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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Voll bodied Mercedes-Benz OP 312 bus from SLTB Kurunegala regional Workshop

This photo was taken on August 01, 2013 in Kurunegala, North Western, LK, using a Canon IXUS 210.
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This photo was taken on August 01, 2013 in Kurunegala, North Western, LK, using a Canon IXUS 210.
Click for the full size picture.

Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) Kurunegala regional Workshop Mercedes-Benz OP 312 bus (22ශ්‍රී4748) in the Workshop Premises. Body built by Voll, Switzerland. Acquired in 1958 in CTB service. Currently using as the Workshop Staff bus. -- ශ්‍රී ලංකා ගමනාගමන මණ්ඩලයේ (ශ්‍රී ලං.ග.ම.)  කුරුණෑගල ප්‍රාදේශීය වැඩපොළට අයත් මර්සිඩීස් බෙන්ස් OP 312 බස් රථයකි. මෙම බස් රථ ලංකා ගමනාගමන මණ්ඩලය පිහිටුවීමට සමගාමීව (1958 දී) ලංගම රථ ඇණිය හා එකතු වී ඇත. මුල් බඳ  ස්විස්ටර්ලන්තයේ වෝල් කොච් සමාගමේ නිෂ්පාදිතය. වර්තමානයේ වැඩපොළේ සේවක ප්‍රවාහන රථය ලෙස භාවිතා වේ.

This photo was taken on August 01, 2013 in Kurunegala, North Western, LK, using a Canon IXUS 210.
Click for the full size picture.
This photo was taken on August 01, 2013 in Kurunegala, North Western, LK, using a Canon IXUS 210.
Click for the full size picture.

Interior of the Bus -- බස් රථයේ ඇතුලත. (ඡායාරූපය: සංජීව නිරෝෂන්)
This photo was taken on August 01, 2013 in Kurunegala, North Western, LK.
Click for the full size picture.
Voll Coach badge -- බඳ නිෂ්පාදනය කල වෝල් සමාගමේ ලාංඡනය.
This photo was taken on August 01, 2013 in Kurunegala, North Western, LK, using a Canon IXUS 210.
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17 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 6, 2013 at 1:43 PM

    shaaah niyamai.

    issara 154 route eketh me wage private bus ekak thibba dannam na eka.

    thank u bro

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  2. AnonymousAugust 7, 2013 at 11:18 AM

    Niyamai. German tech eketh supiri parana bus tikak duwanawa. Puluwannum photos tikak daana.

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    1. Uthpala DilhanAugust 7, 2013 at 11:57 AM

      gatta tikak thiyenwa. eth dan German tec eka CTB ekata ayithi naha luu. :(

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  3. AnonymousAugust 7, 2013 at 8:19 PM

    කඳුකර ප්‍රදේශවල තමයි මේක වැඩිපුර දිව්වේ. පරණ බස්වලින් දැනට දකින්න තියෙන්නෙත් බෙන්ස් එක විතරයි.

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    1. Uthpala DilhanAugust 9, 2013 at 11:35 PM

      මීට සමකාලීන ෆියට් බස් එකක් තවම ධාවනය කල හැකි මට්ටමේ තිබෙනවා. මේ අඩවියේ බස් වර්ග කියන පිටුවට ගිහින් FIat click කරන්න. එතකොට ඔ‍බට දැකගත හැකී බස් එක. :)

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  4. PadmathilakaAugust 17, 2013 at 1:10 PM

    This was our School bus in my child hood, we called pan bus

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  5. PadmathilakaAugust 17, 2013 at 1:11 PM

    Those days it was in green color but now they have colored in red

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  6. PadmathilakaAugust 17, 2013 at 1:12 PM

    There were three buses belongs to provincial work shop, they used these three buses as School buses in my school days. now i think they have only one

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    1. Uthpala DilhanAugust 30, 2013 at 11:57 PM

      Another one in the workshop. But not in running condition. :(

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    2. PadmathilakaAugust 31, 2013 at 10:18 PM

      I think this was sold to private company after some times, they have wasted this valuable buses

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    3. Uthpala DilhanAugust 31, 2013 at 11:52 PM

      yeah! may be. But, Provincial workshops not sold.

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    4. PadmathilakaSeptember 1, 2013 at 12:39 AM

      මේක විකුණුවා ගුණතිලක කොච් බිල්ඩර්ස් කියල එකකට පස්සේ අපහු රජයට පවර ගත්තා.ඒ කලේ මට මතකයි ඕක ඉස්සරහ බෝර්ඩ් එකකුත් ගහල තිබුන පස්සේ පොදුපෙරමුණ ආණ්ඩුව ආවට පස්සේ ද කොහෙද රජයට පවර ගත්තා

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  7. TissaMay 13, 2014 at 10:36 AM

    To shed light on OM 312 buses C.T.B perched 165 buses from Germany in 1957 for 3 million Rupees. (source UK). The all metal body done by Voll (pronounce foll) in Germany.They were the top of the range @ that time. in Ceylon.(SL) The curved front & back was the norm then for nice look & reduce wind pressure at front for spreed & better fuel consumption (less drag). The engine was OM 312, 6 Cylinder Indirection Diesel meaning ,engine had to be Preheat before starting. Max power was around 120 ps (German horsepower) @ 3000 R.P.M. Torque not known. ZF 4speed gearbox had 3 speed synchronized. no power steering but ZF recirculating ball type steering was the best @ that time. The ivory colored steering wheel had a chromed center ring for horn & indicators. Compressed- air assisted drum breaks front & back. The front passenger side door was air operated by the driver, the back one done by hand. All electrics by Bosch, mechanical voltage regulator & dc dynamo for battery charging. Instrument panel had speedometer, water temperature, oil pressure, air pressure & amp meter all by VDO. leaf spring suspension with dampers for front & back live axles. Original inside colors were really good. Lucky I used to go to school by those fantastic buses. Any renaming buses now 57 years old, One bus must be in the museum for future generation. Next time when I visit Sri-Lanka I try to see them. cheers.

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  8. AnonymousJune 18, 2023 at 4:02 PM

    මේක තාම වැඩ.❤

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2024 at 3:49 PM

    Dan me bus eka kandy north setrp bus eka wedehata වැඩ karanawa

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