02 – Pegaso 5064-A/1 (“Casas”)

History

• Start of service: 1978
• Withdrawal: 2003 (Autos Casas)

This bus is a Pegaso 5064 with Beulas bodywork fit for interurban services. It is a classic interurban bus with capacity for 34 seated passengers. This bodywork was also mounted on vehicles working in the Mataró-Argentona route, Transports Gómez (Sarbus), and in the urban services from Mataró and Girona (Figueres).

This vehicle started its career working for Industrias Riva taking workers to the factory. As time lapsed the bus would change ownership, the following list serving as record:

– Indústries Riva (workforce Transport)

– Companyia Pous

– J. Argila (route Vic-Gurb)

– Bueno (route Vic-Tona)

– Autos Casas (route Vic-Seva-Tona; Vic-Bartomeu del Grau)

The last owner, Autos Casas, withdrew the bus during 2003 locking it up in a garage. It was discovered by ARCA in year 2006, being acquired and restored as a historic vehicle (more than 25 years old) with a livery close to the original one. This happened in year 2007. It has remained both operational and unchanged up to the present day (June 2017).

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