The Volvo B10L was a rear-engined, low-floor single-decker public bus chassis built by Volvo between c. 1993 and c. 2005. An articulated version of the B10L, known as the B10LA , was also produced.
32-601: The B10L was available in the United Kingdom and Ireland between 1994 and 1999, with a choice of two types of bodywork, the Alexander Ultra and the Wright Liberator . The Alexander Ultra body was marketed by Volvo and based on a design produced by Volvo subsidiary Säffle, who built the body on the first B10L imported to the United Kingdom. The bodywork by Wrightbus proved slightly more popular. In
64-605: A council-owned commercial businesses managed at arm's length from the council and providing consultancy services back to it. Transport for Brisbane operates services along dedicated busway infrastructure to avoid peak hour traffic congestion on roads closest to the Brisbane CBD. Bus upgrade zones (BUZ) are high-frequency bus routes mostly running direct to the Cultural Centre . All BUZ services run at least every fifteen minutes from around 06:00 to 23:00 seven days
96-493: A distinctive green and white stripe pattern. The Spring Hill Loop service (route 30) between Brisbane City and Spring Hill runs on a continuous loop between the CBD and Spring Hill precincts. Distinctive yellow buses stop at the yellow signposted bus stops. Rocket is a peak hour service operating in the direction of peak (towards the city in the mornings, and away from the city in the evenings), with limited stops. You can identify
128-684: A partnership supported by the Energy Saving Trust between TWM, Volvo Bus and British Gas , who constructed CNG refuelling points at TWM's Walsall garage for the buses. The other operators of the Alexander Ultra were First Northampton , who took delivery of nine Ultras, six of which were CNG-powered, Timeline of Wigan , who purchased 6 Ultras with grant funding from Greater Manchester PTE , and Dublin Bus , who took delivery of five diesel Ultras as well as one dual-door CNG Ultra,
160-674: A ticket, or have a go card to pay for your fare. This is the first service in Brisbane to operate 24 hours on Friday and Saturday and 18 hours every other day. Bus stops serviced by the CityGlider are identified with signs and painted kerb . The free City Loop, Spring Hill Loop and South Brisbane Loop bus services provide high frequency public transport access within the Brisbane Central Business District (CBD), at no cost to riders. Services also run between
192-438: A week and at least every ten minutes during peak hours from Monday to Friday. Except for the 199 BUZ, all other BUZ services operate on a limited stop basis (express service). CityGlider is a high frequency bus service around the Brisbane CBD, operating every five minutes during peak and every 10 to 15 minutes during off-peak. The service is pre-paid, meaning you can't buy any tickets on the bus, you must have already purchased
224-401: Is allocated to a particular depot, displaying a letter prefix for that depot before its fleet number, and hence is assigned to specific routes. On 28 October 2016, a Volvo B7RLE, S1980, was set alight by 48 year old Anthony O'Donohue. The driver, 29 year old Manmeet Sharma, was killed in his seat while all of the passengers were safely evacuated with some receiving minor injuries. Mr. O'Donohue
256-781: Is an organisational division of the Brisbane City Council , responsible through its related Council Committee for providing policy and advice to Brisbane City Council, and for delivering various public transport services across the City of Brisbane . The division does this as part of an agreement with Translink , an agency of the Department of Transport and Main Roads that operates public transport across South East Queensland . The origins of Transport for Brisbane (formerly, Brisbane Transport) can be traced to August 1885 where
288-800: The South East Busway . Articulated buses currently used by Transport for Brisbane are 30 CNG-powered MAN NG313s (Fleet numbers 1601 to 1630), delivered from 2007 to 2008, 20 diesel-powered Volvo B8RLEAs (Fleet numbers 1631 to 1650), delivered in 2018, and 60 electric bi-articulated HESS lighTram 25s for Brisbane Metro were ordered in 2022 with the first one already operating in 2024. A further batch of 20 B8RLEAs (Fleet numbers 1651 to 1670) has started to deliver in early 2020, 1651 and 1652 entered service in April 2020; while 1653, 1662 to 1670 entered service in March 2021. Since 12 July 2021, 1653 and
320-400: The step-entrance B10B , examples of which were already owned by many of its customers. The largest operators of Volvo B10L buses in the United Kingdom were Travel West Midlands and Travel Dundee , who ordered over 100 conventional diesel-powered chassis with Wright Liberator bodywork in 1996. Travel West Midlands also ordered 14 CNG -powered buses with Alexander Ultra bodies in 1997;
352-567: The Brisbane City Council acquired 20 operators with 67 buses. The first Rocket services began on the morning of 18 April 1977 between Garden City and the Brisbane CBD . These services were based on the idea that bus travel time could be reduced to less than the travel time by car by the removal of most embarkation stops. In the 1990s, Brisbane City Council corporatised its transport services to form Brisbane Transport,
