Comments on: Photographing the same bus, different place

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 00:04:05 +0000

In reply to Daniel.

The rail replacement bus was surprisingly quick to get from South Yarra to Richmond – I hardly beat it.

But the route 216 bus from Footscray was much slower – I spent 15 minutes dilly-dallying about on top of the train trip before I saw it again.

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 23:59:10 +0000

In reply to Andrew.

Quite accidental – I didn’t notice it was the same bus until I looked over the photos at home. 😛

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 23:58:37 +0000

In reply to D. Payne.

I’ve done the same thing on route 57 a few times – if I missed the outbound tram on Elizabeth Street it the following route 59 tram would often overtake it by Flemington Road, because it doesn’t take the deviation via North Melbourne.

By: D. Payne

D. Payne — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 10:09:13 +0000

I have occasionally missed a bus, travelled a different way and seen or caught it further on the route. More often I’ve caught buses somewhere and then the same driver (& presumably bus) on the way back or further on. At least once I recovered a missing item that way, but they were deliberate attempts to catch the same bus.

A lot of improbable things seem to happen to me, but of course I notice them and don’t recall the times nothing seemed odd.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 11:40:46 +0000

Pretty amazing coincidences. Who was stalking whom?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 21:59:31 +0000

And what are the odds of those buses being as fast as trains?!?