Tuesday, October 29, 2024

User in Focus - Metro Buses Tasmania


Metro Tasmania, commonly called Metro, is a Tasmanian Government business enterprise, which is the largest bus operator in the state of Tasmania, Australia, with operations in the four largest urban centres of Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie and Ulverstone, which joins the two services in the North West. Services are provided by Metro under a range of urban and non-urban contracts with the Transport Commission, a division within the Department of State Growth.

From a radio point of view, Metro are one of the more active radio users and use a number of frequencies in the UHF band. Each of the three areas of the state have a separate system, which all carries the same radio traffic, so you can just program the frequency as shown below for the site closest to you. 

South
464.175MHz - Fire Tower MT FAULKNER TAS 7140 
464.225MHz - Barker Site (West) GUY FAWKES HILL TAS 7170 

North
464.275MHz - Tasmanian Electronics Site ABELS HILL TAS 7250
464.375MHz - Freelands Lookout TREVALLYN TAS 7250

North West
464.175MHz - Council Community Site ROUND HILL TAS 7320
464.2MHz - Container Near TV Translator Site KELCEY TIER TAS 7310
464.225MHz - Commercial Site SULLOCKS HILL TAS 7316

Base is always referred to as "base". 
Buses are normally called by bus number (213 to base), route (Driver of route 112 inbound) or general calls (All operators, please note barn 3 is closed."





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