timetables but not on the Map A shows from Frankston to Hasting and map cover. There are no changes to the services B shows between Hasting to Flinders (same as National Bus Company. Routes 250, 251 & 253 routes 826/827/828 route map). It also shows Gardens City - LaTrobe University/ Northland/ zone 3 information and no met fare map between Carlton Nth (Timetable No. 15) & Route 246 Balnarring to Flinders. Elsternwick - Clifton Hill - LaTrobe University Ventura issued a new timetable for route 688 (Timetable No. 14) bus timetables revised dated Croydon Stn-Montrose-Olinda, dated 3rd May 15th May, 2004 (New look Metlink colour route 2004 map)

Air Aeropelican (OT) announced on 1 March 2004 for two weekly flights to Sydney, offering First, they will operate from Sydney to W illiamtown on a Business and Economy class seating and three month trial replacing Macair. slashing up to three hours off flying time between Australia and Tahiti; seats in all classes will have Air New Zealand (NZ) will serve San Francisco personal video screens, sound systems and from June 30 [thrice weekly] from Sydney via computer games. Auckland. Austasia Airlines (no code) commenced weekly Fiji's international airline, Air Pacific (FJ), will add flight from 05 March 2004 over the route three flights a week to its Australia-Fiji schedule in Denpasar - Broome - Karratha - Denpasar using the peak July-October 2004 winter period, chartered aircraft; but ceased with the final flight including for the first time two non-stop Canberra- from Broome being on 24 April. Passenger Nadi services. It will be the first time scheduled numbers weren't sufficient and there was conflict direct international air services have operated into with the W A state government. Austasia continues Canberra. An additional Boeing 747-400 will be weekly flights from Jakarta to Christmas Island. introduced on Melbourne-Nadi services effective June 5. It will operate 118-seat Boeing 737-700 Australian Airlines (AO) will operate twice- aircraft on the twice-weekly Canberra-Nadi weekly flights to the Japanese city of Sapporo, services with a Canberra departure time of 1330 one of the world‘s top ski destinations, between on Sunday and Thursday. Flying time of a little November 3, 2004 and March 26, 2005. The more than four hours means a convenient Fiji seasonal one-stop service will travel to Sapporo arrival for transfer to mainland resorts. The from Sydney and the Gold Coast via Cairns expansion of services will bring Brisbane-Nadi to (departing on W ednesdays and Saturdays). daily 152-seat 737-800 flights and Melbourne's Sapporo is the capital of the northernmost capacity will increase with two 458-seat Boeing Japanese island of Hokkaido. The airline currently 747-400 and three 252-seat Boeing 767-300 operates 17 services each week to the Japanese services weekly. There are no changes to existing cities of Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka. daily Boeing 747-400 Sydney-Nadi and twice- Emirates (EK) - The Dubai - Melbourne service weekly Boeing 737-800 Sydney-Suva services. will serve Auckland from 10 June. The additional flights bring Australia to Fiji services to 23 weekly. On the Australia to Fiji and Malaysia Airlines (MH) will introduce a direct Fiji to Honolulu and Los Angeles routes, Air service from Sydney to Kuching, with the Pacific code-shares with Qantas and is a partner inaugural Boeing B777 flight leaving the New in the Qantas Frequent Flyer program. The new South W ales State capital on 02 November 2004. Canberra-Nadi services are code-share services. This will complement the twice-weekly Kuching - Perth - Kuching service already in operation, Air Tahiti Nui (TN) In June 2005 will begin the providing yet another direct access from Australia only direct non-stop air service between Sydney to the capital of Sarawak. and Papeete. The airline, that already operates three weekly services between Papeete and Pacific Blue (DJ) [Pacific Blue Airlines [Australia] Auckland, will use a brand-new Airbus A340-300 Pty. Ltd.] is a subsidiary of Pacific Blue Holdings Table Talk June 2004 Page 12

Pty. Ltd. which in turn is owned by Virgin Australia website stated that Skippers Aviation (JW ) Holdings Pty. Ltd. would be permitted two additional Perth- Geraldton-Perth services on W ednesday Qantas Link /Airlink (QF) ceased flying Brisbane mornings and afternoons and a revised service - Canberra from 29 February 2004. from Perth to Shark Bay via Geraldton and return Royal Brunei (BI) is scheduled to commence on Saturdays. Meanwhile, Skywest Airlines (XR) serving Sydney from July 2004. will reinstate a through-service from Carnarvon to Perth via Geraldton on Friday afternoons. The Singapore Airlines (SQ) will increase services state government stated it was mindful of the between Brisbane and Singapore by three a week competitive situation and wanted both airlines to in November, offering 17 non-stop services in be able to survive in the marketplace. It said a total. The new SQ services add almost 1,000 measured approach was necessary to ensure seats a week only two years after the carrier service levels were commercially realistic. increased services to double-daily on the route. The extra flights will depart Brisbane mid-morning Table Talk - Reference on Mondays, W ednesdays and Fridays, arriving late afternoon in Singapore. Singapore Airlines IATA Two Digit Airline Designator - The will also increase flights between Sydney and designator is used to identify an airline for all Singapore with the addition of an extra weekly commercial purposes. The two character airline service between the end of June and the end of designator is assigned by IATA in accordance September 2004. The extra Boeing 777-200 with the provisions of Resolution 762. The two service will leave Singapore on a Sunday night, character airline designator listed are for use in arriving early Monday morning. It will return to reservations, timetables, tickets, tariffs, air Singapore on Monday afternoon in time for waybills, schedules publications and in airline customers to connect with onward flights to interline telecommunications, as well as for the European and North Asian ports. airline industry applications. IATA assigns three types of two character airline designators. Unique Changes in air services to Geraldton and other alpha, numeric/alpha and controlled duplicate œ W est Australian destinations took effect on May 3. the last used where two airlines do not operate in A report on the Australian Tourist Commission the same area.

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next year they are going to experiment with International changes to the services. The St Helena will call at Not truly a ferry service but Thomas Cook‘s Luderitz and W alvis Baai in Namibia but not stop Overseas Timetable (May 2004) reports: at Tristan da Cunha.‘ ”The operator of the Royal Mail Ship St Helena Table 9930 (illustrated above) gives details; the has changed to Andrew W eir Shipping. For the Portland mentioned is near W eymouth in England. Table Talk June 2004 Page 13

For more details see www.rms-st-helena.com. Queensland Andrew W eir Shipping was founded in 1885, by a Scotsman, and has a web site www.aws.co.uk. Gold Cats W ater Taxi Service. Cleveland - Nth Stradbroke Island have issued a new timetable undated but believed to be November 2003. V/Line East Victoria Shown below are pages 2 and 3 of this 3 May 2004 timetable. Bus times are in red and train times in blue. Unfortunately this won‘t show up in black and white but the symbols are identifiable œ a solid blob is a train, a padlock shape a bus! Unfortunate use of blue type on blue shading detracts from readability.

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New bus stop signs for Sydney A new standard of passenger information is being rolled out across the Sydney CBD. The new displays include a list of scheduled services, maps and stand details. Text on the displays is larger and easier to read at night. Shown on page 12 is a much reduced example of the A1 sized sheets as used at Alfred Street, Circular Quay for the Newtown group of services.

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A sample of the Yarra Trams / metlink timetable effective April 2004. The original is in green with pale green shading which does not cover an exact multiple of lines. Pagination is strange. The front cover and inside page are not counted, page 1 is the third page, the inside back cover is page 17, the book has 20 pages.

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