this was all EX STA' s Custom coaches batches made up of Volvo B12BLE's/B12BLEA's, & Mercedes Benz gas & Mercedes 0500LE's. the windows however on the Mercedes version has a slight difference with the middle windows being slopes down instead of up like the B12BLE units, because they wanted a different design on these mercedes by the manufacturer to created this slopey Windows that dives down to gives it a different look, looking differently from the B12BLE units.
the VSTM is a much shorter version of VST's. but it is however on the vstm's that their windows is separate which that are not alligned together like on this one. plus they also have a single leaf centre door onboard too. but it is the vstm's is a very similar model to surfside's ones out of Sydney.
i remembered I used to saw these doing our 807 service for the first time in my area last time. then I saw one again at weathrill park t way. then another at Fairfield bus interchange commencing a S1 lansvale service
these are ex Brisbane transport Mercedes volgren Cr228ls that transit systems had purchased in the past. it is ex moorbank & Ex hoxton park depot units.
@@antonyproductionsiii2339 it's normally the bus operators with any region that's gets permission to move buses around to other of their regions depots. & sometimes too the operator can transfer excess buses that had been stored there as its had not been delivered yet. on pending delivery as it is brand new at the time.but most some of them were at kingsgrove depot. but they decided that some of these element 1's would go to other operators like transdev John Holland & busways because when transit systems had transferred over some electric elements to transdev John Holland & busways. they got permission to move some of their undelivered kingsgrove elements to go to different operators thats had some of these ex Transit systems go over to these operators.
I sometimes notice 1525 and 1526 both Hoxton Park based running around Campbelltown area on Smeaton Grange shifts so this could of been a Bankstown driver driving 1531 or it might be a transfer
i always find it interesting that transit systems chosed Scania as their engine choice for their fleet in region 6.because they seem more suited for half of their newer CB80 units they ordered in the past. but these ones had been inherited from STA and transit systems ordered Scania Gemilangs and newer second class Scania CB80 units. their fleet was made of EX STA units & newer tsa ordered buses. plus the windows are see through onboard this unit like their CB60 version. they are just the normal standard of designs used on about every Sydney metropolitan operator. these are STA designed windows.
the transdev EX stationlink bodywork with the same two dual leaf centre doors is the same design as this version. bustech builds the two types with two dual leaf centre doors and the single leaf centre door version.
These are ex south granville's CDI assets that belonged to transdev & is only been handed over to u go for use on their routes going to Sutherland & Parramatta. as these deckers are only restricted on designated routes they can run on. their well built designed for stability & much capacity to accommodate passengers onboard.
this morning in my area of Cabramatta I saw a B8RLE vst mark 4 that about to commence a 807 to Cecil hills & was the first time i had seen them running on a 807 service in my area and I the first to caught them. it is the same as this one. it was parked at the bus parking bay at front of Cabramatta train station. it looked like it finished a school run & then commencing a 807 service. It was very special to seem doing my regions service for the first time in my area. they used to been common there in the past with transdev doing S1 lansvale service. but very rare we get to have a bustech mark 4 doing our route service here. I was very lucky to catch it this morning and ride on it to bonnyrigg.
This is another Very similar unit as the ex station link b8 model. But with now a single leaf centre door. the EX stationlink Bustech units usually comes with the onboard PDI screens to show their upcoming stops along the route.
These new types from bustech I noticed was definitely based on transdevs ex B8RLE Two dual leaf Centre door stationlink model because their similar type with the window style & doors.
