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Another mint 80s Ford seen in Timaru, though this one has travelled over 200k. The wheels, headlamp protectors, rear window louvres and seat covers suggested an older owner; CarJam suggests it has been with them since 1990.
My "new" car which i just bought, being towed to Hyde Automotive in New Lynn, it hasn't been running in four years. My parents owned it from 2002-2007.
Helensville, Auckland, New Zealand.
CarJam suggests this immaculate VG with an original Christchurch FR plate had only done an original 76k in 2016, when it appeared to have returned to the road after 17 years.
2017 BCI CITIRIDER | KSA886
I used my old camera while my phone was broken, so images are not sharp :)
Hetana St | New Lynn
Auckland | New Zealand
2016 VOLVO B11R EU5/1 | KFP415
These pics were taken by my good friend, Simon who is also a bus driver for NZBus :)
I do like the colour Clarks paint their coaches, stands out from the usual white we see coaches painted.
GoBus 408 was in all over green and has been been repainted, tidied up and re- registered where it was snapped by Don Roberts at the Higgins Rd. depot on Friday, 19 February 2016.
CARJAM DETAILS:
Make: 1997 MAN
Model: 11.230
Colour: White
Submodel: HOCL
VIN: 7AB7520455AS00364
Plate: JPN310
Engine No: 1748066589F111
Seats: 46
CC rating: 6,871cc
Fuel Type: Diesel
Assembly Type: NZ Assembled/Built (Coachwork Auckland)
Country of Origin: Germany
Plates History:
JPN310 - 21 January 2016
WF1822 - 15 May 1997
I had a lengthy chat with the owner of this after I saw it park up while out cycling. He had recently recovered it from a barn in North Canterbury, and was intending on revinning it and getting it roadworthy again; CarJam shows that was done a little over a month after I took this photo.
It was in incredibly solid condition for its age (must have been in a barn), and sounded superb grumbling off!
CAPITAL'S COMMUTERS TEST DOUBLE-DECKERS
A double-decker bus has opened its doors for rides in the capital, as the Greater Wellington Regional Council starts its plan to introduce a fleet of 50 in two years' time.
A double-decker bus gave demonstration rides through town in Wellington on Wednesday, 10 February 2016, as part of the Greater Wellington Regional Council's plan to introduce a fleet of 50 buses by 2018. This bus is part of Auckland's fleet.
The double-deckers will help replace the city's trolleybuses, which are being phased out as part of the council's plan for managing traffic congestion.
Public transport spokesperson Paul Swain said the move was also about getting people out of cars.
"People have told us that if they're going to do that, the service needs to be reliable, it needs to be affordable and the journey time needs to be competitive with the car, and this is where the double-decker comes in for us."
Wellington's demonstration bus, which was borrowed from Auckland's bus fleet, seats 111 passengers - with 55 of those seats upstairs.
The council hasn't secured a manufacturer for the buses yet but Mr Swain estimated the cost would be in the tens of millions.
"This is a big capital cost, this is the biggest change to the bus fleet and to the bus route in Wellington in decades.
"This is a major step forward for the Wellington region and for public transport."
The change was aimed at reducing traffic in Wellington's most congested areas, however regional council chair Chris Laidlaw said there were some places the buses would not be able to go.
"That's the only difficulty with double-deckers - the Karori tunnel isn't suitable and there may be one or two other areas where they can't go, but we're not only going to have a fleet of double-deckers, that's why you need the right mix."
The bus' doors were opened to the public from 1-3pm on Wednesday, with commuters making a loop through town passing through Lambton Quay.
The new buses were expected to start operating from January 2018.
“Double decker buses will be part of the region’s bus fleet within the next two years,” says Paul Swain, Greater Wellington Regional Council’s public transport portfolio leader. “As well as being fun and different to travel in, double decker buses will reduce bus congestion and speed up travel times. They’ll be a crucial key to making bus travel in Wellington more enjoyable and reliable.”
The Regional Council is today hosting a demonstration of a new double decker bus. It has been manufactured in the United Kingdom and assembled by Kiwi Bus Builders in Tauranga.
“This is a great opportunity for people to get on board, free of charge, and experience low emission, modern bus travel. I’d really encourage people to take a ride if they can.”
The bus travelled between Wellington Railway Station (departing Stop C) and Courtenay Place, and stopped at all the stops along the Golden Mile (Lambton Quay) between 1pm-3pm.
CARJAM DETAILS:
Make: 2016 ALEXANDER DENNIS
Model: ENVIRO 500
Colour: Blue
Second Colour: Grey
VIN: SFD66DJR5FGTN4402
Plate: JPH58
Engine No: 22173475
Chassis: TN4402
Seats: 92 (90 passengers)
CC rating: 8,900cc
NZ First Registration: 3 February 2016
Photo by Maarten Holl.
