In 1981 the Volvo B10M mid-engined chassis replaced the 15 year old B58 undefloor bus chassis. While the B58 came to New Zealand only towards the end of its life the B10M was ordered by NZRRS for coaches and Auckland Regional Council for trolley buses almost immediately after being launched. Almost all Volvo B10M coaches in New Zealand have tag axles. Unless noted below the coach will have a tag axle.
The buses on this site are actively tracked. The last registration record search was 13 February 2012.
Original operators are:
Two Volvo B10M 2-axle buses with VoV B45D bodies built by Coachwork International were ordered by Auckland Regional Authority in 1985. Licence fees associated with fitting the VoV bodiy to a non-German chassis lead to the volume order for 88 buses going to MAN. These are the only Volvo buses to receive the VoV body. Like other ARA buses purchased in the 1980s legal owner was Auckland Regional Council.
Albany. Used imports.
Blenheim
# | Chassis Nbr/VIN | Year | Original Reg | Later Owner | # | Later Reg | Date | Comments | |
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17 | 8792 | 15/3/85 | MC2097 | Blenheim Transport Ltd | 17 | RQ1017 | 26/11/92 | CWI Tourliner 2 C45F | |
Northliner Express, Kerikeri | . | RQ1017 | 2/6/93 | J J Klinac Ltd | |||||
North Harbour Coaches, Auckland | 64 | RQ1017 | 19/3/01 | Allison & John Craven; CoF exp 07/05 | |||||
Invercargill Pasenger Transport | 59 | RQ1017 | 26/6/06 | reg on hold 09 |
Charter operation of Geoff Brown Truck Sales Ltd, Manurewa. Imported B10M QC3 Volgren C49F body
# | Chassis Nbr/VIN | Year | Original Reg | Later Owner | # | Later Reg | Date | Comments | |
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. | 2422 | 1982 | . | Geoff Brown Charters | . | SW7545 | 2/11/94 | ||
Invercagill Passenger Transport Ltd | 19 | SW7545 | 4/8/97 | Reg on hold 09 |
Parry & Maama Clark and from 1996 Clarks Pacific Ltd, Kawakawa trading as Clarks Coachlines
Three B10Ms ex-Australia with Custom Coach B53F bodies. Autralian owners were Westbus and then Brisbane Bus Lines. The registations on the buses were Westbus m/o 7076/BBL80 Westbus m/o 7068/BBL87 Westbus m/o 7134/BBL89. I have not been able to match up Austrlian registrations with NZ registrations.
# | Chassis Nbr/VIN | Year | Original Reg | Later Owner | # | Later Reg | Date | Comments | |
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? | 2852 | 1982 | ? | Clarks Pacific Ltd | 80 | APN649 | 16/4/02 | Kawakawa | |
? | 1956 | 1982 | ? | Clarks Pacific Ltd | 81 | AQN241 | 9/5/02 | Kawakawa | |
? | 1958 | 1982 | ? | Clarks Pacific Ltd | 82 | APY690 | 24/4/02 | Kawakawa; CoF exp 10/11 |
Blenheim. Acquired by Ritchies 2004. NZMB Tourliner II
Fiordland Travel Ltd now operate as Real Journeys
Avondale Auckland. NZMB Tourliner II
Frankton, Hamilton. Australian import with PMC Apollo C51F
# | Chassis Nbr/VIN | Year | Original Reg | Later Owner | # | Later Reg | Date | Comments | |
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Suttons | YV3 1MKC13JD 018500 | 1990 | . | Brims, Murwillumbah, NSW | . | . | . | . | |
Sunstate Coaches, Qld | . | . | . | . | |||||
Go-Bus Transport Ltd | 215 | ADT835 | 14/8/01 | CoF exp 09/09 |
Morrinsville. Body ex Christchurch Transport Board Bristol.
# | Chassis Nbr/VIN | Year | Original Reg | Later Owner | # | Later Reg | Date | Comments | |
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33 | YV3 B10M6000 005641 | 6/12/01 | AJZ798 |
Hawarden and Kaiapoi, Canterbury.
# | Chassis Nbr/VIN | Year | Original Reg | Later Owner | # | Later Reg | Date | Comments | |
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36 | YV3 1MGC19Y 012723 | 16/12/86 | ND8805 | Classic Coaches Ltd, Wainuiomata | ND8805 | 3/11/08 | NZMB Tourliner II |
Stratford. Volvo B10C originally Bus Australia, Adelaide 402. C42Ft
# | Chassis Nbr/VIN | Year | Original Reg | Later Owner | # | Later Reg | Date | Comments | |
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402 | YV31 CKC15JD 018064 | 10/89 | UYX.562 | Bus Australia, West Australia | 402 | TC.2402 | early 90s | later TC.2602 | |
Challenge Coaches, Moorebank NSW | ? | TV.523 | Late 90s | ||||||
Jamieson Motors (Taranaki) Ltd, Stratford | 9 | BCB406 | 15/1/03 | ||||||
JAMO9 | 22/1/03 | ||||||||
CLC209 | 14/1/05 | ||||||||
Tranzit Group Ltd | 409 | CLC209 | 7/2/05 |
Leopard Coachlines of Christchurch have Volvo B10Ms on chassis imported from Holland. The chassis were originally supplied to BBA in Southern Holland recently taken over by Veolia. The original bodies were Hainje B41D. The buses were scrapped by Joure in Holland the chassis components shipped to T&I Engines, Stillwater, NSW. After reconditioning the chassis were shipped to New Zealand
Two B10M imported used from Singapore Bus Services.
