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Transperth to get B7RLE, B9RLE & B12BLEA's from 2011

• iveco

  11 Nov 10, 11:26

  New Transperth buses by July 2011 02/11/2010

  The State Government is upgrading the public transport bus fleet with the signing of a contract potentially worth up to $400million. . . . Less The contract - for the supply of a minimum 65 buses a year for five years with a five-year option - was awarded to Volvo Group Australia. Announcing the deal today, Transport Minister Simon O’Brien said Volvo would provide the chassis and Volgren Australia would manufacture the bus bodies at their plant in Malaga.  “Deliveries to the Public Transport Authority start in July 2011, immediately following the expiration of the previous contract which the previous Coalition Government set in place in 1999,” Mr O’Brien said. “Currently, more than three-quarters of the Transperth bus fleet is low-floor accessible and air conditioned.  “The new contract enables a seamless continuation of the program to update and modernise the fleet with new, low-floor gas and diesel-powered buses. “Today’s news also means Transperth will stay at the forefront of the industry in terms of disability access and environmental friendliness.  Volvo, a world leader in emissions technology, will be using EEV (enhanced environmental-friendly vehicle) diesel technology, the cleanest bus technology commercially available today.” Initially, the contract will supply diesel vehicles, which will maintain the fleet mix at half diesel and half CNG (compressed natural gas) buses.  Beyond 2014, Transperth will be considering a new CNG bus platform incorporating new engine technology in the Volvo chassis. Volgren, which already makes bus bodies under the expiring contract with Mercedes, employs more than 100 staff at Malaga.  The plant uses more than 60 local suppliers and has local, national and international customers. Truck Centre WA, the Volvo bus servicing centre, is a long-standing Volvo partner and employs more than 230 people across its network.

  Source: Public Transport Authority

• SBS9818A

  11 Nov 10, 11:32

  B7RLE and B12BLEAs..

• Powered_By_CNG

  13 Nov 10, 22:44

  B7RLE EEV + Voith D864.5 + Volgren "FutureBus"

  B12BLEA EEV + Voith D864.5 + Volgren "FutureBus"

  B9RLE EEV CNG + Voith D864.5 + Volgren "FutureBus" (from 2014)

• TIB1051D

  14 Nov 10, 09:29

  whoa...why all with Voith transmission?

• sBs_boy

  15 Nov 10, 00:30

  Im quite interesting to know how the B9RLE CNG would perform. :D

• iveco

  15 Nov 10, 12:38

  A pity they aren't getting the B9TLs.

• Powered_By_CNG

  15 Nov 10, 17:45

  Before we see the first of these "VVVs" (Volvo Volgren Voith) later on next year, we will see the delivery of 66 Mercedes-Benz OC 500 LE EEV diesels beginning in December.  These will have similar specs to the SMRT units in Singapore but with a Volgren "FutureBus" body instead of Gemilang.

• TIB1051D

  16 Nov 10, 00:06

  Originally posted by Powered_By_CNG:

  Before we see the first of these "VVVs" (Volvo Volgren Voith) later on next year, we will see the delivery of 66 Mercedes-Benz OC 500 LE EEV diesels beginning in December.  These will have similar specs to the SMRT units in Singapore but with a Volgren "FutureBus" body instead of Gemilang.

  wow. same model, OC500LE 1830H? just that it is EEV rated.

• Powered_By_CNG

  16 Nov 10, 12:22

  Yup, OC 500 LE 1830h with OM 457 hLA 299hp and ZF 6HP 592C.