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#1732802002377384-576: The Brisbane Transport fleet from 2005 to 2010, with 324 fitted with CNG ( Compressed Natural Gas ) engines (Fleet numbers 1200 to 1523) and 66 powered by diesel (Fleet numbers 1001 to 1066). Buses 1001 to 1015 were on loan to South West Transit, 1019 to 1029 were on loan to Hornibrook Bus Lines services since 2012, and returned to Brisbane Transport in July 2021. CNG powered buses are starting to pull off from service starting from 2019. The rest of
416-424: The CBD and Spring Hill areas and through South Brisbane and West End. The City Loop operates in a clockwise (route 40) and anti-clockwise (route 50) direction. The City Loop uses distinctive purple buses and stop at the purple signposted bus stops. The South Brisbane bus loop travels in an anti-clockwise direction along Grey Street, Montague Road, Vulture Street and Tribune Street. The bus stops were re-branded to
448-974: The CNG Ultras were later converted to run on conventional diesel. The second largest operator of B10Ls Translink , who purchased sixty B10Ls with Alexander Ultra bodies in 1995. Fifty of these were allocated to Citybus , while ten were allocated to Ulsterbus services in Derry . Two ex-demonstrator Ultras were also acquired. The FirstGroup were a notable operator of the Volvo B10L. First Glasgow ordered ten B10Ls with Wright Liberator bodywork, while five similar B10Ls were ordered by GM Buses North in 1995 for operation on Superbus routes between Wigan and Leigh . These were delivered in 1996, by which time GM Buses North had become First Greater Manchester . First Northampton , meanwhile, ordered nine B10Ls with Alexander Ultra bodies. Six of these were CNG -fuelled, while
480-1019: The City Loop free services. The supply of Volvo buses from Volgren came to an end in June 2021, where this contract started in 2009 across a 12-year period, with the first delivery of a Volvo B7RLE (fleet number 1801); while the final bus in the contract is a Volvo B8RLE (fleet number 2939) which is the 882nd bus built. In 2020, one third of buses were powered by natural gas. By 2027 all gas powered buses will be phased out. Starting from 22 May 2023, two new battery powered Volvo BZLs have been introduced to The Spring Hill Loop Route 30. BT operates two models of tag axle buses , 8 Scania K310UB (delivered in early 2009, fleet numbers 1701 to 1708 and later renumbered as 5001 to 5008) and 149 Volvo B12BLE (delivered from 2010 to 2013, fleet numbers 5009 to 5157), both diesel-powered and delivered from 2009 on. These larger buses are used on high-demand trunk routes, mostly on
512-724: The Metropolitan Tramways & Investment Company established a service in Brisbane under franchise from the Queensland Government with 18 horse trams . The tram system remained in private hands until January 1923 when the Queensland government established the Brisbane Tramways Trust, compulsorily acquiring the tram network and supporting infrastructure, then in 1925 creating the Brisbane City Council and transferring responsibility for
544-769: The United Kingdom, the articulated B10LA was bodied exclusively by Wrightbus for FirstGroup subsidiaries in Manchester (15), Leeds (15) and Glasgow (10). The Wright body for the B10LA is named Fusion . The B10L enjoyed limited success in Britain. In 1997 the Volvo B10BLE was introduced to the British market, and this chassis rapidly became more popular. The B10BLE was cheaper than the B10L, and shared more in common with
576-463: The United Kingdom. Alexander employed the use of Volvo subsidiary Säffle's [ sv ] 'System 2000' frame, using a combination of aluminium and extrusions secured with positively bolted joints . The Säffle frame differs from other Alexander products of the time, such as the Alexander PS type , with the low-floor B10L chassis requiring the body of the bus to be an integral part of
608-1321: The demonstrator. Eleven Wright Liberator -bodied B10Ls are operated by Bus Éireann in Cork , and sister CIÉ company Dublin Bus purchased five Alexander Ultra -bodied B10Ls for use in Dublin . A sixth, experimental LPG-powered, Ultra was leased and later returned. Helsingin Bussiliikenne purchased 41 Volvo B10L buses with Carrus City U [ fi ] bodies between 1995 and 1999; 21 of these are gas-powered. Pohjolan Liikenne bought four Volvo B10L buses with Lahden Autokori [ fi ] 402 bodies in 1999. Tampereen kaupunkiliikenne purchased eight articulated Volvo B10LA buses with Carrus City U bodies between 1996–1998 and in 2008. Jyväskylän Liikenne purchased 29 Volvo B10L buses with Carrus City U bodies built between 1997 and 1998. Some of these buses were bought from Kuopion Liikenne. Koiviston Auto has five Volvo B10L buses with Carrus City U bodies bought in 1997 and 1998. Transport for Brisbane purchased 54 Volvo B10L buses with Austral-Pacific Orana body as well as six with Volgren CR222L body, all were withdrawn between 2012 and 2015. Alexander Ultra The Alexander Ultra
640-712: The first of which was bodied by Säffle and delivered to Mainline Buses in April 1994. Subsequent Ultras were built on license to Alexander at their Mallusk plant in County Antrim , Northern Ireland. The Alexander Ultra ultimately did not sell well, however it received significant orders from a handful of operators in the UK and Ireland. The biggest customer of the Ultra were the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company , who in what
