Volgren is an Australian bus and coach body manufacturer.

History

Vol gren was formed in 1977 by

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bus operator Grenda Corporation in

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. Because Grenda held the

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dealership in Victoria, only chassis from this manufacturer were bodied until 1989 when the dealership was relinquished. The name is a

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of the two original investors,

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and Grenda. In 1981, a plant was established in

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by Grenda Corporation, Hornibrook Bus Lines's Geoff Mountjoy, Greyhound Northern and Stateliner. It bodied some

Volvo B59 The Volvo B59 was a rear-engined bus chassis manufactured by Volvo in Sweden between 1970 and 1979. The first Volvo B59 was delivered to the Københavns Sporveje (The City Transport Authority in Copenhagen, Denmark) in 1970, and was fitted with a ...

and B10Rs for Hornibrook Bus Lines and Surfside Buslines before concentrating on Twin and Double Deck

Volvo B10M The Volvo B10M is a mid-engine design, mid-engined city bus and coach (bus), coach chassis manufactured by Volvo Buses, Volvo between 1978 and 2003. It succeeded the Volvo B58, B58 and was equipped with the same 9.6-litre horizontally mounted Vo ...

coaches. This closed in the late 1980s. In December 2011, Brazilian bus manufacturer

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acquired a 75% shareholding. In April 2014 this was increased to 100%.

Manufacturing facilities

Current factories: *

(VG) completed Volgren's first bus in October 1979 *

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(VP) opened in April 1999 to fulfill a contract to body Mercedes-Benz O405NHs for

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(VQ) opened in February 2010 Former factories: * Tomago, New South Wales (VT) opened in March 2010, closed July 2012Volgren stops bus production at Tomago
ABC News 23 July 2012

Products

City Buses

* Optimus * CR228L * CR227L * CR226L * CR225L * CR224L * CR223L * CR222L * CR221L

Coaches

* Endura * SC222 * SC221

Operators

Volgren have bodied a number of buses for Asian and Australian operators: Australia *

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Transdev Australasia Transdev Australasia is an operator of bus, ferry, light rail and heavy rail services in Australia and New Zealand. It is a subsidiary of French-based, international Transdev. It was formed in 2013 by grouping the operations of Veolia Transport ...

Ventura Bus Lines Ventura Bus Lines is a large bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, operating a fleet of more than 950 buses on 141 bus routes. History Early history Ventura was founded in December 1924 by Henry Cornwall. The name and co ...

Kinetic Group Kinetic Group (stylised as K''I''NET''I''C; formerly known as AATS Group) is an Australian-based multinational bus company that wholly owns a number of bus operations in Australia and New Zealand, including the SkyBus business, which operates ...

Asia *Hong Kong **

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formerly operated 1

Volvo B9TL The Volvo B9TL is a low-floor double-decker bus built by Volvo Buses, Volvo from 2002 until 2018. It superseded the Volvo Super Olympian and the Volvo B7TL. The 2-axle version has been superseded by the Volvo B5TL in 2014 and the 3-axle version ...

, 17 MAN 24.310 HOCLNR-NLs and 21 Volvo Super Olympians. ** Citybus formerly operated 1 MAN 24.350 HOCLNR-NL and 1 Scania K94UB *Singapore **

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formerly operated 50 Volvo Super Olympians, a diesel powered

Volvo B10BLE The Volvo B10BLE is a rear-engined low-entry single-decker bus chassis manufactured by Volvo in Sweden between 1993 and 2004. The first prototypes were built in 1992, but mass production started in 1993, only a year after the high-floor B10B. I ...

, a Scania L94UB, a Volvo Super Olympian prototype, a Mercedes-Benz O405G prototype, a

Volvo B5RLEH First announced in August 2012, the Volvo B5RLEH, also known as Volvo B5RH and Volvo B215RH, is a hybrid-electric single-decker bus chassis manufactured by Volvo since 2013, initially only available in the Asia-Pacific region. There is also a ...

and 12

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-powered Volvo B10BLEs. **

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formerly operated 15

Mercedes-Benz O405 The Mercedes-Benz O405 is a single-decker bus manufactured by Mercedes-Benz buses, Mercedes-Benz from the mid-1980s to the early 2000s as either an Bus manufacturing, integral bus or a bus chassis; it was the last VöV-Standard-Bus, VöV SL-II s ...

s, 11

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HS3KRKKs and a HS3KRKA, 2

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s and 21 Mercedes-Benz O405Gs. *

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, a substantial number of buses were fitted with the Volgren bodywork as well. Examples can be found in the capital

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and

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, state capital of

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. *

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

Nishi-Nippon Railroad The , also called or NNR, is one of Japan's "Big 16" private railroad companies. With headquarters in Fukuoka, it operates local and highway buses, supermarkets, real estate and travel agencies, as well as railways in Fukuoka Prefecture. It ...

bus,

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Niigata Kotsu is a public transportation company which operates local and long-distance buses in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Bus lines , the following bus lines are in service. Regular busesTimetables - Niigata Kotsu (2018.3) BRT Central NiigataRouteMap ...

and Nara Kotsu currently operates

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K360UA6×2/2LB with Optimus body. The body of these buses is 5 centimeters narrower than normal ones.

Gallery

File:Volvo B10BLE SBS Transit SBS2998J.jpg,

powered

with Volgren CR222L bodywork File:[email protected],

MAN 24.310 with Volgren CR223LD bodywork File:Volgren Toei.jpg,

Scania N280UB with Volgren Optimus bodywork File:CDC Volvo B7RLE CR228L.jpg,

CDC Melbourne CDC Melbourne is a bus operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It operates 55 bus routes under contract to Public Transport Victoria. It is one of the brands of CDC Victoria, which is in turn a subsidiary of ComfortDelGro Australia. As a ...

Volvo B7RLE The Volvo B7RLE is a low-entry single-deck bus chassis manufactured by Volvo. It was superseded by the Volvo B8RLE in 2013, with production of the B7RLE continuing until 2018. Specifications The Volvo B7RLE is similar to its predecessor, the ...

with Volgren CR228L bodywork File:B7L CR221L.jpg,

Volvo B7L The Volvo B7L is a fully low floor single-decker bus, double-decker bus and articulated bus chassis with a rear engine mounted vertically on the left of the rear overhang. It was built as a replacement for the Volvo B10L, and the Volvo Olympi ...

with Volgren CR221L bodywork File:Brisbane Transport Volgren CR224L bodied Scania L94UB CNG.jpg,

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Scania L94UB CNG with Volgren CR224L bodywork

References

External links

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Bus Australia gallery
{{Australian bus manufacturers Bus manufacturers of Australia Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1977 Australian companies established in 1977 Dandenong, Victoria Manufacturing companies based in Melbourne