{"id":6904,"date":"2025-12-17T00:04:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T13:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/?page_id=6904"},"modified":"2026-05-16T02:52:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T16:52:41","slug":"kinetic-bus-739","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/kinetic-bus-739\/","title":{"rendered":"Kinetic Bus 739"},"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\">Kinetic Bus 739<\/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>Kinetic<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bus Number <\/td><td>739<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rego<\/td><td>1739AO<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>VIN<\/td><td>WEB35743821092358<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Body Number<\/td><td>99-105<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Build Date<\/td><td>9\/1999<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Entered Service<\/td><td>Late 1999?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Last Service<\/td><td>By 4\/2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chassis<\/td><td>Mercedes Benz O405NH Euro 1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bodywork<\/td><td>Custom Coaches &#8220;550&#8221;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Engine<\/td><td>Mercedes OM447hLA.956<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gearbox<\/td><td>ZF Ecomat 5HP-500 N<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Livery<\/td><td>PT&gt;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Depot<\/td><td>Driver Training (Rotating)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Capacity<\/td><td>48 Seated, 78 Total<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Seat Type<\/td><td>McConnell Avanti<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Seat Fabric<\/td><td>Camira: EBKA69<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Priority Fabric<\/td><td>&#8211;<\/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&#215;88 split<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vehicle Length<\/td><td>12.3m<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Wheelbase<\/td><td>6.65m<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Aircon Unit<\/td><td>Denso<\/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=\"ZF+HUBS- Kinetic #739 on Frankston Line Replacement\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/69p1YN1UUno?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>31\/1\/2022 Passed onto Kinetic from Transdev Melbourne, Heatherton<br>18\/5\/2022 Decommissioned off route service, VIX Myki &amp; Smartbus Equipment removed at similar time<br>27\/7\/2022 Sent to Skybus for Storage<br>29\/8\/2022 Sent to Doncaster for Driver Training<br>4\/2023 De-Registered At Skybus <br>4\/2023 Sent to Auction and Sold Privately to Kinetic<br>Stored at Boronia as of 15\/8\/2023<br>11\/6\/2024 Sold at Auction to Plan B for $4k, Registered as m\/o 8681<br><br>History:<br>Ex SmartBus, Ex Transdev Bus 739 (1739AO), Ex Ventura Bus 739 (1739AO), Ex National Bus 739 (1739AO), Ex PRL593<\/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>Kinetic Bus 739 Company Kinetic Bus Number 739 Rego 1739AO VIN WEB35743821092358 Body Number 99-105 Build Date 9\/1999 Entered Service Late 1999? Last Service By 4\/2023 Chassis Mercedes Benz O405NH Euro 1 Bodywork Custom Coaches &#8220;550&#8221; Engine Mercedes OM447hLA.956 Gearbox ZF Ecomat 5HP-500 N Livery PT&gt; Depot Driver Training (Rotating) Capacity 48 Seated, 78 Total [&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-6904","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6904","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=6904"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26535,"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6904\/revisions\/26535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}