Renault PR100.3

Renault PR100.3
Austral Denning bodied PR100.3 of ACTION at Tuggeranong Interchange in June 2006
Overview
Manufacturer	Renault Véhicules Industries (RVI)
Assembly	Saint-Priest, France
Body and chassis
Doors	1 or 2
Floor type	Step-entrance (PR100.3) Low floor (PR100.3A)
Powertrain
Capacity	34 to 50 seated
Dimensions
Length	11950mm
Width	2500mm
Height	3000mm
Curb weight	14.4 tonnes

The Renault PR100.3 was a step-entrance and low-floor single-decker bus marketed in Australia, based on the Renault R312. The bus, like the PR100.2, was a package with a standard R312 front, chassis and dash (with steering column), and choices of bodywork.

Only three operators in Australia purchased the PR100.3: ACTION, King Brothers and Transperth.

ACTION purchased 42 PR100.3 buses, all with Austral-Denning bodies which incorporated the R312 front. There are 7 low-floor PR100.3As were introduced as ACTION's first wheelchair accessible buses that only BUS 113, BUS 129 and BUS 131 are remaining in service. Two of these vehicles were originally powered by compressed natural gas (CNG), but they were converted to operate on diesel in 2007; these two buses have since been withdrawn from service.

Busways inherited 25 PR100.3s when it purchased King Brothers from its receivers in 2004. Twenty-four were bodied by Custom Coaches and one by Northcoast Bus & Coach. They are mainly on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, but a few have made their way to Blacktown, in Western Sydney.