SBST Volvo B9TL Wrights (Part 3)
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Visitors to the NEC will have seen the new Wrightbus Gemini 3 double decker on the B5LH chassis on Volvo’s stand. Christened the ‘dream decker’ it has Volvo’s 5.1-litre, four cylinder D5K engine and ZF Ecolife transmission.
Visually what immediately sets it apart from the earlier generation Gemini is the shallower top deck windows and the thoroughly restyled and far more rounded rear styling. The front is new too, though it is recognisably an evolved Wrightbus product.
http://www.busandcoachbuyer.com/daimler-engines-wrightbus-targets-euro-growth/2/
look at the picture nice look bus----it is Mercedes-Benz/Daimler powered using the OM934. This is a 5.1-litre four cylinder unit which develops 228hp (170kW) at 2,200rpm and peak torque of 900Nm at 1,400rpm mounted longitudinally within a demountable skid for ease of maintenance. So the new Gemini 3 is a merc double decker bus instead of volvo one.
no wonder sbst DD wright DD buses all volvos. wright company use volvo chassis all the time.
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3770S on 192, 3772L on 243G >> SLBP
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Originally posted by azharjj:
EDS looks like hanover... is it? or still LECIP?
3383B Lecip...
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Originally posted by wsy1234:
Visitors to the NEC will have seen the new Wrightbus Gemini 3 double decker on the B5LH chassis on Volvo’s stand. Christened the ‘dream decker’ it has Volvo’s 5.1-litre, four cylinder D5K engine and ZF Ecolife transmission.
Visually what immediately sets it apart from the earlier generation Gemini is the shallower top deck windows and the thoroughly restyled and far more rounded rear styling. The front is new too, though it is recognisably an evolved Wrightbus product.
http://www.busandcoachbuyer.com/daimler-engines-wrightbus-targets-euro-growth/2/
look at the picture nice look bus----it is Mercedes-Benz/Daimler powered using the OM934. This is a 5.1-litre four cylinder unit which develops 228hp (170kW) at 2,200rpm and peak torque of 900Nm at 1,400rpm mounted longitudinally within a demountable skid for ease of maintenance. So the new Gemini 3 is a merc double decker bus instead of volvo one.
no wonder sbst DD wright DD buses all volvos. wright company use volvo chassis all the time.
Thats a 2 axles non aircon DD..Can you imagine adding a aircon unit with our hot climate,60kmh limiter?The puny 5.1litre turbo 4 cylinders sure stress..Even HK Enviro400 using same engine as the 3axles one,Their Volvo B9TL 2 axles also using the 310hp engine version.
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Originally posted by carbikebus:
Thats a 2 axles non aircon DD..Can you imagine adding a aircon unit with our hot climate,60kmh limiter?The puny 5.1litre turbo 4 cylinders sure stress..Even HK Enviro400 using same engine as the 3axles one,Their Volvo B9TL 2 axles also using the 310hp engine version.
this bus just a demo come out somewhere this year. but if SBST or SMRT want i am sure there will be a more powerful version with 3 axles or 2 axles. But it is the body that is the new design by wright. Still it is a Mercedes-Benz/Daimler powered bus.
http://www2.mercedes-benz.co.uk/content/unitedkingdom/mpc/mpc_unitedkingdom_website/en/home_mpc/truck/home/new_trucks/model_range/the-atego/the-atego/facts/Driveline/engine.0002.html. a more powerful merc engines 220w
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Originally posted by wsy1234:
this bus just a demo come out somewhere this year. but if SBST or SMRT want i am sure there will be a more powerful version with 3 axles or 2 axles. But it is the body that is the new design by wright. Still it is a Mercedes-Benz/Daimler powered bus.
Volvo offers the B5RLE Hybrid using a 5-litre engine.
However, the D8K Euro VI engine seems to be a better candidate for Singapore and Hong Kong.
OM936 should be familiar to everyone...it is currently offered for the Citaro C2.
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i think the DD white bus people talking about might be true a Mercedes-Benz/Daimler powered bus. but not for singapore market or is it? might see a citaro DD bus soon??
