Surfside Fleet Changes July 09

[Bustech Boy]

868 has been relocated to Tweed depot permenatly. Also 703 on a swap at Tweed depot. 645 is still at Earnest.

[Bustech Boy]

Can now confirm that 319 is ex Sunbus. And a VolvoB12BLE Refitted with XDI front. It is also fitted with XDI stickers instead of VST ones.

[Sb617]

ex-5723 was originally sighted at the Marcoola depot for a while before transfer to Ernest Depot as 319.

IIRC, it wasnt sighted as returned to service up here, so will assume it was being re-fitted out with Cubic readers at Sunbus before transfer.

[Simes]

A quick question, I notice that #415 is now on the disposal list, when was it withdrawn? Are the other 3 ex STA varios up for replacement soon as well?

[B7RLE92]

584 at ernest and has been for quite a while

[Set Down Only]

Modified livery for tag buses arrives this week

[thommo]

their a new beast down at tweed.no 321.green front and rear .white sides with large surfside logo

[08 XDi]

A quick question, I notice that #415 is now on the disposal list, when was it withdrawn? Are the other 3 ex STA varios up for replacement soon as well?

Towards the end of last year I believe. To my knowledge, the others are still at Tweed and in service. I recall seeing 413 out recently.

[Set Down Only]

All but 412. Were moved to tweed in feb after the piecarts were withdrawn. They get used occasionly. 679 is in twin towns and is the only one out most days of the week

[Set Down Only]

New bus - 320 - 906LVE XDi new livery?
Just like TRANSLINK but no stripes, surfside logos instead of tl signage.
Sitting at tweed depot, unsure of NSW/QLD running

[Set Down Only]

My apologies for the slight angle
problem- will fix it up when i get to a computer

[Set Down Only]

Another new one - 321 - 905LVE XDi same as 320 and running in nsw. Apparently we are to get 6

[Bustech Boy]

321 gen info.
Body no. 09/072
Body date 07/2009.

[08 XDi]

Another new one - 321 - 905LVE XDi same as 320 and running in nsw. Apparently we are to get 6

So what's the story - they have just abandoned yellow for NSW deliveries so the fleet can be made more interchangeable (just strip out the ticket machines and do a replace if you need to do TL runs?)

[thommo]

321 is cat c7 power

[Bustech Boy]

320 gen info
Body no. 09/071
Body date 07/2009

[Hornibrook]

320 gen info
Body no. 09/071
Body date 07/2009

VIN's are great too.

[Bustech Boy]

Well i'm sorry but i didn't get them yet. And no i didn't forget. Couldn't find a rego sticker on 320.

[08 XDi]

As an aside - depending on the criteria you are using (in my case excluding 441 and the MDis, which are essentially the same thing), another 3-4 deliveries of CAT XDis will see them become the most represented type in the fleet, exceeding the 60 B12BLE VSTs (or the 61 B12BLEs if you are going by chassis).