Sydney Bus Show 2023

[Noel]

Some of the visitors for the Sydney Bus Show arriving at Olympic Park on Monday.

EBUSCO 2.0 by Leon, on Flickr

ARCC Hydrogen low floor destined for Red Bus Services by Leon, on Flickr

Bustech ZDi destined for Logan City Bus Service as (901) by Leon, on Flickr

Toyota/Caetano H2 City Gold hydrogen low floor by Leon, on Flickr

Foton Hydrogen low floor destined for Transit Systems by Leon, on Flickr

Volvo B8RLE/Express from Berrima Buslines where it is (21) by Leon, on Flickr

Volvo BZL/Volgren Optimus from CDC Melbourne where it will become (186) by Leon, on Flickr

King Long electric low floor with Volgren Optimus body by Leon, on Flickr

HDrive marketed by Nexport by Leon, on Flickr

Scania K320IB/Coach Concepts to become Dysons (1312) by Leon, on Flickr

Volvo B11R/Irizar i6s from Kangaroo Bus Lines where it is (116) by Leon, on Flickr

Mercedes Benz O500RF-3/Irizar i6s bound for Alston Coaches by Leon, on Flickr

[ScaniaGrenda]

Some neat really buses showed up, wish I could've made it down there for such a spectacular event but alas I had other commitments so was not able to attend this years show and it appears they arrived at the park showgrounds half an hour after I left Sydney on Monday.

Now I'm really excited to see the Toyota Caetano in your collection of photos, since I believe your more than likely to have attended the expo, could you perhaps be able to tell me if this is just here for show off purposes or whether after the expo it'll go back to Japan or possibly New Zealand? Seems like a mega cool bus but I wouldn't like to hear it being here for the expo and not going on at least a demonstration with a couple of operators.

The King Long Volgren of course looks no different to the other volgrens but It's the equipment & technology onboard and inside that matters, I suppose it is nice to see another Asian chassis using Australian bodywork, I can guess in particular a few operators who'd likely pick up a King-long (Anyone thinking of Interline )

Also the Volvo BZL for CDC, since I can imagine the BZL is a brand new chassis and all, why is CDC still opting for green flip-dot displays. I'm laughing a little bit because as nice as they were I thought we were past the flip dots and moving onto LED's now. I suppose if they opted for them they'd likely have a good reason.

Can you perhaps tell me if there was any ADL and or low entry Mercedes-Benz buses at this years expo?

Thanks for the photos Noel, really lovely to see them especially for those of us who really wanted to go but again couldn't make it, look forward to seeing yours and others photos of the expo.

[The Inspector]

Ah so this is for next year?

[BanksfielderIdiot823]

Also the Volvo BZL for CDC, since I can imagine the BZL is a brand new chassis and all, why is CDC still opting for green flip-dot displays. I'm laughing a little bit because as nice as they were I thought we were past the flip dots and moving onto LED's now. I suppose if they opted for them they'd likely have a good reason.

They sure do have a good reason. The flipdot destos have been and still are CDC Victoria’s preference (CDC Melbourne in particular), which if I recall correctly, might have something to do with carrying over a traditional image from the Keffords days (which also includes the different and darker ceiling panels inside the bus).
Going by the fleet number 186 I can bet you that this bus will be running from CDC’s Oakleigh/Huntingdale depot (The 600s routes around the St Kilda/Chadstone area to the south of Melbourne’s CBD)

The only Volgren-bodied route bus at CDC Melbourne that has the LED destos is quite obviously the decker (which was built to Hillsbus specs)

[tonyp]

Now I'm really excited to see the Toyota Caetano in your collection of photos, since I believe your more than likely to have attended the expo, could you perhaps be able to tell me if this is just here for show off purposes or whether after the expo it'll go back to Japan or possibly New Zealand? Seems like a mega cool bus but I wouldn't like to hear it being here for the expo and not going on at least a demonstration with a couple of operators.

It's a 10.7 metre bus, so not sure it would be acceptable here as a citybus. It's a great looking bus though, fully low floor. If I can get my photos sorted I'll post the interior.

Ah so this is for next year?

With all this rain, I'm sure some of us want to erase 2022 from memory.

[scott]

Love the Dyson's Scania/Coach Concepts, apparently on the new generation Scania chassis.
Does anyone have a dash shot of it?, would be interested in seeing how they blend in the new Scania dash panel.

[MiCCROwavE_OVEN]

Also the Volvo BZL for CDC, since I can imagine the BZL is a brand new chassis and all, why is CDC still opting for green flip-dot displays. I'm laughing a little bit because as nice as they were I thought we were past the flip dots and moving onto LED's now. I suppose if they opted for them they'd likely have a good reason.

Considering flipdots only use energy when the blinds are being changed, it may be a measure to reduce bus power usage as well as providing component commonality allowing for easy replacement. We all know what happened when Transit Systems Burwood ran out of replacement flipdots...

I thought the Volvo BZL for CDC was a BYD D9RA at first glance.

Does anyone know which Custom Denning Element was on display? Should either be one of the recent deliveries for Busways or one of the Elements going to Transit Systems Kingsgrove.

[tonyp]

It didn't have any ID that I could see. I assumed it came straight from the factory, though in TfNSW livery.