Double decker bus demo.: Paul Swain waxes lyrical about the wonders of double deckers:
2017 BCI CITIRIDER | KSA 887
I used my old camera while my phone was broken, so images are not sharp :)
Roskill Depot | Auckland | New Zealand
10th Ave in a car jam, but you can find a little mix of faith's on the corner.. in the famous words of Jagger; That's what makes that town the best!!!
Carjam Report
Year:2000
Make:DENNIS
Model:JAVELIN
Colour:White
Second Colour:Green
Submodel:GX
Body Style:Heavy Bus/Service Coach
VIN: 7A84P000900582225
Plate: JUF239
Engine No: 21249829
Chassis: 12SDA2145K194
Vehicle Type:Bus
Seats:59
CC rating:9,240cc
Fuel Type:Diesel
Assembly Type:Imported Built-Up
Country of Origin:United Kingdom
Gross Vehicle Mass:21,000kg
Tare Weight:11,260kg
Axles:3
Wheelbase:6,392
Front Axle Group Rating:7,100
Rear Axle Group Rating:19,000
2016 VOLVO B11R EU5/1 | KFP415
These pics were taken by my good friend, Simon who is also a bus driver for NZBus :)
I do like the colour Clarks paint their coaches, stands out from the usual white we see coaches painted.
Newmans Starlighter 1994 Volvo B12 snapped at the Wellington Railway Station terminus after arrival from Auckland.
Photo scanned from The Omnibus Bulletin, July 1997.
The Volvo B12 chassis first appeared in New Zealand in 1993 bringing a new era of high-powered coach chassis with a wide variety of features to enhance their safety, economy and reliability in service.
During 1995 two identical Volvo B12 Newmans/lntercity coaches entered service on the Wellington-Auckland route service. Each vehicle made the 1400 kilometre round trip every 24 hours, covering 450,000 kilometres annually. Safety on winter roads is enhanced by the drive axle differential lock which improved traction.
Regular drivers were: Ian Bruce, Peter Guppwell, Wayne Harding, Ian Moore, Les Payne, Ken Piriaka and Peter Walker.
CARJAM DETAILS:
Make: 1994 VOLVO
Model:B12FL 6X2
VIN: YV3R2FL11RA001319
Plate: SY1676
Engine No: D122FL*097*221544
Seats: 52
CC rating: 12,000cc
Plates History:
AER866 – 30 August 2001
XG4351 – 7 August 1998
SY1676 – 26 October 1994
www.businfo.nz/index.php?R=12704
Operator - Nimon & Sons Ltd - Hawkes Bay
Depot - Hastings
Fleet Number - 34
Registration - AER866
Chassis Type - Volvo B12
Chassis No. - YV3R2FL11RA001319
Body Manufacturer - Designline
Body Date - 1994
Seating Codes - C51D
Notes - ex (397) AER866, XG4351, SY1676, Ritchies Transport Holdings Ltd.
Livery - AOA for Magpies
OVERNIGHTING
By OBserver
lt is 1955 hours, and the Starlighter pulls out of Auckland's Skytower Terminal, on the joint Newmans/lntercity run to Wellington. We're 5 minutes late getting away, due mainly to the late arrival of the service from Wellington - it had rained in the late afternoon, and the inevitable had happened - the Auckland roading network had stopped, due mainly to a number of minor crashes.
It's quickly onto the Southern Motorway and our Volvo coach is making easy work of maintaining 100km/hr but we arc soon off and onto the back streets of Otahuhu, eventually arriving at the local bus terminal, where we pick a couple more passengers. I'm beginning to feel ancient - the bus is carrying a reasonable load, mainly of young people - perhaps my age group are meant to fly.
Back on the motorway, we quickly leave it again for the call to the Cityline Depot at Papakura. Sudden braking - an indecisive wally in an off roader swoops away into the local Warehouse store. From Papakura we follow the Great South Road to Drury, where we rejoin the motorway for the run over the Bombays. As we travel the Great South Road I see in my mind eye Reo's and Diamond T's, Bedfords and Hudsons - this section of the route is largely the same as it was when the buses and coaches of Edwards Motors, Flexmans and all the other pioneering operators ran their services south from Auckland to serve destinations both near and far. The drivers of those times would be hard pressed even to imagine the changes that have occurred since their day.
We're over the hills and run through the new Pokeno Bypass - traffics much lighter now, and we are in darkness, punctuated by the lights of northbound vehicles. The lights of the Service Centre at Mercer appear as we run through the site of the former railway station - it was once so far from Auckland that it had its own refreshment rooms - any ghosts from those times now must dodge the streams of traffic on State Highway 1.
