Volvo B58

The Volvo B58 was a mid-engined bus chassis designed and manufactured by Volvo Buses in Sweden. It was produced from 1966 until early 1982. It was replaced by the B10M.

History

Versions

Design

Specifications

Operators

Australia

Government operators

In Australia the Volvo B58 was popular with government operators

• .ACTION, had 77 B58's in service between 1972 and 1976
• Metropolitan Transport Trust, Tasmania had 68 rigids and three articulateds from September 1975.
• the State Transport Authority, Adelaide had 65 rigids and 35 articulateds from April 1980.

Private operators

• Australian private operator Forest Coach Lines purchased 13 Volvo B58's between 1972 and 1984
• Busways operated 30 Volvo B58 between 1978 and 1981
• Grenda Corporation had 18 Volvo B58 between 1980 and 1983.

All supplemented their fleets with second hand purchases.

Brazil

• In Brazil, The Volvo B58 (named the B58E) was built in Curitiba from 1977 to 1997. It was used in city buses, including trolleybuses, and road coaches, in cities like São Paulo, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Campinas, Sorocaba and Belo Horizonte. Also, in 1992, B58E was Brazil's first bi-articulated chassis, and the first 33 operated in Curitiba as Express Line Buses.

New Zealand

• Until November 2009, GO Wellington in New Zealand operated 68 Volvo B58 trolleybuses.

Sweden

• In 1978, Greater Stockholm Transport Authority ordered 250 B58s.

United Kingdom

• In the United Kingdom, the B58 was in service with major operators including Wallace Arnold and Park's of Hamilton from 1972. Many of the Volvo B58s in UK were built as coaches.

Further reading

Volvo Buses