Apart from their seating (with I think 7788 MO featuring full fabric covered seating) these were really nice low floors to be on, sure they were starting to show their age but they still held up. This one as noted by my description has as far as we know possibly been scrapped given CDC stored it and are known to scrap buses they really can't pass on. I'm surprised it didn't sit out of use for donor parts instead before being scrapped. These were the only O405NH buses at the local depots, we don't have any O405NH's with custom CB60 bodywork. The ones that remain here now spend their time on Charters & school runs only, the ex Stationlinks pretty much took their places alongside the MAN 12.220's. Maybe one day one can be charted if a tour was to ever happen. While I don't think CDC has any plans to pass these 2nd hand to other operators when their time comes, hopefully a couple of the Transdev Melbourne units of the same type end up getting preserved.
Great Video! Love the rather classic combo of the Mercedes O405NH chassis and the Custom Coaches 550 body. Sounds like a rather nice sounding bus. :)
Apart from their seating (with I think 7788 MO featuring full fabric covered seating) these were really nice low floors to be on, sure they were starting to show their age but they still held up. This one as noted by my description has as far as we know possibly been scrapped given CDC stored it and are known to scrap buses they really can't pass on. I'm surprised it didn't sit out of use for donor parts instead before being scrapped.
These were the only O405NH buses at the local depots, we don't have any O405NH's with custom CB60 bodywork. The ones that remain here now spend their time on Charters & school runs only, the ex Stationlinks pretty much took their places alongside the MAN 12.220's. Maybe one day one can be charted if a tour was to ever happen.
While I don't think CDC has any plans to pass these 2nd hand to other operators when their time comes, hopefully a couple of the Transdev Melbourne units of the same type end up getting preserved.