Bus Suggestions wrote:This is based on 1 of Lt. Commander Data's ideas. Chuck out the middle door of a Volvo B8RLEA and make them 'hills spec', other wise, Volvo HillsSpec series B8RLEA
Lt. Commander Data wrote:Back on topic: my idea of a bus would be a 14.5 Volvo B8RLE/Volgren Optimus - that would be interesting. A 14.5 CB80 would also be interesting (but probably crap like all other CB80s).
Hawkeye wrote:Lt. Commander Data wrote:Back on topic: my idea of a bus would be a 14.5 Volvo B8RLE/Volgren Optimus - that would be interesting. A 14.5 CB80 would also be interesting (but probably crap like all other CB80s).
Just had a look around, apparently the Volgren Optimus is available in a 14.5m variant! I'm yet to see any (pictures), but I'm sure we'll see some soon enough.
See here for where I got the relative information from: http://www.volgren.com.au/products/cr22 ... 4-5-metre/. I agree, it would be cool to see such a vehicle hit the streets
Lt. Commander Data wrote:TransitPlus (now SouthLink) have 17 L94UB 14.5s with Vilgren bodies (older ones the CR224L, the newer 3 CR228L) with the most recent being 2007. Hopefully they will be replaced with more 14.5s upon their removal, as artics aren't needed on most routes they operate on.
Hawkeye wrote:Lt. Commander Data wrote:TransitPlus (now SouthLink) have 17 L94UB 14.5s with Vilgren bodies (older ones the CR224L, the newer 3 CR228L) with the most recent being 2007. Hopefully they will be replaced with more 14.5s upon their removal, as artics aren't needed on most routes they operate on.
"Vilgren" ahaha![]()
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Roderick Smith wrote:Designing simply from a passenger-comfort view. I didn't do the design; I simply rode in comfort with some sleep. We might think of Laos as 'third world', but most such countries have better buses and better bus services than Australia has.
150724F Vientiane - Pakse (Laos): Sleeper bus. (Roderick Smith).
Another feature which has swept the world: an onboard toilet. I had one driver in Australia state before departing: 'We have a toilet, to comply with the law, but we don't want you to use it; I have locked the door'.
Another feature for a Smith bus: peel off the stickers 'No eating or drinking'.
Another feature which is quite uncommon: a buffet, with the ability to serve hot and cold. Surprisingly, Australia was a pioneer, the WAGR Scenicruisers of the early 1960s.
Lots of central and South American long-distance buses do serve cold tray meals, cold drinks, and hot drinks from airpots.
Most long distance in these countries and in Africa have a courier as well as a driver, but serve yourself from a microwave would work here.
I was once on a group charter in India. The courier had a tub of ice in the stairwell, loaded with beer, and kept us well served on the long and dreary haul from the day's railway sightseeing back to our Agra hotel.
Roderick B Smith
(retired Rail News Victoria Editor)
Denv12 wrote:
What facilities should there be on board coaches to make long distance travel better?
J_Busworth wrote:I would really like a 14.5 volvo with a true low floor bodywork and three doors. Much better suited to inner city running than many of the buses in Australia.
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