Into the service centre, and the coach takes on a substantial load of fuel - the driver asks passengers not to leave the bus, but some wander over to the shop.
Actually the driver seems a chatty son - but not to us passengers - he has two cell phones, and spends considerable time while driving talking on one or the other. In fact the driver speaks to his passengers only twice more on the journey - giving advice as to how long we are to stop at Wairakei and Bulls.
Into Huntly and down the Main Street to the local Intercity agent. A car pulls up behind - its a prospective passenger who tried to get on at Otahuhu. He's not on the driver's manifest, but has a booking reference and says he has talked to someone at Newmans who confirmed he should be. After some discussion the driver decides he can come with us - the passenger is booked to catch the Picton ferry at 0930, and the issue of a ticket can be worked out later - good decision but I'm thinking its a pity he didn't resolve it at Otahuhu via his cell phones - would have saved the passenger's parents a hurried drive south.
South of Huntly the highway parallels the railway, and we are soon running alongside a southbound freight. The sound of DX loco full out fills the coach, but we're over the Hopullopu overbridgc, and pull ahead of the train.
Te Rapa, making the northern outskirts of Hamilton, is marked by a giant illuminated Christmas tree - its that time of the year. Into the motel strip and our first fellow traveller leaves us. The Hamilton Bus Station is largely deserted bar the inevitable skateboarders and a small group waiting to board our service. The smokers rush off to grab a few puffs but many of my fellow travellers make a dash for adjacent Burger King They arc asking about loos - Odd I think to myself, this vehicle has a toilet on hoard I lind out later - having made my way down the aisle to the rear, that it's locked - the tank is lull as the vehicle was not serviced between arriving in Auckland and setting out on its return trip. Oh dear, I wish the driver had told us, and I too would have joined the rush lor the loos.
Doors closed and we're 0ff - no we're not - there's always a straggler - this time a smoker grabbing a desperate last puff before getting back on. Cambridge as some minor excitement - red and blue flashing lights ahead - the constables are chatting to the driver of a car. Settle back into the scat and - sulphur dioxide - must have dozed, because we arc drilling into Rotorua. A young woman leaves the coach and walks off, dwarfed by her pack - looks barely old enough to be at high school - and we are southbound again towards Taupo.
Downchanging and sodium lights - its the Wairakei truck stop. The yard is full of line haul units, some swapping trailers, others changing drivers. Our driver announces a 20 minute break - its his mandatory rest break he says - funny, could have sworn he needed at least ]0 minutes -oh well. Its not tropical, and I'm not hungry - but I dash for the loo. That attended to, its back to my corner on the bus and try to find someway of arranging my body so it will sleep.
It must have worked, because the apart from noticing fellow travellers coming and going at Taupo, Turangi and Waiouru, its suddenly Bulls - 0400 - coach leaves again at 0430. Again there's a rush for the loos, and some hardy souls head into the service area to grab food and drink. I sit in the coach, listening to the sound of trucks roaring through the town - it seems incredibly noisy, and I'm thankful for my quiet city house.
Dawn is upon us as we run through Palmerston North, then on to Levin via the back road past Massey University. At Levin we park on the opposite side of the road to the much discussed temporary bus shelter - a number of passengers - travelling light without bags leave us here It six am and a sudden slowing - a family of ducks are making their way across the road - I wonder if this is a usual occurrence - like kids heading tor school - between Waikanae and Paraparaumu we are pacing another Tranzrail freight - it doesn't look like the same one we passed earlier in the journey, but 1 wonder how the truckles can compete - one man driving and about 70 containers behind him, compared to the two on a B train - yes, I know that there are other costs, but this isn't the only train on the line tonight, and those other costs are spread across 24 hours of trains
Bright sunshine, and the traffic is getting heavier, but we are ahead of the morning rush hour into the capital. Soon its Wellington Station, grab the pack and ride a trolleybus home to start the days work.
An interesting experience, but I would have felt better if our driver had talked a little more to his passengers and lot less to whoever was on the other end of his cell phone calls - I'm of the view - perhaps purely selfish, but I like living - that driving a B12 with a load of passengers in a stream of traffic dominated by 44 tonne combinations requires full concentration, and not making gear changes and steering one handed. - The Omnibus Bulletin, January 1998.
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
2008 Scania K70 | EKL301
I used my old camera while my phone was broken, so images are not sharp :)
Roskill Depot | Auckland | New Zealand
This picture actually makes this Ghia look better than it actually is - it's very rough with dents and scrapes all over and a sun scorched interior. I think it has come out of long term storage as it sports no recent registration sticker and its WOF is early 1990s vintage.
