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34-745: In the United Kingdom, it was sold to many major operators including Wallace Arnold and Park's of Hamilton from 1972. Many of the Volvo B58s in the United Kingdom were built as coaches . One Volvo B58 was rebodied as a double-decker bus with East Lancs Droop Nose double-decker bus body for Skills Coaches . In 1978, the Greater Stockholm Transport Authority ordered 250 B58s. Until November 2009, GO Wellington in New Zealand operated 68 Volvo B58 trolleybuses . In Brazil ,

68-493: A Brill Model 60 as a replacement for the Cummins diesel engine used in the 1960s as a replacement of its original gasoline engine it had) and 2015 when the ex-UCOT units acquired in 2002. COETC acquired a total of 153 vehicles with Ciferal Padron Rio bodywork(two batches of 14 and 38 buses in 1992, 83 in 1993, 6 in 1994 and 5 in 1996) that were in service between 2008 and 2022. UCOT acquired 118 chassis with CAIO Vitória bodies (in

102-621: A 14% share of the UK coach holiday market. In 2007 the Wallace Arnold name was dropped, with the company name simplified to Shearings Holidays. The merger included eight travel shops in Yorkshire , rebranded from Wallace Arnold Travel to WA Shearings. These kept the WA Shearings name until 2010, when they reverted to their original Wallace Arnold Travel name. Wallace Arnold was the largest operator of

136-477: A 15-minute frequency on weekdays and it operates at a 30-minute frequency on weekends and public holidays. Route R3 is a limited stop service between Spence , Belconnen , City , Russell Offices and Canberra Airport . It operates at a 15-minute frequency on weekdays and it operates at a 30-minute frequency on weekends and public holidays. Route R4 services provide a high-frequency link between Belconnen , City , Woden and Tuggeranong . It operates at

170-456: A 5 to 10-minute frequency on weekdays and it operates at a 15-minute frequency on weekends and public holidays. Route R5 is a high-frequency link between the City , Woden , Erindale Centre , Calwell Centre and Lanyon Marketplace . It operates at a 15-minute frequency on weekdays and it operates at a 30-minute frequency on weekends and public holidays. Route R6 is a high-frequency link between

204-599: A Volvo B58E chassis, with the last one ceasing services in 2018. In Australia the B58 was popular with government operators. ACTION , placed 77 in service between 1972 and 1976, the Metropolitan Transport Trust , Tasmania 68 rigid buses and three articulated buses from September 1975, and the State Transport Authority , Adelaide 65 rigids and 35 articulateds from April 1980. The chassis also found

238-701: A bicycle onto the rack for free, but must pay a regular fare to travel on the bus. Apart from buses with all over advertising or special designs, ACTION's fleet sport either a blue, orange and white (Renault buses) or a green, orange and white livery (all other buses). In December 2016, a predominantly blue livery was introduced. ACTION's Special Needs Transport division operates a fleet of eighteen Mitsubishi Fuso Rosa minibuses. These buses are white in colour and do not operate on route services. ACTION also operate Toyota Hiace Commuter and Hyundai iMax vans which can be used to transport passengers, Hino Dutro trucks used by mechanics to attend broken down buses and

272-465: A fleet renewal completed in 2012 with some ex-UCOT acquired in 2002. Remaining in the company until its closure in 2016, in 1993 some 18 B58E chassis were built for Raincoop by Thamco in the Scorpion TH3250USS model that would be discontinued between 2008 and the cooperative's closure in 2016 with bus 100 passing into the hands of Erhitran (association dedicated to the conservation of the heritage of

306-441: A market with Australian private operators. Forest Coach Lines purchased 13 between 1972 and 1984, Busways 30 between 1978 and 1981, and Grenda Corporation 18 between 1980 and 1983. All supplemented their fleets with second-hand purchases. [REDACTED] Media related to Volvo B58 at Wikimedia Commons Wallace Arnold Wallace Arnold was one of the UK's largest holiday motorcoach tour operators. Wallace Arnold

340-462: A pick up service in the morning from designated suburbs to shopping centres and hospitals, with return services operating in the afternoon. These bus services are operated by the special needs transport minibuses. There are four cash fare options on ACTION: Concession tickets are available to school students, full-time tertiary students, seniors card holders and various government concession card holders. The pre-paid ticketing system operated by

374-620: A single Mack tow truck. ACTION's heritage fleet consists of a 1949 AEC Regal III and a 1961 AEC Reliance . Until the mid-1970s, purchases mainly comprised heavyweight British built AEC and Leyland chassis before a switch was made to European chassis. In 1972, the first Volvo B58s were purchased. These were followed by MAN SL200s from 1975, articulated MAN SG192s from 1976, Mercedes-Benz O305s from 1981, articulated O305Gs from 1982, Renault PR100.2s from 1986, articulated Renault PR180.2s from 1988 and Renault PR100.3s from 1994. The Renaults were badged as Macks although they carried