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Been a while since SBST experimented DDs on a service that does not have them.
Last year Q3 it suddenly fancied experimenting DDs on lot of services like 101, 125, 243G, 293. Even tried on 228 but soon realized that DDs were not needed on this service.
This year it has rather been bleak with no non-DD services getting DDs.
I think only once SMRT DDs come, we will see some fleet changes with SMRT services.
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Spotted SBS3781K along Bedok North Road; prolly heading to BNDEP.
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Originally posted by BusAnalayzer:
Been a while since SBST experimented DDs on a service that does not have them.
Last year Q3 it suddenly fancied experimenting DDs on lot of services like 101, 125, 243G, 293. Even tried on 228 but soon realized that DDs were not needed on this service.
This year it has rather been bleak with no non-DD services getting DDs.
I think only once SMRT DDs come, we will see some fleet changes with SMRT services.
Because many of their older double-deck buses are retiring, so the recently-registered DDs has to go towards fleet replacement. Moreover, BSEP is alr pulling behind the no. of DDs they can use for fleet replacement, thus the VO3x Batch 1s have to be extended for an additional 6 months to a year.
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Originally posted by SBS7557R:
Because many of their older double-deck buses are retiring, so the recently-registered DDs has to go towards fleet replacement. Moreover, BSEP is alr pulling behind the no. of DDs they can use for fleet replacement, thus the VO3x Batch 1s have to be extended for an additional 6 months to a year.
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Registered on 22nd April 2014:
SBS3780M
Registered on 30th April 2014:
SBS3776B
SBS3777Z
SBS3778X
SBS3779T
SBS3781K -
Registered on 02nd May 2014 (BSEP):
SBS3385X
SBS3386T
SBS3387R
SBS3388M
SBS3389K
SBS3390E
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Originally posted by Gus.chong:
Registered on 22nd April 2014:
SBS3780M
Spotted on Service 14. BB/BN.
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3773J on 5 today. Either AR/BN.
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Btw just being curious uh, why now they revert to Hanover? Not that I'm complaining though :D
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Originally posted by SMB128B:
Btw just being curious uh, why now they revert to Hanover? Not that I'm complaining though :D
I do have the same state of doubt as you...back in late 2011 I also wondered why the newer Wrights have LECIP EDS, but I came to learn that they are nice as well...now that the newer Wrights introduced in 2014 had gotten back Hanover, I suddenly miss the LECIP EDS for newer Wrights in the same way I missed the Hanover EDS and wish they were fitted on LF Wrights back in 2011-2012...
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Originally posted by SMB128B:
Btw just being curious uh, why now they revert to Hanover? Not that I'm complaining though :D
obviously because LECIP has too many problems, like duh. If not why use LECIP no problem go change back Hanover? -
Originally posted by SMB1388K:
obviously because LECIP has too many problems, like duh. If not why use LECIP no problem go change back Hanover?Heh heh heh...base on your logic, the model of EDS on Wrights changed from Hanover to LECIP, then this time round why didn't the model of EDS change to other brands other than Hanover?
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Originally posted by Gus.chong:
Heh heh heh...base on your logic, the model of EDS on Wrights changed from Hanover to LECIP, then this time round why didn't the model of EDS change to other brands other than Hanover?
Maybe LECIP cheaper leh? Or LECIP closer Hanover EDS proven itself, LECIP having problems, so SBS go back Hanover, isn't that logical. -
LECIP has bigger route details and number on EDS and has a brighter colour, thus easier to see, probably why they used LECIP. However, I think they found out that Hanover EDS is not as problematic as LECIP... Maybe, that's why we see Hanover EDS back... ZF may also make a comeback if seen in a simlar way by SBS Transit.
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Hanover is more expensive, but yeah it's more reliable... After all you pay for what you get.
The old font is actually as good as the current LECIP font, but ever since the new Hanover font was used the numbers at the back slimmed down a lot...
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SBS3776B is on 246 today. Debut. New to SLBP
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Registered on 08th May 2014:
SBS3782H
SBS3784C
