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Last Updated Tuesday, January 08, 2008

11.220/ANSAIR "ORANA" DISPOSAL LIST

BUS DISPOSAL INFO
Note: 3668 - 3685 are still in STA service. (except 3678)
FLEET No. PRIVATE THE BELOW INFORMATION IS OR WAS CORRECT TO BESTOF MY KNOWLEDGE
GOV. PRIV REGO CURRENT STATUS-PREVIOUS REGO'S AND OPERATORS-FURTHER NOTES
3662 5604 650 IHO Sunbus[9/04-],Sunshine Coast Qld.
3663 5605 651 IHO Sunbus, Garden City, Toowoomba, ex Sunbus[9/04-],Sunshine Coast Qld.
3664 32 u/r Carbridge[12/04-],Mascot N.S.W.-(mascot airport shuttles)
3665 - 845 INB Sunbus, Toowoomba, ex (5607) 652.IHO Sunbus[9/04-],Sunshine Coast Qld.
3666 - XAA 149 Holiday Wonders of Australia[1/04-],S.A.-(Glenelg Sightseeing Tour)
3667 - 019 DTN Trans North[6/04-],Innisfail Qld.
3678 - Scrapped STA,Newcastle N.S.W.
3686 - 326 IJR Sunbus, Toowoomba, ex 326 IJR, Sunbus[11/04-],Sunshine Coast Qld.
3687 - 327 IJR Sunbus, Toowoomba, ex 327 IJR, Sunbus[11/04-],Sunshine Coast Qld.
3688 - 653 IHO Sunbus, Toowoomba, ex (5606) 653.IHO Sunbus[9/04-],Sunshine Coast Qld.
3689 5603 328 IJR Sunbus, Garden City, Toowoomba, ex Sunbus[11/04-],Sunshine Coast Qld.
3690 90 BYH 546 Passenger Transport Group/Invercargill Passenger Transport[2/04-], Invercargill N.Z.
3691 70 BYH 545 Passenger Transport Group/Invercargill Passenger Transport[2/04-], Invercargill N.Z.

