Mercedes-Benz O405
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The Mercedes-Benz O405 was a
Standard floor version
The
O405 Mark I
The O405 Mark I was marketed between mid-1980s and early 1990s. It was unveiled in September 1983.
O405 Mark II
The O405 Mark II was marketed from the early 1990s to the late 1990s and into the early 2000s in some parts of the world. It featured a Mercedes-Benz OM447hA turbocharged engine with an output of 184 kW (247 hp), although some examples feature either a naturally aspirated engine (OM447h-II), a turbocharged engine (OM447hA) or a turbocharged, intercooled engine (OM447hLA). The gearbox coupled to the engine was either the ZF 4HP 500 or 5HP 500, or the Voith D864.3.
From 1994, this chassis was available with the M447hG
Low-Floor Version: O405N
The
Low-Entry Version: O405NH
The
The chassis was derived from a combination of the rear modules of an O405 MkII chassis and the front modules of an O405N²/O405GN² chassis. Because of the difference in height between the front and rear modules of the chassis, there are one or more steps leading up from behind the centre door position to a standard O405 floorline. Because the chassis has a horizontally-mounted engine, there's no room for a rear door.[
Suburban Version: O407
The suburban version was called O407 (or O407G/O405GÜ for the 3-axle
Orders & Known Operations
Portugal
- Camo U1001S
- Camo Camus
- Irmãos Mota Atomic UR95 and UR2000
- Marcopolo Tricana bodies
In 1995, the first six O405 buses were delivered to Rodoviária de Lisboa (former Rodoviária Nacional) as the freights L-774 to L-779. More O405 buses were delivered between 1996 and 2003. The first 2 O405N were delivered in February 2003 as the freights L-533 and L-534, two months later as L-530, L-531, L-532 and L-535. The first O405N2 was delivered in July 2004 as the freight L-511. The first two O405G articulated buses were delivered in 2002, as more O405G buses were delivered in 2007 to replace the older Volvo B10MA buses. The first two UR95 O405 buses were delivered in 2004 which came from Vimeca Transportes as freights L-548 and L-549.
Many O405 buses were dropped and scrapped in 2013 and it have been replaced by the O405N2 Camo Camus buses, originally from CCFL Carris between 2013 and 2014 and the second-hand Citaros in 2015-16. The only O405 still alive is the freight L-627, while the only O408 is the freight L-581. Some O405 buses changed the RL colors (Example: The O405N2 freight L-540 was originally a yellow RL color, now it changed to blue RL in 2015).
Spain
- Unicar
- Hispano Carrocera
- Castrosua
- Burillo
United Kingdom
A total of 365 O405s were built for operators in the United Kingdom, with Travel West Midlands purchasing 204.[2] A sole O405Gs was bodied by Alexander for Grampian Regional Transport.[3][4]
A total of 204 O405Ns were built for operators in the United Kingdom, with Travel West Midlands purchasing 193.[5] A total of 15 O405GNs were built for operators in the United Kingdom, with Travel West Midlands purchasing 11.[3]
Hong Kong
Discovery Bay Transit Services of Hong Kong acquired four O405 single-decker buses between 1995 and 1998, two were fitted with locally-built bodywork by Asia Auto Body Works and the other two had Hispano Carrocera bodywork.[6]
Australia
The 300 Custom Coaches O405NH ordered by State Transit were delivered from Germany as a fully constructed frame and panels were fitted by Custom Coaches, so that as many of these buses could be on the road in time for the Sydney Olympic Games. They can seat 45 passengers and are 12.5 metres long. They have M447hG Euro 2 engines producing 175 kW.
In Western Australia, Transperth took delivery of their O405NHs between 1999 and 2003 with 48 natural gas and 349 diesel buses delivered including the six for Perth CAT services before being replaced by its successor, the OC500LE.
Other customers of the O405s included Busways, Quince's Scenicruisers and Westbus, Clarks Bus Service and Surfside Buslines.
Serbia
In 2000, the city of Berlin donated Mercedes-Benz O405, O405G and O405N. The O405G was scrapped in 2012, the O405N in 2017, and the O405 in 2019 along with the FAP A-537 bus that was on the same chassis.
Singapore
All were withdrawn from 1 March 2008 to 3 June 2011 with all replaced by
Russia
- GolAZ (Golitsynskii avtobusnyi zavod) produced model O405 (АКА-5225) and O405G (АКА-6226)
Thailand
In 1993 BMTA bought about 38 Mercedes-Benz O405CNG buses. The O405CNG were withdrawn in 20XX.
In 1995 BMTA bought about 52 Mercedes-Benz O405G. These were withdrawn in 2011.[12]
Bulgaria
Eridantrans EOOD bought many buses for the 260-line to Gorna Banya. They experienced hard turbulence on the Tsar Boris III avenue, but remained unbroken.
In 2001 Sofia municipality bought 10 second hand single O405 buses from Germany. Those buses operated on various bus lines in the city and the villages around the city(such as 12, 16, 18, 21/22, 25, 26, 28, 53. 117, etc.). By 2017 all of them are withdrawn and most of them are scrapped. However, two buses are not scrapped yet and stay in Druzhba depot, but both are with huge amount of missing parts so their destiny is not clear.
Nigeria
Lagos based private company Lagbus (Red Buses) of LAMATA is known to have at least adopted 1 O407 from Germany to work regular services, making it the unique unit of its Yutong ZK6100NGA9, Marcopolo and Ashok Leyland dominated fleet.
Replacement
Production of the Mercedes-Benz O405 ended in 2001 when the last
References
- ^ a b c d e The Mercedes-Benz O405 Range Buses Worldwide issue 214 July 2019 pages 30–33
- ^ Mercedes-Benz O405 Bus Lists on the Web
- ^ a b Mercedes-Benz O405G / O405GN Bus Lists on the Web
- ^ Top spec artic by Walter Alexander Commercial Motor 6 February 1992 page 16
- ^ Mercedes-Benz O405N Bus Lists on the Web
- ISBN 978-962-920-040-4.
- ^ State Transit Authority Bus Australia
- ^ [1] SGBuses.com
- ISBN 962-8414-87-9.
- ^ LTA official website Land Transport Authority
- ^ "Land Transport Guru: All public buses are Wheelchair Accessible from 1 December 2020". 12 December 2020.
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External links
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