EDIT - just checked CarJam which has come back online and it is actually a 1980 that had its last recorded WOF (MOT test) in July 1996!
A snap of the 1995 M.A.N that has Designline B39D bodywork at the Lambton Interchange "Bull Ring",
From memory, a view I recorded around the time that it was new to service showing 253 with a Route 5 Hataitai destination, a route that was normally worked by trolleybuses during the peak hours.
Some wag reckons that M.A.N stands for “Mechanic Always Needed”.
Stagecoach's first investment in the New Zealand transport market was the purchase of Wellington City Transport Limited from Wellington City Council in 1992.
CARJAM DETAILS:
Make: 1995 MAN
Model: 11.190 HOCL
Colour:White
Second Colour:Orange
VIN: 7AB7520216AX00303
Plate: TG5855
Engine No: 17477175757111
Seats:40 [39 passengers]
CC rating: 6,871cc
Fuel Type: Diesel
Assembly Type:Unknown
Country of Origin: Germany
NZ First Registration: 6 April 1995
BEGINNING OF THE END FOR WELLINGTON'S TROLLEYBUSES AS AXE FALLS ON HATAITAI ROUTE
Stuff, 5 October 2015
The demise of Wellington's trolleybuses has begun.
Safety issues with the overhead wires at Hataitai have seen the capital's iconic trolleys yanked off their first city bus route, despite Greater Wellington Regional Council vowing to keep the network running until June 2017.
The decision to replace the fully-electric trolleys from the No.5 Wellington-Hataitai Loop service with diesel buses has drawn criticism from within the council's own ranks.
But the council's transport portfolio leader Paul Swain says it was a "wise decision" as the alternative would have cost ratepayers $1.3 million in repairs.
The regional council decided in 2014 that it would not persist with the capital's 60 electric trolleybuses beyond mid-2017, which is when the council's redesigned system of bus routes and contracts with bus companies kicks in.
The region's 218 diesel buses will also be progressively phased out as they reach the end of their useful lives between 2017 and 2032, to be replaced by hybrid diesel-electric buses, and then eventually fully-electric buses.
But the first pieces of overhead wires disappeared in September after problems were discovered with the Hataitai section of the network.
Fixing the entire section was priced at $1.6m, or the council could save $1.3m by decommissioning part of the wires at the intersection of Hataitai and Waitoa roads, meaning trolleys could no longer turn between the two streets.
That meant the five trolleybuses servicing the No.5 route would have to be replaced by diesel buses.
"We decided that for the sake of five buses per day, it wasn't worth asking the ratepayers to pay $1.3m," Swain said.
"This is not some sneaky effort to start decommissioning the trolley bus network by stealth. We're still spending money to ensure it can continue until 2017."
He pointed out the regional council had $22m budgeted until June 2017 to operate and maintain the trolleybus network, $9m of which was for maintenance of the overhead wires.
But regional councillor Sue Kedgley said it was another example of Greater Wellington being too quick to give up on trolleys, which she believed should be persisted with until fully electric buses were on the market.
Many Wellingtonians did not realise the promised hybrid buses would not be ready to go come July 1, 2017, and the trolleys would have to be replaced with diesel buses to begin with, she said.
"It's incredibly short-sighted. It's going backwards, not forwards."
She had seen University of Otago research that suggested replacing Wellington's trolleys with diesels could see carbon emissions jump by as much as 20 per cent in places where buses pile up during peak time, such as Willis St.
Swain acknowledged it was likely emissions being generated by the region's bus fleet would increase slightly in the latter half of 2017.
But by January 2018, half the of the region's entire fleet would be new buses, while the remaining 50 per cent would be a better standard of diesel than the oldest buses currently operating across Wellington, he said.
At 6pm on 18 September 2015, No. 341 departed the Interchange at Wellington Railway Station.
It was just another service taking commuters home through Mt Victoria to Hataitai. But this Route 5 service was to be last of its kind - the end of trolleybus working to Hataitai. There was nothing to mark the occasion, no banners, no farewell tickets, and no ceremony. Even the passengers destined to travel to a stop on the Hataitai loop would have been unaware that this was to be their last ever ride home on a trolleybus. The decision had been quietly made to turn all services over to diesel operation on the peak-hour only Route 5.
In the words of the song, made famous by Joni Mitchell (Big Yellow Taxi), “you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone”. Hataitai residents have lost their “Big Yellow Taxi”, except it was the big yellow Go Wellington trolleybus.
Wellington's trolleybuses are not due at the scrap heap until July 2017, but the first pieces of the overhead wire network has already disappeared from Hataitai.
