SHOWBUS AUSTRALIA BUS IMAGE GALLERY
Brisbane Transport | sold buses
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 When Telfords was acquired by the UK based Dunn Group they used a batch of a dozen of Brisbane's reliable B10M buses to help standardise the fleet. They acquired the Volvos from Transit Systems in Sydney who used them as a stop gap to kick start their new NSW contract for Region 3. Seen in November 2016 9016 (TV8308) was 1318 (MO6155) with Transit Systems and Brisbane 267 (267BLE). It suffered fire damage in February the following year and was sent for scrap.
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 Seen at Telford's Marrickville depot in March 2017 is sister vehicle 9012 (TV8323) in full fleet livery, hopefully 9016 was not repainted before its demise. The Volvo was 1201 (MO5475) with Transit Systems and 259 (259BLE) with Brisbane. It survived the sale of Telfords to the Kinetic Group in October 2019 but was soon sold to Out n' About Buses from Austral (sic) as TV1182. Just beyond 259 is Telford's 8023 (TV4319), an Ansair bodied Renault PR100 new to ex Action in 1988 as 776 (BUS776), but acquired from Tiger Tours of Caringbah. Telfords sold it to Kingsford Smith Transport in August 2017.
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 Another Sydney based B10M was BM Coaches smartly turned out TV7945 seen at Bronte Beach in March 2017. BM are based at Olympic Park and somewhat incongruously stands for Big Mumma! The bus was new as Brisbane 507 (507CQD) at the end of 1994 and acquired by BM in May 2016.
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 Victorian Touring Coaches acquired a quartet of Brisbane B10M buses, three of which can be seen through the depot fence in January 2017. From left to right we have 43 (6243AO) ex 250 (250BLE), 41 (6241AO) ex 252 (252BLE) and 42 (6242AO) ex 257 (257BLE). Missing is 40 (6240AO) ex 254 (254BLE).
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 Volvo 41 is seen again at the end of the year in Flinders Street on a charter to Melbourne Aquarium.
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