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Canberra has been home to an assortment of buses, since the establishment of the Canberra Bus Service in 1926.

These are the Top 20 buses to operate route services in Canberra up to December 2023.

	Model	First in service	Withdrawn	Years in service	Number
1	Renault PR100.2	1987		37 *	258
2	Scania K320UB 4×2	2014		10 *	198 ^[¹^]
3	MAN SL200	1975	1995	20	151
4	AEC Reliance	1956	1978	23	120
5	AEC Swift	1967	1983	16	101
6	MAN A69 18.320	2009		15 *	87
7	Mercedes-Benz O.305	1981	1999	18	81
8	Volvo B58-56	1974	1990	16	76
9	Leyland National	1974	1992	18	70
10	Scania L94UB	2004		20 *	54
=11	AEC Regal III	1948	1965	18	46
=11	AEC Regal / Regal I	1933	1950s	~20	46 ^[²^]
13	Scania K360UA 6×2/2	2012		12 *	44
14	Renault PR100.3	1993	2020	28	42
15	Renault PR180.2	1988	2014	27	34
16	Scania K320UB 6×2*4	2010		14 *	26
=17	Dennis Dart SLF	1997	2019	23	25
=17	MAN SG192	1976	1993	18	25
19	Irisbus Agora Line	2004		20 *	20
20	MAN A69 18.310	2008		16 *	18

Notes:

Includes 17 vehicles on order, not yet delivered as at December 2023. ↩︎
The exact number of AEC Regals is uncertain – refer article. ↩︎

This page was last updated on 28 April 2024

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