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Britomart Bus Terminal 30/1/1996
Left to right, 1994 MAN 11.190 No. 501 (SS5537) with Designline B39D bodywork (reported in 2008 as being on Waiheke Island); YBC Mercedes Benz 0305 No. 1596 (JN1686) with NZMB B45D bodywork (privately acquired in November 2006 and now converted to a movan), and Cesta No. 66 (TK4841), a 1994 Mercedes Benz 0305 with PMC B45F bodywork, ex Sydney STA No. 1805,
In 1991 when municipal operators were required to competitively tender public transport, Cesta Travel acquired routes in Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland.
Wellington operations were handed back to Welligton City Transport along with 1 bus used on route 18 from Newtown to Karori via University in 1995.
Cesta went into liquidation 1998. Founder Geoff Novak had esablished Southeastern buses in Dunedin which were equally as controversial.
No. 66 appears to have ended its service days with Kiwi Experience c2004.
It operated for Cesta in Auckland from 1993 up to around about the latter half of 1996.
In February 1996 it was reported that Cesta Travel was pulling out its buses that serviced the Hibiscus Coast, and in September that same year Cesta bus runs on the North Shore had been taken over by other bus companies.
Between 1977 and 1980 Auckland Regional Authority acquired 300 Mercedes Benz 0305 buses with New Zealand Motor Bodies B46D bodies built under licence to VOV - Verband Offentlicher Verkehrsbetriebe. Translated to Englsh VOV means German Union of Public Transport Companies. The VOV bus was a standard design developed in Germany 1967.
Two of the 0305 buses, including the doubly unlucky 1313 were destroyed by a fire at New Zealand Motor Bodies Takanini? plant while being repaired so only 298 were delivered under the contract.
The buses replaced by the 298 0305 and 96 0303 buses were 158 Daimler Freelines, 50 Leyland Royal Tigers, 106 Bedfords ( 73 SB3, 2 SB8 30 VAMs 1 VAL ) 1 Leyland Leopard, 2 Leyland Comets, 1 Mack CBLIRS, 2 NST/Macks and a Kea. The last four models were built or extensively rebuilt at North Shore Transports workshops.
New Plymouth City Council had frequently added a small order onto large orders placed by other municipal operators. In 1976 it obtained 4 buses to the ARA specification.
In June 1991 there was a change of ownership from Auckland Regional Authority to Transportation Auckland Corporation Ltd (the operating company for Yellow Bus Company).
CITYLINE 501 CARJAM DETAILS:
Make: 1994 MAN
Model: 11190 HOCL
VIN: 7AB7520099AX00247
Plate: SS5537
Engine No: 1747435569F111
Seats: 40
CC rating: 6,871cc
Fuel Type: Diesel
Assembly Type: Unknown
Country of Origin: Germany
Origin: Import from Germany
NZ First Registration: 29 July 1994
YBC 1596 CARJAM DETAILS:
Make: 1979 MERCEDES-BENZ
Model: BENZ 0305
Plate: JC3376
Engine No: 010036
Chassis: 30700161019511
Vehicle Type: Motor Caravan
Seats: 5
CC rating: 11,045cc
Fuel Type: Diesel
Assembly Type: Unknown
Country of Origin: Not known
Origin: NZ New
NZ First Registration: 01 February 1980
Britomart Bus Terminal 30/1/1996
Left to right, 1994 MAN 11.190 No. 501 (SS5537) with Designline B39D bodywork (reported in 2008 as being on Waiheke Island); YBC Mercedes Benz 0305 No. 1596 (JN1686) with NZMB B45D bodywork (privately acquired in November 2006 and now converted to a movan), and Cesta No. 66 (TK4841), a 1994 Mercedes Benz 0305 with PMC B45F bodywork, ex Sydney STA No. 1805,
In 1991 when municipal operators were required to competitively tender public transport, Cesta Travel acquired routes in Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland.
Wellington operations were handed back to Welligton City Transport along with 1 bus used on route 18 from Newtown to Karori via University in 1995.
Cesta went into liquidation 1998. Founder Geoff Novak had esablished Southeastern buses in Dunedin which were equally as controversial.
No. 66 appears to have ended its service days with Kiwi Experience c2004.
It operated for Cesta in Auckland from 1993 up to around about the latter half of 1996.
In February 1996 it was reported that Cesta Travel was pulling out its buses that serviced the Hibiscus Coast, and in September that same year Cesta bus runs on the North Shore had been taken over by other bus companies.
Between 1977 and 1980 Auckland Regional Authority acquired 300 Mercedes Benz 0305 buses with New Zealand Motor Bodies B46D bodies built under licence to VOV - Verband Offentlicher Verkehrsbetriebe. Translated to Englsh VOV means German Union of Public Transport Companies. The VOV bus was a standard design developed in Germany 1967.
Two of the 0305 buses, including the doubly unlucky 1313 were destroyed by a fire at New Zealand Motor Bodies Takanini? plant while being repaired so only 298 were delivered under the contract.
The buses replaced by the 298 0305 and 96 0303 buses were 158 Daimler Freelines, 50 Leyland Royal Tigers, 106 Bedfords ( 73 SB3, 2 SB8 30 VAMs 1 VAL ) 1 Leyland Leopard, 2 Leyland Comets, 1 Mack CBLIRS, 2 NST/Macks and a Kea. The last four models were built or extensively rebuilt at North Shore Transports workshops.
New Plymouth City Council had frequently added a small order onto large orders placed by other municipal operators. In 1976 it obtained 4 buses to the ARA specification.
In June 1991 there was a change of ownership from Auckland Regional Authority to Transportation Auckland Corporation Ltd (the operating company for Yellow Bus Company).
CITYLINE 501 CARJAM DETAILS:
Make: 1994 MAN
Model: 11190 HOCL
VIN: 7AB7520099AX00247
Plate: SS5537
Engine No: 1747435569F111
Seats: 40
CC rating: 6,871cc
Fuel Type: Diesel
Assembly Type: Unknown
Country of Origin: Germany
Origin: Import from Germany
NZ First Registration: 29 July 1994
YBC 1596 CARJAM DETAILS:
Make: 1979 MERCEDES-BENZ
Model: BENZ 0305
Plate: JC3376
Engine No: 010036
Chassis: 30700161019511
Vehicle Type: Motor Caravan
Seats: 5
CC rating: 11,045cc
Fuel Type: Diesel
Assembly Type: Unknown
Country of Origin: Not known
Origin: NZ New
NZ First Registration: 01 February 1980