Mercedes-Benz OC 500 LE

The Mercedes-Benz OC 500 LE is a chassis of a bus. It has a low-floor. It has been made from 2001 to the present day by Mercedes-Benz/EvoBus.

In Brazil, Mercedes-Benz make the following chassis:

 O 500 U - A low-entry chassis of a busÔnibus Urbano - O 500 U Mercedes-Benz Brasil (Visited 3 March 2015)
 O 500 UA - An articulated chassis of a bus
 O 500 UDA - A 4-axle articulated chassis of a bus

Operators
Australia

 Name 

In Australia, It was called the O 500LE. In 2015, it was changed to OC 500 LE. In 2019, It was changed to OC 500 LE.OC 500 LE – Mercedes-Benz Buses and Coaches  Mercedes-Benz Australia/Pacific (Visited 25 June 2019)

 Operators 
Transperth ordered 540 OC 500 LEs with Volgren bodywork, 474 were CNG powered.Mercedes-Benz OC500LE CNG Perth Bus InfoMercedes-Benz OC500LE Perth Bus Info

Sydney Buses ordered 255 CNGs and 20 diesel powered OC 500 LEs both with Custom Coaches bodywork.

Ventura Bus Lines ordered 72 OC 500 LEs.Ventura Bus Group Australian Bus Fleet Lists

Brisbane Transport ordered 40 OC 500 LEs.Mercedes-Benz O500LE BT Buses Info

Premier Illawarra ordered 38 OC 500 LEs.Premier Illawarra Australian Bus Fleet Lists

Kefford Corporation ordered 19 OC 500 LEs.CDC Group Australian Bus Fleet Lists

Darwin Bus Service ordered 14 OC 500 LEs.Darwin Bus Service Australian Bus Fleet Lists

Singapore
SMRT Buses ordered 134 OC500LEs with Gemilang Coachworks bodywork.

United Kingdom
Carousel Buses ordered OC 500 LEs with MCV Evolution bodyworkMercedes-Benz OC500LE Bus Lists on the Web for use to and from Heathrow Airport.

Norway
In 2004, Nettbuss ordered 9 OC 500 LEs with Center L bodywork. One was used in the Østfold region, and the other eight was used in Kristiansund. In 2014, all eight OC 500 LEs in Kristiansund were exported to other countries such as Estonia.047 BML, Temptrans AS ebus.ee (Visited 3 March 2015)

 Portugal 

Different operators had ordered OC500LEs with the following bodywork:
 Irmãos Mota Atomic UR2000 bodywork
 Irmãos Mota Atomic UR2005 bodywork
 Irmãos Mota Atomic UR2011 bodywork
 Irmãos Mota Atomic URB2014 bodywork
 Irmãos Mota Atomic Urbis bodywork
 Marcopolo Viale bodywork

Serbia
Different operators had ordered OC500LEs with Ikarbus IK-112LE bodywork. It has 2 or 3 sets of doors. More than 60 have been made.

 Spain 
Different operators had ordered OC500LEs with the following bodywork:
 Unvi Urbis bodywork
 Hispano Habit bodywork
 Hispano Intea bodywork
 Burillo bodywork
 Sunsundegui Astral bodywork
 Castrosúa Magnus bodywork
 Noge Intertouring bodywork
 Noge Cittour LE bodywork

References

Other websites

OC 500 LE
Category:Low-entry buses