Featured Bus
Featured Bus – Associated Equipment Company
[June/July 2020]
From 1926 until 1982 a total of 323 AEC buses were operated by the Canberra Bus Service / ACTION.
Featured Bus
Featured Bus – AEC Swift MP3R (Athol Hedges body)
[January/February 2018]
Between December 1967 and 1969, ACTION received 14 AEC Swift MP3R buses with body by Athol Hedges.
Featured Bus
Featured Bus – AEC Swift 3MP2R (Smithfield body)
[November 2013]
Between May 1974 and January 1975, ACTION received 20 AEC Swift 3MP2R buses with body by Smithfield Bus and Coach Works of Sydney.
Featured Bus
Featured Bus – ZIB-156 (AEC Swift 3MP2R)
[July 2012]
ZIB 156 was an AEC Swift 3MP2R which operated for the Canberra Bus Service between 1970 and 1979.
Fleet
AEC Swifts 1967-75
AEC offered a rear-engine alternative to the Reliance at the 1964 Commercial Motor Show in London in the form of a 36-foot Swift with the AH505 engine. A 33’ 6” version was released in 1966. Interest in lowering floor and step heights by placing the engine at the back of the bus gained momentum in Britain during the mid-1960s and there was a rush among manufacturers to offer a suitable chassis.