{"id":26295,"date":"2026-05-08T18:10:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T08:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/?page_id=26295"},"modified":"2026-05-08T18:12:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T08:12:56","slug":"cdc-bus-c97","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/cdc-bus-c97\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC Bus C97"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">CDC Melbourne Bus C97<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top has-xx-large-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-c7329a70 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\" style=\"font-size:0.8rem\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Company <\/td><td>CDC Melbourne<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bus Number <\/td><td>W97<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rego<\/td><td>4351AO<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>VIN<\/td><td>YS4L4X20001837662<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Body Number<\/td><td>VG1503<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Build Date<\/td><td>9\/2001<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Entered Service<\/td><td>Late 2001?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chassis<\/td><td>Scania L94UB Euro 2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bodywork<\/td><td>Volgren &#8220;CR221L&#8221;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Engine<\/td><td>Scania DSC9 220<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gearbox<\/td><td>ZF Ecomat 4HP-500 N<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Livery<\/td><td>PT&gt;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Depot<\/td><td>Airport West<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Capacity<\/td><td>41 Seated, 75 Total<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Seat Type<\/td><td>McConnell Centra<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Seat Fabric<\/td><td>Camira: BCU320<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Priority Fabric<\/td><td>Camira Custom CDC Priority<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Pole Colour<\/td><td>Yellow<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Door Type<\/td><td>SMC Guide Roller<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Myki Equipment<\/td><td>&#8211;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Destination Units<\/td><td>Southport SCC2000 10\u00d796<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vehicle Length<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Wheelbase<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Aircon Unit<\/td><td>Coachair SRLT<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CDC Melbourne Bus T55 Scania L94UB, Volgren &quot;CR221L&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S00YbRgloQU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Notes: <br>10\/2014 Re-branded from Eastrans to CDC Melbourne<br>2\/2020 Withdrawn from Route Service with CDC Oakleigh<br>Mid 2020? Transferred to CDC Wyndham &amp; Re-Numbered&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/cdc-bus-w5\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"25626\">W5<\/a><br>2020-6\/2025 Occasionally appeared on route service when short<br>6\/2025 Re-Numbered T55<br>6\/2025 Recommissioned with ACS Myki Equipment for new MZF Contract<br>6\/2025 Transferred to CDC Airport West<br>1\/7\/2025 Re-Entered Route service with CDC Airport West<br>19\/12\/2025 Last Day of Route Service<br>1\/2026 Transferred to CDC Charter, Truganina, for assistance on a School Run<br>by 5\/2026 Re-Numbered W97<br><br>History: <br>Ex CDC Melbourne <a href=\"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/cdc-bus-t55\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"25624\">T55 <\/a>(4351AO), Ex CDC Melbourne <a href=\"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/cdc-bus-w5\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"25626\">W5 <\/a>(4351AO), Ex CDC Melbourne Bus <a href=\"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/cdc-bus-o103\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"25627\">O103 <\/a>(4351AO),Ex Eastrans Bus 103 (4351AO), Ex (RFS380)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">More Photos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CDC Melbourne Bus C97 Company CDC Melbourne Bus Number W97 Rego 4351AO VIN YS4L4X20001837662 Body Number VG1503 Build Date 9\/2001 Entered Service Late 2001? Chassis Scania L94UB Euro 2 Bodywork Volgren &#8220;CR221L&#8221; Engine Scania DSC9 220 Gearbox ZF Ecomat 4HP-500 N Livery PT&gt; Depot Airport West Capacity 41 Seated, 75 Total Seat Type McConnell Centra [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-26295","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26295","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26295"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26301,"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26295\/revisions\/26301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}