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Forward to late October 2018 and things had changed in Bunbury, though some things had changed the same. The choice of chassis and body combination was the same but ownership, livery and fleetnames were all new. The Bunbury City Transport identity had been subsumed into TransBunbury, mimicking operations across the state. South West Coaches was first under Veolia ownership, transitioning to Transdev but the Bunbury franchise passed to Transit Australia's Swan Transit subsidiary. This 2011 Volgren CR228L bodied Mercedes O500LE, 1464 (TP1464), was transferred from their Perth operation.
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Bunbury Bus Station was still in the same place with a great backdrop on Blair Street.
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Closer in reveals the bus in the Bus Station is another Volgren CR228L O500LE, 2116 (TP2116), new to Transdev in Perth.
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On town service 828 is 1440 (TP1440) like 1464 was new in late 2011 to Swan Transit. However, it beat 1464 to Bunbury, arriving in the Transdev era, but when seen in October 2018 was back with Swan Transit.
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Seen on a morning school run to Bunbury Senior High School is 2117 (TP2117) was another O500LE new to Transdev in Perth in 2011, reaching Bunbury via Swan Transit's TransBusselton operation. The bus is on Upper Esplanade overlooking the Ocean Drive and Indian Ocean.
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