Re: Sydney Light Rail - March 2001

["Ted Gay" <tedgay@bigpond.com>]

"Matthew Geier" <matthew@mail.usyd.edu.au> wrote in message
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> In March Holden 'lost' 2101 to Renault, another car manufacture. 2101 is
> now mostly silver with full colour pictures of Renault cars along the
> sides and a large Renault logo on each side that runs from floor to roof.
>
>  I also noticed when riding to Pyrmont Bay from Central a couple of weeks
back
> large posters proclaiming that their combined tram/monorail weekly ticket
has
> been reduced from $36 to $28.
>  Whether this is enough to entice the bridge walking commuters to use the
> monorail to complete their journeys remains to be seen. (I assume its the
> Western Extension commuters that get off before the fair section between
> Pyrmont Bay and Convention stations and walk into town that this is
targeted
> at).
>
> Pictures at
>
http://www.sleeper.apana.org.au/railway/slr/images/Operations/2001_03_March/
>
Returned from two weeks holidays today.  Found Tram 2101 in the new colours
as described by Matthew above.  Was allocated this tram and after preping
entered service approx. 06:30 and drove this vehicle until crib-break.
Since Matthew's visit on 31/03/01, LRV 2103, formerly 'Yellow Pages', has
been made-over to 'Mobil Synergy'.  The colours are lime green at one end,
at the other end purple.

A trial commenced today whereby only 5 trams will be in service, in lieu of
6, from Monday to Thursday.

It is rumoured that ownership of the Monothingy will change, details at a
later date.

Ted