On 1 July 2020, an era came to close when Bus 116 – the last remaining ACTION Renault PR100.3 – was retired from service.
The PR100.3 was the successor to the Renault PR100.2. It featured the distinctive front cowl of the Renault R312 bus with the body built by Austral Denning of Brisbane.
A total of 42 of these buses entered service between 1994 and 1996: the first six having PR100.2 running gear (with two of these originally running on natural gas before being converted to diesel).
Seven of these vehicles were modified to enable wheelchairs to use the bus (referred to as “PR100.3a”), however this capability was fully removed in 2007.
Bus 113 was a prototype wheelchair-accessible bus – when it entered service in August 1995 it was fitted with a Bode electric ramp, kneeling suspension, a modified seating layout and stepless entry.
Further details:
- ACT Bus Gallery – Renault PR100.3
- ACT Bus Wiki – Bus 990 | Bus 991 | PR100.3 | PR100.3a
- PR100.3 NGV specifications on ACT Bus website
- PR100.3 specifications on ACT Bus website
- PR100.3a specifications on ACT Bus website
- Featured Bus: Bus 990 – PR100.3NGV
- Featured Bus: Bus 992 – prototype PR100.3
- Featured Bus: Bus 108 – PR100.3
- Featured Bus: Bus 113 – prototype PR100.3a
- Featured Bus: Bus 130 – PR100.3a
- Featured Bus: Renault PR100.3
- “First new Renault ACTION bus arrives” The Canberra Times, 9 September 1993: p5. (via Trove)
This page was last updated on 1 September 2024
