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The Volvo B9RLE was a 9.4-litre engined tri-axle low-entry
Volvo D9B 380 Euro 5 fact sheet
Volvo Buses 9364 cc, in-line 6 cyl. turbodiesel (2010-2013) * D9B380 - 280 kW (380 bhp), 1700 Nm, Euro V
Volvo B9 Range brochure
Volvo Buses {{Volvo Buses, state=collapsed Vehicles introduced in 2010 B9RLE Low-entry buses Double-decker buses Open-top buses Tri-axle buses Bus chassis
The Volvo B9RLE was a 9.4-litre engined tri-axle low-entry single-decker bus
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and double-decker bus
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chassis manufactured by Volvo
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between 2010 and 2013. The double-decker can be built as either closed top or open top. It was introduced as an interim replacement for the soon to be discontinued B12BLE in the short gap of years before they had the Euro VI
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compliant B8RLE ready. At the same time they introduced a tri-axle variant of the B7RLE, but in Volvo's home markets the 290 bhp that the D7E produces is considered way too little for a 15-metre bus.
The most likely reason for introducing the B9RLE a whole year before the end of production for the B12BLE was probably for the introduction of the first prototypes of the Volvo 8900LE in late 2010, which was also the body that most B9RLE received. Some were also bodied as open top double-decker sightseeing buses with the Unvi Urbis 2.5 DD body.
In Sweden a total of 145 were built as 8900LE low-entry city buses to various customers, like Nettbuss
Vy Buss, formerly branded as Nettbuss, is the largest bus company in Norway, owned by Vy. It was established on 10 February 2000 as the continuation of the bus operations from former NSB Biltrafikk. In addition to bus services in major parts of ...
and Nobina Sverige
Nobina Sverige AB, former Swebus AB, is the largest bus operator in Sweden, with 5,277 employees, 2,241 buses and net sales of 5,138 million SEK. It was owned by the Swedish State Railways until October 1996, when it was sold to Stagecoach Grou ...
, and 7 Unvi-bodied sightseeing buses. In Norway Boreal Transport received 10 as 8900LE for Stavanger and Nobina Norge received 27 (including a prototype from 2010) for Tromsø
Tromsø (, , ; se, Romsa ; fkv, Tromssa; sv, Tromsö) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.
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. Also a Unvi-bodied open top sightseeing bus was delivered to Oslo
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.
Engines
D9B,Volvo Buses 9364 cc, in-line 6 cyl. turbodiesel (2010-2013) * D9B380 - 280 kW (380 bhp), 1700 Nm, Euro V
References
External links
*Volvo B9 Range brochure
Volvo Buses {{Volvo Buses, state=collapsed Vehicles introduced in 2010 B9RLE Low-entry buses Double-decker buses Open-top buses Tri-axle buses Bus chassis