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ACTION operate eighty-seven MAN A69 18.320 diesel buses, delievered from August 2009 to May 2012.
ACTION purchased sixteen of the MAN 18.310 CNG Buses, all of which are allocated to the Tuggeranong Depot.
ACTION have 54 of the Scania L94UB CNG Model, all of which are based at the Tuggeranong Depot
The School Student Transport Scheme briefly operated during 2001. It provided for free school bus travel and required additional buses due to new school routes.
Reliability problems with earlier buses prompted the Department to have a look at the new Volvo B58 then being offered for the first time in Australia.
In November 2009, twenty ACTION buses were fitted with a moustache to help raise awareness of men’s health issues, specifically prostate cancer and depression.
The Mitsubishi ‘Tram-buses’ ran the City loop during the 1990s.
In 1981 with the delivery of ZIB-585, Canberra moved closer to the European scene with the addition of Mercedes-Benz buses to the fleet.
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Slow delivery of buses in the early 1970s led to the option of new bus suppliers. When tenders were called in 1974, MAN of Munich successfully tendered for 10 SL200 buses – and from there, 151 buses in the ACTION fleet.