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What are the best Buses (still exist today) have you rode

Post by Q4004 »

G'day All

Thought I start a thread where as anyone can post the best ever buses you have been on from the 3 compnays (Path, Swan and Southern Coast). These can be buses that exist today or ones that used to be in the fleet

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Path: 3001
Swan: 3002
SCT: 3000
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The bestest buses you have ever been on in Transperth Days. 1565 is the best when it takes off. 1572 can do Freeway speed. 1548 can do just under 100km/h. Ive been on those buses alot. 1565 is the best bus ive ever been in, i'll have to take a recording of it.
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:lol:
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720, 721, 676, 1507, 1313, 1315,
47 - 52 (These were my school buses)
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I'm no expert on bus numbers but the best buses I've been on are the old 867 route (Perth to Mandurah) coaches..soo confortable those seats were.
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The best one: 1418
Others: 2200, 3002, 1405, 1429
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Swan: 706 701 727 709 488
Path: 3001 1133
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Path: 1857,1863,1881-1899
Swan: 1365,1385,1401-1439,1600-1609,1655,2016,2018,2021-2027,2029,2051 and 2073,208X except 2089,TP2090-TP2092 and TP3003
SCT: CAT 6, 1914,1991-1999,2123 ,2217,2218,2219 and 3000
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1252? God that is slow...
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Path
1867
1882
2005

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Bestest (sic) buses in the fleet: 1440-1461, 1463-1465, 2098-2123, 2201-2216. Yes, every single one of them.
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IMHO theres only one bus that could bo called the " Pride of the Fleet" to ride & drive in ,and that well constucted noise free smooth riding bus is 3001 ofcorse. And after 3 years still has a hint of that new bus smell . :)
Its a shame we did'nt get more units of this MAN bus .
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High Floor Bus wrote:IMHO theres only one bus that could bo called the " Pride of the Fleet" to ride & drive in ,and that well constucted noise free sooth riding bus is 3001 ofcorse. And after 3 years still has a hint of that new bus smell . :)
Its a shame we did'nt get more units of this MAN bus .
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High Floor Bus wrote:IMHO theres only one bus that could bo called the " Pride of the Fleet" to ride & drive in ,and that well constucted noise free sooth riding bus is 3001 ofcorse. And after 3 years still has a hint of that new bus smell . :)
Its a shame we did'nt get more units of this MAN bus .
Ahh yes, driving wise....the best in the fleet.
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PoweredByCNG wrote:Bestest (sic) buses in the fleet: 1440-1461, 1463-1465, 2098-2123, 2201-2216. Yes, every single one of them.
But if I were to pick one from that lot as my favourite, best ZF Ecomat goes to 1450! And best ZF Ecolife goes to 2123.
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Post by busrider »

I think the bestest buses I roded on Transperth routes services were 1080 (Renault PR100.2), 1521 (O405NH) and a few OC500LEs, I can't remember what numbers they were, but I enjoyed them all the same...
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Hi all,

The best of the best is Path's MAN Artic 3001, no wonder...Then any MAN despite they're almost "expired" :D.
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yep, absolutely goddamn right by concensus ... but it's a freak of nature , designed to fulfill a purpose that never came to fruition.
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463,475,488,575,676,1043,1214 :wink: , 1234,1955,1976,1979,1983,
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Mandurahbus, you forgot 2 important ones! 1969 and 1982!
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So Far.

480, 488, 497, 1010, 1150, 1171, 1219, 1277, 1328, 1353, 1363, 1371, 1399, 1403, 1416, 1439, 1440, 1442, 1450, 1511, 1548, 1565, 1572, 1578, 1584, 1585, 1586, 1590, 1806, 1849, 1885, 1909,
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um 480 is painted white and up for sale and definitely not on TP's inventory roll anymore!
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Best buses all the OC500LE Diesles and 692
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