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SMRT
Buses ...
New MAN NG363F A24 Articulated bus - April 2013 |
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SMRT
Buses ...
New MAN NG363F A24 Articulated bus - April 2013 |
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April 2013 SMRT has taken delivery of a MAN NG363F A24 articulated bus, which is believed to be replacing the first articulated bus in Singapore, TIB838H which has been retired. The MAN NG363F is bodied by Gemilang with the Lion's City G design (albeit with slight differences), and is equipped with Gorba (remains to be confirmed), Spheros air conditioning (first time to be used in Singapore, also to be confirmed), and probably same layout as the Lion's City G for seating arrangement with one wheelchair bay likely located opposite the central exit door. This bus has been registered as SMB388S, although this is photographed with a test plate "SMB0000W" for unknown reasons. |
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| 12th April 2013 Following yesterdays report, Mark happened, by luck, to see the bus again with its actual registration plate "SMB388S" when doing some photography at Orchard Road. The bus was believed to be on driver familiarisation. Unfortunately, due to the presence of a broken down double decker on the right, Mark was only able to photograph the bus at the same angle as the previous day. |
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| 18th April 2013 It entered service today on route 190 between Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange and New Bridge Road Bus Terminal. One interesting feature to note is that it has translucent bellows which allows sunlight to enter the bus for illumination. |
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| My thanks to Mark
Chua for providing the above information and photographs, all of which are copyright of Mark Chua. |
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