The Vacationer was a delightfully cheesy 80s spec of Commodore, only available in countries that would call a vacation a holiday. This one has had a good few options ticked, and CarJam would suggest it has likely done less than 100k. This VL has the Nissan RB30 six as available at the time.
Parked outside a block of retirement flats, this solid old VK - with the unloved 1.9 litre 4 cylinder engine - still wears a set of original rare Commodore hubcaps.
CarJam shows this car had done 131k in 1989 (presumably a company or rental car); by the end of 2011 it had only got up to 206k...
Ex Auckland 0305/0303 Mercs. and 2 Wellington Leyland Leopards snapped in the Masefield St. yard of Runciman Motors Ltd., ending their service life as school buses in the Hutt Valley. At right is ex ARA “Peanut” No. 1070.
Between 1977 and 1980 Auckland Regional Authority acquired 96 Mercedes Benz 0303 buses with New Zealand Motor Bodies DP41D bodies. These buses were used for longer services and charters although in busy periods they could be found operating on many shorter servces (eg Onehunga) as well.
The first of these was number 1001.
At the time ETA Foods who made peanut butter and marketed nuts had an advertising campaign around the theme of 1000 peanuts in every jar of peanut butter. Chief character of the ads which appeared on TV and in print media was an animated peanut called Peanut 1001. The connection between 1001 and peanuts in popular culture was so strong that the series became known as ARA "peanuts".
In 1985 bus 1010 was converted to a tag axle bus. 18 more were converted to tag axles for the 1990 Commonwealth games with capacity increased to 49 seats. Conversions were done at the ARA North Shore depot. These buses were disposed of in the early 1990's. Some were sold before ARA became Yellow Bus Company in 1991.
Runciman Motors Ltd. of Upper Hutt was a subsiduary of Stagecoach. Legal name was then changed to North City Bus Ltd. Operated Upper Hutt scheduled services (that was taken over by Cityline) plus 2xdaily Upper Hutt-Wellington, school and charter services.
Buses belonging to Runciman Motors Ltd have been a feature of Upper Hutt roads for 39 years.
Many residents in our area will have grown up travelling to school and work on a Runciman bus, and will continue to do so if Runcimans' impressive fleet of 30 buses and three rental vans is anything to go by.
Paul Runciman (pictured) and his younger brothers Todd and Kerry who now run the company were "born and bred into the world of buses".
"It's all part of our upbringing" says Paul.
The Runciman brothers were introduced to the transport industry when their father Alan Runcinian senior brought three Ford buses from the Upper Hutt Borough Council. He used these for the local urban service and school runs in Akatarawa and Whiteman's Valley.
Now Runciman Motors owns and operates 30 buses, has 42 school bus runs and a heavy machinery mechanical workshop called "Whakatiki". - Upper Hutt Leader, September 19, 1994.
YouTube video clip of former ARA Mercedes-Benz 0303 “Peanut” No. 1070, which after being acquired by Runciman Motors in January 2000 for school bus/charter duties, went to Brian Taverner in March 2006, and shown on its way to a buyer in Otaki, May 2008.
This 0303 (“Peanut”) has been modified for extra length to hold more passengers, and yes, the old ones are still around or rebodied into coach tour buses.
The Auckland Regional Authority purchased around 300 Mercedes Benz 0305 buses in 1973-1980 (replacement for Auckland's trolleybuses) which were absolute luxury with air suspension, power steering, automatic transmisson, seats facing each other, bell buttons, pop up roof vents, engine at rear, plus more:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgDtvrUiAYA
Ex ARA No. 1070 CARJAM DETAILS:
Year: 1980
Make: MERCEDES-BENZ
Model: BENZ 0303
Colour: White
Plate: EQN933
Engine No: 173474
Chassis: 019834
Seats: 52
CC rating: 9,570cc
Fuel Type: Diesel
Plates History:
JQ9728 - 9 May 1980
NY9392 - 14 October 1988
EQN933 - 12 November 2008 (rego on hold)
2008 Scania K270 | EGR133
I used my old camera while my phone was broken, so images are not sharp :)
Roskill Depot | Auckland | New Zealand
Cityline NZ Ltd., Lower Hutt, No. 25 (UO8020) operating as a Airport Flyer during the Stagecoach era after being switched to this duty in July 1997 in a transfer from WCT.
Understand it was later switched back to Wellington duties in April 2007.
Is an example of the 2 axle diesel buses imported from Citybus Hong Kong in 1996 for use in Wellington and which have Alexander B41F bodies.
I may have snapped this view at the time at Wellington Airport.