STA of NSW MAN 11.220/ANSAIR "ORANA" INFORMATION

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SOME ORIGINAL SPEC'S WHEN NEW
Chassis: MAN 11.220 HOCL/R NM
Engine: MAN rear mounted diesel.
Engine Output: ?
Gearbox: ZF-5HP500
Body: Ansair "Orana" built at Tullamarine, Victoria. (were any later units AP badged?)
Length: 9.9 meters with 4.9 meter wheelbase.
Configuration: B32D = Front and centre doors with 32 bus seats. (stand 14 - No Wheelchair access)
Doors: Front & Centre 2 leaf glide-away doors.
Windows: Bonded windows.
Ventilation: Coachair airconditioning.
Destination Display: Alcatel dot matrix displays front, near side and route number on rear.
GOVERNMENT SERVICE NOTES
Minister for Transport, Mr. Brian Langton handed the first of these buses over to Hamilton depot on Thursday 8th August 1996. These buses being the first new buses delivered for permanent allocation to Newcastle services since Mercedes Benz Mk4 unit 2984 in December 1986. It's also believed this is the first time a bus type delivered to Newcastle has neither been trialled in Sydney or seen service in Sydney first. The first (3662) arrived in Newcastle on Friday 26th July 1996. 3662 - 3664 were available for the hand over ceremony. 3686 - 3691 were not delivered to Newcastle. These were delivered to North Sydney mostly for inner wharf services. Later on, 3690 and 3691 were allocated to Ryde depot for Parramatta Explorer services.
Note that many of the delivery dates shown below is the time of delivery to STA Technical Services at North Sydney depot. Although 3663 and 3664 were delivered to Port Botany before the Technical Services section moved to North Sydney depot. The buses delivered to Newcastle soon after, the transfer dates to Newcastle are not shown. 3674 was used on 8/11/96 and 3690 was used on 20/12/96 both on short HCVA tours prior to transfer to Newcastle.
3664, 3688, 3689 and one of the Mona Vale units were sent to Kingsgrove to operate a shuttle service on Cooks River Bridge during a temporary load limit 8-10/5/2002
All units were refurbished and repainted at Col McGraths during 2002 - 2003
PRIVATE SERVICE NOTES
Most units once sold to private operators have had small or major cosmetical and/or mechanical changes made.
A note about this page….
THIS INFORMATION IS OR WAS CORRECT TO BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. The use of dates on the disposal information shown in [] should only be used as a guide. Some are the based on facts, others on sightings. Many are estimates. These dates are to show how long a bus has roughly spent with an operator. Not how long they used it or stored it prior or after service etc. Example - A bus shown with an operator for 8 years may have only operated for 5 years and spent 3 years in storage etc. Dealer and sales agents are not shown in most cases due to many being consignments etc. 
CHASSIS & BODY NUMBERS & DATES - SERVICE DATES & GOVERNMENT DEPOT HISTORY
NOTE: All chassis numbers start with 6AB7520 followed by as listed - Example bus 3662 = 6AB7520398MX00632
BUS CHASSIS BODY BODY DELIVERY DEPOTS DATE LAST Do you have further info for this section?  Please email.
No. NUMBER No. DATE DATE DEPOT WORKED WITHDRAWN DEPOT MISCELLANEOUS HISTORIC INFORMATION 
3662 398MX00632 2771 5/96 7/96 NC NC,V 9/04 -  
3663 399MX00633 2772 5/96 7/96 NC NC,V 9/04 -  
3664 400MX00634 2773 5/96 7/96 NC NC,V,K,V, 12/04 V Was to be used by the Integrated Ticketing Project for use as a demonstration bus around 3/04-12/04. Sold before trial took place.
3665 401MX00635 2774 6/96 8/96 NC NC,F 9/04 -  
3666 402MX00636 2775 6/96 10/96 NC NC,F - -  
3667 403MX00637 2776 7/96 8/96 NC NC,F - -  
3668 418MX00638 2777 7/96 9/96 NC NC - -  
3669 419MX00639 2778 7/96 9/96 NC NC - -  
3670 420MX00640 2779 7/96 9/96 NC NC - -  
3671 421MX00641 2780 8/96 9/96 NC NC - -  
3672 422MX00642 2781 8/96 10/96 NC NC - -  
3673 423MX00643 2782 8/96 10/96 NC NC - -  
3674 436MX00705 2783 9/96 11/96 NC NC - -  
3675 437MX00706 2784 9/96 11/96 NC NC - -  
3676 438MX00707 2785 9/96 11/96 NC NC - -  
3677 439MX00708 2786 9/96 11/96 NC NC - -  
3678 440MX00709 2787 10/96 12/96 NC NC, 9/05 NC Burnt out while running special 22/9/05. Scrapped for parts 11/05.
3679 441MX00710 2788 10/96 12/96 NC NC - -  
3680 446MX00725 2789 10/96 12/96 NC NC - -  
3681 447MX00726 2790 10/96 2/97 NC NC - -  
3682 448MX00727 2791 11/96 2/97 NC NC - -  
3683 449MX00728 2792 11/96 2/97 NC NC - -  
3684 450MX00729 2793 12/96 2/97 NC NC - -  
3685 451MX00796 2794 12/96 2/97 NC NC - -  
3686 479MX00797 2795 1/97 2/97 NS NS 11/04 NS  
3687 480MX00798 2796 2/97 3/97 NS NS 11/04 NS  
3688 481MX00799 2797 2/97 3/97 NS NS,K,NS 11/04 NS  
3689 482MX00800 2798 2/97 4/97 NS NS,K,NS 9/04 NS  
3690 483MX00801 2799 3/97 5/97 NS NS,Y,NC,F 8/03 NC Was painted Yellow & Blue for Parramatta Explorer.
3691 484MX00802 2800 3/97 6/97 NS NS,Y,NC,F 8/03 NC  

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