Page 1 |
Believed to be at the Red Bus depot in August 1992 is this pair of surviving Hawke bodied Bristol RELL6L buses, 476 (HA6910) and 478 (HH8179). The former, new in 1975, went to Transbay of Whakatane and 478, new at the end of 1974, went for conversion to a mobile home, but the project was never completed. In the background an Inter City coach can be seen. |
  |
In April 2005 Designline bodied Dennis Dart 301 (UY9500) is emerging from the old subterranean Bus Station, "BusXchange". The small facility used hot allocation of the stands with display screens changing to indicate where a particular service would next depart from. The earthquake put paid to the facility. The Dart pioneered low floor buses in the city and was second in a batch of ten new in 1997. |
  |
Dominating this picture is 7 (CPS07) of Cunningham Passenger Services, an Isuzu believed to be a secondhand import from Japan, another of their fleet is on the left. In between are a Hino numbered 210 and Mitsubishi 211 (WT7847). |
  |
  |
Page 1 |