Adelaide O-Bahn (2018)

Buses on rails in Adelaide, South Australia, The O-Bahn Busway a guided busway from the city to the suburbs.

[@mandybarlow]

I love our O’Bahn … I’m a lucky commuter that relies on this service to get into town (work). It’s so fast and easy … no traffic, no stress 😎

[@valhallascorner8563]

Whats going to happen when all those concrete blocks start to degrade in 20 years and they need to shut down every other week to do repairs, what then?

[@mandybarlow]

Hi @@valhallascorner8563 I don’t know how things work in your part of the world. In Australia, major infrastructure maintenance is highly efficient. Regular engineering checks and upgrades are done seamlessly. All our major transport roadways/corridors 👍

[@kwv4865]

Shhh don't mention repairs needed on infrastructures for motor vehicles that needs to be shut down I say less than 20 years and shut down for weeks and months at a time?

[@stuz32]

I had no idea we had this in Australia, pretty sweet!

[@ixnayOnTheOilerSpray]

The sound produced by the bus, seems higher on concrete, than on the regular road

[@franceskinskij]

have been to Adelaide three times, the last of which was 10 years ago, going back there next year, had no idea this existed at all until 2 years ago. If I'm going back there I'm checking this one out for sure

[@danielschwitzky2000]

Imagine an electric bus being charged in this lane. May never need to stop to recharge

[@patana256]

Sir, thats just a tram

[@xanid]

@@patana256 or a cable bus

[@__Mr.Long__]

Putting inefficient batteries on big things like busses is the STUPIDEST IDEA EVER, considering cable busses exist with near 100% efficiency

[@percy832]

@@__Mr.Long__ Yes but a cable bus can only go on the cable track. An electric bus is more flexible.

[@__Mr.Long__]

@@percy832 except that hybrids exist Cable bus on a fixed route. Detour? No problem. Batteries engaged.

[@mistagrove4349]

one of the best kiwi narrators i've heard 🤣

[@paulsz6194]

Sweet as broe...😉

[@franzfernandes617]

I had been on this bus ride in 2018 and enjoyed it a lot

[@Rheilffordd]

I have just discovered this video and your channel, and really enjoyed it! Absolutely impressed by your professional production values as well! I have subscribed, and hope to see more content from you in time to come. Cheers from Adelaide!

[@mandybarlow]

I agree. Great journalist 👍

[@grendel_nz]

I went on that on my first visit there. My first guided busway :) back in 2001?

[@maheshpatnaik1223]

But why .? Why not build a road instead

[@fredbruno]

This helps against traffic and congestion. It's a good design. In and off with no issues the schedule is always on time.

[@Moccalocca100]

@@fredbrunoThis is still retarded😂 in the Netherlands you have bus lanes that only buses are allowed to ride on. No reason to make a “bus rail way”. Doesnt make sense and waste of money

[@user-Mac-e9e]

To avoid traffic and to save time

[@johnmclaren7059]

As a 35 year transit driver in Vancouver Canada it’s a very unique concept but I prefer an open lane to drive in ! 🇨🇦👍

[@jryde421]

Why the hell isn't this regular for busses?

[@pppp-jf5cs]

Interesting idea. Pity about the thudding beat in the background.

[@FREENAMEFTW]

Thats pretty cool! But I dont get how the buses helped to rejuvenate the river?

[@TheTurbulant]

Before the O'Bahn was built the river was a waste land and people were illegally dumping rubbish plus other litter polluting the water way and was an unsightly mess, when construction started it was cleaned up and turned into a linear park that many enjoy today.

[@thetrainman548]

Amazing video! Would is be ok to use little clips of this in my O-Bahn video? Credit would be given :)

[@slpnzrail]

Use the contact email on our website to discuss licensing fees and for stock footage purchases

[@bhupeshsharma7418]

No needs to hold steering?? Can someone describe technical points??

[@shoticko]

Whats the point of this though?

[@rubecube5218]

Why not build a tram?

[@aaronspargo4222]

What the bloody hell did I just stumble upon

[@enfant-soleil]

a bussy

[@goannaj3243]

My cousin used to lie in the tracks as a teen, he's 50 now. Never did that and seems stupid now, but coins on train track while in the bridge inches from the track, was fun at the time.

[@hrutikbhalerao]

Wow

[@pinkpolice266]

Whats the point, why not just make a regular road?

[@patcom1013]

Lack of traffic to contend with, therefore higher throughput in passenger numbers.

[@theploeg]

@@patcom1013that doesn’t explain the track. We also have designated roads and divided lanes for just buses, but what is the benefit of the track?

[@patcom1013]

Here's another explainer, with more facts. I'm not even Australian but think the O'Bahn is great. The cost savings alone are very impressive, as detailed in this vid: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3KYc3aYpNuFb9U

[@fuyoke]

真.類火車

[@matthewchang6263]

Why can’t we load our cars onto theses buses

[@owilliams1031]

You mean trucks?

[@matthewrussell3376]

Funny name grand junction road.

[@james124___2]

Reason the road is name to grand Junction Road is that five rows connect at one Junction

[@james124___2]

Five roads connect at one Junction

[@seanmoriarty2]

Just saw some muppet drove his car onto it! Came here to find out about it

[@sovetski8893]

Its a "Brain"😂

[@swebigmac100]

Seems like a noisy system... any complaints from the neighbours?

[@TheTurbulant]

Anyone complaining would be like moving next to an airport, people will laugh at them, track has been there longer than most people living near it or building next to it.

[@michaeleverett1479]

@@TheTurbulant, The O'bahn busway should be replaced with steel wheeled trains/ heavy rail.

[@TheTurbulant]

@@michaeleverett1479 way to late for that, very popular with commuter's, government data, operating cost per passenger km, O'Bahn $0.39, road bus $0.48, light rail (tram) $0.61, heavy trunked rail $0.53 with the Belair line being the most expensive to operate at $0.81 and the Gawler line the cheapest to operate at $0.48.

[@michaeleverett1479]

@@TheTurbulant, Where did you find that data from?? Can you also find Adelaide's public transport data on the subsidy per passenger, operating costs, etc maintenance costs, distance passenger travels, number of transfers and etc. Also, the average occupancy (load factor) of public transport systems are not well published. It would be nice if you were able to have a complete dataset of Adelaide public transport and compare it to other Australian cities and other cities around the world.

[@michaeleverett1479]

@@TheTurbulant, I strongly disagree with you about keeping the O'bahn. The O'bahn guided busway is running far too many buses an hour (60 - 70 buses per hour with 20 different bus lines) during the peak hours on Grenfell to Currie Street which contributes to massive road congestion in Adelaide CBD. The roadway surface on Grenfell to Currie Street is heavily deteriorated due to heavy bus traffic and that bus lane requires urgent repair. There's so much passenger demand on the O'bahn guided busway, even biarticulated buses like those in Bogota and Curitiba won't meet the demand permanently. The O'bahn must be converted to a steel wheeled metro system (electrified third rail) to future proof capacity and allow buses to serve the eastern suburbs rather than Adelaide CBD. Removing excess infrequent O'bahn buses (branched bus lines) out of Adelaide's CBD will substantially increase overall system capacity, average occupancy and improve patronage. A highly branched nature of the O'bahn busway has low frequency due to branched bus lines while being a capacity bottleneck in Adelaide's CBD. Even if the O'bahn had one bus line from Grenfell Street to TTP operating at a high frequency of 60 seconds for all stations with normal 12 m buses and 18 m articulated buses, then bus bunching in the Adelaide city and the busway stations will be a highly frequent problem.

[@garynewton1263]

Change it to a Railway to Greenwith. Buses don't carry the number of passengers trains do. Its not rocket science.

[@garynewton1263]

@Leo WRONG. This O bahn thing is perfect for a train line. Adelaide doesn't have a train service in the North Eastern suburbs. It needs one other wise why don't you just close the Gawler, Seaford, Grange, Outer Harbor & Belair lines and replace them with O bahn's you ignorant dopey fuckwit. Fuck your buses up your cock-fucked bum!

[@haroldomiyaura912]

awesome idea

[@psbose1]

Is it the South Aussie Accent, or just another Kiwi "obsessed " with sex/six. No idea how to pronounce the vowels ;)

[@slpnzrail]

Our schools aren’t that good here in NZ haha