Re: 50 years of Trolley Buses in Wellington NZ

[spamfree@peet.at.dircon.dot.co.dot.uk (Pete Humble)]

Quoth klabstep@my-dejanews.com  in misc.transport.urban-transit:

>In article <36FC946F.522@REMOVEiprolink.co.nz>,
>  David McLoughlin <davemcl@REMOVEiprolink.co.nz> wrote:
>Shouldn't the trolley buses last alot longer?  I thought one of the advantages
>of the trolley bus is that is last longer than a diesel.   I assume that the
>fleet of Volvo-BBC are new and not rebodied.
>>
>> Operated by a fleet of 68 Volvo-BBC trolleys put into service from 1981
>> to 1986 and now well overdue for replacement.
>>
I understood that the electrical equipment could be expected to last about
30 years without major problems.  Two obvious ways forward present
themselves here:
1. Rebody the trolleybuses, but then they will still be high-floor.
2. Build new low-floor vehicles, but using the traction equipment from the
current fleet.

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