Volvo Buses B9TL
3-axle B9TL with Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 body | |
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2-axle B9TL with Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 body | |
Years of manufacture | 2002 to 2018 |
Length | 9.8 to 12.8m |
Width | 2465 millimetres |
The Volvo Buses B9TL is a three-axle or two-axle low floor double deck bus chassis. The three axle B9TL was launched first in 2002 and replaced the B10TL. Kowloon Motor Bus took possession of the first prototype in 2003 and placed their first order in 2005. The two axle B9TL replaced the B7TL in 2006 with the first examples purchased by Delaine Buses.
The two-axle B9TL was replaced by the Euro 6 B5TL in 2014. The three-axle B9TL was replaced by the B8L in 2018.
The B9TL is constructed from steel and has the 9.3-litre engine mounted transversely at the rear. The engine's cooling system is located across the engine on the closed side.
Bodies that have been fitted on the B9TL include the Alexander Dennis Enviro400 and Enviro500, Comfort Delgro Engineering body for Singapore, Optare Olympus, Wright Eclipse Gemini and Eclipse Gemini 2.
Specifications
Dimenssions | |
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Length: 9.778 to 11.788m | |
Wheelbase: 5150, 5300, 5800, 6300 (2-axle) or 7190mm (3-axle) | |
Width (over rear wheels): 2465 (2-axle) or 2480mm (3-axle) | |
Engine | Emissions |
Volvo D9A 300 or 340 hp (for 3-axle) | Euro 3 |
Volvo D9B 260 hp (for 2-axle) or 310 hp (for 3-axle) | Euro 4 |
Volvo D9B 260 hp (for 2-axle) or 310 hp (for 3-axle) | Euro 5 |
Transmission | Availability |
Voith D864.3E | Euro 3 |
Voith D864.5 | Euro 4 & 5 |
ZF 6HP592C | Euro 3 |
ZF 6AP1410B | Euro 4 |
ZF 6AP1403B | Euro 5 |
Suspension | |
Air | |
Brakes | |
Disc brakes and ABS | |
Electric system | |
Volvo Bus Electronic Architecture |
Operators
Australia
- CDC Melbourne (With Volgren Bodywork)
Hong Kong
Ireland
- Dublin Bus - Dublin
Singapore
United Kingdom
- Arriva Derby - Derby
- Arriva Yorkshire - North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire
- Blue Triangle - London
- Delaine Buses - Bourne
- Doig's of Glasgow - Glasgow
- East Yorkshire Motor Services (EYMS) - East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, North Yorkshire, and North York Moors
- Ensignbus - Purfleet
- First Berkshire & The Thames Valley - Bracknell, Slough, and Wokingham
- First Bradford - Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, and Leeds
- First Eastern Counties - Norfolk and Suffolk
- First Glasgow - Greater Glasgow
- First Hampshire & Dorset
- First Leeds - Leeds
- First London - London
- First Manchester - Greater Manchester
- First Somerset & Avon
- London Central - London
- Lothian Buses - Edinburgh
- Metroline - London
- The Big Bus Company - London
- The Original Tour - London
- Wessex Connect - Bristol
- Yorkshire Coastliner - Malton
References
- Volvo B9TL Page
- Personal notes & sightings