The Custom Coaches SB50 is a new-generation school bus

School bus

A school bus is a type of bus designed and manufactured for student transport: carrying children and teenagers to and from school and school events...

 body built by Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n company Custom Coaches

Custom Coaches

Custom Coaches is an Australian bus manufacturing company started in 1935 in Guildford, New South Wales, Australia as the Cycle Components Manufacturing Company by Stanley James Hillsdon.-Origins:...

. Like its CB80

Custom Coaches CB80

The Custom Coaches CB80 is new-generation bus body built by Australian company Custom Coaches and launched at the Australian Bus & Coach Show in 2009...

 sibling, the SB50 uses new technology in its construction.

Features include:

• A seating capacity up to 61
• Larger rear engine door with removable bumper
• Large side doors for easy access
• Removable front bumper
  Bumper
  An automobile's bumper is the front-most or rear-most part, ostensibly designed to allow the car to sustain an impact without damage to the vehicle's safety systems...
  
  
• A large access hatch for front end sign
• Hinged air conditioning ducting with access to wiring
• Small A-pillar for maximum visibility
• Personal air conditioning boost fan for the driver
• Two extra large driver's lockers
• A personal reading light
• Wraparound driver's display
• Ultra wide entry and exit door
• Step heights kept to an absolute minimum
• Designed for children and their school bags

The SB50 frame is built using stainless

Stainless steel

In metallurgy, stainless steel, also known as inox steel or inox from French "inoxydable", is defined as a steel alloy with a minimum of 10.5 or 11% chromium content by mass....

 or galvanised steel , which is built using 3D technology, making it more accurate. Parts are no longer manually produced, instead they are computer designed and formed by a five-axis router.

It was built upon a Hino

Hino Motors

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 chassis

Chassis

A chassis consists of an internal framework that supports a man-made object. It is analogous to an animal's skeleton. An example of a chassis is the underpart of a motor vehicle, consisting of the frame with the wheels and machinery.- Vehicles :In the case of vehicles, the term chassis means the...

and was unveiled in 2010.