{"id":21869,"date":"2026-03-27T15:58:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T04:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/?page_id=21869"},"modified":"2026-03-27T17:58:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T06:58:49","slug":"ventura-ordered-man-orbitor-citybus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/ventura-ordered-man-orbitor-citybus\/","title":{"rendered":"Ventura Ordered MAN Orbitor\/Citybus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ventura Ordered MAN A66\/A80 15.220\/16.220, Designline \u201cOrbitor\u201d\/\u201dCitybus\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Current Operators<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Buses Delivered<\/td>26<\/td><\/tr>
In Service<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Scrapped<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Bus Numbers <\/td>558, 562-573, 575-587<\/td><\/tr>
Built<\/td>11\/2005 – 7\/2007<\/td><\/tr>
Entered Service<\/td>Early 2006 to late 2007<\/td><\/tr>
Chassis<\/td>MAN A66 15.220 (558)
MAN A80 16.220 (562-573, 575-587)<\/td><\/tr>
Bodywork<\/td>Designline “Citybus” (558, 586, 587)
Designline “Orbitor” (562-573, 575-585)<\/td><\/tr>
Engine<\/td>MAN D0836LOH Euro 3<\/td><\/tr>
Gearbox<\/td>ZF Ecomat II 5HP-502C N (558)
ZF Ecomat II 6HP-502C N (562-573, 575-585, 587)
Voith DIWA D854.3e (586)<\/td><\/tr>
Shifting Pattern<\/td>Dynamic Lock-up in 1st or 2nd (558, 562-573)
Prefers to Lock-up in 1st (575-585, 587)<\/td><\/tr>
Liverys<\/td>Ventura Two-Tone Blue
Ventura Two-Tone Blue (Commemoration Livery)
SmartBus

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Capacity<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Seat Type<\/td>McConnell Centra (558, 562-573, 575-585, 587)
Unknown (586)<\/td><\/tr>
Seat Fabric<\/td>Camira: BRF292 (558, 562-573, 575-585)
Unknown (586, 587)<\/td><\/tr>
Pole Colour<\/td>Yellow<\/td><\/tr>
Door Type<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Interior PID<\/td>SmartBus LED, Removed by Withdrawal of Route Service (558, 562-573, 575-578, 580, 582)<\/td><\/tr>
Destination Units<\/td>BUSE LD500 Front 16×98, Side , Rear<\/td><\/tr>
Vehicle Length<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Wheelbase<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Overhang<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Aircon Unit<\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Status:
558 – Sunshine Tours BS05SQ (VIC)
562 –
563 – Buscharter (VIC), then Sunshine Tours BS09AS (VIC)
564 – Cavbus Group (QLD)
565 –
566 – Sunshine Tours BS05QM (VIC)
567 – Cavbus Group (QLD)
568 – Sunshine Tours BS07JJ (VIC)
569 – Sunshine Tours BS05SR (VIC)
570 –
571 – Sunshine Tours BS05QN (VIC)
572 – Wynyard Bus Lines 91\/XT 80 AW (TAS)
573 – Original Tours
575 –
576 –
577 – Cavbus Group (QLD)
578 –
579 – Ventura as 1141
580 – Ventura as 1142
581 – Buscharter (VIC)
582 – Plan B Transport TV 217B (NSW)
583 – Cavbus Group (QLD)
584 – Yatala Bus & Coach (QLD)
585 –
586 – Sandhu (VIC)
587 –

Notes:

History:
586, 587 ex Stock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ventura Ordered MAN A66\/A80 15.220\/16.220, Designline \u201cOrbitor\u201d\/\u201dCitybus\u201d Current Operators Buses Delivered 26 In Service Scrapped Bus Numbers 558, 562-573, 575-587 Built 11\/2005 – 7\/2007 Entered Service Early 2006 to late 2007 Chassis MAN A66 15.220 (558)MAN A80 16.220 (562-573, 575-587) Bodywork Designline “Citybus” (558, 586, 587)Designline “Orbitor” (562-573, 575-585) Engine MAN D0836LOH Euro 3 Gearbox […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"wp-custom-template-single-bus-pattern-template","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21869","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21869"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22014,"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21869\/revisions\/22014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}