Kinetic Group fleet changes Australia/New Zealand

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Sunshine Coast transfers

Optares 5510 and 11 have been transferred back to Gold Coast

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Came across this site, with the tab name showing "Welcome to Sunbus Busline".
https://cinnamon-onion-rpmr.squarespace.com/about-us

And have also noticed some photos were taken in a Surfside depot but with Sunbus drivers, which is quite odd.
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Dont watch this space as this thread relates to fleet changes.
It is covered in viewtopic.php?f=30&t=91800
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Telfords in Sydney acquired 5 Volvo B8R's with Custom Adventurer bodies late last year - TV5277; 5278; 5292; 5296; 6375.
They were on Fleetlists and I checked today and there's only one TV5278.
Anyone know what's happened there ?
An error or have the other 4 been moved to other parts of the Kinetic empire.
They were all in Telfords livery.
Think for yourself, while it's still legal !
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Just answered my own question by re-checking disposals listing in detail.
The other 4 have been transferred to Kinetic Resources in Queensland.
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Skybus MAN no.203 transferred to the new Brisbane operation and sporting XQ plates.
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racingnathan wrote:Skybus MAN no.203 transferred to the new Brisbane operation and sporting XQ plates.
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Surfside/Sunbus

925-929 now at Sunbus Cairns.

3401 is now Sold to buyers for converting to motorhomes.

New Surfside VST MAN 930 coming soon.
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superbossgc wrote: Mon Jun 28, 2021 6:39 pm 3401 is now Sold to buyers for converting to motorhomes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyCsYQznzKs&t

3401 has certainly seen better days, and hopefully its days get better.
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News from Sunshine Coast

September will see only two B7 in the fleet to be withdrawn - 5701 and 5702

Replace them are two new MAN 19.320 to be numbered - 5643 and 5644

And the 5 Yutong electric buses have been ordered and there arrival around Nov/Dec, these will be based at Caloundra Depot

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Surfside

459 is now lost surfside livery is now Translink.

930-933 is now into service

930 rego XQ 41 UD, seen it at Australia Fair Southport.
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I'm not sure who's the monitor of the fleet list but the following has been observed:
930 - at Coomera not Tweed Heads
931, 932 - at Tweed Heads
933, 934 - at Coomera not Tweed Heads
247, 248, 249, 250, 251 - at Tweed Heads not Ernest
393 - at Tweed Heads not Ernest (transferred)
388 - at Ernest not Tweed Heads (transferred)
305, 306 - back at Ernest, 307 and 308 are still Tweed Heads buses.

441 is now at Ernest...


All MDis 459-465 are now in new full green Translink livery.


676 at Coomera for some reason... (not sure if this is a permanent transfer or temporary.)
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Motza.Box wrote: Tue Aug 17, 2021 12:23 pm I'm not sure who's the monitor of the fleet list but the following has been observed:

933, 934 - at Coomera not Tweed Heads
The regos for (933) & (934) would be??
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Surfside updates-

Fleet list showing 215, 216 & 351 at Coomera, all back to Ernest and currently not operating as Route 777 is suspended until further notice.

709, 781, 782, 853 are now in Translink livery.
802 - 805 still Yellow.

823, 640, 645 based at Coomera.
753 and 754 based at Ernest.

New MAN 19.320 VST’s 930 - 935 appear to be based at Coomera.

Few of Tweed units have been transferred to a temp yard at Skybus’s Currumbin Waters depot due to border closure.

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Surfside.

2 more new MAN to come 936 and 937

but 936 had rego XQ96OA.
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Surfside

936 and 937 entered in service.

931 Rego XQ26UD.
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Surfside

937 Rego is XQ49UM body no 21/039.
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Sunbus - Sunshine Cosst

New MAN,s have arrived and fleet numbers been 5758 and 5759

5701 already been withdrawn from service, 5702 still pending

5758 rego - XQ 54UM
5759 rego - XQ 55UM

Both buses will be based at Marcoola
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Here's a photo I took earlier on of 5759 during a 617 run, It's amazing that that Sunbus finally have some new additions. The shutter speed of my camera is out of wack so that's why the back desto is cut off.

https://ibb.co/cQ9fnVm

https://ibb.co/KNC5h3J
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Update Sunshine Coast following transfers from Greyhound Resources to Caloundra Depot Sunbus

Irizar Century 3500 fleet numbers 16,17,18,19

MCV Elite S 120 fleet numbers 5021,5022,5023

Optare fleet 11 still at Caloundra also

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To the person updates fleet list pls remove 3122 and 5643 Ta
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Surfside

Volgren hadn't been on for a year, now back in fleet, for new Volgren Optimus #940 MAN 19.320 Rego XQ24VZ, now at Coomera depots.
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Noticed an Irizar bodied coach in Sydney in a white and orange livery with large Kinetic signwriting, presumably a Telfords vehicle.
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Fleet update for Coomera depot-

The following are based at Coomera depot-
931, 932, 933, 934, 935, 936, 937, 938, 939, 940, 941, 942, 943, 944.

The following have been withdrawn from service-
802, 803, 804, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 812, 813, 820

Repainted to TRANSLINK green-
676, 709, 753, 754, 760, 769
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Surfside

629 is now sold to Seagulls Indoor playground Business Taratinga Rego XN93UA.

Sunbus

New Yutong all now at Caloundra and Cairns depot.

Skybus Hobart

New Bustech BYD is now in service.
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