Cross City J1 Bus Greater Adelaide in early morning September 2023 video

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Dear Premier Below is a a link to a recently released video Cross City J1 Bus Greater Adelaide in early morning September 2023 video Passengers departing from Adelaide International Airport are required to arrive at the Terminal at 03:30 am for their 06:00 departures. Currently the first J1, Cross-City, bus arrives at 04:56. This is far too late to be of any use to those passengers. Many airport workers would benefit with a 03:00 am arrival for the J1 Bus. It is suggested buses should be scheduled in the early morning, 7 days a week. The J1 Bus also currently visits the Health Precinct around the Lyell McEwen Hospita (LMH) & interfaces with the Gawler Line at Elizabeth Interchange. It is suggested the route for the J1 within the City Square Mile should divert at Pultney Street to run along North Terrace. This would all all train passengers to use a bus stop at Adelaide Railway Station. The J1 could then continue along North Terrace to the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH). This would help patients, visitors and staff who go and depart from the RAH at all hours of the day and night. A small diversion of the J! route at Modbury would allow similar benefits for the patients, visitors and staff at Modbury Hospital (MH). Regards Neil Hamilton Address supplied

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The Hon Tom Koutsantonis MP Government of South Australia Minister for infrastructure and Transport Minister for Energy and Mining Mr Neil Hamilton Dear Mr Hamilton Thank you for your emails dated 9 August and 14 September 2023, to the Premier, the Hon Peter Malinauskas MP, and myself about the route Jl J7 and J8 bus services to the Adelaide Airport. As the matter you have raised falls within my portfolio responsibilities as Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, the Premier has asked that I respond on his behalf. I appreciate the time you have taken to provide feedback on timetables and I acknowledge that there may not always be inconvenient scheduling between buses and aircraft arriving or departing. Notwithstanding, asked the Department for Infrastructure and Transport (the Department) for advice. The Department acknowledges the benefits some passengers would receive by introducing additional operating hours on these bus services, however, this would require additional resourcing or the reallocation of funding from other bus routes across the network. This cannot be justified at this time due to the low patronage demand experienced on these services I am advised that given the variable times that planes arrive and depart from the airport, it is difficult to provide a bespoke service to all potential travellers. As you are aware, there are also J1 and J2 bus services, which also provide services to the Adelaide Airport stop for South Australians travelling from the northern and north-eastern suburbs. As you can appreciate, the service planning process involves designing a bus network which benefits the maximum amount of people with resources allocated where they are most needed. Thank you once again for your interest in public transport services. Yours sincerely Signed 22 / September /2023