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{| align=right cellpadding=2 class="toccolours" style="margin:10px; padding:5px; z-index: 1; width=62px;"
! colspan="3" align=center |[[File:099-2.jpg]]
! colspan="3" align=center |[[Image:808-1.jpg]]
|-
|-
! colspan="3" align=center bgcolor=#CCCCFF| 217-499
! colspan="3" align=center bgcolor=#CCCCFF| Bus 808
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Chassis'''
| valign=top | '''Chassis'''
| [[:Category:Hino Poncho|Hino Poncho]]
| Renault PR100.2
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Depot'''  
| valign=top | '''Depot'''  
| [[:Category:Tuggeranong Depot|Tuggeranong]]
| Tuggeranong
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Entered Service'''
| valign=top | '''Entered Service'''
| August 2020
| 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 (white)
| Alcatel Flipdot
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''VIN'''
| valign=top | '''VIN'''
| JHDHX9JLKXXX40060
| VF6PS08A200000205
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Body'''
| valign=top | '''Body'''
| Hino
| Ansair
|-
|-
| valign-top | '''Body Number'''
| valign-top | '''Body Number'''
| --
| R2040
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Body Date'''
| valign=top | '''Body Date'''
| Mar 2020
| June 1989
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Seating'''
| valign=top | '''Seating'''
| DP12FW
| B42D
|-
| valign=top | '''Climate Control'''
| Denso
|-
|-
| 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/hino-poncho/bus-099 217-499]
| [http://www.actbus.net/gallery-former-action-buses/nggallery/renault-pr100-2-mk1/Bus-808 Bus 808]
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[[217 492|<< prev]] | [[BUS 100 (3)|next >>]]
<br>
''Also known as BUS 099 (2)''
 
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|'''See Also:'''
|-
| * [[BUS 099 (1)]]
| – AEC Reliance
|-
|}
|}


[[File:WC.jpg|25px|link=]]
Bus 808 was a Renault PR100.2
[[File:CC.jpg|25px|link=]]
 
217-499 is a Hino Poncho HX9JLKE-FWU 4x2 (Euro V) based at Tuggeranong Depot.


==Notes==
==Notes==
* Vehicle fleet number allocation (099) is not official.
* It was first registered on 12 July 1989
* 217-499 was registered in July 2020.
* Its National Gallery 'Elvis Lives' all over advertisement was launched in August 1989.
* This vehicle is used for Special Needs Transport/Flexible Bus Service, except as noted below.
* On 4 July 1992 it was transferred from Kingston Depot to Tuggeranong Depot.
** Between June and November 2021, 217-499 was based at Belconnen Depot while it operated a shuttle service between the Airport terminus and the nearby Covid-19 vaccination clinic.
* Bus 808 was fitted with a trial Alcatel Flipdot Destination Display
** From 25 July 2022, 217-499 is operating a shuttle service between Fairbairn Business Park and Canberra Airport.
* 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.
==Transfer History==
* Although Bus 808 is a Mk1 PR100.2, like other former AOAs, it carried the Mk2 Livery.  
{| class="wikitable"
* 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
! Date
* It temporarily returned to service at Tuggeranong Depot between 1 February 2012 and 24 February 2012.
! From
* It left Canberra on 1 March 2012 bound for Sims Metal in Sydney.  
! To
! Reason
|-
| 29 Jun 2021
| Fyshwick
| Belconnen
| Vaccination clinic service
|-
| 15 Nov 2021
| Belconnen
| Fyshwick
|
|-
|-
| 20 Jul 2022
| Fyshwick
| Tuggeranong
| Fairbairn shuttle service
|-}


[[Category:ACTION Buses]]
[[Category:ACTION Disposals]]
[[Category:Tuggeranong Depot]]
[[Category:Renault PR100.2 Mk1]]
[[Category:Hino Poncho]]
[[Category:Delivered July 1989]]
<!-- [[Category:Special Needs Fleet]] -->
[[Category:Former AOA Buses]]
[[Category:Buses Loaned to ORTA]]
[[Category:Withdrawn February 2012]]
[[Category:Disposed March 2012]]

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.
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