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Tatra/Modertrans RT6 MF06AC #405
27 august 2011 - Poznań, Forteczna street tram depot. The "Moderus Tatrus" (as we like to call it) is a heavily rebuilt Tatra RT6N1 from Prague, which was delivered to MPK Poznań in lieu of the original vehicle no. 405, which currently is probably lying around in pieces somewhere in the Modertrans workshops. The 405" as one should probably call it is seen here shortly after delivery from Modertrans and is awaiting a chance to perform some test runs before being formally handed over to the MPK.
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Duewag GT6 #615
27 august 2011 - Poznań, zajezdnia Forteczna. Spotkanie dwóch wagonów prawie-historycznych z okazji drobnego przejazdu klubowego.
ME GT4 #561
9 july 2011 - A rather battered local road between Sambateni and Ghioroc - this is definitely the most scenic part of the interurban line from Arad.
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Konstal 105N2k #1390
28 june 2011 - Warsaw, al. Solidarności. A pair of 105 cars looking like they came straight out of the factory swiftly passes the usual traffic jam at this location, while working route 13... I mean 20 :)
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Solaris Tramino S100 #451
25 june 2011 - Poznań, ul. Grunwaldzka. The latest chapter in the history of Poznań's tramways - the Tramino prototype departs from the stop outside the city's largest cemetery. This area looks 'somewhat' different right now.
Pesa 122N #1852
25 june 2011 - Łódź, Helenówek. A Pesa car has just started another trip towards Chocianowice.
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Konstal 805Na #3637
25 june 2011 - Zgierz, pl. Kilińskiego. A modernised Konstal set awaits its next departure on this rather pretty square. The square itself has been really nicely done up, but I wonder how on earth a wheelchair user would get on board a low-floor tram here...
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Konstal 805Na #3029
25 june 2011 - Zgierz, ul. 1. Maja. A set of modernised Konstal cars begins its climb over slightly crooked rails towards ul. Łódzka.
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Konstal 805Na #261
23 june 2011 - Toruń, ul. Bydgoska.
Konstal 805Na #252
23 june 2011 - Toruń, ul. Sienkiewicza. If memory serves me right, after the closure of the Gajowa street depot in Poznań the one in Toruń is the oldest working tram depot in Poland. As you can see in the picture, due to the lack of space in the depot they utilise the siding in the street outside the depot down to the last few centimetres...
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Jelcz 120M/3 #499
23 june 2011 - Toruń, Port Drzewny. Jelczydło w środku imperium Rydzyka :)
Irisbus Citelis 18M #1900
10 april 2011 - Paris, Rue de la Convention. A little by-product of my search for metro depots within the Paris city boundary. Sadly these were not very fruitful - all depots are surrounded by walls at least 3 metres high - little wonder given the amounts of graffiti around there.
Alstom MP73 #6501
10 april 2011 - Paris. An eastbound M6 train speeds away from Glaciere station. The blocks in the background form one of the two areas with a high concentration of Chinese people in the French capital.
Scania CN230UB 4x2 EB #9499
10 april 2011 - Paris, Av des Gobelins. The cupola of the Parisian Pantheon dominates the background.
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Scania CN230UB 4x2 EB #9338
10 april 2011 - Paris, Place d'Italie. That's what I call step-free access :)
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Alstom MP73 #6528
10 april 2011 - Paris, route 6 of the Parisian metro, between Nationale a Place d'Italie.
Scania CN230UB 4x2 EB #9374
10 april 2011 - Paris, Bd. Vicent Auriol. French transport companies are a little less patriotic than German ones. The southeastern corner of Paris is home to over 100 such Scanias for example.
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Irisbus Agora L #1799
10 april 2011 - Choisy-le-Roi near Paris, Av. Jean Jaures. A slightly old but still quite dynamic Agora has just crossed the Seine on its way to the RER Antony station. The RATP had grand designs for the TVM route, which runs mainly along segregated busways. It was here that Translohr and Bombardier tested its hybrid single-rail solutions, but fortunately, RATP stuck with conventional buses and drivers which know what the gas pedal is there for.
