{"id":9316,"date":"2026-01-01T12:39:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T01:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/?page_id=9316"},"modified":"2026-03-09T12:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T01:49:07","slug":"ventura-scania-k280ub-volgren-cr228l","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/ventura-scania-k280ub-volgren-cr228l\/","title":{"rendered":"Ventura Scania K280UB, Volgren &#8220;CR228L&#8221;"},"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\">Ventura Ordered Scania K280UB, Volgren &#8220;CR228L&#8221;<\/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>Current Operators<\/td><td>Ventura &amp; Kinetic Melbourne<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Buses Delivered<\/td><td>38<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>In Service<\/td><td>38<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bus Numbers <\/td><td>983-992, 994-998, 1000-1017, 1185-1186, 1213-1215<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Built<\/td><td>9\/2011-1\/2013<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Entered Service<\/td><td>Between Late 2011 and Mid 2013<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chassis<\/td><td>Scania K280UB Euro 5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bodywork<\/td><td>Volgren &#8220;CR228L&#8221; Futurebus<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Engine<\/td><td>Scania DC9 29 280 (EGR)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gearbox<\/td><td>Most: ZF Ecomat 6HP-604C N<br>997: ZF Ecomat 6HP-504C N<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Livery<\/td><td>All delivered in Ventura Blue, all repainted PT&gt;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Capacity<\/td><td>44 seated, 76 Total<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Seat Type<\/td><td>McConnell Centra<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Seat Fabric<\/td><td>All Delivered with Camira: BRF292<br>Kinetic Refurbished with Camira: EBKA69.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Priority Fabric<\/td><td>Kinetic Refurbished with PT&gt; Custom Orange.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Pole Colour<\/td><td>Yellow<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Door Type<\/td><td>SMC Bush Design<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Destination Units<\/td><td>Mobitec ICU400 Front 19\u00d7140, Side 16\u00d7140, Rear 10\u00d784<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vehicle Length<\/td><td>12.5m<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Wheelbase<\/td><td>6.3m<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Overhang<\/td><td>Front 2.4m, Rear 3.4m<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Aircon Unit<\/td><td>Denso LD8<\/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 1005 Scania K280UB, Volgren &quot;CR228L&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/569aw-ylnC4?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<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Status: All in Service<br>Ventura: 983, 984, 985, 986, 987, 988, 989, 990, 991, 992, 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1185, 1186, 1213, 11214, 1215<br><br>Kinetic: <a href=\"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/kinetic-bus-994\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1439\">994<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/kinetic-bus-995\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2140\">995<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/kinetic-bus-996\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2145\">996<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/kinetic-bus-997\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2155\">997<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/kinetic-bus-998\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1204\">998<\/a><br><br>Notes:<br>994-998 Refurbished by Kinetic in 2025<br>\u2013 Camira: BRF292 Fabric Replaced with Fabrics mentioned above<br>\u2013 PT&gt; Livery Refrshed<br><br>History:<br>All Buses Started service with Ventura <br>994-998 Passed onto Transdev for MBF contract<br>994-998 Passed onto Kinetic for MBF contract<\/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\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ventura Ordered Scania K280UB, Volgren &#8220;CR228L&#8221; Current Operators Ventura &amp; Kinetic Melbourne Buses Delivered 38 In Service 38 Bus Numbers 983-992, 994-998, 1000-1017, 1185-1186, 1213-1215 Built 9\/2011-1\/2013 Entered Service Between Late 2011 and Mid 2013 Chassis Scania K280UB Euro 5 Bodywork Volgren &#8220;CR228L&#8221; Futurebus Engine Scania DC9 29 280 (EGR) Gearbox Most: ZF Ecomat 6HP-604C [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"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-9316","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9316","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9316"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18578,"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9316\/revisions\/18578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}