High Capacity Buses and Much More!

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High Capacity Buses and Much More!

Post by Lemon »

I am totally lost for thread titles. Anyway here are the photos I took over the school holidays. The last few are from Yesterday afternoon. Enjoy!
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First up, Renault PR180.2 Mk II BUS 984 is seen at Fraser West Terminus before operating a route 314 to Tuggeranong
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The same bus is seen at Campbell Park Terminus later that day after a wash preparing to operate a route 10 back to Belconnen.
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Next up Deanes Hino RN8J 6382 MO or 35 is seen in the City Interchange operating an Airliner service. This is the newest bus DTG currently have.
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MAN 18.310 CNG BUS 375 is seen at Cohen st Bus Station prior to operating a route 58.
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Scania K320UB 14.5 BUS 468 is seen entering Tuggeranong Bus Depot after two morning Intertowns.
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Scania K230UB CNG BUS 490 is seen entering the Tuggeranong Bus Depot after operating a route 312.
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Irisbus Agoraline BUS 302 is seen leaving Cohen st Bus Station on a route 52 with my favorite 777 trailing behind.
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MAN 18.310 CNG BUS 388 is seen leaving Cohen st Station on a route 3 to Woden Bus Interchange.
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Renault PR100.3 BUS 103 is seen leaving Cohen st Station operating a route 314.
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Last of all, Scania K320UB 14.5 BUS 470 (newest at Tuggeranong) is seen leaving Cohen st Station on a route 318.
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Great pics didnt know there was an articulated renault and good shot of the cb60 3 axle great work.
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Nice pics Lemon. Especially like the 1st pic of the 14.5, as you can see the true extent of the "steerable" tag axle. Likewise, I like the pic of #302, as the destination is EASY to read, unlike ALL the others. Pity Metro in Tasmania do not adopt this as standard. Certainly clearer and easier to read.
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whats the capacity like in that 14.5m long scania? I know that the 14.7m MAN counterparts(MAN Lions City L) can hold up to 120 people.
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They say 101 (I think) but I reckon they would be lucky to get more than 85 on.
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What a wonderful shot of #468 with the tag axle on full lock, great stuff :D
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Post by moto51 »

Great shot of the steerable tag, I didn't realise how much they actually turned, I though it was a small amount. Excuse the dumb question but what does one benefit from a steerable tag? How does it help when there is an axle in between that doesn't steer.
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How come 490 is in different livery?
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490 is on loan from Scania and is trialling a new gas injection system, it is due to depart ACTION for another operator next month so look out cities with CNG (Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth)
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OLYMPIAN wrote:How come 490 is in different livery?
Bit of further reading on 490: http://bit.ly/elUHAV
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