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Renault SC10 #9157
9 april 2011 - Paris, Champs Elysees. The Balabus is a special route run by RATP mainly for tourists. It connects most of the main tourist attractions. It is usually operated by standard buses, but it looks like I had some luck on that day.
Alstom MP89 CC #17
9 april 2011 - Paris, but really not Paris anymore... A train on line 1 of the Metro approaches Esplanade de la Defense.
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Beijnes 3G #805
28 december 2010 - Poznań, Gajowa street depot. Car no. 805 will soon depart as the last regular service vehicle from the depot, bidding its neighbours farewell with its loud bell. The N-car, which we spent most of the night digging out, will depart in a few hours.
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Konstal N #2037
27 december 2010 - Poznań, Gajowa depot. A snowplough built on the basis of an ex-Warsaw N-type tram awaits its final departure from the depot.
Beijnes 3G #802
27 december 2010 - Poznań, Gajowa depot. One of the last trams entering Gajowa depot before it shuts its doors after 130 years of service.
Konstal 105Na #2400
27 december 2010 - Wrocław, Aleja Różyckiego. A well-known vratislavian motif.
Jelcz M121M #9554
27 december 2010 - Wrocław, ul. Piaskowa. A Jelcz on a tram replacement service awaits its next short run across the Odra river.
Tatra KT8D5 #21
21 december 2010 - Strausberg, between Am Stadtwald - Hegermuehle. I nearly froze to death, but it was well worth it.
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Tatra KT8D5 #21
21 december 2010 - Strausberg. Route 89 is truly beautiful in any season.
Tatra KT8D5 #21
21 december 2010 - Strausberg near Berlin - a suburban tram that runs according to mainline rail rules is approaching the terminus at the S-Bahn station Strausberg.
Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 / MCV Evolution #ED25
19 june 2010 - London (Redbridge), Hainault Street, Ilford bus terminus. Straszny put up so many pictures of Egyptian buses lately, so I figured I'll throw in one myself. MCV makes low-floor bodies for the UK market and they're not so bad at it either. They've even managed to create a double-deck model, which isn't selling too well at the moment - mainly because the surge in demand for double-deckers due to Boris's bendybus withdrawal is now over. When it comes to single deckers, MCV makes bodies for MAN and Dart chassis.
AEC Regal IV RF #RF401
12 december 2010 - London (Bromley), Anerley Hill. Owing to some sort of anniversary of route 227, local bus enthusiasts hired out this sweet little thing which is seen here struggling up a 10% incline.
Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 II 10,2m #ENL3
23 october 2010 - London (Croydon), Central Parade. Routes T31-T33 are anomalies within the London fare system - transferring from these bus routes to the tram and vice-versa is free. All three circle around the New Addington estate, offering all inhabitants a lift almost from their doorstep to the tram.
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Alstom 1995 Stock #53609
23 october 2010 - London, Morden station. On a dark October day a Northern Line train emerges from the longest continuous underground rail tunnel and will terminate at the southernmost tube station in London.
English Electric Baloon #723
22 october 2010 - Cleveleys, Rosall Road, Cleveleys terminus. Due to the theft of yet non-electrified OHLE the modernised stretch to Fleetwood was not operational at the time. Much has changed in Blackpool in the last few years. In order to make the system look like a proper light rail line, half of the stops were removed, 16 low-floor Flexity Outlook 2 cars were ordered, a new depot (co-financed by the EU) was built and - sadly - some of the old tramcars were sold off (the remainder will run a tourist service between Blackpool and Bispham). Car 723 will luckily stay here. Apologies for the quality, but the weather situation wasn't exactly pretty at the time.
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Transbus Trident / Plaxton President #TP409
16 october 2010 - London (Islington), City Road.
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Volvo B7TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini #WVL52
10 july 2010 - London (Camden), Euston Square. A great location for the bus stand for buses on route 14.
Scania CN230UD 4x2 EB #15112
10 july 2010 - Londyn (Camden) Grafton Way. Z pozdrowieniami dla frakcji słupskiej :)
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Duewag N8CNF #1126
3 july 2010 - Gdańsk, Jelitkowo loop. With the exception of 114Na, this picture shows all the types of regular-service trams in Gdańsk at the time. The N8 barely made it here - the brakes locked-up as it was going through the rail underpass in Oliwa, and the driver got here only by manipulating the main safety fuse at around 10mph.
