[tushky]

Originally Posted by vharihar

I am pretty sure it is a Tata. Look at the tail gate fasteners and the tail lamps. They look like straight out of the ACE parts bin.

Could it be the Tata Penguin?

well
1)Penguin is smaller than ACE, i have seen Penguin in covers. this one is almost same size of ace.
2)and ACE tail lamps are little bit different that this one.

3) the space for Logo at front is Round. so Tata logo cant fit there.

[amit_mechengg]

^^^

Its tata, there will be 2 new launches. 2 tonner and 0.5 tonner.

await the snaps this shld be something new...

saw couple of Isuzu Swaraj buses with Neeta on my way to shirdi they were white in color...i guess isuzu has given it to neeta for road test

Originally Posted by foby.sebastian

I travelled in a local intercity buy , a couple of weeks before

The bus starts at 4.55 am from the front of kodungaloor temple to sulthan battery via calicut

The body is built by shillibear(thrissur) and its a leyland (ordinary limited stop fast passenger)

the features are

2 ac vents for a 3 seat row (ac will be on full time)

2 Big LCD sreens

semisleeper seats

It has rear air suspension

blue led illumination , with ultra viloet lights


front and back automatic doors (in kerala automatic door for a local bus is a big thing)

the travel comfort is more than in a volvo

pin drop silence inside the bus , well insulated body

Here comes the most attractive thing , the charge is the same as in an ordinary limited stop bus , 3 rupee 50 paise (minimum)

will get the snaps next time

saw cpl of the New Volvos from JNNURM of NMMT....its a pity tht BEST has chosen king long and not volvos or any of the other good products its real sad

[teamveevee]

Originally Posted by foby.sebastian

I travelled in a local intercity buy , a couple of weeks before

What exactly you mean by local intercity bus? A private bus that goes thru various bus stands? Who runs it? Is it a new route or just a replacement for an existing private bus route?

the travel comfort is more than in a volvo

Hard to believe. [/quote]

Here comes the most attractive thing , the charge is the same as in an ordinary limited stop bus , 3 rupee 50 paise (minimum)

Will run out of business shortly. Not viable!

[deepclutch]

@teamveevee:long distance buses in north kerala does have some luxuary.I have seen many such buses and seriously! comparing with volvo?

[foby.sebastian]

Originally Posted by teamveevee

What exactly you mean by local intercity bus? A private bus that goes thru various bus stands? Who runs it? Is it a new route or just a replacement for an existing private bus route?



Hard to believe.

Will run out of business shortly. Not viable![/quote]

Thats a local limited stop fast passenger , private bus , If you know the name of the private buses , they operate in the segment which the Holy family and the Peter and the local route buses of the UFO

u know the charge which i gave was 13 rupees from kodugaloor to thripayar

[binaiks]

Originally Posted by teamveevee

Will run out of business shortly. Not viable!

I don't know what makes you say its unviable - that too even without knowing much about the operator.

The operator runs a 12M Leyland bus, and has a 2x3 seating pattern - this could easily fit in atleast 60~62 passengers seating alone. In addition to this, he is free to take standing passengers as well. Karnataka SRTC operates a similar service (without the standing of course) and they charge fares higher than an Express, but lower than a Rajahamsa.

AFAIK, the operator charges a minimum fare of 5, not 3.50. Will try to get more details. Have often seen this bus parked at the fuel station near Kodungallur Telephone Exchange.

[Transsenger]

Here are the first pictures of Jnnurm KeSRTC Volvo LE buses.
A total of 80 buses and these are expected to be in cochin by August2009.

Also media reports suggest that 240numbers of Ashok Leyland Semi LF buses under Jnnurm for Cochin & Tvm are being built by VEERA Vahana, bangalore.

KeSRTC has re-tendered for 30 nos. of fully built Mini buses under the same scheme.

[binaiks]

Originally Posted by Transsenger

Here are the first pictures of Jnnurm KeSRTC Volvo LE buses.
A total of 80 buses and these are expected to be in cochin by August2009.

Also media reports suggest that 240numbers of Ashok Leyland Semi LF buses under Jnnurm for Cochin & Tvm are being built by VEERA Vahana, bangalore.

The Volvos would be split up between Trivandrum and Ernakulam (TVM gets 30 and EKM 50). Similarly, there would be 120 numbers of Semi-LF buses each with EKM and TVM.

All the 30 Mini Buses are for EKM.

Please re-load the images - they don't seem to appear.

[Transsenger]

Originally Posted by Transsenger

Here are the first pictures of Jnnurm KeSRTC Volvo LE buses.
A total of 80 buses and these are expected to be in cochin by August2009.

Also media reports suggest that 240numbers of Ashok Leyland Semi LF buses under Jnnurm for Cochin & Tvm are being built by VEERA Vahana, bangalore.

KeSRTC has re-tendered for 30 nos. of fully built Mini buses under the same scheme.

The same is attached..

[binaiks]

Originally Posted by Transsenger

The same is attached..

Some issues again... the images does not seem to load... If possible, could you mail them to me?

[Transsenger]

KeSRTC Volvo LE buses...

[binaiks]

Originally Posted by Transsenger

KeSRTC Volvo LE buses...

Yikes! Looks like a rip-off of the current BMTC Kendra Saarige livery. I was expecting a White on Blue scheme (similar to the KeSRTC's Ananthapuri/Venad/Malabar scheme).

Have attached an image of BMTC's Kendra Sarige and a KeSRTC Ananthapuri Fast bus.

[Transsenger]

An Ashok Leyland 3121 8x2 Tanker Truck. The front two axles are steerable. Powered by Hino 205HP BS2 engine, ZF servo power steering.

Eicher (Herculies), AMW3118 are other competers. Tata 3118 has a self steered lift axle at the rear.