These looked in tremendous shape & is quite a couple of years old now I suppose, from the day when these used to be new in Sydney. they were ordered under transit systems. As They gotten the contract to takeover this region & the new gemilangs were a part of their new operation in the inner west as required to supplement the fleet with purchase of new buses & adding them to the fleet. They had sourced them from a foreign made company based in Malaysia just like the B9TL Deckers in my region.these have service for quite a long time now & been in service for quite a few years.
usually at this time during the evening peak.the service would be packed.as people who come from different area's catches these service. it's normally a quiet run during the evening but it still gets busy there. & for other routes in the city/west & south.their normally still busy & operating until usually it's last service finishes at 9 0 clock & it has a curfew at night, most passengers are already all gone. because at night time most of the buses would still be running.
the Volvo B7R vst mark 4's were the newest bunch of VST's that has been ordered for transdev & it became a success in rolling out these newer class models, they were mostly for south Granville & Bankstown.then came the next class series, of the Volvo B8RLE's. it became a newer addition to cater the fleet. but supposibly the B8 ones belongs to south Granville depot. & that they would only be where they had only been based mostly. since Transdev had stored most of their Scania L94'S into storage. as their service life has come to an end, they no longer require the use of them on service routes anymore. but instead in their place, they mostly still run these B8'S out of south Granville & they become the replacements for the Scania L94 Bustech. that's no longer in service since my region & region 13 merged as one big region 3 now.
It seemingly resembles our B7 vst we got from ex metrolink & busabout. They dont look to different & They are a handful of former metroBus units that still is in the red metrobus liverly color.
surprisingly region 2 had still used the one single leaf centre doors in their fleet which is mostly comprised of ex interline & busabout that previously ran as separate regions region 2 & 15. & realising that they don't use two leaf centre doors like region 6 & my region region 3. region 2 would be the only other new region they ran with with the single leaf centre door buses. this was always the same style that STA had used in the past with two leaf centre doors. it's because it's better access for exiting of passengers getting out more quicker and efficiently.
it is in one of their lifetimes that these had ever been transferred to Bankstown depot for the first time since the contract absorbtion into my region and became a whole big region 3 now.
i know these had seen better conditions onboard the other mercedes vst units without seeing any of these messy graffiti's on the seats. the whole interior here is not looking too bad. their a decent unit with a good Mercedes engine.
they have a fair amount of good seatings onboard & fully air conditioned. it is also wheelchair accessible for the disabled & prams. can say the roads really rough & it rattles this B7 much along the journey but still good ride.
Unfortunately it's been like that for most operators due to aging buses and waiting for charging infrastructure to be installed at depots. It's also due to a ban on purchasing new diesel buses. U-Go will get new buses once the infrastructure has been installed at Taren Point and Menai depots.
u go had mainly got the ex corporate B12'S that's indicated that these had previously been passed on from different operator to another & including depots. that tells their ex transit systems/ex transdev John Holland & ex keolis downer. ex tempe/ex kingsgrove/ex brookvale. their still at the lifespans of their service life, these have mainly serviced a lot of areas in Sydney when it used to be under The Sta & Sydney buses corporate brand run by the government. & was quite the biggest order of these types for the whole regions. they can mostly be seen everywhere in most parts of Sydney with new operator's that's tooken over these vehicle's & my regions had these a long time with transit systems since sta western Sydney. some of ours had previously got transferred to region 6 then region 6 sent transferred them to the new South Granville depot part of my new region 3 region. some is made of EX Smithfield ex bonnyrigg.
it's a real nice. Denning pheonix, a handful of a few that has rarely been seen in the Sydney region for rail subcontract work. & that their manufacturing company was based in wagga wagga.
It's actually a MAN 18.260 - one of only a handful of 18.260s in Australia and possibly the only high-floor example (all others are low-entry from memory). I've seen 477 a couple of times - only on school runs though so I wasn't able to catch it before it was withdrawn.
