Farewell Adelaide MAN NL202 diesels - 1996-2022 | Video Compilation

Описание: Here in Adelaide, the MAN NL202 diesel fleet has almost completely been retired, marking an end of an era for true pre-Adelaide Metro / Privatisation era vehicles. The first unit entered service in November 1996, and here in November 2022, we find only four NL202s left in service, albeit used only when necessary and not for much longer. NL202s were being progressively retired as they reached 25 years old until June 2022, when a major reduction to services caused by Gawler train line resumptions caused a major cut to NL202 operations, bringing a number of around 45 units in traffic down to 10. As the months have gone by, this ten has been reduced to just four; 246, 247, 266, 267 remaining in service, based out of both St Agnes and Edinburgh North depots.

The inspiration for this video came from a recent event in which NL202s from St Agnes depot were driven to Morphetville depot for long term storage, quite possibly their last trip on the road. This included 12 NL202s traversing the 40 minute journey from St Agnes to Morphetville over the course of 3 evenings, with four units being brought in close formation each night. Footage of this can be seen toward the end of the video.

The rest of footage is just videos I have compiled over the months, they’re not fantastic by any means as external videography was never a major focus, however some valuable memories have been captured through this footage.

Enjoy this short video compilation farewelling Adelaide’s last ‘good’ buses.