Buses with doors on both sides

Myrtone · Post by **Myrtone** » Mon May 13, 2019 4:26 pm

Have there been examples in this country of buses with extra doors on the other side, say to be able to dwell on both sides of a one-way street?

boronia · Post by **boronia** » Mon May 13, 2019 4:34 pm

A lot of coaches had them

Trevor 062 · Post by **Trevor 062** » Tue May 14, 2019 12:22 pm

There was a CB30 built for carbridge with an o/s door behind the front axle..

1whoknows · Post by **1whoknows** » Tue May 21, 2019 4:30 am

And a Ford airporter bus for TAA at Launceston bac k in 1971

system improver · Post by **system improver** » Fri May 24, 2019 3:17 pm

1whoknows wrote:And a Ford airporter bus for TAA at Launceston back in 1971

Yes and the bus The Freighter bodied bus replaced - the MBA bodied AEC Reliance, now restored at the Tasmanian Transport Museum. Here are two in-service shots of them from the Ken Food Collection:

Myrtone · Post by **Myrtone** » Fri May 24, 2019 4:04 pm

Are there photos of the other side too? Apparently, Hobart has quite a few one-way streets where the offside doors would be useful.

system improver · Post by **system improver** » Fri May 24, 2019 4:24 pm

As you can see, in the MBA Reliance, the doors are opposite each other. This was the normal place for the near side door in the 20 MBA bodied buses built for TAA: