8/11/2023 0 Comments Omsi 2 double decker buses![]() ![]() ![]() A key difference from its B7TL and B10TL predecessors is its new 9.3-litre engine originally designed by Renault Trucks. ![]() The Volvo B9TL was built to succeed the 2-axle Volvo B7TL and the 3-axle Volvo B10TL chassis. The bus is popular in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Singapore. The Volvo B9TL is a rear-engined, low-floor double-deck city bus built by Volvo Buses since 2002, available in 2-axle and 3-axle variants. As of June 2022, only 22 buses remain in Singapore. As of 2021, the Volvo B9TL is the most common bus model in Singapore, with more than 1600 such units on the roads.Įarly retirement of Volvo B9TL (CDGE) buses commenced in March 2021 with 34 buses deregistered, followed by a further 144 buses in January 2022. Many more Volvo B9TL buses would later be procured, but paired with the Wright Eclipse Gemini II bodywork instead. The Volvo B9TL (CDGE) buses are the first wheelchair-accessible public buses in Singapore, having been fitted with manual wheelchair ramps. The bodywork was derived from the earlier Volvo B10TL (PSV/CDGE) demonstrator, which bore a prototype bodywork designed in collaboration with PSV International. These buses were Euro III-compliant, with bodywork assembled locally by ComfortDelgro Engineering, or CDGE (the engineering arm of SBS Transit’s parent company, ComfortDelgro). In 2006, SBS Transit brought in 200 units of the Volvo B9TL (CDGE) double-deck bus. ![]() Volvo B9TL (CDGE) on Service 111 at Ghim Moh Bus Terminal alighting point ![]()
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