Mercedes-Benz OC 500 LE
| Mercedes-Benz OC 500 LE | |
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An OC 500 LE serving as a public transport bus for Transperth in Perth, Western Australia. | |
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Mercedes-Benz |
| Production | 2001 - present (EvoBus) |
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| Body and chassis | |
| Doors | 1 or 2 |
| Floor type | Low entry |
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| Dimensions | |
| Length | 10.8 metres/11.2 metres/11.7 metres/12.0 metres/12.8 metres/13.5 metres (bodied) |
| Width | 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Mercedes-Benz O405N/O405NH |
The Mercedes-Benz OC 500 LE is a chassis of a bus. It has a low-floor. It has been made from 2001 to the present day by Mercedes-Benz/EvoBus.
In Brazil, Mercedes-Benz make the following chassis:
- O 500 U - A low-entry chassis of a bus[1][2]
- O 500 UA - An articulated chassis of a bus[3]
- O 500 UDA - A 4-axle articulated chassis of a bus[4]
Operators
Australia
Name
In Australia, It was called the O 500LE. In 2015, it was changed to OC 500 LE.[5] In 2019, It was changed to OC 500 LE.[6]
Operators
Transperth ordered 540 OC 500 LEs with Volgren bodywork, 474 were CNG powered.[7][8]
Sydney Buses ordered 255 CNGs and 20 diesel powered OC 500 LEs both with Custom Coaches bodywork.
Ventura Bus Lines ordered 72 OC 500 LEs.[9]
Brisbane Transport ordered 40 OC 500 LEs.[10]
Premier Illawarra ordered 38 OC 500 LEs.[11]
Kefford Corporation ordered 19 OC 500 LEs.[12]
Darwin Bus Service ordered 14 OC 500 LEs.[13]
Singapore
SMRT Buses ordered 134 OC500LEs with Gemilang Coachworks bodywork.[14]
United Kingdom
Carousel Buses ordered OC 500 LEs with MCV Evolution bodywork[15] for use to and from Heathrow Airport.
Norway
In 2004, Nettbuss ordered 9 OC 500 LEs with Center L bodywork. One was used in the Østfold region, and the other eight was used in Kristiansund. In 2014, all eight OC 500 LEs in Kristiansund were exported to other countries such as Estonia.[16]
Portugal
Different operators had ordered OC500LEs with the following bodywork:
- Irmãos Mota Atomic UR2000 bodywork
- Irmãos Mota Atomic UR2005 bodywork
- Irmãos Mota Atomic UR2011 bodywork
- Irmãos Mota Atomic URB2014 bodywork
- Irmãos Mota Atomic Urbis bodywork
- Marcopolo Viale bodywork
Serbia
Different operators had ordered OC500LEs with Ikarbus IK-112LE bodywork.[17] It has 2[18] or 3[19] sets of doors. More than 60 have been made.
Spain
Different operators had ordered OC500LEs with the following bodywork:
- Unvi Urbis bodywork
- Hispano Habit bodywork
- Hispano Intea bodywork
- Burillo bodywork
- Sunsundegui Astral bodywork
- Castrosúa Magnus bodywork
- Noge Intertouring bodywork
- Noge Cittour LE bodywork
References
- ↑ Ônibus Urbano - O 500 U Mercedes-Benz Brasil (Visited 3 March 2015)
- ↑ "Chassi para Ônibus com Entrada Baixa". Mercedes-Benz Brazil. Archived from the original on 23 October 2002.
- ↑ "Chassi para Ônibus Articulado O-500 UA". Mercedes-Benz Brazil. Archived from the original on 2 September 2006.
- ↑ "O-500 UDA" (PDF). Mercedes-Benz Brazil. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2014.
- ↑ "O 500LE City/Route Bus". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ OC 500 LE – Mercedes-Benz Buses and Coaches Mercedes-Benz Australia/Pacific (Visited 25 June 2019)
- ↑ Mercedes-Benz OC500LE CNG Perth Bus Info
- ↑ Mercedes-Benz OC500LE Perth Bus Info
- ↑ Ventura Bus Group Australian Bus Fleet Lists
- ↑ Mercedes-Benz O500LE BT Buses Info
- ↑ Premier Illawarra Australian Bus Fleet Lists
- ↑ CDC Group Australian Bus Fleet Lists
- ↑ Darwin Bus Service Australian Bus Fleet Lists
- ↑ "BUS&TRUCK; Online àÇçºä«µì #1 à¾×èͼÙé»ÃСͺ¡ÒÃö¾Ò³ÔªÂì". Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
- ↑ Mercedes-Benz OC500LE Bus Lists on the Web
- ↑ 047 BML, Temptrans AS ebus.ee (Visited 3 March 2015)
- ↑ "IK-112LE TECHNICAL DATA". ikarbus.rs. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ↑ "IK-112LE Vehicle layout / Dimensions - Variant 2". ikarbus.rs. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ↑ "IK-112LE Vehicle layout / Dimensions - Variant 1". ikarbus.rs. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
Other websites
Media related to Mercedes-Benz OC 500 LE at Wikimedia Commons