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408-438: A total renewal of the fleet); they were taken out of service and distributed to multiple destinations between 2001 (these buses would all be sold to CUTCSA or Raincoop) and 2012, keeping some as substitutes. Raincoop acquired 91 buses with CAIO Vitória bodies (15 for suburban use between 1992 and 1993, 15 urban in 1992, 55 urban in 1993 and 6 urban ones in 1994); these were maintained until 2011 when they were taken out of service in

442-562: Is a direct link between Denman Prospect and the City . It operates at a 30-minute frequency on weekdays, weekends and public holidays. ACTION's regular weekday services operate either as feeder services to a single town centre or connect two or three town centres via suburban streets. During weekends and public holidays, ACTION provides a reduced level of service with most suburban routes operating with an hourly or two-hourly frequency. ACTION operates 3 weekday peak hour routes as an express service between outer suburbs of Tuggeranong and

476-519: Is a direct main route between the Gungahlin Town Centre and the bus stations at Belconnen . It operates at a 15-minute frequency on weekdays and it operates at a 30-minute frequency on weekends and public holidays. Route R9 is an east-west link between Belconnen , Canberra Stadium , Dickson and Watson . It operates at a 15-minute frequency on weekdays and it operates at a 30-minute frequency on weekends and public holidays. Route R10

510-649: Is owned by the Government of the Australian Capital Territory . On 19 July 1926, the Federal Capital Commission commenced operating public bus services between Eastlake (now Kingston ) in the south and Ainslie in the north. The service was first known as Canberra City Omnibus Service, but it has had a number of names over the years, including Canberra City Bus Service, Canberra Omnibus Service and Canberra Bus Service. On 14 February 1977, it

544-535: The Bedford VAL 3 axle coach. After becoming a large Leyland Leopard and Volvo B58 customer, in later years it standardised on Volvo B10M and Volvo B12Ms , mostly with Jonckheere and Plaxton bodies. [REDACTED] Media related to Wallace Arnold at Wikimedia Commons ACTION ACTION ( A ustralian C apital T erritory I nternal O mnibus N etwork) is a bus operator in Canberra , Australia, and

578-511: The City , Parkes , Barton , Kingston , Manuka , Narrabundah , the Canberra Hospital and Woden . It operates at a 15-minute frequency on weekdays and it operates at a 30-minute frequency on weekends and public holidays. Route R7 is an express link between the City , Cooleman Court and Chapman . It operates at a 15-minute frequency on weekdays and it operates at a 30-minute frequency on weekends and public holidays. Route R8

612-523: The City . These routes are numbered in the 100 series. ACTION trialled a shuttle bus loop service from Canberra Airport to the Fairbairn Business Park on a three month trial basis. The service operated from 7am until 10am in the morning and again from 4pm until 7pm in the afternoon on weekdays. School services are provided by ACTION to schools and colleges throughout the ACT. These are numbered in

646-637: The Federal Government to the ACT Government in 1989. In 2001, ACTION became a statutory authority . In June 2018, the ACT Government released a proposal for changes to the bus network to coincide with the opening of the Light Rail which included a 7-day network with 10 rapid routes and an overhaul of the route numbers. The proposed changes caused controversy due to changes to school services and

680-433: The 1000 and 2000 series. ACTION also operates the special needs transport division which provides transport for school students with a disability. This division is operated using a dedicated fleet of wheelchair-accessible minibuses . The Flexible bus service operates on weekdays to provide a free, basic bus service to passengers with limited access to normal public transport options. Six services operate daily providing

714-505: The ACT Government is known as MyWay. It uses contactless smart cards with MIFARE -Technology onto which credit is loaded. Passengers are required to 'tag on' when boarding the bus and 'tag off' when exiting, at which point the appropriate fare is calculated and, if required, deducted from the stored value on the MyWay card. The MyWay system uses Parkeon software and equipment including Wayfarer 200 consoles and Axio card readers. The system

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748-725: The Renault diamond badge. Although primarily purchasing new buses, ACTION has on occasions purchased and hired second-hand buses. With industrial action in England causing a shortage of both chassis and parts at a time Canberra was undergoing phenomenal growth, in February 1974, 12 Leyland OPS2/1s were hired from the Public Transport Commission . In June 1974 the entire 10 bus fleet of Bedford , Ford and Thornycroft buses of recently ceased operator Bowden's Bus Service of Tamarama

782-460: The Uruguayan bus). Raincoop acquired a final chassis of this model in 1998 for its suburban lines with a Marcopolo Allegro GV body. Two companies from the interior of Uruguay acquired a chassis of this model for urban and suburban use, these being Olivera Hnos. from Maldonado , who bought 10 units for bodywork with CAIO Vitória bodywork that would pass into the hands of CODESA in their merger. In

