NZ Bus sells North Bus to Ritchies

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NZ Bus sells North Bus to Ritchies

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Confirmed today that NZ Bus has sold North Bus ( Whangarei ) to Ritchies
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Wonder if it is a immediate effect and whether all the buses based up there will be transferred and renumbered?
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Northbus #438 designline bodied Mitsubishi FK458J was at the Ritchies bodyshop in Swanson on Friday. Being prepared for repaint.
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Northbus #1105 CWI bodied M.A.N SL243 was being used in Swanson on School service on Friday.
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Cordes Express wrote:Northbus #1105 CWI bodied M.A.N SL243 was being used in Swanson on School service on Friday.
has it got a new fleet number?
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Not yet... Haven't seen it for a while. It may be hiding in the panel shop. Had a nasty shunt on the bootlid...
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Looks like they kept The Whangarei City Link Livery but added a Ritchies logo NEX style
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One by one, they are sending them to their Panel & Paint shop in Swanson to repaint into Ritchies colours...
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