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DAF DB250 / Plaxton President #DLP205
26 june 2010 - City of London, Tower Hill. And at the end of our little look at tourist buses we have this here Plaxton. Original Tour is part of the Arriva Group, so it's not too surprising that they take over significant numbers of buses from the regular fleet. Reconstructing a bus for tourist use involves (besides taking off the top deck): removing the middle door, changing seats for hard ones, re-profiling the top deck and drilling little holes in the floor of the top deck to channel away the rainwater. Even though these buses are low-floor and adapted to carry disabled people, I've never seen anyone with a wheelchair on them. Little wonder, too - you can't take the wheelchair onto the top deck, and what's the point of paying 20-something quid to ride on the bottom deck if you can do that for free with a regular bus?
Dennis Trident / East Lancs Lolyne #DA10
26 june 2010 - City of London, Tower Hill. This vehicle is an ex-London bus, which used to be stationed with Metroline at their Harrow garage -
Leyland Olympian / Alexander RH #MBH357
26 june 2010 - City of London, Tower Hill. Time for a short look at the tourist buses. Most of these used to be normal double-deckers, which had their roof chopped off in old age and sent to roam the tourist routes. This one used to run in Hong Kong, and can be easily recognised by having three axles, as Hong Kong has more strict rules regarding axle loads. Nonetheless, a dwindling pool of old buses, as well as tighter emissions norms have made it necessary for these companies to purchase new buses, such as the Optare Visionaire-bodied bus behind.
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Konstal 105Na #1222
2 july 2010 - Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza. I know the size is a little weird, but the effect isn`t bad, is it? :)
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Konstal 105Na #1394
2 july 2010 - Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza. A small souvenir of Open`er - as you can see in the database this vehicle is history...
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Mercedes-Benz O530 #ES64010
26 june 2010 - City of London, Tower Hill. Mercedes Citaros in London are pretty much history - maybe except the suburban 203 from Hounslow to Staines and the Red Arrow routes. That crazy bastard that is still mayor until May put hydrogen buses on this route. Of course only about half of the fleet are ever out and about...
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Dennis Dart / Plaxton Pointer #PDL25
26 june 2010 - London, Tower Bridge. From the times when there were no proper double-deckers going through here ;)
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AEC Routemaster/Park Royal #RM6
19 june 2010 - London (Redbridge), Hainault Street. Actually I don't know why they pulled this one out of the depot that day and sent it to Ilford, but a Routemaster looks good in any colour. This one was painted gold to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Her Royal Highness' reign. Wonder what they'll do this year for the Diamond Jubilee :)
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Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 #WVL340
19 june 2012 - London (Barking & Dagenham), Chequers Lane. This is one of the disadvantages of a 100% tendering system. Normally you would send the oldest stuff you have to this place - something a year or two before it hits the burner. But not here - in London you condemn brand new double-deckers to go to places like this every 12 years.
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Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 #DN33569
19 june 2010 - London (Barking & Dagenham), Chequers Lane. At the time two rather fresh Enviros stand in Rainham depot on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 #WVL338
19 june 2010 - London (Barking & Dagenham), Dagenham Dock station. On a beautiful sunny day a beautiful red double-decker stands at a lovely, refurbished loop in... well the middle of nowhere actually. This side has got a power station, the other side a Ford factory. And in between we have tracks - two are for High Speed One, and two for what used to be known as the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway.
AEG GT8N #3004
6 june 2010 - Bremen, Am Brill. It just somehow looked better in B&W :)
AEG GT8N #3010
6 june 2010 - Bremen, Obernstrasse. Despite it being a Sunday the trams on routes 2 and 3 run past the empty pedestrian zone every 10 minutes.
