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! colspan="3" align=center |[[File:231-1.jpg|400px]]
! colspan="3" align=center |[[Image:806-1.jpg]]
|-
|-
! colspan="3" align=center bgcolor=#CCCCFF| Bus 231
! colspan="3" align=center bgcolor=#CCCCFF| Bus 806
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Chassis'''
| valign=top | '''Chassis'''
| [[:Category:Bedford SB3|Bedford SB3]]
| Renault PR100.2
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Depot'''  
| valign=top | '''Depot'''  
| Kingston
| Tuggeranong
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Entered Service'''
| valign=top | '''Entered Service'''
| 2 August 1974
| June 1989
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Removed from Service'''
| valign=top | '''Removed from Service'''
| August 1976
| January 2004
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Desto Equipment'''
| valign=top | '''Desto Equipment'''
| Roller blind
| BROSE Roller Blind
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''VIN'''
| valign=top | '''VIN'''
| NFM 2BJ J401377 
| VF6PS08A200000203
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Body'''
| valign=top | '''Body'''
| Pressed Metal Corporation Sydney
| Ansair
|-
|-
| valign-top | '''Body Number'''
| valign-top | '''Body Number'''
| 1718
| R2038
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Body Date'''
| valign=top | '''Body Date'''
| 1974
| June 1989
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Seating'''
| valign=top | '''Seating'''
| B43F
| B42D
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Fuel'''  
| valign=top | '''Fuel'''  
| Petrol
| Diesel
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Gallery Album'''
| valign=top | '''Gallery Album'''
| [https://www.actbus.net/gallery-former-action-buses/nggallery/short-term-demonstrators/bus-231 Bus 231]
| [http://actbus.net/gallery-former-action-buses/nggallery/renault-pr100-2-mk1/Bus-806 Bus 806]
|}
|}
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Bus 231 was a Bedford SB3
Bus 806 was a Renault PR100.2, last based at Tuggeranong Depot.


==Notes==
==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 21 June 1989
* It was first registered on 29 July 1974.
* After leaving ACTION it operated for Busabout (Registration MO 8733)
* After being withdrawn from service, Bus 231 was hired to ACT Police.
* It was de-registered in late 2011 and sold to an unknown buyer in far-north Queensland in September 2012.  
* 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 one of fifty ACTION Buses loaned to the Olympic Road Transport Authority (ORTA) during 2000 for the Sydney Olympics.
* 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:Bedford SB3]]
[[Category:Renault PR100.2 Mk1]]
[[Category:1974 Vehicle Shortage]]
[[Category:Delivered June 1989]]
[[Category:One-off Buses]]
[[Category:Buses Loaned to ORTA]]
[[Category:Disposed January 2004]]

Revision as of 23:00, 15 January 2023

Bus 806
Chassis Renault PR100.2
Depot Tuggeranong
Entered Service June 1989
Removed from Service January 2004
Desto Equipment BROSE Roller Blind
VIN VF6PS08A200000203
Body Ansair
Body Number R2038
Body Date June 1989
Seating B42D
Fuel Diesel
Gallery Album Bus 806

Bus 806 was a Renault PR100.2, last based at Tuggeranong Depot.

Notes

  • It was first registered on 21 June 1989
  • After leaving ACTION it operated for Busabout (Registration MO 8733)
  • It was de-registered in late 2011 and sold to an unknown buyer in far-north Queensland in September 2012.
  • It was one of fifty ACTION Buses loaned to the Olympic Road Transport Authority (ORTA) during 2000 for the Sydney Olympics.
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