{"id":29521,"date":"2026-07-17T18:54:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T08:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/?page_id=29521"},"modified":"2026-07-17T23:22:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T13:22:45","slug":"surfside-ordered-volvo-b7rle-bustech-ulf","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/surfside-ordered-volvo-b7rle-bustech-ulf\/","title":{"rendered":"Surfside Ordered Volvo B7RLE, Bustech “ULF”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Surfside Ordered Volvo B7RLE, Bustech “ULF”<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Current Operators<\/td>Kinetic Gold Coast, Addikted To Ink, Austrek Tours, Phil Dunn’s Tours<\/td><\/tr>
Buses Delivered<\/td>20<\/td><\/tr>
In Service<\/td>7 (5 Kinetic)<\/td><\/tr>
Bus Numbers <\/td>802-810, 812, 813, 820, 823, 825, 826, 828, 837, 838, 840, 855<\/td><\/tr>
Built<\/td>3\/2002 – 3\/2003<\/td><\/tr>
Entered Service<\/td>Mid 2002 – Mid 2003<\/td><\/tr>
Chassis<\/td>Volvo B7RLE Euro 2<\/td><\/tr>
Bodywork<\/td>Bustech “ULF” (MkII) Single Door<\/td><\/tr>
Engine<\/td>Volvo D7C-260<\/td><\/tr>
Gearbox<\/td>ZF Ecomat 4HP-500 N<\/td><\/tr>
Livery<\/td>All delivered in Surfside Livery
823, 825, 828, 837, 840, 855 painted into TransLink Green<\/td><\/tr>
Capacity<\/td>49 Seated, ? Total<\/td><\/tr>
Seat Type<\/td>Vogelsitze System 602<\/td><\/tr>
Seat Fabric<\/td>Delivered with Bustech Custom
828 fitted with Reatex Smile Multi<\/td><\/tr>
Pole Colour<\/td>Yellow<\/td><\/tr>
Door Type<\/td>SMC Guide Roller<\/td><\/tr>
Destination Units<\/td>Delivered with Mobitec ICU400 16×98 Flipdot Desto
823, 825, 828, 840, 855 fitted with Mobitec ICU403 19×140 LED Desto<\/td><\/tr>
Aircon Unit<\/td>CoachAir SRLT<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Status:
802
803
804 – Withdrawn from service with Sydney Bus Group as XO23OE
805
806 – In service with Addikted to Ink as XW42VS
807 – In service with Austrek Tours as TV522B
808
809 – Withdrawn from service with Sydney Bus Group as XP45MJ
810 – In Service with Phil Dunn’s Tours as XB64EY
812 – Withdrawn from service with EV Tours as 7 (BS06UA)<\/a>
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820 – Withdrawn from service with Sydney Bus Group as XP69HW
823 <\/a>– In Service with Kinetic
825 <\/a>– In Service with Kinetic
826 – Sold to Unknown, Brisbane
828 <\/a>– In Service with Kinetic
837 – Parts Bus at Kinetic Coomera
838
840 <\/a>– In Service with Kinetic
855 <\/a>– In Service with Kinetic

History:
– All Buses started service with Surfside Buslines
– All Buses Re-Branded to Kinetic in 2022
– 804 Sold to Sydney Bus Group as XO23OE
– 806 Sold to RiverCity Bus Service as XB41DZ, then sold to Montrose Bus & Coach as 5 (BS10ZI), then sold to Addikted to Ink as BS11EV
– 807 Sold to Sydney Bus Group as XO20OE, then sold to Austrek Tours as TV522B
– 809 Sold to Sydney Bus Group as XO99OD, then XP09FW, then XP45MJ
– 810 Sold to Phil Dunn’s Tours as XB64EY
– 812 Sold to EV Tours as 7 (BS06UA)<\/a>
– 820 Sold to Sydney Bus Group as XO31OE, then XP69HW
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Surfside Ordered Volvo B7RLE, Bustech “ULF” Current Operators Kinetic Gold Coast, Addikted To Ink, Austrek Tours, Phil Dunn’s Tours Buses Delivered 20 In Service 7 (5 Kinetic) Bus Numbers 802-810, 812, 813, 820, 823, 825, 826, 828, 837, 838, 840, 855 Built 3\/2002 – 3\/2003 Entered Service Mid 2002 – Mid 2003 Chassis Volvo B7RLE […]<\/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-29521","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29521","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=29521"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29693,"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29521\/revisions\/29693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}