BUS 458 (1) and BUS 231: Difference between pages
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! colspan="3" align=center bgcolor=#CCCCFF| Bus | ! colspan="3" align=center bgcolor=#CCCCFF| Bus 231 | ||
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| valign=top | '''Chassis''' | | valign=top | '''Chassis''' | ||
| | | [[:Category:Bedford SB3|Bedford SB3]] | ||
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| valign=top | '''Depot''' | | valign=top | '''Depot''' | ||
| | | Kingston | ||
|- | |- | ||
| valign=top | '''Entered Service''' | | valign=top | '''Entered Service''' | ||
| | | 2 August 1974 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| valign=top | '''Removed from Service''' | | valign=top | '''Removed from Service''' | ||
| August | | August 1976 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| valign=top | '''Desto Equipment''' | | valign=top | '''Desto Equipment''' | ||
| Roller | | Roller blind | ||
|- | |- | ||
| valign=top | '''VIN''' | | valign=top | '''VIN''' | ||
| | | NFM 2BJ J401377 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| valign=top | '''Body''' | | valign=top | '''Body''' | ||
| | | Pressed Metal Corporation Sydney | ||
|- | |- | ||
| valign-top | '''Body Number''' | | valign-top | '''Body Number''' | ||
| | | 1718 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| valign=top | '''Body Date''' | | valign=top | '''Body Date''' | ||
| | | 1974 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| valign=top | '''Seating''' | | valign=top | '''Seating''' | ||
| | | B43F | ||
|- | |- | ||
| valign=top | '''Fuel''' | | valign=top | '''Fuel''' | ||
| | | Petrol | ||
|- | |- | ||
| valign=top | '''Gallery Album''' | | valign=top | '''Gallery Album''' | ||
| [ | | [https://www.actbus.net/gallery-former-action-buses/nggallery/short-term-demonstrators/bus-231 Bus 231] | ||
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Bus | Bus 231 was a Bedford SB3 | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* It was first registered on | * Bus 231 was a stock unit purchased from Sydney dealer Suttons Motors Pty Ltd at time of 1974 vehicle shortage. | ||
* | * It was first registered on 29 July 1974. | ||
* After being withdrawn from service, Bus 231 was hired to ACT Police. | |||
* In October 1976, 231 was transferred to the Special Duty Fleet, re-registered as ZID-612 and hired to the ACT Health Service in a new blue and white livery. | |||
* It was later sighted in Jindabyne as MO5310 owned by Innes Williams, operating a Ingebyra to Jindabyne school run. | |||
* In 1990, it was purchased by YMCA Canberra and repurposed as a "Night Bus".<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/120892838 Night bus to cruise Canberra's 'street kid' venues – ''Canberra Times'' via Trove (17 Jun 1990)]</ref> | |||
===References=== | |||
<references/> | |||
[[Category:ACTION Disposals]] | [[Category:ACTION Disposals]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Bedford SB3]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:1974 Vehicle Shortage]] | ||
[[Category:One-off Buses]] | |||
Latest revision as of 23:29, 8 July 2022
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| Bus 231 | ||
| Chassis | Bedford SB3 | |
| Depot | Kingston | |
| Entered Service | 2 August 1974 | |
| Removed from Service | August 1976 | |
| Desto Equipment | Roller blind | |
| VIN | NFM 2BJ J401377 | |
| Body | Pressed Metal Corporation Sydney | |
| Body Number | 1718 | |
| Body Date | 1974 | |
| Seating | B43F | |
| Fuel | Petrol | |
| Gallery Album | Bus 231 | |
Bus 231 was a Bedford SB3
Notes
- Bus 231 was a stock unit purchased from Sydney dealer Suttons Motors Pty Ltd at time of 1974 vehicle shortage.
- It was first registered on 29 July 1974.
- After being withdrawn from service, Bus 231 was hired to ACT Police.
- In October 1976, 231 was transferred to the Special Duty Fleet, re-registered as ZID-612 and hired to the ACT Health Service in a new blue and white livery.
- It was later sighted in Jindabyne as MO5310 owned by Innes Williams, operating a Ingebyra to Jindabyne school run.
- In 1990, it was purchased by YMCA Canberra and repurposed as a "Night Bus".[1]