In 2012
it was announced that double-deck buses were to return to Sydney as
part of a government trial to free road space across the city.
The first bus was unveiled by the Australian Transport Minister on 23
August, and entered service on routes between Blacktown and
the north-west suburbs.
This was to be followed by seven more vehicles in 2013 in a
trial to
run until 2014.
The buses are built by the Australian company Bustech and are believed
to be 12.5 metres in length with a carrying capacity of 110
passengers.
Whilst all buses carry the standard livery for Transport for New South
Wales, they are operated by different companies.
The first was delivered to Busways whilst Hillsbus
received five buses, nos 6088-6092 and Forest Coachlines
received two.
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Busways 1048 (registration no. 5140)
- photograph
courtesy and copyright
of Tim Williams |
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Hillsbus
6089
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Hillsbus
6091
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Hillsbus
6089
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Above
photographs courtesy and copyright
of Doug Coster
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Hillsbus
6089 |
Hillsbus
6089 |
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Forest 9642 |
Busways 1048 |
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Above
photographs courtesy and copyright
of Barry Wong
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Spotted in Sydney on
Monday 25th November 2013 was this Bustech CDi. It carries
Translink livery (Brisbane and Gold coast contracted operator livery)
and belongs to Surfside Buslines (a sister company of Bustech).
This is the 11th CDi built and it was heading to Melbourne for
demonstration, staying in Scania Sydney for overnight stops. |
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My thanks to Stephen Cho for the above information and photograph. |
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view of top deck from back
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view of top deck in front of stairs -
front seats are 'under' window ledge - you have to climb down into them
!!!
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view of top deck from front
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view of back of lower deck from doorway
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view of lower deck from back seat
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wheelchair area on left side between
doors
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view of lower deck from front doors
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view of '1st class seat' behind driver
and stairwell
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front seat on door side with equipment
bay behind
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driver's area
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dashboard |
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display on stairwell wall showing video
of top deck and count of empty seats
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All above
photographs courtesy and copyright
of Doug Coster
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