672-405: The journey time between Eight Mile Plains and Chermside, removing the need to transfer at Cultural Centre . The route completes the 30 kilometres (19 mi) cross-city journey in 39 minutes instead of up to 55 minutes via the Brisbane CBD. MAN 18.310s, Volvo B7RLEs and later Volvo B8RLEs make up the majority part of the rigid bus fleet of Brisbane Transport. A total of 390 18.310s joined
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#1732802002377704-478: The last Scania L94UB, the first CNG and low floor bus was retired after 20 years of service. In total 217 were made with two lost due to accidents in 2003 and in 2009 when the bus exploded due to a problem with the CNG engine. This has led the Brisbane City Council to retire all gas powered buses by 2027. Four Yutong E12 battery electric buses will operate on trial with Brisbane Transport, starting from June 2021 on
736-474: The latter of which was quickly disposed of by the operator. Production of the Ultra ceased in 1998, with Alexander moving on to develop the Alexander ALX300 body, which was available on the Volvo B10BLE chassis. [REDACTED] Media related to Alexander (Belfast) Ultra at Wikimedia Commons Transport for Brisbane Transport for Brisbane , previously called Brisbane Transport ,
768-424: The regular rigid fleet are all Volvos, including 553 diesel-powered B7RLEs (delivered from 2009 to 2018, fleet numbers 1801 to 2353, two withdrawn from service due to accidents in 2017 and 2020). 139 Volvo B8RLEs (delivered from 2017 to 2021, numbers 2801 to 2939) and one Volvo B5RLEH Hybrid demonstrator bus (introduced in 2015, fleet number 1595), all low-floor , accessible and air-conditioned. In October 2020,
800-769: The remaining 8 new artics (Fleet numbers 1654 to 1661) joined the Blue CityGlider Route 60 fleet to replace the rigid B8RLEs (Fleet numbers 2820 to 2838), while 1662 to 1670 joined the CityGlider fleet progressively to replace all the rigid B8RLEs in late 2021. Until the mid-1970s, heavy-duty AEC and Leyland buses were purchased. Later purchases were from European suppliers, Volvo B59s being purchased from 1976, MAN SL200s in 1982 and Volvo B10Ms from 1987. Transport for Brisbane operates its services from seven depots for specified areas. Some of these depots service routes shared in overlapping areas with other depots. Generally, each of Transport for Brisbane's buses
832-435: The remaining three were powered by conventional diesel. Other customers included CMT Buses , who purchased 10 Wrights, and Timeline of Wigan, who purchased 6 Ultras with grant funding from Greater Manchester PTE . Four Alexander Ultra-bodied B10L demonstrators were produced, with the first Ultra-bodied B10L produced being delivered to Mainline Buses in 1994. Mainline did not order any further examples and quickly disposed of
864-533: The stops for the Rocket service by the smaller "Rocket" sign shown under the standard bus stop sign. Clem7 (Route 77) is a bus route using the Clem Jones Tunnel (Clem7) which links the suburbs of Eight Mile Plains and Chermside . It runs every 15 minutes at peak times and 30 minutes off-peak, Monday to Friday. The route commenced on 22 March 2010 at a cost of $ 1.6 million per annum. It has decreased
896-493: The tram network to the council. Before the council withdrew support in 1961, the council supported the tram network by expanding it to a peak of 175 kilometres (109 mi) with over 400 trams. Bus services commenced in 1925 by the Brisbane City Council. Brisbane City Council shut down bus services due to financial loss in November 1927. Bus services recommenced 13 years later, in July 1940 with 12 Albion Valkyries. In 1948
928-400: The vehicle, in contrast to older chassis supporting body-on-frame construction. Internally, the Ultra had a 950 mm (37.4 in) gangway between the front wheels and a flat floor throughout most of the bus, with seats in the passenger compartment suspended from the ceiling via the grab handles. Double-glazed windows were also offered. Four pre-production demonstrators were produced,
960-528: Was a low floor single-deck bus body built on the Volvo B10L chassis by Walter Alexander Coachbuilders from 1995 to 1998. It was the right-hand drive equivalent of the Volvo 5000 [ sv ] and was built on license from Volvo Buses . Developed in conjunction with Volvo Buses, the Alexander Ultra was developed on the B10L chassis with the aim to be the first low-floor Volvo bus to be sold in
992-460: Was found to be suffering from mental health problems and was charged with the murder of the driver and multiple counts of attempted murder. Following the fire, the bus was destroyed and the fleet number '1980' was permanently retired from the company. All buses manufactured after 2005 were to receive a physical barrier for the driver and all buses in the fleet were to receive more CCTV cameras and better signage to help with evacuation process on any of
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1024-506: Was the UK's biggest low floor bus order at the time, ordered 60 Ultras in July 1995, 50 of which were delivered to Citybus and the remaining 10 delivered to Ulsterbus for services in Derry . Two pre-production demonstrator examples were also acquired. Travel West Midlands was the second biggest customer for the Ultra, taking delivery of 14 of the type in 1997 for use on route 529 serving Walsall and Wolverhampton via Willenhall . These Ultras were fuelled by compressed natural gas in
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