Talk:Buses in Sydney

message: My afd nomination seems to have stirred up a hornets nest, but as I've stated over there Wikipedia should provide insight and knowledge, and not just indiscriminate information. I think a good strategy for articles on Buses in Sydney would be:
*Delete the nominated articles
*Expand this article so that is includes:
**More historical information
**A discussion on the importance of bus transport in Sydney
**Some patronage information (current and historical)
**Information about regulation and political issues
**Detailed information on all routes is not needed. It isn't important that the 316 runs every 30 minutes, or that 132 (and 133) travels between Manly Wharf and Warringah Mall. Some current route information is useful though, such as a description of the suburbs serviced and the main corridors (eg Military Rd, Anzac Pde). A link to www.131500.info should be prominent so that readers who need timetable information can find it.
**References for the above
*As this article becomes large, split it into smaller articles, either:
**Articles covering specific knowledge for the whole of Sydney (eg Regulation of buses in Sydney), or
**Geographic specific articles (eg Buses in Sydney's eastern suburbs) that cover local bus history, the importance of buses in that area, and general information on routes. Possibly articles that also cover trams, trains and ferrys (eg Public transport in Sydney's eastern suburbs) would be better for these though.
Think about the kind of article that could make a featured article, and what it would contain. It certainly wouldn't just be a list of bus routes.
I'll do some research, and help out on expanding this article. What do others think about these ideas? What do others think should be included in articles on Sydney's buses?--Mako 02:06, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with both points. Out of curiosity, does anyone know when the current numbering system started being used? Photos of buses prior to the 1950s don't seem to use the current system:    . But by the 1960s the current scheme seemed to be used:   -- Mako 04:39, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Most of the routes in the 1950s were pure replacements for the tram lines that were being removed, so they followed the tram lines and therefore (as was the convention with the tramways), did not carry route numbers. By the early 1960's when all tram lines had been removed, this situation became untenable and the current route numbering system came into play, at least amongst the government run areas. I can't vouch for the private company areas- they seemed to just do what they liked with route numbers until the early 1990's when the private company areas were reorganised into the current 3 digit route number system. Quaidy 21:37, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Bus route articles

message: Is there a non-OR source for
:STA generally operates services in Sydney's east, north and part of the southern suburbs, a legacy of the former tram network, most of which was replaced by the current bus network in the late 1950s.
I am wanting to refer to this same information on the Circular Quay article.
This article is sadly lacking in non-primary sources so it is currently OR.
Garrie 04:22, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: With no references, the entire article probably needs to be regarded as OR. I think a lot of the historical info on the Sydney public transport articles is from railpage.org.au, I'm not sure of its reliability as a secondary source, but it does list some books etc that would make good sources. Anyway, STA buses do cover all of the tram routes out of Circular Quay, though they probably don't all follow exactly the same route as the trams did. And of course not every STA bus route follows an old tram route. -- Mako 05:05, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: For a quick example, T-Ways.Garrie 05:04, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think its a fairly well established fact that the area that the STA bus network covers is the area that the tram network formerly covered, as most of the bus routes were direct replacements of the tram lines as they progressively closed. Of course, the route network expanded and the routes themselves were altered over the 50 years since the trams were replaced. But the point is that it is the main reason taht the STA essentailly does not operate in any graet density in areas further west than they do, apart from recent additions such as the TWay. It is hard to find online references for such information.203.10.55.11 05:28, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You're still misreading the concept of original research, Garrie. Unsourced doth not equal OR. A better course of action would be to, if the statement is actually disputed (as opposed to disputing for the sake of disputing), actually look at some offline sources. Rebecca 00:46, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Claim that Tram Routes = Bus Routes 

message: This page is ideal for covering bus company names, the regulatory framework and the general role of buses in the Sydney public transport network. The information on the individual routes, and the infrastructure that serves them, is better delegates to more region-specific pages. Joestella 10:26, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: * I disagree- I believe that the route number information was very well packaged and subtley presented on this one page. Quaidy 21:29, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

text: I'm actually with Quaidy on that one - the 100 series bus routes are a fairly arbitrary concept for an article, as was the case with your merged ferry articles, and some of your proposed expansions above. Rebecca 00:49, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
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message: "Most services are provided under a service contract between the operator and Transport for NSW."
Which services are not contract services? Does Transport for NSW directly own/operate any bus service in Sydney? It'd be nice to see this definitively said somewhere in the article. This may seem unimportant for people use to this kind of setup, but in the United States, for instance, this setup is highly unusual, where local governments - or companies owned by them - own and operate local and commuter bus services. Criticalthinker (talk) 10:04, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: This sentence is from pre-2022 when State Transit still existed. Clearly, that is no longer a case, so I have updated the statement. Marcnut1996 (talk) 22:41, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Wait, so a public agency did operate bus service in Sydney? Between which years was this? Also, though supervised/overseen by the state, would this be considered privatization or something in between that an public operation? I'm not ever sure how to describe the structure of this kind of setup, which is very similar to how transit is often done in England. In the U.S., if anything is contracted out to private companies, it's usually ancillary transit operations such as paratransit, though there are a few large systems whose entire operations are outsourced. Criticalthinker (talk) 10:03, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  State Transit (and predecessors) operated bus services since the start of buses until 2022. To my understanding, it is a government agency but the state government does not directly manage the bus operations, the day-to-day operations, maintenance and human resources are left with the State Transit management who are hired by the state government. Since the Sydney Metropolitan Bus Service Contracts in 2005, the state government (through its transport department) is responsible for route planning, timetabling, fares (since 2010) and bus livery (also since 2010) for all bus operations in Sydney, regardless whether they are operated by privately-owned companies or State Transit. This means there is no real difference in operations between State Transit and the privately-owned bus companies. State Transit's operations were "privatised" in 2021–2022 to other companies, which meant change in management of the day-to-day operations, but otherwise all bus network planning remains with Transport for NSW. Marcnut1996 (talk) 00:24, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contracts