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The Volvo B58 was a mid-engined bus chassis manufactured by Volvo in Sweden from 1966 until early 1982. It was succeeded by the B10M. ==Operators== In the United Kingdom, it was sold to many major operators including Wallace Arnold and Park's of Hamilton from 1972.〔(First Volvo coach handed over ) ''Commercial Motor'' 10 November 1972〕 Many of the Volvo B58s in UK were built as coaches. In 1978, Greater Stockholm Transport Authority ordered 250 B58s.〔(Low floor Volvo KOs deckers ) ''Commercial Motor'' 4 July 1978〕 Until November 2009, GO Wellington in New Zealand operated 68 Volvo B58 trolleybuses.〔"Wellington NZ Volvo B58 Trolleybuses Withdrawn" ''Australian Bus'' January 2010 page 11〕 In Brazil, The Volvo B58 (named the B58E) was built in Curitiba from 1977 to 1997.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''. In Australia the B58 was popular with government operators. ACTION, placed 77 in service between 1972 and 1976,〔(Volvo B58-50 ) ACT Bus Wiki〕〔(Volvo B58-56 ) ACT Bus Wiki〕 the Metropolitan Transport Trust, Tasmania 68 rigids and three articulateds from September 1975,〔(Metro Tasmania - Volvo B58 Disposal list ) Australian Bus Fleet Lists〕 and the State Transport Authority, Adelaide 65 rigids and 35 articulateds from April 1980.〔(Volvo B58/PMCSA (rigid) ) Australian Bus Fleet Lists〕〔(Volvo B58 / PMCSA (artic) ) Australian Bus Fleet Lists〕 The chassis also found a market with Australian private operators. Forest Coach Lines purchased 13 between 1972 and 1984,〔(Forest Coach Lines ) Australian Bus Fleet Lists〕 Busways 30 between 1978 and 1981,〔(Busways Group ) Australian Bus Fleet Lists〕 and Grenda Corporation 18 between 1980 and 1983.〔(Grenda Corporation ) Australian Bus Fleet Lists〕 All supplemented their fleets with second hand purchases. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Volvo B58」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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