Bus delays, cancellations ...

[ozbob]

http://translink.com.au/travel-information/service-notices/28846/details

500, 509, 515 both directions have been cancelled due to operational issues

Last updated: 7.40am Thursday 20 November 2014

Bus routes 500, 509, 515 both directions have been cancelled due to operational issues. Bus routes include:

    The 5.42am route 500 bus inbound
    The 7.25am route 509 bus outbound
    The 7.55am route 509 bus inbound
    The 8.36am route 500 bus outbound
    The 7.23am route 515 bus inbound
    The 8.03am route 515 bus outbound

[ozbob]

http://translink.com.au/travel-information/service-notices/28941/details

Multiple Bus Delays: 30 minutes

Last updated: 5.31pm Thursday 20 November 2014

Buses travelling  in both directions along Coronation Drive, Milton will experience delays of up to 30 minutes due to a traffic incident.

Affected services
Buses

    Minor status update411
    Minor status update412
    Minor status update415
    Minor status update416
    Minor status update417
    Minor status update425
    Minor status update433
    Minor status update435
    Minor status update444
    Minor status update445
    Minor status update453
    Minor status update454
    Minor status update460
    Minor status update471

[ozbob]

http://translink.com.au/travel-information/service-notices/29106/details

9.12am route 526 inbound bus cancelled

Last updated: 9.34am Sunday 23 November 2014

The 9.12am route 526 inbound bus is cancelled due to an operational issue. The next inbound route 526 bus departs Orion Springfield Central, Springfield Central at 10.12am.

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If you just missed the 8.12am service, almost a two hour wait ...   

[ozbob]

http://translink.com.au/travel-information/service-notices/29511/details

Delays of up to 30 minutes: Park Ridge Transit

Last updated: 4.00pm Thursday 27 November 2014

Park Ridge Transit buses travelling in both directions will experience delays of up to 30 minutes due to extreme weather.
Affected services
Buses

    Minor status update540
    Minor status update541
    Minor status update542
    Minor status update543
    Minor status update545

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Looking at the radar it is highly likely that will be widespread disruption again as storm cells proceed north ...

[ozbob]

http://translink.com.au/travel-information/service-notices/29521/details

Delays: Brisbane Transport

Last updated: 4.51pm Thursday 27 November 2014

Brisbane Transport buses travelling in all directions will experience delays of up to 30 minutes due to extreme weather.

[ozbob]

KGS bus station is partially flooded. Inbound buses SE busway are terminating at the ' Gabba at present.

[ozbob]

Twitter

Stephanie Smail ‏@sjsmail 7 minutes ago

Good luck getting a bus any time soon #brisbane #storm @ABCNewsBrisbane

[James]

Powerlines down on Hawken Dr at Tarcoola St... lack of BT notice means that about 10 buses are now queued up where the lines are down and unable to turn around.

Power is out, so James is fleeing to UQ where the power is on.

[ozbob]

http://translink.com.au/travel-information/service-notices/29546/details

King George Square bus station: Closed due to flooding

Last updated: 4.06am Friday 28 November 2014

Due to yesterday's severe weather, King George Square bus station has been temporarily closed for urgent repairs.

Customers are advised to make their way to either Roma Street busway station or the Cultural Centre busway station, where they can rejoin their affected bus service.

Alternative buses travelling to the Cultural Centre from outside the King George Square bus station are the routes 192, 196 and CityGlider buses departing from Adelaide Street Stop 43 near City Hall
Affected services
Buses

    Minor status updateMaroon CityGlider
    Minor status update66
    Minor status update111
    Minor status update222
    Minor status update330
    Minor status update333
    Minor status update340
    Minor status update345
    Minor status update385
    Minor status updateP443
    Minor status update444

[ozbob]

KGS bus station has reopened with limited access only at this time.

[Cam]

Buses haven't moved outbound on the Victoria Bridge for at least 15 minutes. Buses queued back well down Adelaide St. I suspect that QSBS would be a quagmire.

[ozbob]

^ tks Cam ..

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http://translink.com.au/travel-information/service-notices/30111/details

Outbound buses delayed: CBD

Last updated: 9.36am Thursday 4 December 2014

Buses travelling outbound along Victoria bridge will experience delays of up to 30 minutes due to a traffic incident on Melbourne Street, South Brisbane.

[ozbob]

http://translink.com.au/travel-information/service-notices/29631/details

Adelaide Street - temporary stop closures

Last updated: 3.26pm Friday 28 November 2014

From 5.30am Sunday 7 December until 4.30am Monday 8 December, Adelaide Street (between George and Edward Streets), Brisbane City will be closed due to the installation of a tower crane.

