Creative Master Northcord 1/76 Mercedes Citaro Artic Eden Project Park & Ride (UKBUS 5109)
Since the Eden Project opened in 2001 it has welcomed over 8 million people and they all have to be driven around the huge site quickly, comfortably and in an environmentally friendly manner by Mercedes-Benz Citaro G buses. The Eden Project is owned by the Eden Trust. It is more than just a green theme park. Eden is about connecting plants, people and places. It is a living demonstration of regeneration and aims to reconnect people with their environments locally and globally. The bus is decorated with all icons of the park, including the Humid Tropics Biome, plants, flowers, etc. CN02 EDN is recreated as running on route 5, from the Eden Project to the Park & Ride stops in the Apple, Banana, Lime, Plum, Strawberry, Melon, Cherry, Lemon and Mango zones. The light orange and grey paint scheme is decorated with photographs from around the eden project complex and a representation of the eden projects huge and distictive environment domes which permit artificial tropical conditions to be maintained with minimal energy consumption. ukbus 5109 features the smooth, curved windscreen with the destination display set behind the windscreen glass rather than the protruding destination found on other Citaro G models.
ukbus 5109 carries the Eden Project orange-based livery. The bus itself is owned by Truronian Limited. It represents registration number CN02 EDN. | |