MAN NG320 Lion`s City GL #4592
6 june 2010 - Bremen, Am Brill. After a short flirt with Solaris products, the heads of the BSAG decided, that while they want to continue buying buses manufactured in the Poznań area, they would rather prefer a different make. And so they started buying MANs with a rather comically programmed display - they really couldn't make the font any bigger, could they? :)
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AEG GT8N #3045
6 june 2010 - Bremen, Markt. During my university alumni reunion I managed to eke out a few hours to take a couple of pics. Here we see what I like most about the place - a tram going straight through the market square, passing the historical City Hall, with hordes of pedestrians and cyclists running around freely next to the tracks.
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AEC Routemaster/Park Royal #RML2323
11 april 2010 - Wisley Airfield, Cobham Bus Rally. And for my 1500th picture a row of all sorts of Routemasters. Thanks ever so much to Dave for the lift, the lunch, and his company. All the best!
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Leyland Atlantean / MCW #42
11 april 2010 - Wisley Airfield, Cobham Bus Rally. One more picture from Cobham 2010 showing these two beauties. They belonged to a company called Silver Star, which painted their buses in a rather military scheme to reflect the fact, that it served a number of British Army bases around Salisbury. On the left we have a double-decker Atlantean for more local duties, on the right a Leyland Tiger Cub which used to ply the intercity route between Salisbury and London.
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Leyland Atlantean / MCW #LYF307D
11 april 2010 - Wisley Airfield, Cobham Bus Rally. BOAC stands for British Overseas Airways Corporation - the airline which merged in 1974 with British European Airways to form British Airways. Before the construction of the Piccadilly Line extension to Heathrow in 1973, airlines took it upon themselves to ferry passengers to the airport terminal. As you can see in the photo, the bus has comfortable, high-back seats. With the engine in the rear, it was possible to lower the floor, whereas the rear of the downstairs compartment was converted to luggage space. With time, as flying became less elitist, airlines stopped providing their own dedicated services. Passengers had to make their way to Heathrow by coaches, the tube or the Airbus, two London Transport operated express routes, which connected the airport with the railway termini in the centre. The Airbus was scrapped only after the construction of the rail line to Heathrow.
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Dennis 4-tone / Dodson #D142
11 april 2010 - Wisley Airfield, Cobham Bus Rally. In 1922 the bus operations in London were deregulated, thanks to which over 200 companies were created. Some grew in size quite handsomely, some had only one bus. This four-tonne double decker with a wooden body was built for one of the bigger operators, which then competed with the municipally owned tramways. Due to the crisis of the 1930s, the London Passenger Transport Board was created in 1933 and created some order in the market - sadly they also later caused the demise of the classic tramway in London. This bus never got to see this moment - the last mention of it is from 1932. It was discovered in some garden in 1971 and restored. The museum acquired it in 1984.
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AEC Swift SMS #SMS369
11 april 2010 - Wisley Airfield, Cobham Bus Rally. The local museum which organises this event each year, usually puts out most of its collection on display. One bus from their collection is this here AEC Swift. It has a characteristical divided front door. The front half is used by those, who wish to buy a ticket from the driver or hand over a part of their carnet. The rear half is used by those, who already have a season.
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AEC Routemaster #RCL2233
11 april 2010 - Wisley Airfield, Cobham Bus Rally 2011. David took one photo of this beauty in 2009, but I'll throw in another. The country version of the Routemaster, with the double headlights, is IMHO the prettiest one. The Wright Gemini bodywork of the 1st generation seems to take inspiration from this a little.
Gräf & Stift NGE152 M17/18 #030
7 april 2010 - Eberswalde-Finow, Frankfurter Allee. Today the main tasks of the trolleybuses are to ferry the people living in the Brandenburgisches Viertel estate to the train station and the town centre. In this picture the electric motor of the display is buzzing away while trying to change the destination displayed. Overall it's a pretty nice little network, but why do they insist on buying buses with four doors, when you can only enter in the front?
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Gräf & Stift NGE152 M17/18 #035
7 april 2010 - Eberswalde, Ostend loop. While trying to ride on the second line, I was chatted up by the driver of the vehicle, after I took its photo. He turned out to be a fan. We ended up with a long discussion about trolleybuses and the history of the town - and when we got to the terminus we started playing around with the destination display. Finow Post is where they were planning to erect the wires up to the mid-90s. I think that with regard to network extensions, the BBG is satisfied with the current status quo.