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Dysons acquired Shepperton Transit in June 2017 and when the Bus and Coach Society of Victoria visited the operation in February 2018 the previous identity had been eradicated. Some of the older vehicles, like this pair dating from 1999, did not receive the full livery, simply fleetnames on the base white that Shepp Transit had used. Clearly they were not destined to stay long in the new world! On the left is Express bodied Metrotec Delta 16.210 981 (2211AO) and on the right, a rare combo, Bustech bodied Hino RG230K 983 (2212AO) which has been sold on to Shellharbour City Tour Coaches in Albion Park, NSW. The Metrotec had gone too by 2021.
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Likely to be around longer by virtue of its 2006 Volvo B7RLE chassis was 996 (6162AO). With 994 (6106AO) it comprised a pair, but with the only NCBC Downtown Citybus bodies in the fleet.
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A better view of 983, the Bustech bodied Hino.
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On another BCSV visit three years later in January 2021 two 2003 Volgren CR227L bodied Scania L94UB buses were found at the Geelong depot on loan to McHarrys. It is believed they were needed to provide extra capacity on some school runs to meet social distancing purposes. This is 191 (0931AO).
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The second bus was 192 (0930AO).
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