Trains & Buses at Joondalup - Transperth
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- In this video we visit Joondalup; a major station on the Joondalup Line in Perth's northern suburbs. Joondalup is the main urban centre in Perth's northern suburbs; home to many health, commercial, retail, civic, and educational institutions. Joondalup station opened on the 20th December 1992 as the original terminus of the Joondalup Line, which at the time was Perth's first new railway line in over 100 years; marking a resurgence of rail travel in Perth. Joondalup station is situated adjacent to Lakeside Joondalup Shopping Centre; which opened in 1994 and is currently the third largest shopping centre in Perth with over 300 stores.
We start the video at the train station platforms towards the tail end of the morning peak where we see some Transperth B Series EMU's arriving and departing the station. We also see some not in service trains passing through as they head north to the Nowergup depot. Afterwards we head to the bus interchange. Joondalup is served by 18 bus routes with services operated by Swan Transit. Being off-peak the majority of buses we see are Volvo B7RLE's with Volgren 'Optimus' bodies, with the only other buses we see are a Volvo B8RLE and a Volvo B8RLEA articulated bus. However we do see a couple of Volvo BZL's, which are the first electric buses in Perth. Swan Transit operates four of these buses around the area; two on the Joondalup CAT routes, and two others on other routes in the area.
Overall I really like Joondalup station, I visited during my first time in Perth in 2016 and had to return in 2022 for a revisit. The station has an attractive modern design with tall swooping canopies that provide a light and open atmosphere while providing sufficient weather protection (well at least when I was there, it's hard to tell as it wasn't raining but at least I wasn't being attacked by the sun). The station also has good use of materials, a well-sheltered bus interchange that provides easy transfers to train services, has a number of amenities, and is directly adjacent to Lakeside Joondalup Shopping Centre. For these reasons I consider Joondalup to be one of my favourite train stations in Perth.
Date:
October 2022
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Everything is so nice and bright and clean. Makes this humble Victorian a tad envious
We need sheltered platforms like these. Even the new LXRP stations getting built dont have good shelter along the platform!
Now that's a 6x consecutive B-Series thumbnail cover streak! Awesome!
I'll ensure the next Perth video has an A-Series on it.
13:20 You just found my favourite bus!
I like watching this before having a blast from the past and watching this from 6 years ago. Especially comparing the Joondi CATs then and now.
"The next train to Clarkson does not stop at this station." What a strange announcement.
nostalgia. i remember watching all these years ago.
Very nice find with the TP livery BZL! You can tell whether a bus is an Optimus B7RLE or a B8RLE by the height of the rear engine grill. If it extends into the green stripe and has a sloping bottom, it is a B7RLE. If it does not disturb the green stripe, and has a pretty much flat bottom, it is a B8RLE. (there are only FIFTEEN CR228Ls operating in the Joondalup area, all from Wangara depot. No other body types other than those two are in service.)
the left rear window on the B8R is longer than the B7R also
Cheers for the tip; that makes easy sense, I couldn't really tell any external differences between a B7RLE or B8RLE. Will definitely come in handy while editing future videos.
In Melbourne there aren't many Volvo B8RLE's around, only Transit Systems and Northern Transit Holdings have warmed up to them, many operators here prefer Scania chassis.
@@ThebusofdoomFSX Glad I could help! Have any idea why the Melbourne operators don't like B8RLEs?
Here is another tip if you are viewing from the other side: There are two fuel inserts, one for diesel and the other AdBlue, and on a B7RLE, these are next to each other, at the same height, behind the rear wheel. On a B8RLE, the AdBlue is lower than the diesel, and the AdBlue is in front of the rear wheel; diesel behind. If you don't mind providing a way to send photos to you, I can show you visually.
@@ThebusofdoomFSX There are a handful of buses from CDC Melbourne (Oakleigh) that has the Volvo B8RLE's too :)
@@ThebusofdoomFSX B7RLE - taller but narrower radiator grille, filling nozzles adjacent each other on offside both behind rear axle. B8RLE Euro 6 - shorter, wider radiator grille, filling nozzles on offside each on opposite side of rear axle.
Great video!
So there's no metro in Perth
I'm going up to lakeside joondalup on the train from perth underground stn
I am surprised that the windows on most buses aren't tinted.
*Airport Central:* "Rapid transit escalators!"
*Rest of Perth:* "b R o K e N escalators!"
Ha ha ha. Very funny joke at the end.
Although with a station with good design and efficient transit points (as with the case for many Transperth stations), any breakdown or inoperation of infrastructure would have been a total inconvenience to the customer who uses public transport to get around Perth.
What's with 3 cars with longitudinal seating and the other 3 cars with transverse seating. Bizarre to say the least.
They coupling of trains is pretty random, and the newer ones have longitudinal seating, so when coupled to an older one, you essentially have two different trains together. This is why I always stand in the middle of the platform in hope to get into an older train as I like the transverse seating much more.