Custom Coaches CB80
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The Custom Coaches CB80 is new-generation bus
body built by Australia
n company Custom Coaches
and launched at the Australian Bus & Coach Show in 2009. It was built to replace the Custom Coaches CB60 that has been in service for nearly ten years.
The CB80 features many new features, including:
In 2010, the CB80 was given a trial run to various bus operators, including Ventura Bus Lines
, TransdevTSL, Forest Coach Lines
and Busways .
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
body built by Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n company Custom Coaches
Custom Coaches
Custom Coaches is an Australian bus manufacturing company started in 1935 in Guildford, New South Wales, Australia as the Cycle Components Manufacturing Company by Stanley James Hillsdon.-Origins:...
and launched at the Australian Bus & Coach Show in 2009. It was built to replace the Custom Coaches CB60 that has been in service for nearly ten years.
The CB80 features many new features, including:
- A single door design, seating 53 passengers
- Lighter frame with lighter doors and lightweight panelling.
- External panels; built using the latest fibreglass technology
- Internal panels built using 3D modelling
- External skirt panels
- New ducting material with hinge-less design
- Computer designed parts
In 2010, the CB80 was given a trial run to various bus operators, including Ventura Bus Lines
Ventura Bus Lines
Ventura is a privately owned bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Today the largest private Melbourne bus company, and operates a number of bus routes under contract from the Victorian State Government. The company purchased National Bus Company for A$45 million, and the Mount...
, TransdevTSL, Forest Coach Lines
Forest coach lines
Forest Coach Lines is a company that operates bus services in the northern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.-Network:Metropolitan Bus Service Contract Region 14*194: St Ives – City...
and Busways .