Promoting the national institutions
A number of ACTION Buses were painted in special liveries to promote Canberra’s national institutions.
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Top 15 buses: Renault PR100.3
#14: there were 42 Renault PR100.3 buses in the ACTION fleet.
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Top 15 buses: Renault PR180.2
#15: There were 34 Renault PR180.2 articulated buses in the ACTION fleet.
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New Electric Buses: the contenders
ACT Bus has a look at the contenders for the electric bus fleet.
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Life after ACTION – Bus 115
Life after ACTION: Bus 115 was a Renault PR100.3 that spent twenty-six years in the ACTION fleet, but where is it now?
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Establishment of a historic fleet
[Featured article: December 2020]
In early 1977, the Department of the Capital Territory followed the example of London Transport in deciding to preserve examples of their older vehicles for posterity.
Featured Bus – Bus 490 (Yutong ZK6131HG1)
[August/September 2020]
Bus 490 was a Yutong ZK6131HG1 battery electric bus (plug-in) which was in service between March 2020 and January 2021.
Renault PR100.3 retirement
On 1 July 2020, an era came to a close when Bus 116 – the last remaining ACTION Renault PR100.3 – was retired from service.
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Featured Bus – Associated Equipment Company
[June/July 2020]
From 1926 until 1982 a total of 323 AEC buses were operated by the Canberra Bus Service / ACTION.
Featured Bus – Renault PR100.3
[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).