General - Wellington (Part 3)

[ka9102]

queensgate! photo: edward law

[ka9102]

airport flyer promoting airbus

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ex-wiri 609 and 1702 at waterloo depot

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ncs 641 new rego

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[BUSPORN]

Great photos, many thanx for sharing.

[ka9102]

1311,1312,1315 have been repainted in purple,1311,1315 are based at waterloo,1312 is temporarily allocated to upper hutt.

[ka9102]

valleyflyer 63,65,71,75 have been towed to the knacks yard in seaview.

[ka9102]

1317 is the only 1300s left at gowellington!

the pair of volvo b10ms(25,26) are being prepared for relocating to another depot..

rumours are that gowellington will receive another 40 ADLs!!!!!sounds insane but that would certainly give them a new flexibility in route planning/tendering.

15 gowellington MAN 600s are to be relocated to valleyflyer to allow the retirement of merc buzzy bombs...

[ka9102]

4262 GZW 687

[ka9102]

gowellington 645 at turners auctions,seaview,lower hutt. it will be listed as adamaged vehicle but the reserve price is yet unknown.

645 is the 2nd wheelchair bus introduced in nz

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the site is adjacent to the knackers yard used by nzbus forstoring their retired vehicles.

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[ka9102]

645 has been sold,period.....

[stadt80]

Five Go Wellington Buses have been destroyed in an overnight fire at the Karori Depot, looks like most of them were ADL's

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/9411371 ... gton-buses

[stadt80]

Updated News report including video...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/9411371 ... gton-buses

[stadt80]

Reports coming through are that the destroyed Buses are - ADL's 4189,4250 and MAN 17.223 - 2481

The two Buses to be assessed for repair are- MAN 18.280 - 2601 and ADL - 4181

More video footage -

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/artic ... d=11159171

[stadt80]

Mana ADL's #178 & #179 have been transferred to Howick & Eastern Buses until their new ADL's start arriving late February / early March and will be assigned to School Bus duties.
Both H&E and Mana will receive a batch of 15 ADL's this year ( each ). H&E to have ZF gearboxes fitted and Mana Voith instead of Allison.

Mana Volvo #114 will also be making the journey north to H&E once it's motor has been refitted after a rebuild.

[Mr OC Benz]

Oh thank god they've decided to stray away from the Allison, they might be a bit more decent with the ZF and Voith. Were the previous E200s delivered to H&E and Mana all with Allisons?

[stadt80]

Yes, they are all Allisons

[stadt80]

Mana ADL's #178 & #179 have been transferred to Howick & Eastern Buses until their new ADL's start arriving late February / early March and will be assigned to School Bus duties.
Both H&E and Mana will receive a batch of 15 ADL's this year ( each ). H&E to have ZF gearboxes fitted and Mana Voith instead of Allison.

Mana Volvo #114 will also be making the journey north to H&E once it's motor has been refitted after a rebuild.

Mana #114 will not be ready until another two weeks so another ADL ( #176 ) made the journey north to H&E over the weekend and was used on a MOE School run from Clevedon to Howick College today.

[The King]

Spotted a 2400 (possibly #2494) painted in full Airport Flyer livery :O

Anyone know the reason behind this? Is there a problem with the 2500 fleet?

[The King]

Update: it is 2490 that's been repainted and fitted with airport flyer style leather seats

[ka9102]

1201 has been sold.....

[stadt80]

18 x 500 series Buses in total will be transferred from Waka Pacific to Runcimans.

[awatea36]

Hi People, doe's anyone know what is happening with the trolley's in Wellington?
All I've heard in OZ, is the stop work meeting had a great vote in favour of keeping them.

[O305]

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New livery for Mana & Newlands?

[BroadGauge]

4x 2-car withdrawn Ganz units are now stored at Upper Hutt.