As a result, some bus stops will be temporarily closed and route diversions will be in place.

  Routes 370, 375 and 379 (Ashgrove)
  Routes 380 and 381
  Routes 411, 415, 417, 433 and 471
  Route 390

[ozbob]

http://translink.com.au/travel-information/service-notices/31536/details

Buses travelling along Coronation Dr, Toowong experiencing delays of up to 20 minutes

Last updated: 5.32pm Thursday 18 December 2014

Buses travelling in both directions along Coronation Drive, Toowong may experience delays of up to 20 minutes due to heavy traffic.

[ozbob]

http://translink.com.au/travel-information/service-notices/32246/details

Inbound buses travelling along South East busway delayed 30mins

Last updated: 8.08am Monday 29 December 2014

Buses travelling inbound along the South East busway will experience delays of up to 30 minutes due to a traffic accident near Melbourne Street, South Brisbane.

There are no delays expected for buses travelling outbound.

[ozbob]

http://translink.com.au/travel-information/service-notices/32956/details

Electronic Timetables displaying incorrect information

Last updated: 6.14am Thursday 8 January 2015

The electronic timetables in all busways are showing incorrect information. Passengers are asked to refer to paper timetables at the busways, TransLink website or MyTransLink app for the correct departure times.

[ozbob]

http://translink.com.au/travel-information/service-notices/34046/details

Diversions: Adelaide Street, Brisbane City

Last updated: 1.16pm Wednesday 21 January 2015

At the request of emergency services buses travelling in both directions along Adelaide Street, Brisbane City, are on local diversion between George Street and Edward Street.

As a result, the following alterations are in place:

    Buses travelling outbound in the direction of Fortitude Valley are being diverted along Elizabeth Street. Buses will stop at all TransLink bus stops that they are hailed at.
    Buses travelling inbound in the direction of the Brisbane River are being diverted along Ann Street. Buses will stop at all TransLink bus stops that they are hailed at.

[bcasey]

http://translink.com.au/travel-information/service-notices/34046/details

Diversions: Adelaide Street, Brisbane City

Last updated: 1.16pm Wednesday 21 January 2015

At the request of emergency services buses travelling in both directions along Adelaide Street, Brisbane City, are on local diversion between George Street and Edward Street.

As a result, the following alterations are in place:

    Buses travelling outbound in the direction of Fortitude Valley are being diverted along Elizabeth Street. Buses will stop at all TransLink bus stops that they are hailed at.
    Buses travelling inbound in the direction of the Brisbane River are being diverted along Ann Street. Buses will stop at all TransLink bus stops that they are hailed at.

This is due to a fire in Broadway on the Mall: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/queen-street-mall-building-on-fire-20150121-12uyeu.html

[ozbob]

http://translink.com.au/travel-information/service-notices/34246/details

Delays due to flooding: Route 303 & 302

Last updated: 7.03am Friday 23 January 2015

Route 303 and 302 bus is delayed up to 20 minutes in both directions due to flooding on Kingsford Smith Drive, Eagle Farm.

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[ozbob]

http://translink.com.au/travel-information/service-notices/34251/details

Delays: Route 460

Last updated: 7.01am Friday 23 January 2015

Route 460 bus travelling inbound is delayed for upto 20 minutes due to a traffic incident on Centenary Highway, Jamboree Heights.

[HappyTrainGuy]

Left work late this morning. Going through Aspley at about 7.40-7.50 only to see the 337 being operated by a ultra high capacity bus running about 15 minutes late. Not only do people in Aspley have to put up with poor service frequency they also have to suffer riding on a huge bus that runs late 

[ozbob]

Many bus delays, cancellations continues ... too many to list

>> https://twitter.com/TransLinkSEQ

[SurfRail]

I had a trouble free run last night, we'll see about today and tomorrow though...

[ozbob]

Bus issues continue at a concerning rate .. too many to list ..

>> https://twitter.com/TransLinkSEQ

[ozbob]

http://translink.com.au/travel-information/service-notices/38861/details

12.05pm route 632 westbound bus delayed 70 mins

Last updated: 1.36pm Thursday 5 March 2015

The 12.05pm route 632 westbound bus is delayed 70 minutes due to a mechanical issue. This bus is now due to arrive at King Street near Prince Street, Cooran at 2.20pm.

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[ozbob]

Radio reports of problems with lack of buses after the game at Suncorp last evening ...

Also some feedback that rail substitution services during track closures has been more disorganised than the usual mess ..

[ozbob]

Radio reports of problems with lack of buses after the game at Suncorp last evening ...

Also some feedback that rail substitution services during track closures has been more disorganised than the usual mess ..

