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NZ Bus No. 380 at Caledonia St. stop in Miramar 14/3/2017
Go Wellington Designline Citybus Trolley No. 380 of June 2009, with Designline B43DW bodywork snapped at the Caledonia St. stop at Calabar Rd. (Metlink stop 7030) on the Route 2 service to Miramar, and captured moments after abandoning plans to ride it all the way to the Miramar terminus at back to the Lambton Interchange [for sentimental reasons No. 380 being the first of the Designline production model trolleybuses that I got to ride on during a Foxton Probus dayouting in Wellington on Tuesday, 8 March 2011], as time was running out and we had to get back to the Wellington Railway Station in time to catch the 1.44pm unit back to Waikanae to connect with the Route 290 service back to Levin.
We decided to pull the pin not long after leaving the Kilbirnie shopping centre and get out at the next stop which happened to be Stop 7030 in Caledonia St. at Calabar Rd. in Miramar. and catch the next bus along heading back into the city.
But that plan all turned to custard as no bus turned up until about 1.15pm at the stop across the road which is serviced by buses working 13 routes. That happened to be No. 342 returning from Seatoun with No. 380 following closely behind!!
Getting back to the Wellington Railway Station about 8 minutes after the 1.44pm unit had already left, we then went to Plan B which was to book on the first InterCity service from the Station to Levin which happened to be the 3.30pm IC service to Wanganui.
Prior to my first ride on No. 380 in March 2011, I had previously only ridden on the three Designline prototype trolleybuses, Nos. 301, 302 and 303 of 2003/2005.
For Thelma, also from Foxton and who has so far accompanied us on all the Route 290 dayouter services from Levin to Waikanae, it was her first ever ride on a trolleybus.
Coming around the corner from Calabar Rd. in this view is Go Wellington No. 342 on the Route 11 service to Seatoun, and what looks to be an ADL heading on to Calabar Rd. and may have been a bus we just missed from the bus stop across the road to maybe get back to the Wellington Railway Station in time to catch the train.
Year: 2009
Make: DESIGNLINE
Model: CITY BUS
Colour: Yellow
Second Colour: Black
Submodel: TROLLEY
VIN: 7A874010908008258
Plate: EZS544
Engine No: 1
Seats: 43
CC rating: 1cc
Fuel Type: Electric
Assembly Type: NZ Assembled/Built
Country of Origin: New Zealand
Gross Vehicle Mass: 18,000kg
Tare Weight: 12,570kg
Axles: 3
Wheelbase: 6,345
Front Axle Group Rating: 6,200
Rear Axle Group Rating: 15,000
Theftabilty: 1 in 95,000
Estimated Current Odometer: 204,600 Km
Last Odometer Reading: 199,650 Km on 25 November 2016
Registration Status:
Plate: EZS544
Plate Type: Standard
Origin: NZ New
Cause of Latest Registration: New
NZ First Registration: 18 June 2009
Was Registered Overseas? No
NZ Bus No. 380 at Caledonia St. stop in Miramar 14/3/2017
Go Wellington Designline Citybus Trolley No. 380 of June 2009, with Designline B43DW bodywork snapped at the Caledonia St. stop at Calabar Rd. (Metlink stop 7030) on the Route 2 service to Miramar, and captured moments after abandoning plans to ride it all the way to the Miramar terminus at back to the Lambton Interchange [for sentimental reasons No. 380 being the first of the Designline production model trolleybuses that I got to ride on during a Foxton Probus dayouting in Wellington on Tuesday, 8 March 2011], as time was running out and we had to get back to the Wellington Railway Station in time to catch the 1.44pm unit back to Waikanae to connect with the Route 290 service back to Levin.
We decided to pull the pin not long after leaving the Kilbirnie shopping centre and get out at the next stop which happened to be Stop 7030 in Caledonia St. at Calabar Rd. in Miramar. and catch the next bus along heading back into the city.
But that plan all turned to custard as no bus turned up until about 1.15pm at the stop across the road which is serviced by buses working 13 routes. That happened to be No. 342 returning from Seatoun with No. 380 following closely behind!!
Getting back to the Wellington Railway Station about 8 minutes after the 1.44pm unit had already left, we then went to Plan B which was to book on the first InterCity service from the Station to Levin which happened to be the 3.30pm IC service to Wanganui.
Prior to my first ride on No. 380 in March 2011, I had previously only ridden on the three Designline prototype trolleybuses, Nos. 301, 302 and 303 of 2003/2005.
For Thelma, also from Foxton and who has so far accompanied us on all the Route 290 dayouter services from Levin to Waikanae, it was her first ever ride on a trolleybus.
Coming around the corner from Calabar Rd. in this view is Go Wellington No. 342 on the Route 11 service to Seatoun, and what looks to be an ADL heading on to Calabar Rd. and may have been a bus we just missed from the bus stop across the road to maybe get back to the Wellington Railway Station in time to catch the train.
Year: 2009
Make: DESIGNLINE
Model: CITY BUS
Colour: Yellow
Second Colour: Black
Submodel: TROLLEY
VIN: 7A874010908008258
Plate: EZS544
Engine No: 1
Seats: 43
CC rating: 1cc
Fuel Type: Electric
Assembly Type: NZ Assembled/Built
Country of Origin: New Zealand
Gross Vehicle Mass: 18,000kg
Tare Weight: 12,570kg
Axles: 3
Wheelbase: 6,345
Front Axle Group Rating: 6,200
Rear Axle Group Rating: 15,000
Theftabilty: 1 in 95,000
Estimated Current Odometer: 204,600 Km
Last Odometer Reading: 199,650 Km on 25 November 2016
Registration Status:
Plate: EZS544
Plate Type: Standard
Origin: NZ New
Cause of Latest Registration: New
NZ First Registration: 18 June 2009
Was Registered Overseas? No