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InTransit Winter 2009 Edition

The InTransit Magazine is out now showcasing the Latest News on Mercedes-Benz Buses and Coaches.

Topics of Interest included in our Winter Edition:

  • Bunbury City Transit adds two more O500LE's
  • Peter O'Driscoll builds Tasmanian Fleet
  • O 500R winning friends
  • Premier Illawarra's GONG Shuttle a hit with locals
  • 750th Bus delivered to Transperth

750th Bus Delivered to Transperth

With two years remaining in a multi-year contract to supply Transperth with route buses, Mercedes-Benz has recently delivered the 750th bus.
Over the period of the contract, Mercedes-Benz began supplying O 405NH’s and then the O 500LE model. These replace earlier O 405 and O 305 models in service with the Transperth fleet.
The O 500LE models have bodies built by Volgren in Perth in their purpose-built manufacturing facility.
Mercedes-Benz buses make up some 75% of the Transperth fleet.

Mercedes-Benz Australia/Pacific to donate to the Victorian Bushfire Fund

Melbourne - Mercedes-Benz Australia/Pacific (MBAuP), the importer and distributor of Mercedes-Benz, Freightliner, Sterling and Mitsubishi Fuso vehicles in the Australia/Pacific region, has today announced it will be donating to an initial sum of $107,000 to the Victorian Bushfire Fund.

A sum of $100,000 will be made by MBAuP, with the company's board of seven directors each personally donating $1,000.

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