Promoting the national institutions
A number of ACTION Buses were painted in special liveries to promote Canberra’s national institutions.
A number of ACTION Buses were painted in special liveries to promote Canberra’s national institutions.
#14: there were 42 Renault PR100.3 buses in the ACTION fleet.
Life after ACTION: Bus 115 was a Renault PR100.3 that spent twenty-six years in the ACTION fleet, but where is it now?
Bus 100
‘King of Buses’
Mar: Bus 518 | Apr: Bus 547 | Jun: Bus 718 | Jul: Bus 115 | Aug: Buses 108 & 967 | Sep: Bus 714 | Oct: Bus 100 | Nov: Stop #4628 | Dec: Bus 659
On 1 July 2020, an era came to a close when Bus 116 – the last remaining ACTION Renault PR100.3 – was retired from service.
[January/February 2020]
Between 1993 and 1996, 42 Renault PR100.3 buses were delivered to ACTION. All of these buses were built on the Austral Denning “Starliner” body (from Brisbane).
Bus 967
‘King of Buses’
Mar: Bus 530 | Apr: Tram 008 | May: Tram 004 | Jun: Bus 464 | Jul: Tram 013 | Aug: Bus 598 | Sep: Bus 497 | Oct: Bus 967 | Nov: Bus 646 | Dec: Bus 112
[May/June 2017]
Bus 992 was a Renault PR100.3 bus with “Starliner” body by Austral Denning which was in service between 1994 and 2014.
[March/April 2016]
Bus 108 is a Renault PR100.3 bus with ‘Starliner’ body by Austral Denning, which operated between July 1994 and May 2020.