Saturday, October 30, 2010

Tribute to Volvo B10TL Volgren Prototype

In memory of SBS9888Y (1 November 1999 – 7 March 2010)
·         First low-floor double-decker bus and low-floor Superbus in Singapore
·         First B10TL in SBS Transit livery
·         First B10TL in Singapore
·         First bus to have TVMobile
·         SBS9888Y is a demonstrator
·         First B10TL to have EDS removed
·         First B10TL to be registered
·         Only B10TL registered before the 21st Century
·         Only B10TL registered in 1999
·         Only B10TL registered during the “farecard” era.
·         It entered service on Express 502
·         SBS9888Y’s chassis built in UK
·         Volgren CR223LD body
·         Last deployed on Service 25
·         First B10TL to have ZF gearbox
·         First double-decker bus in Singapore to have EDS
·         SBS9888Y’s body was built in Australia
·         First B10TL to get burned down before its de-registration date
·         Only B10TL to be used for the launch of SBS Transit
·         First demonstrator to be burnt
·         First B10TL to have EDS
·         SBS9888Y is 1 of the 6 double-decker buses which got burned down in the Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot Fire on 7th March 2010
·         First B10TL to be burnt
·         First B10TL to be de-registered
·         SBS9888Y is fitted with Outswing/Plug-Doors
·         SBS9888Y is a Volvo B10TL-7300 Super Olympian
·         SBS9888Y’s Volgren body is VG1161
·         SBS9888Y’s chassis is YV3S1E112XC050063
·         SBS9888Y’s engine is Volvo D10A308113
·         First B10TL to be laid-up
·         First B10TL to be destroyed by fire

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