BUS 240 and BUS 777: Difference between pages

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Bus 777
Chassis	Renault PR100.2
Depot	Tuggeranong
Entered Service	October 1988
Removed from Service	10 January 2011
Desto Equipment	BROSE Roller Blind
VIN	VF6PS08A200000175
Body	Ansair
Body Number	R1909
Body Date	September 1988
Seating	B42D
Fuel	Diesel
Gallery Album	Bus 777

Bus 777 was a Renault PR100.2

Notes

It was first registered on 25 October 1988
On 4 July 1992 it was transferred from Kingston Depot to Tuggeranong Depot.
It was withdrawn from service at Tuggeranong Depot on 10 January 2011.
It was one of a number of buses sold to Sims Scrap Metal for scrapping in September 2011, marking the first time in the history of the Canberra Bus Service that buses have been sold to a scrap metal dealer.

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-! colspan="3" align=center |[[File:240-1.jpg|400px]]
+! colspan="3" align=center |[[Image:777-1.jpg]]
 |-
-! colspan="3" align=center bgcolor=#CCCCFF| Bus 240
+! colspan="3" align=center bgcolor=#CCCCFF| Bus 777
 |-
 | valign=top | '''Chassis'''
-| [[:Category:Thornycroft Trident|Thornycroft Trident]]
+| Renault PR100.2
 |-
 | valign=top | '''Depot'''
-| ---
+| Tuggeranong
 |-
 | valign=top | '''Entered Service'''
-| 1974
+| October 1988
 |-
 | valign=top | '''Removed from Service'''
-| 1976
+| 10 January 2011
 |-
 | valign=top | '''Desto Equipment'''
-| Roller Blind
+| BROSE Roller Blind
 |-
 | valign=top | '''VIN'''
-| PG/CR6/1
+| VF6PS08A200000175
 |-
 | valign=top | '''Body'''
-| Syd Wood
+| Ansair
 |-
 | valign-top | '''Body Number'''
-| 1913
+| R1909
 |-
 | valign=top | '''Body Date'''
-| 29 May 1962
+| September 1988
 |-
 | valign=top | '''Seating'''
-| B47F
+| B42D
 |-
 | valign=top | '''Fuel'''
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 |-
 | 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/renault-pr100-2-mk1/Bus-777 Bus 777]
 |}
-[[BUS 239|<< prev]] | [[BUS 241|next >>]]
-Bus 240 was a Thornycroft Trident PG/CR6/1
+Bus 777 was a Renault PR100.2
 ==Notes==
-* This was the last bus built by Syd Wood.
+* It was first registered on 25 October 1988
-* Bus 240 was first registered on 19 June 1974.
+* On 4 July 1992 it was transferred from Kingston Depot to Tuggeranong Depot.
-* 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]
+* It was withdrawn from service at Tuggeranong Depot on 10 January 2011.
-* Following withdrawal in 1976, it was retained in the ACTION Heritage Fleet.
+* It was one of a number of buses sold to Sims Scrap Metal for scrapping in September 2011, marking the first time in the history of the Canberra Bus Service that buses have been sold to a scrap metal dealer.
-* It was then sold to King Bros for preservation in the early 1990s.
-* Its fate is unknown.
 [[Category:ACTION Disposals]]
-[[Category:Thornycroft Trident]]
+[[Category:Renault PR100.2 Mk1]]
-[[Category:One-off Buses]]
+[[Category:Delivered October 1988]]
-[[Category:1974 Vehicle Shortage]]
+[[Category:Withdrawn January 2011]]
-[[Category:Heritage Fleet]]
+[[Category:Disposed September 2011]]
+[[Category:Scrapped Former Vehicles]]

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