The Logan ones can be tracked fairly thanks to Clarks posting every morning on Facebook (the cancelled routes are often the same ones day in and day out). That said, I have a suspicion that there are additional services being cancelled (or running extremely late) beyond those stated in the posts.
Waits of 15-20 minutes for an express service from Loganholme are becoming commonplace…
That would be good @rowangray, thanks. I had set up at one stage an elaborate algorithm based on twitter hashtags, so I could determine regions and causes of disruptions. But Translink were so sloppy and unreliable with their hash tag use that I had to give it a miss in the end. Just screening the X posts for ‘staff availability’ to produce a daily total should be well within your skills (better maybe GTFS). The hash tags for the regions is probably better now as they have a different mob doing it to when I developed my algorithms. So hash tag for region and a search for the string ‘staff availability’ and variations on that string should be reasonably robust I think now.
Example of a Translink X post: ‘The 3:42pm route 250 to Redland Bay Marina are cancelled due to staff availability.’ xxxxx #TLAlert #TL200s
One thing we should absolutely nudge translink for is for them to actually mark services as cancelled or altered in the GTFS-RT system as a way to get a good sense of what’s actually happening with the system as a whole.
A few months ago I talked with NextThere developers and they managed to create a hacky way to link cancellation notices to their actual services but it doesn’t really work for trains due to the fact that TL treats train runs as two separate services (UP to Central and DOWN from Central).
Don’t you think it may also require some additional (bus) driver training as I don’t think most know how to use the system to its full potential.
I’m not particularly sure that the driver can mark a service as cancelled by themselves. I thought that was a TL task after being advised by the delivery operator?
Still: we need translink to use the GTFS-RT system to its full potential in a similar way to what Transport for NSW does.
I’m confident traincrew have nothing to do with this.
I really wish they got the feed working in a way that doesn’t produce stupid outcomes like having a separate marker for every variation of a particular service. I don’t need to see “VLBD”, “VLBN”, “VLBR” or “VLDB”. As a passenger, I only need to know it is an inbound Gold Coast train, and where it goes after passing Central. In particular I don’t need to see a purple line marker all the way to Varsity at all times, just because 2 peak hour services terminate there in the AM on weekdays.
The 3:02pm and 4:02pm route 512 to RiverLink Shopping Centre are cancelled due to staff availability.
https://x.com/Translink_QLD/status/1924675437717835791
If you want to see a list of the current service cancellations due to ’ staff availability ’ type this in the X seach (explore) field.
from:translink_qld staff availability
I forwarded this on to an Ipswich journalist who is currently writing an article on the frequent service cancellations. It is a sad state of affairs for sure.
Thanks. The situation re lack of drivers is impacting severely in a number of jurisdictions. I would have hoped that there would have been some improvement by now, but there hasn’t.
This is a key factor in why a Bus Led future is not plausible. The inefficiencies are just too high to overcome even before this reality is added.
A large issue is that Brisbane City Council simply pays so much better for drivers due to the power of their union that it makes it difficult for other operators to maintain drivers.
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Multiple route 200 services travelling in both directions have been cancelled due to staff availability.
https://translink.com.au/updates/772036
Multiple route 200 services travelling in both directions have been cancelled due to staff availability.
Departing Breakwater ferry terminal:
Departing Kelso:
It maybe that but they have a larger fleet and workforce that can move people around without too many disruptions or cancellations. Apparently route 60 has the highest cancellations of services per week followed by other services.
I haven’t been able to look too closely at the changes from my phone but some northside stop rationalisation coming up.
From Monday 2 June, the following stops in Chermside, Kedron, McDowall and Stafford Heights will be permanently closed to improve service reliability.
If you travel on routes 336, 337, 354, 359, 375 or school services, please use the alternative stops shown below.
Seems the new Minister is actually talking and listening to Translink.. Sally as DG would help too!!
It does seem like positive changes are coming thick and fast under Brent Mickelberg. I imagine that a lot, if not all, of these same changes would have been forthcoming regardless of the outcome of the last election, but it certainly gives off the appearance of improvements coming from the LNP.
Credit where credit’s due right?
