{"id":9355,"date":"2026-01-01T13:25:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T02:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/?page_id=9355"},"modified":"2026-03-09T10:26:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T23:26:56","slug":"ventura-scania-k280ub-evo-ii","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/ventura-scania-k280ub-evo-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Ventura Scania K280UB, Custom Coaches &#8220;Evo II&#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, Custom Coaches &#8220;CB60 Evo II&#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 Company<\/td><td>Kinetic Melbourne<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Buses Delivered<\/td><td>2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>In Service<\/td><td>2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bus Numbers <\/td><td>976, 977<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Built<\/td><td>5\/2011-6\/2011<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Entered Service<\/td><td>Late 2011<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chassis<\/td><td>Scania K280UB Euro 5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bodywork<\/td><td>Custom Coaches &#8220;CB60 Evo II&#8221;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Engine<\/td><td>Scania DC9 29 280 (EGR)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gearbox<\/td><td>ZF Ecomat 6HP-604C N<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Livery<\/td><td>Both delivered in Ventura Blue, both repainted PT><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Capacity<\/td><td>44 Seated, 78 Total<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Seat Type<\/td><td>McConnell Centra<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Seat Fabric<\/td><td>Delivered with Camira: BRF292<br>Refurbished with Camira: EBKA69.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Priority Fabric<\/td><td>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>Hanover ERIC Front 19\u00d7144, Side &amp; Rear 15\u00d796<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vehicle Length<\/td><td>12.5m<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Wheelbase<\/td><td>6.4m<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Overhang<\/td><td>Front 2.2m, 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=\"Kinetic Bus 976 Scania K280UB, Custom Coaches &quot;CB60 Evo II&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bdslKLfQyjw?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: Both in Service<br>Kinetic: <a href=\"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/kinetic-bus-976\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2137\">976<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/kinetic-bus-977\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2127\">977<\/a><br><br>Notes:<br>Both Buses Refurbished by Kinetic in 2025<br>\u2013 Camira: BRF292 Fabric Replaced with Fabrics mentioned above<br>\u2013 PT> Livery Refrshed<br><br>History:<br>Both Buses Started service with Ventura <br>Both Buses Passed onto Transdev for MBF contract<br>Both Buses 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, Custom Coaches &#8220;CB60 Evo II&#8221; Current Company Kinetic Melbourne Buses Delivered 2 In Service 2 Bus Numbers 976, 977 Built 5\/2011-6\/2011 Entered Service Late 2011 Chassis Scania K280UB Euro 5 Bodywork Custom Coaches &#8220;CB60 Evo II&#8221; Engine Scania DC9 29 280 (EGR) Gearbox ZF Ecomat 6HP-604C N Livery Both delivered in [&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-9355","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9355","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=9355"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18529,"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9355\/revisions\/18529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melbournebusfleet.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}