the 1414 of the ex westbus scania Bus had been moved to Smithfield from hoxton park a while back. it is the only one there at Smithfield, while the 1 ex busabout Mercedes Benz vst is still based at Smithfield but was only a one off bus that got transferred to our region. the rest are with region 2. here is the fleet numbers of the scania units at hoxton park. 1401 m/o 9923 Scania K230UB YS2K4X20001864586 Volgren CR228L VT0029 9/09 B43DW Transport NSW ex CDC Group, Bonnyrigg (Westbus Region 3) m/o 9923 13/10/13. 1402 m/o 9568 Scania K230UB YS2K4X20001857808 Volgren CR228L VG2501 1/08 B47FW Transport NSW ex CDC Group, Bonnyrigg (Westbus Region 3) m/o 9568 13/10/13. 1403 m/o 8365 Scania K230UB YS2K4X20001858981 Volgren CR228L VG2504 2/08 B47FW Canary Yellow ex m/o 9569 by 9/22; ex CDC Group, Bonnyrigg (Westbus Region 3) m/o 9569 13/10/13. 1404 m/o 9570 Scania K230UB YS2K4X20001859139 Volgren CR228L VG2511 3/08 B47FW Transport NSW ex CDC Group, Bonnyrigg (Westbus Region 3) m/o 9570 13/10/13. 1405 m/o 9376 Scania K94UB 9BSK4X20003596149 Volgren CR228L VG2321 3/07 B47FW Transport NSW ex CDC Group, Bonnyrigg (Westbus Region 3) m/o 9376 13/10/13. 1406 m/o 9379 Scania K94UB 9BSK4X20003595234 Volgren CR228L VG2322 3/07 B47FW Transport NSW ex CDC Group, Bonnyrigg (Westbus Region 3) m/o 9379 13/10/13. 1407 m/o 9382 Scania K94UB 9BSK4X20003592952 Volgren CR228L VG2339 5/07 B47FW Canary Yellow ex CDC Group, Bonnyrigg (Westbus Region 3) m/o 9382 13/10/13. 1408 m/o 9385 Scania K94UB 9BSK4X20003593277 Volgren CR228L VP0576 4/07 B47FW Canary Yellow ex CDC Group, Bonnyrigg (Westbus Region 3) m/o 9385 13/10/13. 1409 m/o 9392 Scania K94UB 9BSK4X20003594812 Volgren CR228L VP0573 4/07 B47FW Canary Yellow ex CDC Group, Bonnyrigg (Westbus Region 3) m/o 9392 13/10/13. 1410 m/o 9394 Scania K94UB 9BSK4X20003596492 Volgren CR228L VP0581 5/07 B47FW Canary Yellow ex CDC Group, Bonnyrigg (Westbus Region 3) m/o 9394 13/10/13. 1411 m/o 9396 Scania K94UB 9BSK4X20003593278 Volgren CR228L VG2351 5/07 B47FW Canary Yellow ex CDC Group, Bonnyrigg (Westbus Region 3) m/o 9396 13/10/13. 1412 m/o 9397 Scania K94UB 9BSK4X20003593281 Volgren CR228L VG2355 5/07 B47FW Canary Yellow ex CDC Group, Bonnyrigg (Westbus Region 3) m/o 9397 13/10/13. 1413 m/o 9398 Scania K94UB 9BSK4X20003595611 Volgren CR228L VP0577 -/07 B47FW Canary Yellow ex CDC Group, Bonnyrigg (Westbus Region 3) m/o 9398 13/10/13. 1415 m/o 9406 Scania K94UB 9BSK4X20003594500 Volgren CR228L VG2357 7/07 B47FW Transport NSW ex CDC Group, Bonnyrigg (Westbus Region 3) m/o 9406 13/10/13. 1416 m/o 9555 Scania K94UB 9BSK4X20003602479 Volgren CR228L VG2440 10/07 B47FW Canary Yellow ex CDC Group, Bonnyrigg (Westbus Region 3) m/o 9555 13/10/13. 1417 m/o 9558 Scania K94UB 9BSK4X20003601968 Volgren CR228L VG2448 10/07 B47FW Canary Yellow ex CDC Group, Bonnyrigg (Westbus Region 3) m/o 9558 13/10/13. 1418 m/o 9559 Scania K94UB 9BSK4X20003601967 Volgren CR228L VG2451 10/07 B47FW Transport NSW ex CDC Group, Bonnyrigg (Westbus Region 3) m/o 9559 13/10/13. 1503 m/o & lastly this is the one I had said earlier that this the only scania unit that is now at Smithfield. 1414 m/o 9399 Scania K94UB 9BSK4X20003593978 Volgren CR228L VG2352