CARJAM DETAILS:
Make: 1993 VOLVO
Model: B10
Submodel: M
VIN: YV31MGC14PA032011
Plate: UO8020
Engine No: 54199
Chassis: 032011
Seats: 47
CC rating: 9,600cc
Fuel Type: Diesel
Assembly Type: Imported Built-Up
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
NZ First Registration: 22 October 1996
A proper timewarp of a car, especially with the Cheviot mags. The saloon Crowns were assembled in NZ, but these hardtops were imported built-up from Japan. Carjam says this one bears a 6554cc engine, which must be a typo as the largest engine available was a 2.6.
I think this is a fitting 4500th upload! Was pretty gobsmacked to see this just sitting at the front of a house mere metres off a main road. 1970 makes it the oldest Maxi I've seen, being a 1500 rather than 1750. CarJam says its registration was only cancelled in 2015, despite its last odometer record dating to 1996! What's interesting is that this car is absent from Street View images from late 2012.
Could it be saved? We can't see the underside, but I think the climate of this area has largely preserved it quite well...
The Volvo hybrid bus captured in Courtenay Place during its public trial outing on Wednesday, 13 January, and which is mooted as the type of replacement envisaged for Wellington's trolleybus fleet, photo courtesy of Alan Wickens.
Wellington's public transport system is on course to hit new clean green heights.
The public were offered a taste of the region's low emission, modern bus technology and travel on Wednesday when the Greater Wellington Regional Council, in conjunction with Volvo, hosted a demonstration of a hybrid electric and diesel bus in the capital.
The single-decker bus ran along the Golden Mile, between Wellington Railway Station and Courtenay Place, allowing people get on board, for free, and feel the difference.
It will be enlisted into service with Newlands Coach Services for three weeks.
Regional council transport portfolio leader Paul Swain said 10 hybrid buses would join the fleet from 2017 and would significantly reduce emissions produced from public transport.
However, unlike the demonstration bus, the new ones would be double-deckers.
"They will be bigger, just like they are in London," he said.
But unlike those in London, they will not be red. "The new buses and all of the region's buses will be painted in the regional council's green," Swain said.
The new buses were about lowering emissions, reducing bus congestion in the Wellington CBD by getting more people on fewer buses and improving reliability.
Ultimately, the regional council wanted its bus fleet to be electric, but the technology was still not available, so hybrids were the best way to make the transition.
Volvo Bus Corporation vice-president David Meads said the hybrids' main benefits were reducing emissions and noise.
The single-decker used up to 40 per cent less fuel than a conventional diesel-only bus operating on the same route and under the same conditions.
It also operated for almost 30 per cent of its time on the road in the silent or electric mode, he said. "At times it sounds and operates like a normal diesel bus and then it switches to silent electric mode."
Mana-Newlands bus driver Paul Fairs said the hybrid was just like driving a regular diesel bus but, when it went into silent mode, it took some getting used to.
"You think you have stalled when it turns itself off and into electric mode," he said.
"It's a bit weird but otherwise it's good, and there don't seem to be any power issues."
The regional council expects to have about 55 new low-emission double-decker buses, 10 of which will be the hybrids, running by 2018.
They would be prominent between Johnsonville and Island Bay, and parts of the journey between Karori and Seatoun.
Where tunnels proved too low for the double-deckers, new greater-capacity single-deckers would be used. - Dominion Post 13/1/2016
HYBRID BUS ON DISPLAY IN WELLINGTON
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Wellington's Mana Coach Services will be trialling a Volvo Hybrid bus from tomorrow.
Chief executive Ian Turner says the Volvo Hybrid will be used for three weeks on its busiest routes, from Courtenay Pl to Johnsonville, Newlands and Churton Park.
He hopes ultimately it will use less fuel and therefore reduce emissions. He says a good test for it will be the steep Ngauranga Gorge.
Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) plans to introduce up to 10 double-decker hybrid buses into the Wellington City fleet within two years. They're part of what it calls a stepping stone towards a fully electric fleet in the longer term.
GWRC Regional Transport Committee chair Paul Swain says the intention is to reduce emissions from the capital's bus fleet, but he admits it will come at a cost.
A conventional diesel bus costs $450,000 and a hybrid closer to $600,000.
The Volvo hybrid boasts: Burning 40 percent less diesel than a conventional bus; 80 percent fewer harmful emissions; glides silently around terminals and bus stops, reducing noise; just one hybrid battery that's charged using energy from the driver using the brake pedal.
Exactly who will supply the buses has yet to be decided.
The GWRC says hybrid buses will be part of a network that delivers faster services along the Golden Mile and weekend and evening services to suburbs that don't currently have them.
On concerns about the quietness of the hybrids and potential danger to pedestrians, Mr Swain says it's a case of "pedestrians beware".
He says the trolleybuses are also quiet and people got used to them.
