SBS Transit to add 450 Citaros & 550 B9TL Wrights by 2015
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Originally posted by Lee Teuk:
The Citaro is the new or old model? If its the old model maybe Mercedes got clearance sale so SBS buy more of them!
Question: Is the Citaro 2 now still on sale after the new generation is out???
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Originally posted by Airbus330Captain:
Great news! No rubbish Scanias!
I very much prefer the Citaro over the MAN for several reasons. Hopefully this batch is the bigger capacity engines.
Please don't insult the KUDs. I believe they can't be that bad.
The N113s were the real queens. 3641 was queen of queens.
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Originally posted by sbst275:
450 Citaro means SMRT likely have to source for other manufacturers for buses le
There is always MAN and Scania to fill the void. Who knows, we might be seeing the NG363 or KUA serving the nation in SMRT livery
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Originally posted by SBS 1000U:
Question: Is the Citaro 2 now still on sale after the new generation is out???i dunno.... I hope they buy the new model...but according to the article...delivery starts as early as Jan 2013...so perhaps they already ordered it long time ago and only announced it today...
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It's stated Euro V so more or less the same as current.Seems Sbst just concentrate on Scanias Volvos and MBs only.Smrt on the other hand will try to find a diff model beside their MANs and MBs.
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Originally posted by Lee Teuk:
i dunno.... I hope they buy the new model...but according to the article...delivery starts as early as Jan 2013...so perhaps they already ordered it long time ago and only announced it today...
MB Citaro Euro VI has start production in June this year do probably mean yes.Hope the article is wrong about the Euro V..Keep finger crossed.
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LTA, appalled by the conditions of the hispano habits and the 0500C, said to SMRTB
"SMRTB, you all better don't buy anymore Citaros! until you buck up your maintenance regime"
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No,They will say stop servicing Singtel vehicles and concentrate more on your buses
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Originally posted by SBS 1000U:
I think 1100 KUBs should be 300 EURO V K270UBs, 400 Volvo B7RLEs, 400 MAN HOCL 18.240. 1000 Wright B9TLs should be 600 of them, 200 Alexander Dennis Enviro 500 and 200 MAN DDs.
E200 is too small. Not practical anymore.
E500 cannot loh. SBS no approve of the bus
E200 will be good for lower demand svc like 84, 403...
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Originally posted by SMB128B:
E500 cannot loh. SBS no approve of the bus
E200 will be good for lower demand svc like 84, 403...
But E200 is low entry, not low floor..
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Most likely citaro and 100 wright Wright registration not so fast done for batch 2B
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Originally posted by SBS 1000U:
Unless SBST can bring in buses like Alexander Dennis Enviro 300 and 500, IrisBus Citelis, Volvo 7700, MAN Lion City and A39 DDs.
There's a new successor for Volvo 7700, which is Volvo 7900
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Hope that the new Wrights and Citaros will have different interior than the current ones..
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Originally posted by carbikebus:
No,They will say stop servicing Singtel vehicles and concentrate more on your buses
fully agreed.
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Originally posted by TIB1218R:
Hope that the new Wrights and Citaros will have different interior than the current ones..
I would rather prefer to see the new Citaro model with better, quieter and stronger air-con pod.
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If SBST purchases 550 B9TL Wrights, it will bring the total of 1000 Wrights!! -
Originally posted by Myhabit: If SBST purchases 550 B9TL Wrights, it will
bring the total of 1000 Wrights!!
Those new wrights can be used to supplement services with high demand but have SDs in it like 74, 88.
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Originally posted by Lee Teuk:
i dunno.... I hope they buy the new model...but according to the article...delivery starts as early as Jan 2013...so perhaps they already ordered it long time ago and only announced it today...
Even if they ordered way before this and deliveries start only in Jan 2013, I expect at least half of those new batch of Citaros to be the newer Gen3 ones cause at the current rate of delievery, the new ones will at least take 1.5 - 2.5 years to all come out on our roads. It's crazy to think MB would extend their production of this current Gen2 Citaro for that long, they already delayed their start of Gen 3 Citaro production already if i'm not wrong for quite a bit because of SBST's order of those Citaros you see now.
And I don't think MB has that many current gen Citaros (450 of them) to be cleared, it's not the same as mass producing cars that you can produce 1000cars or more in a month.Logically speaking.
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Originally posted by SBS2656X:
Those new wrights can be used to supplement services with high demand but have SDs in it like 74, 88.
Basically all those services with majority SD fleet will get fleet upgrades sooner or later lah, alot of feeders have this problem anyway.
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Anyway alittle off-topic, but to those that think BCs driving Citaros floor their Citaros to hear the turbos, I think it's highly unlikely. They do so for the surge in between stops to make up for their lost time. Only those passengers sitting beyond the rear doors can hear it clearly, the front of the bus can only feel the surge.
Don't believe me? Go and stand at the front of the bus and try to make out the sound of the turbo when flooring, it's virtually non-existent. If bus is half empty maybe can hear abit but otherwise it's almost impossible to make out the sound. If the A/C is switched on to the highest setting with blower, even with like an empty bus, you won't be able to make out the turbo easily too. -
Originally posted by Myhabit: If SBST purchases 550 B9TL Wrights, it will
bring the total of 1000 Wrights!!
Volvo B9TL Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 Batch 1,2a,2b and 3
So, what's up with the Kinglong demo ???
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Originally posted by TIB1218R:
Volvo B9TL Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 Batch 1,2a,2b and 3
So, what's up with the Kinglong demo ???Forever a demo or end up like the Yutong demo for SMRT.
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Should purchase more Volvo B7RLE Ah Soon(Soon Chow Bodywork). I find that the B7 are better :x Plus the aircon very good.
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Originally posted by SBS 9631X:
Even if they ordered way before this and deliveries start only in Jan 2013, I expect at least half of those new batch of Citaros to be the newer Gen3 ones cause at the current rate of delievery, the new ones will at least take 1.5 - 2.5 years to all come out on our roads. It's crazy to think MB would extend their production of this current Gen2 Citaro for that long, they already delayed their start of Gen 3 Citaro production already if i'm not wrong for quite a bit because of SBST's order of those Citaros you see now.
And I don't think MB has that many current gen Citaros (450 of them) to be cleared, it's not the same as mass producing cars that you can produce 1000cars or more in a month.Logically speaking.
You have a point here. So I highly suspect that the 450 new Citaros might be the new generation ones but with EURO V 6.3L engines.
Originally posted by carbikebus:MB Citaro Euro VI has start production in June this year do probably mean yes.Hope the article is wrong about the Euro V..Keep finger crossed.
Need to know some techincal facts. Does the Citaro 3/C2 comes with only EURO VI engines or has options for both EURO V and EURO VI???If Mercedes Benz offered both, then the article might be correct.
Originally posted by carbikebus:It's stated Euro V so more or less the same as current.Seems Sbst just concentrate on Scanias Volvos and MBs only.Smrt on the other hand will try to find a diff model beside their MANs and MBs.
Think SMRT will stick to MAN in future. Seems like SMRT and ST Kinetics have a collaboration now. So most likely SMRT will buy more A22s. Future DD model most likely a MAN as well.
Unless SMRT wants to go back to Hinos and UDs.
Originally posted by SMB66X:Should purchase more Volvo B7RLE Ah Soon(Soon Chow Bodywork). I find that the B7 are better :x Plus the aircon very good.
B7RLE is low entry, not full low floor.
SBST should have bought 400 of them instead of 400 EURO IV KUBs.
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3 doors citaros pls!