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Top 15 buses: Volvo B58-56

#8: there were 76 Volvo B58-56 buses in the Canberra Bus Fleet.

By ACT Bus, 2 years15 May 2023 ago

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Featured Bus – Volvo B58-56

[February 2013]
Between August 1974 and October 1976, ACTION received 76 Volvo B58-56 buses with body by Smithfield Bus and Coach Works of Sydney.

By ACT Bus, 12 years1 February 2013 ago

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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.

By ACT Bus, 13 years7 April 2012 ago

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Featured Bus – Bus 251 (Volvo B58-56 Coach)

[February 2012]
Bus 251 was a Volvo B58-56 Coach which entered service in November 1974 and was withdrawn from service in 1990.

By ACT Bus, 13 years1 February 2012 ago