4BC Breakfast, Ian & Loretta followup for a comment.  Have bus numbers for events/closures been reduced?  I think they are going to follow up with TransLink.

[ozbob]

Radio reports of problems with lack of buses after the game at Suncorp last evening ...

Also some feedback that rail substitution services during track closures has been more disorganised than the usual mess ..

4BC Breakfast, Ian & Loretta followup for a comment.  Have bus numbers for events/closures been reduced?  I think they are going to follow up with TransLink.

The issue has made Fairfax radio news as well.   

[James]

Not particularly related, but traffic was causing issues on Coro Drive in the PM peak - my 411 was running about 15 minutes late by the time it terminated at UQ... Could have had a flow-on effect with respect to the inbound shuttles. No reason why the outbound ones would be delayed though...

[ozbob]

http://translink.com.au/travel-information/service-notices/39166/details

Over 30 min delays - Eagle Farm, Hamilton & Ascot

Last updated: 4.39pm Friday 6 March 2015

Buses travelling both directions in the Eagle Farm, Hamilton and Ascot areas will experience delays of over 30 minutes due to traffic congestion.

[ozbob]

Bus delays continue ...

This one caught my eye   

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http://translink.com.au/travel-information/service-notices/39541/details

5.45pm route 524 inbound bus cancelled

Last updated: 6.01pm Tuesday 10 March 2015

The 5.45pm route 524 inbound bus is cancelled due to an operational issue. The next inbound route 524 bus departs Redbank Plains Shopping Village, Bellbird Park at 6.15pm.

[ozbob]

Many many bus disruptions this morning ... too many to list ..   

>> https://twitter.com/TransLinkSEQ

[ozbob]

And the bus network starts the daily procession of failure ...

>>  https://twitter.com/TransLinkSEQ

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http://translink.com.au/travel-information/service-notices/39816/details

Delays: Western Freeway, 25 mins

Last updated: 7.42am Thursday 12 March 2015

Buses travelling inbound along the Western Freeway will experience delays of up to 25 minutes due to traffic congestion.

[colinw]

Working in a location only accessible by bus has finally driven me off the system almost completely.

Hit the bus for the first time in weeks today, big mistake. My route 554, due 9:36 at Kuraby Winifred St, was approximately 24 minutes late - departing at 10:00AM.

The MyTransLink app showed service status as normal (green tick), and no notification was pushed.

I've basically given up now, and nearly always commute by car, carpooling with a neighbour who works near me.  The extra hour in my life is most welcome, as is being free of the iron hand of the last service in the evening when I have to work late to align with colleagues in Germany.  It is also rather nice no longer arriving at work or home hot and sweaty after the combined 1.7km walk (700 metres home to stop, 1km stop to work).

After years of pushing back against it, our family now has the 2nd car as well. In the end it was a case of "to hell with my beliefs", the evidence repeatedly showed that when I used public transport I was paying a time and comfort penalty that is increasingly unacceptable. It simply wasn't working for me and the extra time I have since giving up on PT speaks for itself.

Basically,  I came to the conclusion that I simply cannot rely on South East QLD public transport for my normal needs. Consequently I now  only use it on a discretionary basis, and then usually rail.  About the only service anywhere in QLD that actually compares favourably with what I have used in Europe, visiting even relatively minor cities like Braunschweig, Germany, is the G:Link light rail.

The S.E. busway would come close, except it is chaotic in operation, the timetables and PIDs are a work of fiction (due buses fail to appear, get ticked off on the PID, but nothing came - oh and the PIDs don't even bother showing Logan buses like the 555).  But, of course, to use the busway I have to use a pathetically unreliable hourly feeder that dies very early in the evening and is worse on the weekend - so in the car we go, and in the car we stay.

THAT is the reality of SEQ public transport, unless you live on a well serviced railway, the light rail, or near the busway or one of a handful of proper BUZ routes.

[techblitz]

my 5pm inbound 695 was about 7 mins late...no doubt due to traffic congestion around rothwell,kipparing......nevertheless it made up about 5 mins into sandate...and due to good connection gaps(7 mins) still had 2 minutes to get over to platform 2.....correct timetabling is the key in all of this..factoring in vehicle traffic at various hotspots and the routes routing......closely followed by realtime bus tracking with an observant translink....

ps: just taking a look at the 554 routing...this would be a similar route to the 680....hit by multiple traffic hotspots due to school / shopping traffic.....always predictably late certain times (6am-9am,3pm-6pm).....but ontime for others.....if the driver has to do return runs just increases residual delays.....

[ozbob]

Working in a location only accessible by bus has finally driven me off the system almost completely.

Hit the bus for the first time in weeks today, big mistake. My route 554, due 9:36 at Kuraby Winifred St, was approximately 24 minutes late - departing at 10:00AM.

