Autobuses y autocares Mercedes-Benz: libros - historia (2/2)

London's Citaro Buses

El Mercedes-Benz Citaro se introdujo en Londres en 2002, disponible en versiones rígida y articulada. La versión articulada reemplazó a los Routemaster y autobuses de dos pisos en varias rutas del centro de Londres. Sin embargo, un cambio de política llevó a la retirada de los Citaro articulados, cuyos últimos operaban en la ruta 207 en 2012.
A pesar de esto, el Citaro siguió en uso en Londres, con pequeños lotes adquiridos por varios operadores para rutas seleccionadas en el sureste de la ciudad. First London también probó tres Citaro de hidrógeno en la ruta RV1.
Este libro presenta una breve historia del servicio del Citaro en Londres.

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The London Bendy Bus

Between 2002 and 2006 six of London's bus companies put into service 390 articulated 'bendy' buses on twelve routes for transport in London.

During what turned out to be a foreshortened nine years in service, the Mercedes-Benz Citaro G buses familiar on the continent and worldwide earned an unenviable reputation in London; according to who you read and who you believed, they caught fire at the drop of a hat, they maimed cyclists, they drained revenue from the system due to their susceptibility to fare evasion, they transported already long-suffering passengers in standing crush loads like cattle and they contributed to the extinction of the Routemaster from frontline service. In short, it was often referred to as 'the bus we hated'.

This account is an attempt by a long-time detractor of the bendy buses to set the vehicles in their proper context - not quite to rehabilitate them, but to be as fair as is possible towards a mode of transport which felt about as un-British as could be.

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The Mercedes Benz Midibus

Este libro cubre un aspecto importante de la oferta de autobuses británicos que no se había documentado completamente hasta ahora. El Mercedes-Benz Midibus puede haber sido pequeño, pero tuvo un gran impacto. Se volvió muy respetado por los ingenieros de flotas y cumplió bien su propósito.
Esta historia no trata solo sobre un vehículo exitoso, sino que se centra en varias pequeñas empresas de construcción de carrocerías que llegaron a la vanguardia de la industria manufacturera británica gracias al trabajo de sus diseñadores, artesanos y vendedores. ¡La variedad que ofrecía el Mercedes-Benz Midibus era realmente notable!

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Abschied vom Standard-1-Bus : Die letzten Standard-Linienbusse der ersten Generation im Einsatz

From the end of the 1960s to the 1990s, the first generation of standard buses dominated local public transport in the Federal Republic of Germany. They have long since been phased out by the large urban and municipal transport companies, but some private bus companies still rely on the robust Standard 1 buses from the manufacturers MAN, Mercedes Benz and Magirus - mostly for school transport.

However, due to the trend towards modern low-floor buses, air-conditioned vehicles and increasingly strict environmental regulations, the number of Standard 1 buses still in use in Germany has fallen rapidly in recent years. The foreseeable end of this generation of buses in scheduled services is therefore a reason to dedicate the first volume of the "tadtverkehr-Bildarchiv" book series to the Standard 1 buses.

Climb aboard and accompany us on our trip through Germany to the last examples of the MB O 305/O 305 G and O 307, MAN SL 200 and SÜ 240 types as well as several other Standard 1 models that have now become real rarities.

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