816-738: The Volvo B58 (named the B58E and modernized with the B10M transmission and suspension) was built in Curitiba from 1979 to 1998. It was used for city buses , including trolleybuses , and road coaches , in cities like São Paulo , Curitiba, Porto Alegre , Campinas , Sorocaba and Belo Horizonte . Also, in 1992, B58E was Brazil's first bi-articulated chassis, and the first 33 operated in Curitiba as Express Line Buses . Chassis of this model of Brazilian origin were built by

850-607: The city of Las Piedras of the Canelones Department the company CODET acquired 11 with CAIO Vitória "Intercity" bodywork in 1992 and another 10 in 1993 with two additional acquisitions of second-hand vehicles from Solfy SA, these being 2 Marcopolo Allegro G4 in 1997 and 4 Marcopolo Allegro GV in 1998 with all of them becoming the property of COETC on August 1, 2007, with the merger between both companies resulting in these vehicles being deactivated between 2008 and 2011. The interdepartmental company CITA SA also had vehicles with

884-567: The companies Caio, Ciferal and Thamco to be sent to Montevideo , Uruguay both before and after the launch of the "National Renewal Plan" of the fleet for the companies CUTCSA, COETC, UCOT and Raincoop. CUTCSA acquired some 260 (10 in 1990, 18 in 1991 before the "National Plan for Fleet Renewal" that were built by CUTCSA itself in Uruguay, 175 after its launch in 1993 and 57 in 1994) buses with CAIO Vitória bodywork that would be radiated between 2008 (one of these chassis had its engine removed and used in

918-674: The late 1970s, Wallace Arnold commenced operating express coach services under the Euroways brand to Continental Europe . By the time that coach services were deregulated by the Transport Act 1980 in October 1980, Wallace Arnold operated 290 coaches from its headquarters in Gelderd Road, Wortley , Leeds , and also owned a subsidiary based in Devon . Immediately following deregulation, Wallace Arnold

952-542: The removal of all Xpresso services. Public consultation for the proposal lasted between June and August 2018 and a modified proposal was released in October 2018. The starting date of the new bus network was pushed back to 29 April 2019 due to delays on the construction of the Light Rail. ACTION is a business unit of the Public Transport Division of Transport Canberra & City Services . Transport Canberra

986-589: Was a founding member of the British Coachways consortium that competed with the state-owned National Express . It left after a year and briefly ran its own service from London to Torbay . In 1997, Wallace Arnold was sold to the multinational private equity and venture capital company 3i . This was followed in April 2005 with Wallace Arnold merging with Shearings in a £200,000,000 (equivalent to £377,194,000 in 2023) deal to become WA Shearings, claiming

1020-435: Was built and installed by Parkeon's Australian distributor, Downer EDi . Instead of being developed from scratch, MyWay was adapted from Transperth 's SmartRider system which also uses Parkeon hardware and software. As at February 2023, ACTION's route service fleet consisted of 459 buses. Bicycle racks have been fitted to the front of 94% of the buses in the fleet. Each rack can hold two bicycles. Passengers may load

1054-509: Was formed on 1 July 2016 by combining the Public Transport Division and Capital Metro Agency to manage all public transport operations within the ACT. ACTION operates a 7-day network of bus routes including nine main routes and 48 local routes. Route R2 is a limited stop service between Fraser , Kippax , Belconnen , City , Parkes , Barton and Iron Knob Street, Fyshwick (at the Canberra Outlet Centre ). It operates at

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1088-640: Was founded in 1912 and was named after two of its founders Wallace Cunningham and Arnold Crowe. In 1926, the Barr & Wallace Arnold Trust was founded by Robert Barr, and would continue running the company for 76 years. After having sold its Kippax Motors and Farsley Omnibus stagecarriage operations to the Leeds Corporation in 1968, in February 1969, Wallace Arnold purchased the Evan Evans tour business in London . In

1122-440: Was purchased. A number of Bedfords and Fords were purchased from dealer's stock. In 1997, 25 Wright Crusader bodied Dennis Darts were imported from Northern Ireland. In 2001, 17 former North & Western Bus Lines Hino RG197Ks were leased from Sydney Buses for a short period. In February 2004, 20 Custom Coaches bodied Irisbus Agoras built for, but not delivered to King Brothers entered service. Fleet livery

1156-615: Was renamed as the Australian Capital Territory Internal Omnibus Network, or ACTION for short. In 1976, Canberra became the first city in Australia to operate articulated buses after the purchase of 25 MAN SG192s. In May 1982, ACTION commenced operating the Canberra Explorer in a joint venture with Murrays . As part of the move to ACT self-government , responsibility for ACTION passed from

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