Hornibrook Bus Lines FY 12/13 to FY 17/18

[ozbob]

Spreadsheet > https://backontrack.org/docs/rti/PTdata/other/Hornibrook12_13to17_18.ods

[techblitz]

noted both the 9.16 && 10.16am 683`s ex kallangur rail this morning.....both had 0 passengers onboard.....also my 685 had 0 onboard when I boarded just before kallangur station.
The 685 driver I spoke to said since translink aren't interested in reviewing the services....weekend frequency should be reduced on both of them.....
I think its a fair call given the 683 is carrying less than a passenger per weekend service.

[ozbob]

I think part of the problem is that the RPL is carrying a lot less pax than was forecast.  Around 1/3 I think is the latest.

The unfortunate concurrence of the onset of #railfail with the opening of the RPL did. not. help.

[ozbob]

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/fewer-than-one-third-of-predicted-passengers-use-new-redcliffe-rail-20180909-p502po.html

By May 2018, the number of passengers using the Petrie to Kippa-Ring rail line had grown to 6451 daily passengers.

However, that was still fewer than one-third of the 20,358 daily passengers predicted when the Petrie to Kippa-Ring rail line was developed in 2010.

[ozbob]

Patronage on the RPL is slowly increasing.  I think TransLink are probably taking the view that it is best to leave things for now and hope the patronage growth continues and at a faster rate. There are signs that could start to happen, but Queensland Rail has to do something about reliability.   Bus service reductions will send a very negative message.

From https://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=13328.msg214739#msg214739

The customer impact for this 6 month 2018 series is not good. ( I take no notice of the contractual - it is bullsh%t ).

[techblitz]

Well lets hope there is improvement....because some of these pax per service numbers are worrisome.
683 = 3.24 passengers per service overall17/18
698 = 1.54 passengers per service overall 17/18

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I do like the look of the 687 figures though. I suppose only 200 (official ) carparks at the mango hill station might have helped. At least the drops in passenger numbers are dropping.
I have a very early prediction that the 681 numbers might go very slightly up.