{"id":27985,"date":"2026-07-05T22:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T12:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/?page_id=27985"},"modified":"2026-07-05T22:23:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T12:23:59","slug":"dhillon-bus-218","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/dhillon-bus-218\/","title":{"rendered":"Dhillon Bus 218"},"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\">Dhillon Bus 218<\/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 class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Dhillon Charter<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bus Number <\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">218<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rego<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">BS14UG<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>VIN<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">YV3R8F8114A015561<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Body Number<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">VG1901<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Body Date<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">11\/2004<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Entered Service<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">28\/6\/2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chassis<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Volvo B12BLE Euro 3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bodywork<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Volgren &#8220;CR228L&#8221;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Engine<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Volvo DH12D340<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gearbox<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">ZF Ecomat 6HP-552C N<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Livery<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">PT&gt; <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Depot<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Cranbourne West<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Capacity<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">43 Seated, 75 Total<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Seat Type<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">McConnell Centra<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Seat Fabric<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Camira: BKA315<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Priority Fabric<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">&#8211;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Pole Colour<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Yellow<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Door Type<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">SMC Guide Roller<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Destination Units<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Mobitec ICU400 98&#215;13<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vehicle Length<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Wheelbase<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Overhang<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Aircon Unit<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">ThermoKing Citi RT<\/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=\"Ventura Bus 205 Volvo B12BLE, Volgren &quot;CR228L&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cbVJJzviClQ?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>12\/2025 Withdrawn from service with Ventura<br>23\/4\/2026 Sold at Auction to Dhillon from Ventura for $11,500<br>28\/6\/2026 Entered service with Dhillon Charter<br><br>History: <br>Ex Ventura Bus 205 (5503AO), Ex Grenda&#8217;s Bus 205 (5503AO)<\/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>Dhillon Bus 218 Company Dhillon Charter Bus Number 218 Rego BS14UG VIN YV3R8F8114A015561 Body Number VG1901 Body Date 11\/2004 Entered Service 28\/6\/2026 Chassis Volvo B12BLE Euro 3 Bodywork Volgren &#8220;CR228L&#8221; Engine Volvo DH12D340 Gearbox ZF Ecomat 6HP-552C N Livery PT&gt; Depot Cranbourne West Capacity 43 Seated, 75 Total Seat Type McConnell Centra Seat Fabric Camira: [&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-27985","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27985","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=27985"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27990,"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27985\/revisions\/27990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}