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Van Hool AG280T #05
Built: 1988
Uploaded: 2008-06-06 11:19:37
Place: Gent / Vlaanderen
Width: 800, Height: 600
File size: 120.91kB
File size: 120.91kB
23 october 2005 - Gent, Emile Braunplein. This is the only operable trolleybus system in Belgium, it was closed between 9. april 2004 and 17. october 2005 - this picture was taken a few days after the reopening. But as far as I know De Lijn want to close the line again, and replace the trolleys with hybrid buses.
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They do indeed - the problem is the same as in Basel - a single trolleybus line with buses that need replacing - given the size of the fleet that would cost a small fortune, and they decided it would be cheaper to pollute the centre with what are essentially diesel buses.
straphan, you should first know that hybrid bus costs as much as a trolleybus. secondly, nobody knows how long they may be used - operators have still little experience of exploating hybrid buses.
I said THEY decided it was cheaper to replace trolleys with hybrid buses
And is a Solaris hybrid fleet for one line really as expensive as a fleet for trolleybuses PLUS trolley infrastructure maintenance costs?
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