Photo of the Month
Photo of the Month – August 2020
Recently retired buses (ex-108 & ex-967) have a get-together beside Lake Burley Griffin on a foggy morning. Photo by ‘King of Buses’.
Recently retired buses (ex-108 & ex-967) have a get-together beside Lake Burley Griffin on a foggy morning. Photo by ‘King of Buses’.
On 1 July 2020, an era came to a close when Bus 116 – the last remaining ACTION Renault PR100.3 – was retired from service.
Bus 115 operates a Route 18 along Hoskins St, Mitchell (June 2020). Photo by ‘King of Buses’.
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 112 sits at Chapman Terminus after completing Route R7 from City. Photo by Zac Mathes.
Bus 992 was a Renault PR100.3 bus with “Starliner” body by Austral Denning which was in service between 1994 and 2014.
Bus 108 is a Renault PR100.3 bus with ‘Starliner’ body by Austral Denning, which operated between July 1994 and May 2020.
The 992 – 995 Class Renault are powered by diesel engines and were the other four prototype buses completed before the production run commenced. They had the same features as the NGV prototypes.
Bus 113 was a Renault PR100.3a, with Austral Denning body. It was the prototype wheelchair accessible bus and was in service in Canberra between August 1995 and June 2020.
Bus 990 was a Renault PR100.3 with “Starliner” body by Austral Denning. It operated for ACTION between 1994 and 2014.