Wellington's trolleybuses, which would have cost $50M to upgrade, will be decommissioned from the middle of next year. - 3 News
CARJAM DETAILS:
Make: 2015 VOLVO
Model: B5RH
Colour: Green
Submodel: BUSTECH
VIN: YV3T8R921FA171326
Plate: JKE390
Engine No: D5F-11719771
Chassis: 09
Seats: 44
NZ First Registration: October 6, 2015
The Wellington hybrid bus on trial:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=av2583RdJbY
For a brief video of the three types of Wellington buses in action go to:
Unfortunately the microphone on the camera is not very good so you could be forgiven for thinking that the three buses emitted equal levels of sound. The rear mounted engine of the third bus put out a lot more noise than the first two.
Scanned from the Omnibus Bulletin of January 1998, and which was added to the Tranzit Masterton based fleet at the time, was this Australian import Volvo B10M, No. 218, a Volgren C54F (High Deck) tag axle. It was written off in May 2011.
During its time with Tranzit it became the team bus for the Hurricanes rugby football team.
Driver was James Snelgrove, grandson of the firm's founder, Albert Snelgrove, who founded Tranzit in 1924.
Snap by B. Schieb.
Bus Information for WP7378:
Operator - Tranzit Group Ltd
Depot - Wairarapa
Fleet Number - 218
Registration - WP7378
Chassis Type - Volvo B10M
Chassis No. - 7A8J50T0997581202
Body Manufacturer - Volgren
Body Date - 1989
Status - Withdrawn
Seating Codes - C54F
Notes - WRITTEN OFF after accident in Marton 05/2011.
ex Australia.
Livery - Tranzit
Date Last Change - 15/04/2020
www.businfo.nz/index.php?R=18951
CARJAM DETAILS:
Make: 1989 VOLVO
Model: B10
Colour: White
Second Colour: Blue
Submodel: M
VIN: 7A8J50T0997581202
Plate: WP7378
Engine No: UNKNOWN
Chassis: 8384
Seats: 55
CC rating: 10,000cc
Fuel Type: Diesel
Assembly Type: Imported Built-Up
Country of Origin: Sweden
NZ First Registration: 6 November 1997
A tidy wee Civic in rare sedan form. CarJam suggests this came off the road in early 2014, despite records suggesting it had travelled less than 80k.
The former Hawkes Bay Motor Co. 1962 AEC Reliance AHU 470 No. 29 with NZMB C25F bodywork acquired by Brian Clements and converted to a 2 seater movan viewed in the yard of the Foxton trolleybus museum in the late 1990s.
The view dates back to a time when the Foxton trolleybus museum depot yard spilled over on to the property behind Foxton's Post Office Hotel, but eventually a change in the hotel mangagement saw the erection of a fence between the two properties which put an end to this.
CARJAM DETAILS:
Make: 1962 AEC
Model: AHU 470
Colour: Blue
Plate: EN7428
Engine No: 669
Chassis: 2MU3RA3840
Vehicle Type: Motor Caravan
Seats: 2
CC rating: 7,750cc
Fuel Type: Diesel
Assembly Type: Unknown
Origin: NZ New
NZ First Registration: 16 April 1962
www.businfo.nz/index.php?R=5338
Prior to the second world war only a handful of fully built buses were imported into New Zealand; local supply was able to maintain pace with demand. An unusual exception was the importation by the Timaru Borough Council of one fully built up AEC double decker with body work by the London General Omnibus Company together with two chassis which were fitted with locally built double decker bodies.
After the war, the bus and coach industry faced fleet renewals on a large scale and to compound matters municipal operators with tramway systems were faced with tramway renewal or replacement by buses and trolley buses. Without exception the latter option was decided upon and the coach building industry in New Zealand was placed in a position in which it could not satisfy an unprecedented demand. This situation pertained from the end of the war right through the 1950's.
The only way. to overcome this problem was to import either fully built buses or kitset bodies which could be assembled by the operator in their own workshops. This latter option was taken up in both Auckland and Wellington.
During this period, most of the chassis imported into New Zealand were from United Kingdom manufacturers, Leyland, AEC, Daimler, BUT. It is not surprising therefore that New Zealand operators turned to Britain when seeking to import complete buses with the result that the greater majority of imported buses of this period were from British coach builders. Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch had a preponderence of British bodied buses on their streets. As late as 1975, only 15% of the Christchurch Transport Board fleet had locally built bodies. With the rather British livery of the time including a Tilling style fleet logo, the visitor could be excused for imagining they were in a provincial Engljsh town.
Despite a reasonably straight appearance and its parking on a roadside grass verge, this car has not been registered since 2014. The most recent CarJam record from April 2005 shows it having travelled 282k even then; wonder what it's at now.
