SHOWBUS AUSTRALIA BUS IMAGE GALLERY
Metro Tasmania | Ansair bodied buses
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 In the early nineties Ansair bodied 21 of these thirty seat dual door MAN 10.180 midibuses for Metro in their Tasmanian plant, which opened in 1987 and closed three years after 515 (MET515) was built in 1992. This one was seen in Hobart on a damp day in March 2012. |
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 The Ansair Tasmanian facility was built to turn out locally bodied Scania product. From 1990 is 164 (MET164) on an N113CRB chassis. Around one hundred similar buses were built, but like the MAN midis these are now withdrawn. |
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 Following on from the German style bodywork as on 164, the Ansair Orana model followed in 1993, though this one, 624 (MET624), seen also in March 2012 in Hobart, was built the following year. |
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Built in 1995 sister vehicle 653 (653MET) managed around 25 years service to the island state.
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 The Oranas above are in a simplified livery of simply white and yellow, with fleetnames positioned on the sides which must be very prone to skirt damage. Orana 637 (MET637) was probably new in this livery version in 1994. |
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