The MyTransLink app showed service status as normal (green tick), and no notification was pushed.

I've basically given up now, and nearly always commute by car, carpooling with a neighbour who works near me.  The extra hour in my life is most welcome, as is being free of the iron hand of the last service in the evening when I have to work late to align with colleagues in Germany.  It is also rather nice no longer arriving at work or home hot and sweaty after the combined 1.7km walk (700 metres home to stop, 1km stop to work).

After years of pushing back against it, our family now has the 2nd car as well. In the end it was a case of "to hell with my beliefs", the evidence repeatedly showed that when I used public transport I was paying a time and comfort penalty that is increasingly unacceptable. It simply wasn't working for me and the extra time I have since giving up on PT speaks for itself.

Basically,  I came to the conclusion that I simply cannot rely on South East QLD public transport for my normal needs. Consequently I now  only use it on a discretionary basis, and then usually rail.  About the only service anywhere in QLD that actually compares favourably with what I have used in Europe, visiting even relatively minor cities like Braunschweig, Germany, is the G:Link light rail.

The S.E. busway would come close, except it is chaotic in operation, the timetables and PIDs are a work of fiction (due buses fail to appear, get ticked off on the PID, but nothing came - oh and the PIDs don't even bother showing Logan buses like the 555).  But, of course, to use the busway I have to use a pathetically unreliable hourly feeder that dies very early in the evening and is worse on the weekend - so in the car we go, and in the car we stay.

THAT is the reality of SEQ public transport, unless you live on a well serviced railway, the light rail, or near the busway or one of a handful of proper BUZ routes.

Clearly, the delays that are being reported are but a 'snapshot'   ...

Potentially, real time data might allow a reasonably accurate assessment of time and service performance, and from that some improvements hopefully.

[HappyTrainGuy]

Saw the 325 leading the 335 this afternoon along Webster Road. Either one bus was running well ahead of schedule or the other was really delayed.

[bcasey]

Saw the 325 leading the 335 this afternoon along Webster Road. Either one bus was running well ahead of schedule or the other was really delayed.

As a regular user of those two services, I can tell you that this isn't a rare occurrence, both inbound in the morning, and outbound in the afternoon.

The 325 that I catch in the afternoon is consistently a few minutes late at Roma Street, presumably because it gets stuck in the CBD congestion. It doesn't do too badly along Kelvin Grove Road, due to the transit lane, but once the transit lane ends, and it has to move over to the right-hand lane after crossing Enoggera Creek, in order to turn into Edmondstone Street, it will typically be stuck in traffic here. It can then be delayed by the railway crossing at Newmarket Station, and depending on how accommodating cars are at the Thomas Street/Days Road intersection, it can be delayed here a minute or two as well. And then it has to deal with congestion along Webster Road, particular when it gets up to Stafford Road, although the 335 also has to contend with this as well.

When I catch the 335 in the Valley after transferring from the train, it typically gets stuck in the afternoon congestion around the Brunswick Street/St Pauls Terrace intersection up until the RBWH, and then gets stuck in the congestion along Newmarket Road (typically caused by cars parked along the road, requiring the traffic to merge into one lane.)

Since I get on/off these services around the Kedron area, I can't really comment too much on the rest of these routes journey out towards Taigum, although they do have some impact on the (un)reliability of the services in the morning. They regularly get caught in the congestion on Webster road/Grange Road, and then the 335 sometimes gets held up by congestion on Newmarket road. 325 usually does ok on Kelvin Grove Road, due to the transit lane, but can get caught up by traffic just before the Normanby entrance to the busway.

This is why I support the RBOT transit network in this area, by cutting the services in two at Chermside, and running a single service at a higher frequency between Chermside and the City, using the Busway from the RBWH to the city, it should make for a much more reliable, and potentially quicker journey, and has several opportunities for transferring to other services, if your destination isn't the CBD.

[HappyTrainGuy]

Translink had the same idea too. 335 became a Chermside-Strathpine Route. 325 became a HF route and continued to the city via the 335 route.

I'm well aware of the 335 delays The 335 outbound has to be one of the worst routes across Brisbane's northside when it comes to on time running. It is constantly and consistently 10 minutes late at the minimum into Chermside. Having it removed from Gympie Road all together would be far better for avoiding delays and gaining potential patronage. There are still other areas to be addressed but the Gympie Road routing should have been changed ages ago and I've been mentioning that for god knows how long now

The way the route should be run vs its current route. The 330 could also have a similar running pattern. For it to work the ped crossing must be removed from the southern side of the intersection.

[techblitz]

335 has a sibling on the southside called the 460