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! colspan="3" align=center |[[File:520-2.jpg]]
! colspan="3" align=center |[[Image:808-1.jpg]]
|-
|-
! colspan="3" align=center bgcolor=#CCCCFF| Bus 520
! colspan="3" align=center bgcolor=#CCCCFF| Bus 808
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Chassis'''
| valign=top | '''Chassis'''
| [[:Category:Scania K360UA|Scania K360UA]]
| Renault PR100.2
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Depot'''  
| valign=top | '''Depot'''  
| [[:Category:Tuggeranong Depot|Tuggeranong]]
| Tuggeranong
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Entered Service'''
| valign=top | '''Entered Service'''
| 1 March 2013
| July 1989
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Removed from Service'''
| valign=top | '''Removed from Service'''
| --
| 24 February 2012
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Desto Equipment'''
| valign=top | '''Desto Equipment'''
| Hanover LED
| Alcatel Flipdot
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''VIN'''
| valign=top | '''VIN'''
| YS2K6X20001879848
| VF6PS08A200000205
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Body'''
| valign=top | '''Body'''
| Custom "CB80"
| Ansair
|-
|-
| valign-top | '''Body Number'''
| valign-top | '''Body Number'''
| ACTA520
| R2040
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Body Date'''
| valign=top | '''Body Date'''
| Dec 2012
| June 1989
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Seating'''
| valign=top | '''Seating'''
| AB65DW
| B42D
|-
| '''Bike Rack'''
| Sportworks DL2 (black handle)
|-
| valign=top | '''Climate Control'''
| ThermoKing ASR 140 1004
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Fuel'''  
| valign=top | '''Fuel'''  
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|-
| valign=top | '''Gallery Album'''
| valign=top | '''Gallery Album'''
| [http://www.actbus.net/gallery-current-action-buses/nggallery/Scania-K360UA/Bus-520 Bus 520]
| [http://www.actbus.net/gallery-former-action-buses/nggallery/renault-pr100-2-mk1/Bus-808 Bus 808]
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[[BUS 519 (2)|<< prev]] | [[BUS 521 (2)|next >>]]
 
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|'''See Also:'''
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| * [[BUS 520 (1)]]
| – MAN SL200
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[[File:WC.jpg|25px|link=:Category:Accessible Buses]]
Bus 808 was a Renault PR100.2  
[[File:CC.jpg|25px|link=:Category:Climate Controlled Buses]]
[[File:Bike.jpg|25px|link=:Category:Buses With Bike Racks]]
 
Bus 520 is a Scania K360UA 6x2/2 (Euro V plus EEV) articulated bus, based at Tuggeranong Depot.


==Notes==
==Notes==
* Bus 520 arrived at Tuggeranong Depot on 18 January 2013.
* It was first registered on 12 July 1989
* ACTION have named this vehicle "Centy".
* Its National Gallery 'Elvis Lives' all over advertisement was launched in August 1989.
* Bus 520 was displayed at the 2013 Royal Canberra Show (22-24 February).
* On 4 July 1992 it was transferred from Kingston Depot to Tuggeranong Depot.
* Bus 520 was fitted with a VeloPorter2 bike rack in the week of 29 May 2017.
* Bus 808 was fitted with a trial Alcatel Flipdot Destination Display
** In apx July 2022, it was replaced by a new DL2 (black handle) model bike rack.
* This vehicle was reportedly popular with drivers (particularly the Elvis fans!)
* It was one of fifty ACTION Buses loaned to the Olympic Road Transport Authority (ORTA) during 2000 for the Sydney Olympics.  
* Although Bus 808 is a Mk1 PR100.2, like other former AOAs, it carried the Mk2 Livery.
* A combination of the Mk2 livery and Flipdot desto often lead people to mistake the vehicle for a Mk2. The side flip-dot display however was in the same place as the Mk1 roller, rather than built into the roofline.
* Bus 808 was withdrawn from service at Tuggeranong Depot in early January 2012
* It temporarily returned to service at Tuggeranong Depot between 1 February 2012 and 24 February 2012.
* It left Canberra on 1 March 2012 bound for Sims Metal in Sydney.  


[[Category:ACTION Buses]]
[[Category:ACTION Disposals]]
[[Category:Tuggeranong Depot]]
[[Category:Renault PR100.2 Mk1]]
[[Category:Scania K360UA]]
[[Category:Delivered July 1989]]
[[Category:Accessible Buses]]
[[Category:Former AOA Buses]]
[[Category:Climate Controlled Buses]]
[[Category:Buses Loaned to ORTA]]
[[Category:Buses With Bike Racks]]
[[Category:Withdrawn February 2012]]
[[Category:Buses With Names]]
[[Category:Disposed March 2012]]
[[Category:Delivered January 2013]]

Revision as of 23:02, 15 January 2023

Bus 808
Chassis Renault PR100.2
Depot Tuggeranong
Entered Service July 1989
Removed from Service 24 February 2012
Desto Equipment Alcatel Flipdot
VIN VF6PS08A200000205
Body Ansair
Body Number R2040
Body Date June 1989
Seating B42D
Fuel Diesel
Gallery Album Bus 808

Bus 808 was a Renault PR100.2

Notes

  • It was first registered on 12 July 1989
  • Its National Gallery 'Elvis Lives' all over advertisement was launched in August 1989.
  • On 4 July 1992 it was transferred from Kingston Depot to Tuggeranong Depot.
  • Bus 808 was fitted with a trial Alcatel Flipdot Destination Display
  • This vehicle was reportedly popular with drivers (particularly the Elvis fans!)
  • It was one of fifty ACTION Buses loaned to the Olympic Road Transport Authority (ORTA) during 2000 for the Sydney Olympics.
  • Although Bus 808 is a Mk1 PR100.2, like other former AOAs, it carried the Mk2 Livery.
  • A combination of the Mk2 livery and Flipdot desto often lead people to mistake the vehicle for a Mk2. The side flip-dot display however was in the same place as the Mk1 roller, rather than built into the roofline.
  • Bus 808 was withdrawn from service at Tuggeranong Depot in early January 2012
  • It temporarily returned to service at Tuggeranong Depot between 1 February 2012 and 24 February 2012.
  • It left Canberra on 1 March 2012 bound for Sims Metal in Sydney.