2-axle Volvo B10M buses rebuilt by Kiwi. Chassis were sourced from overseas. The bodies are adapted NZMB/Hess bodies from CTB Bristols or DCT Leylands.
2-axle Volvo B10M bus with NZMB/Hess body from CTB Bristol or DCT Leyland. This chassis is a used import from Japan.
# | Chassis Nbr/VIN | Year | Original Reg | Later Owner | # | Later Reg | Date | Comments | |
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. | YV31MKE10GA012886 | 1987 | . | Mana Coach Services Ltd, Porirua | 114 | ZK6161 | 22/9/00 | . |
Mt Cook had a small fleet of Volvo B10M coaches with NZMB Tourliner 3 bodies.
B10R Australian Imports. All are 2 axle.
# | Chassis Nbr/VIN | Year | Original Reg | Later Owner | # | Later Reg | Date | Comments | |
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17 | 14882 | 23/8/88 | NX9885 | ABC Tours Ltd, Midhirst | ? | NX9885 | 18/7/11 | CWI Conquest | |
97 | YV3 1MA6172A 054067 | 8/9/04 | CFM711 | Coachwork Central C54FA |
Newmans had a large fleet of Volvo B10Ms with Tourliner C45FA bodies
Newmans had a large fleet of Volvo B10Ms with Tourliner II C45FA bodies. Some were later changed to C49FA.
Wanganui. CWI Tourliner 3
Havelock North. Tourliner 3
# | Chassis Nbr/VIN | Year | Original Reg | Later Owner | # | Later Reg | Date | Comments | |
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28 | 8793 | 5/3/85 | LW7469 | Nimon & Sons Ltd | 28 | DHU843 | 19/5/06 | C45FT | |
35 | 1035 | 31/3/87 | ND8811 | Nimon & Sons Ltd | 35 | XK9118 | 12/10/98 | C49F |
KBBMVO 2 axle rebuild with new Kiwi body
# | Chassis Nbr/VIN | Year | Original Reg | Later Owner | # | Later Reg | Date | Comments | |
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80 | 7A8 5P00090 6193864 | 10/05/06 | DHM238 | Kiwi B51F School bus body; chassis 6675 |
2 axle rebuilds using bodies from WCT Leyland Leopards
3 axle coaches imported from Australia. Centurion C45FA bodies
Kawakawa. CWI Conquest
Timaru. Imported from Australia
One B10M rebuilt by Kiwi as KBBRVO with C48DAt body.
# | Chassis Nbr/VIN | Year | Original Reg | Later Owner | # | Later Reg | Date | Comments | |
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579 | K1W1-3640 | 24/6/05 | CSZ721 | 2004 chassis |
U S Kim, Yaldhurst trading as Royal Express Tours. Imported from Japan
# | Chassis Nbr/VIN | Year | Original Reg | Later Owner | # | Later Reg | Date | Comments | |
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. | YV3 1MKE13JA 018768 | 1990 | . | Royal Express Tours, Christchurch | ? | DGA906 | 4/4/06 | C44; Reg on hold 11 |
Takanini, Auckland. Volgren C47F body. Imported from Australia
# | Chassis Nbr/VIN | Year | Original Reg | Later Owner | # | Later Reg | Date | Comments | |
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. | 4838 | 1983 | . | Shaws Transport Ltd, Takanini | ? | SX6705 | 18/10/94 | Leased From Truck Leasing Ltd | |
Truck Leasing Ltd, Auckland | ? | SX6705 | 8/10/97 | operator unknown | |||||
Thompson Transport & Coach Ltd, Auckland | ? | SX6705 | 10/3/02 | (Truck Leasing Ltd) | |||||
North Harbour Coaches | 88 | SX6705 | 19/7/02 | (John Craven) | |||||
Withers Coachlines, New Plymouth | ? | SX6705 | 13/7/06 | Clarrie Withers | |||||
P N McNeil, Kaikohe | SX6705 | 25/5/07 | Reg on hold 07 |
Imported from Australia
New Zealand new
20 2 axle trolley buses. Ansaldo electrical equipment. They were withdrawn from service after only a few years of use and stored. All were subsequently converted to diesel by Leopard Coachlines for use by themselves or Mana Coach Services. While operting as trolley buses they were branded Ansaldo but once converted to diesels Volvo branding was used. NZMB/Hess B46D bodies.
2 axle diesel buses. Imported from Citybus Hong Kong for use in Wellington. Alexander B41F bodies.
# | Chassis Nbr/VIN | Year | Original Reg | Later Owner | # | Later Reg | Date | Comments | |
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60 | 14504 | 9/1/89 | NZ8011 | Waipawa Buses (White Bus Service Ltd) | 80 | DVKE1 | 1/9/93 | CWI Conquest? | |
Waipawa Buses Ltd | 80 | DVKE1 | 20/3/06 |
The Volvo B10B is a low floor rear-engined bus chassis.
2 buses with Alexander B51F bodies ex Metrobus London. The bodies were changed to B53F when modifying for New Zealand use.
# | Chassis Nbr/VIN | Year | Original Reg | Later Owner | # | Later Reg | Date | Comments | |
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159 | YV3R13F12RA000760 | 1/94 | L 59 UNS | The Party Bus Co Ltd, Whenuapai | 211 | EEC44 | 25/10/07 | imported 08/07; reg on hold 10 | |
158 | YV3R13F16RA000759 | 1/94 | L 58 UNS | The Party Bus Co Ltd, Whenuapai | 212 | EEC77 | 15/11/07 | imported 08/07; reg on hold 10 |
Last updated 15 February 2012
Most of the orginal information comes from Maurice Moller and Keith Rapley