MAN Purchase and Deliveries

Started by Bus 400, January 10, 2009, 11:20:29 AM

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Buzz Killington

Responding to ACTBusspotter's query about 502 on Twitter, Custom Coaches said

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502 has left Custom and is with chassis supplier for their final pre delivery checks

Barry Drive

It was good that they replied. But it still leaves us no closer to knowing when it might arrive.

smitho

499 was on T - bricks this evening. Appears to be in service.

Barry Drive

Bus 505 has arrived at Woden Depot (in the last few days). Still no sign of 502.

smitho

Bus 500 now appears to be revenue ready - has been stabled outside front of Tugg W/Shops.

smitho

Bus 500 was in service today, Friday 25th may.

King of Buses

Bus 503 was out on a 63 to Tuggeranong yesterday arvo around 3.30pm.

Barry Drive

504 sighted in service today a few times.

Bus 400

Bus 502 finally arrived at Woden Depot. Keeping with 90% of the previous 115 bus deliveries, it would of arrived on Thursday.

Now once 502 & 505 enter service, that is the end of the 115 bus purchase. So I wonder how close we were to the original 60/40 bus replacement program?

Barry Drive

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Quote from: Bus 400 on June 02, 2012, 11:41:35 AM
So I wonder how close we were to the original 60/40 bus replacement program?
Monthly Movements on ACT Bus Wiki can help answer that query. But it's easier to use my Excel spreadsheet.

When 390 entered service in September 2009, the fleet size was 393.  If "stored" buses are not counted as withdrawn, current fleet size is 435. Therefore net fleet growth was 42 (with 72 "replacements"). This includes 490, but not 502 & 505.

From @ACTBusFleetWiki - graph of fleet growth to Nov 2011


Low floor %age went from 29% in Sep 09 to 53% now.

King of Buses

I'm not sure if anybody else has noticed this, but the newer MANs (491 - 505)
seem to have names like the Scania L94's. Well I've only seen 504 with one but I think the others do to.

smitho

Your figures are very interesting thanks ACTbusspotter.

I noticed late last week that 502 is still parked @ Woden - in the open, over near the western fence. Also, the stored buses that were parked under the 'new' Ainslie Depot busport (i.e., backing on to Athllon Drive fence) have now been moved back into the main shed @ Woden.

Barry Drive

505 seen in service today. 502 may have left B depot - so should be in service by next week.

Barry Drive

Mayor McCheese reported Bus 502 in service yesterday.

Bus 400

Bus 491 has lost it's big round stop buttons & now has the style that appears in the CB80 artics. From tonight's sighings, no others have changed button style (yet).

Merv319

Quote from: Bus 400 on September 30, 2012, 01:05:03 AM
Bus 491 has lost it's big round stop buttons & now has the style that appears in the CB80 artics. From tonight's sighings, no others have changed button style (yet).

You mean this one?
http://actbus.net/gallery/index.php/ACTION-Buses-Current/Scania-K360UA/Bus-506/StopBell1

Bus 400


Buzz Killington

Possibly not the perfect topic for this, but I've noticed lately that the shoddy videos have been replaced on the in-bus monitors with much clearer (Powerpoint?) slides advertising various things for ACTION - Twitter, Xpresso, Capitals sponsorship..

smitho

Saw in distance today what looked like Bus 505....after long stint at Belco Workshops.

The Love Guru

I saw 505 last week in service. I think you mean 502 which is still sitting engineless at B workshops.

smitho

Quote from: The Love Guru on May 14, 2013, 06:30:00 AM
I saw 505 last week in service. I think you mean 502 which is still sitting engineless at B workshops.

Ah, OK. Thanks.