2008 Scania K270 | EGR133
I used my old camera while my phone was broken, so images are not sharp :)
Roskill Depot | Auckland | New Zealand
Acquired by Runciman Motors in January 2000, ex Auckland No. 1592 snapped standing in Masefield St., Upper Hutt, outside the Runciman Motors yard while on school bus duties to St. Pats.
Between 1973 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.
ARA No. 1592 CARJAM REPORT:
Make: 1979 MERCEDES-BENZ
Model: 0305
Colour: White
Second Colour: Blue
Plate: CRB884
Engine No: 009830
Chassis: 30700161019087
Seats: 47
CC rating: 11,045cc
Fuel Type: Diesel
Plates history:
JL2163 – 7 December 1979
CRB884 – 13 May 2005
Last photoed in Foxton at the Foxton Mobil site on SH1 on 9 March 2016, the 1981 Volvo B58 75 seater "bendy" imported from Australia in 2006 - was No. 1367 at the Lonsdale depot in Adelaide - and registered DHD796 in May 2006, captured parked up in Wharf St. on Wednesday, 25 May 2016.
It arrived in Auckland in early February 2006 where I understand it acquired fleet number 1371 before eventually going to Okato Bus Lines where it was used on schools and found excellent for this purpose.
After Tranzit acquired Okato, it finished up in Palmerston North.
The bus is used to shuttle supporters from Massey University and the city to home games at Arena Manawatu and taken to schools or when the Turbos football team are working around the province.
It was born out of an idea by Manawatu Rugby Union commercial manager Jason Burton-Brown and the bus owner, Tranzit Coachlines.
Suspect it may now have been acquired by a private buyer.
CARJAM DETAILS:
Make: 1981 VOLVO
Model: B58
VIN: 7A8J51E0906266941
Plate: DHD796
Engine No: THD100D
Chassis: 15578
Seats: 75
CC rating: 9,600cc
Fuel Type: Diesel
Assembly Type: Imported Built-Up
Country of Origin: Australia
NZ First Registration: 4 May 2006
First Overseas Registration: 1 January 1981
Bus Information for DHD796:
Operator - Tranzit Group Ltd.
Depot - Manawatu - Palmerston North
Fleet Number - 550
Registration - DHD796
Chassis Type - Volvo B58
Chassis No. - 7A8J51E0906266941
Body Manufacturer - PMC
Body Date - 1981
Seating Codes - AB75D
Notes - ex (36) DHD796, Okato Bus Lines, New Plymouth; ex Australia.(1367) WJP 455, Torrens Transit, Adelaide
Livery - AOA for Turbos Rugby
In immaculate condition, still bearing its likely original NZMC Takapuna plate surrounds. CarJam records suggest this car had only travelled 79k in 2010.
TV2's promotional vehicle "BWITH2" preserves some passenger transport history from 1955. This NZMB bodied Leyland Comet was new to Weld Motors, of Palmerston North, and was purchased by Martinborough based Mercury Buses in February 1975.
Purchased by Television New Zealand in 1996, this striking looking bus is now Isuzu powered and later preserved at MoTaT in Auckland in 2003.
Photo: TVNZ Publicity/Kaye Wilson and scanned from the Omnibus Bulletin, July 1998.
CARJAM DETAILS:
Make: 1955 LEYLAND
Colour: Silver
Second Colour: Yellow
Plate: MOTAT
Engine No: 035010213
Chassis: 553496
Seats: 37
CC rating: 3,600cc
Fuel Type: Diesel
Plates History:
MOTAT - 13 June 2003
BHH137 - 27 May 2003
2BABE - 13 September 2000
BWITH2 – 10 January 1997
ER8692 - 18 October 1955
Cancellation Date Of Registration: 2 November 2009
www.businfo.nz/index.php?R=6222
The Leyland Comet was a medium weight chassis introduced in 1948. Initial versions (ECPP1 and ECP01) were normal control and available with 300 cu in petrol and diesel engines although it is thought that only the petrol engined ECPP1 came to New Zealand.
These had a 210in wheelbase for a 27ft 6in body length In 1952 the chassis became forward control and was available with a 350 cu in diesel engine only. This version was the ECP02.1 with a 203 in wheelbase for a 30ft body length In 1962 this was replaced by the 12C.6RP with 370 cu in engine.
This was joined in 1963 by th 13C.6RP with the Leyland O.400 engine. Production of these models ceased in 1968.
Leyland produced the 13C.16RP until 1971 but none of these came to New Zealand.
The YouTube 2000 version of the TV2 “You Only Wanna Be With 2” which features the 1955 Leyland Comet Isuzu powered bus: