SHOWBUS AUSTRALIA BUS IMAGE GALLERY
Sydney Buses | Mercedes O405NH Custom Citaro
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New Year's Day 2001, a heavily loaded Citaro heads out of the city after the Centennial Fireworks celebrations.
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Sydney Buses 1149 (MO1149) shows the rear treatment of these vehicles, which, unlike earlier deliveries to the fleet, have an exact symmetry in the layout of the livery. This matches the symmetry at the front where the red stripe does not kick up across the windscreen and down behind the front doors.
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 Custom Citaro 1121 (MO1121) and an identical vehicle pause in traffic outside Sydney Town Hall in August 2002. The then new trend for full depth panel adverts is well illustrated. |
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 An unidentified Mercedes in summer 2007/2008 is on route to Coogee in Glebe passing typically charming Sydney terraced sandstone houses with their wrought iron balconies. |
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 Summer 2007 was a tough time for Sydney Buses. A fault was found with the O405NH buses - the gas tanks on the roof were made of steel, other operators chose a lighter option, but Sydney went for steel for increased safety. The extra weight caused problems with the front axle. The entire fleet was taken off the road and ultimately modification were undertaken. Here large numbers of the Mercedes are laid up at Waverley depot over Christmas. Luckily reduced commitments over the school holidays eased the vehicle shortage, but spare buses were drafted in from Newcastle and withdrawn vehicles reinstated. |
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