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{| align=right cellpadding=2 class="toccolours" style="margin:10px; padding:5px; z-index: 1; width=62px;"
{| align=right cellpadding=2 class="toccolours" style="margin:10px; padding:5px; z-index: 1; width=62px;"
! colspan="3" align=center |[[File:240-1.jpg|400px]]
! colspan="3" align=center |[[Image:619-1.jpg]]
|-
|-
! colspan="3" align=center bgcolor=#CCCCFF| Bus 240
! colspan="3" align=center bgcolor=#CCCCFF| Bus 619
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Chassis'''
| valign=top | '''Chassis'''
| [[:Category:Thornycroft Trident|Thornycroft Trident]]
| Mercedes O.305
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Depot'''  
| valign=top | '''Depot'''  
| ---
| Belconnen
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Entered Service'''
| valign=top | '''Entered Service'''
| 1974
| 27 June 1983
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Removed from Service'''
| valign=top | '''Removed from Service'''
| 1976
| May 1997
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Desto Equipment'''
| valign=top | '''Desto Equipment'''
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|-
| valign=top | '''VIN'''
| valign=top | '''VIN'''
| PG/CR6/1
| 30700161034982
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Body'''
| valign=top | '''Body'''
| Syd Wood
| Ansair
|-
|-
| valign-top | '''Body Number'''
| valign-top | '''Body Number'''
| 1913
| MB1435
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Body Date'''
| valign=top | '''Body Date'''
| 29 May 1962
| March 1983
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Seating'''
| valign=top | '''Seating'''
| B47F
| B42D
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Fuel'''  
| valign=top | '''Fuel'''  
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|-
| valign=top | '''Gallery Album'''
| valign=top | '''Gallery Album'''
| [https://www.actbus.net/gallery-former-action-buses/nggallery/short-term-demonstrators/bus-240 Bus 240]
| [http://actbus.net/gallery-former-action-buses/nggallery/mercedes-o-305/Bus-619 Bus 619]
|}
|}
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Bus 240 was a Thornycroft Trident PG/CR6/1
Bus 619 was a Mercedes O.305


==Notes==
==Notes==
* This was the last bus built by Syd Wood.
* It was first registered on 9 June 1983
* Bus 240 was first registered on 19 June 1974.
* It entered service at Belconnen Depot on 27 June 1983.
* It was originally supplied by J.H. Bowden, Waverley (as Thornycroft agent) to J.J. King, Kempsey in 1962. It was repurchased by Bowden in March 1974 before being sold to the Department of the Capital Territory on 14 June 1974 at the time of the 1974 vehicle shortage. [Source: Bus Fleets, ACTION, L.J. Pascoe 1984, Railmac Publications]
* This vehicle was last known to operate for Premier Illawarra (99)
* Following withdrawal in 1976, it was retained in the ACTION Heritage Fleet.
* It was subsequently purchased for parts by Manly Coaches in July 2009.
* It was then sold to King Bros for preservation in the early 1990s.
* Its fate is unknown.
 
 
[[Category:ACTION Disposals]]
[[Category:ACTION Disposals]]
[[Category:Thornycroft Trident]]
[[Category:Mercedes O.305]]
[[Category:One-off Buses]]
[[Category:Delivered June 1983]]
[[Category:1974 Vehicle Shortage]]
[[Category:Disposed May 1997]]
[[Category:Heritage Fleet]]

Latest revision as of 23:31, 8 July 2022

Bus 619
Chassis Mercedes O.305
Depot Belconnen
Entered Service 27 June 1983
Removed from Service May 1997
Desto Equipment Roller Blind
VIN 30700161034982
Body Ansair
Body Number MB1435
Body Date March 1983
Seating B42D
Fuel Diesel
Gallery Album Bus 619

Bus 619 was a Mercedes O.305

Notes

  • It was first registered on 9 June 1983
  • It entered service at Belconnen Depot on 27 June 1983.
  • This vehicle was last known to operate for Premier Illawarra (99)
  • It was subsequently purchased for parts by Manly Coaches in July 2009.