Airport Buses - 1982 Style!

Moderator: Busnerd

Forum rules
  • A topic icon must be used with the thread title of all threads.
  • No more than 10 photos per post with a maximum of 50 in any one page in a thread.
  • Maximum photo width 1000 pixels.
  • For full photo rules and how to attach photos see viewtopic.php?f=10&t=28459
  • Thank you :)
Post Reply
User avatar
Ryan
Posts: 490
Joined: Thu Apr 08, 2004 1:27 pm
Favourite Vehicle: PR180.2 Mk1
Location: Canberra
Contact:

Airport Buses - 1982 Style!

Post by Ryan »

New to ACT Bus Gallery is this pamphlet for the City to Airport Shuttle Buses, from 1982.

Image

Also interesting to note the absence of New Parliament House!

Enlargement and other page can be found here
Get on Board - http://www.actbus.net - Canberra's Transport Enthusiast Website
• Website • Forum • ACTION Fleet Wiki • Gallery • Retired ACT Transport Employees Club •
User avatar
DarrenH
Posts: 3772
Joined: Mon Dec 19, 2005 9:17 pm
Location: Newcastle NSW

Re: Airport Buses - 1982 Style!

Post by DarrenH »

Ryan wrote:Also interesting to note the absence of New Parliament House!
Capital Hill would of looked different back then, but construction on the new Parliament House would of already have started around 1982.
User avatar
boronia
Posts: 21567
Joined: Sat Mar 06, 2004 6:18 am
Favourite Vehicle: Ahrens Fox; GMC PD4107
Location: Sydney NSW

Re: Airport Buses - 1982 Style!

Post by boronia »

Was AAT involved in running this service, or did the new owners of the bus not bother repainting it ??
Preserving fire service history
@ The Museum of Fire.
User avatar
Mitch
Posts: 1966
Joined: Sun Nov 09, 2008 8:32 pm
Favourite Vehicle: VH-VUB
Location: Geelong
Contact:

Re: Airport Buses - 1982 Style!

Post by Mitch »

LOOK, ITS A TRY HARD PIECART!
/runs

Back to reality, that looks like an enlarged version of the CDC ribbon (the livery on the bus).
Um, in the picture on the left, what building is that?

Thanks,
Mitch (:
User avatar
superbossgc
Posts: 2163
Joined: Thu Apr 20, 2006 2:11 pm

Re: Airport Buses - 1982 Style!

Post by superbossgc »

old federal Parliament house.
Austral Volvo B10M mk3 Artic (375-380) 1991-2012
escapes
Posts: 56
Joined: Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:22 am
Favourite Vehicle: 0404
Location: Wangaratta
Contact:

Re: Airport Buses - 1982 Style!

Post by escapes »

In answer to Boronia's question, I'd suggest that it was part of an AAT operation with the exact colours of the fleet + words & font of the early 80's, plus up to Page McGeary bought AAT in 1983 there was a small depot for charter and snow operations in Canberra.
User avatar
OLYMPIAN
Posts: 3242
Joined: Sun Mar 07, 2004 7:32 pm
Favourite Vehicle: Leyland Victory Mk2, Olympian
Location: Enviro 500
Contact:

Re: Airport Buses - 1982 Style!

Post by OLYMPIAN »

Is that a Merc O309 with CC body? Possible to be an ex-UTA bus?
Detroit 6VT92/ZF 4HP500...the best bendi bus power train!
User avatar
boronia
Posts: 21567
Joined: Sat Mar 06, 2004 6:18 am
Favourite Vehicle: Ahrens Fox; GMC PD4107
Location: Sydney NSW

Re: Airport Buses - 1982 Style!

Post by boronia »

They have a stock Mercedes body, quite a few operators had them, I don't think this one is ex UTA.
Preserving fire service history
@ The Museum of Fire.
User avatar
dude
Posts: 1127
Joined: Mon Mar 08, 2004 9:51 am
Location: DO NOT ALIGHT HERE

Re: Airport Buses - 1982 Style!

Post by dude »

New parliament house construction started in 1981.
snowdog
Posts: 24
Joined: Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:18 pm

Re: Airport Buses - 1982 Style!

Post by snowdog »

this merc was one of two that were in Canberra in the early 1980 they were used for Taa crew moverments And an airport shuttle bus services from the city to the airport and the odd charter. AAT got out of canberra in late 1983 when they sold the vechicles to a company on the gold coast called EET. I think they called thenself Ells enterainment tours.I was working for AAT in canberra at the time.
Post Reply

Return to “Photos - Canberra/ACT”