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FVV CSM4 #489
15 august 2015 - Debrecen, Csemete utca. DKV`s newest preserved tram on a "wedding ride" :) Actually, this is not the original 489, it was scrapped. They changed numbers with 491.
CAF Urbos 3 #521
5 july 2015 - Debrecen, Hunyadi street. Where the new line begins :)
Comments: 3
Ikarus 284.00 #BPY-149
7 march 2015 - Debrecen, István út. Almost all of the former citybuses have been scrapped since DKV is the new operator in Debrecen, but fortunately these two special Ikarus are still living and waiting for the resurrection. BKV would like to buy BPY-150 (seen on the left), because this bus was running in the capital city in the `80s for more than one year, but they couldn`t agree with Hajdú Volán. So an other Ikarus 284 was purchased (JOY-222) and hopefully it will be restored this year.
Comments: 3
Van Hool AG300 #MUT-885
1 march 2015 - Budapest, Pesterzsébet, Ady Endre tér. It would be good to see more of these buses as new ones, but unfortunately they are extremely expensive, so there is no chance to this.
Volvo 7900A Hybrid #MYK-376
1 march 2015 - Budapest, Ferenciek tere. Fuel efficient? Maybe. The most expensive buses in Budapest? Sure!
Ikarus 405.05 #LZZ-332
1 march 2015 - Budapest, Andrássy út. An other interesting creature from BKV, which shouldn`t exist: the pimped 405. In 1995 next to the normal Ikarus midis, two special version were bought to carry disabled persons on special, some kind of "house-to-house" routes. The buses have an about 1,5 metres long low floor part at the second door, so it is possible to access with wheelchair, altough the door are very narrow. Both buses were scrapped a few years ago, but the resurrection came in 2014: one of them got new engine, new gearbox, air conditioner, tinted glasses, new color, new displays, new registration plate, and of course this ugly new face. His brother is under renovation now...
Comments: 5
Ikarus 415.04 #MZE-415
1 march 2015 - Budapest, Andrássy út. Fortunately, the historic fleet of BKV is growing: this old Ikarus 415 was presented today, on the occassion of the `100th anniversary of the Budapest bus traffic`.
Ikarus 412.81 GT #720
1 march 2015 - Budapest, Hero`s square. Actually, this is the newest trolleybus of Budapest in this pic. As you might know, Ikarus 412 series is not so successfull in our capital city because of their weak bodyframe, that`s why BKV started to scrap them quite early. But they had a crazy idea: let`s make trolleybus of them! A brand new bodyframe needed to be constructed and built, the traction motor and other electronic parts came from a formerly scrapped Ikarus 280.94 (GVM). Additionaly, it is equipped with air conditioners and batteries, so it can run a few kilometres without wire too. An other one (with number 721) is under construction, but the future of this project is an issue, because new Solaris trolleybuses will arrive in this year, so hopefully there will be no need this kind of `home-made` vehicles in long term.
Comments: 6
Scania CN320UA 6x2/2 EB CNG #WUZ 574
11 february 2015 - Arvidsjaur, Storgatan. This rainy weather is very rare here in February, not so ideal for winter testing ;)
Solaris Urbino 12 LE #169
11 january 2015 - Luleå, Skeppsbrogatan
Solaris Urbino 12 LE #164
11 january 2015 - Luleå, Smedjegatan
Ikarus 263.10 #GZF-169
16 july 2004 - Berettyójfalu, bus terminal. When I took this picture ten years ago, I would never believe that one time this vehicle will be a trolleybus in Budapest :) Yes, it`s true: BKV wants to build a trolley of this to teach the new drivers, so it won`t be in passenger service. The electrical equipment will come from a scrapped Ik 280T (GVM).
Comments: 8
Ikarus 280.40A (Gyors) #BPO-449
30 august 2014 - Folyás. This is the last bus in this livery, the others got usual black-grey colors and as far as I know one of them was scrapped. The letters of "7-173 Gyors" are made of magnets, so they can be easily removed. (The bus wears them only at special ocassions, because these routes don`t exist anymore.)
Comments: 2
Ikarus V127 V2 PKD #PKD-003
30 august 2014 - Polgár, Arcehopark. After almost one and a half decade, brand new Ikarus buses are coming to the capital city of Hungary again. Three V127 are already on roads and further 15 will arive until the end of this year. These buses are purchased in Partially Knocked Down construction, this means the cassis is built at Budapest, Mátyásföld in a former Ikarus plant and BKV completes it in one of their own garage.
Comments: 2
Ikarus 280.30M #HCA-759
4 august 2014 - Debrecen, coach station. The original gearbox of this bus was raplaced to an Allison Torqmatic automatic transmission about 10 years ago ;)
Comments: 3
Ikarus 266.25 #MNZ-589
24 april 2014 - Tököl, airport. By popular demand :) The first restored Ikarus 266 in Hungary. It is quite nice, but has some failure, for example it`s color is too vivid in real life.
Comments: 11
MAN NL283 Lion`s City #MRP-052
24 april 2014 - The passenger`s compartment has some strange solution, like this one in the picture. Additionaly, only a few seats are on the floor and there aren`t enough handrails - BKK don`t know how to specificate buses :/
Comments: 5
MAN NL283 Lion`s City #MRP-05
26 april 2014 - Tököl, airport. Unfortunately just a few buses could be seen in Tököl because there was an other busfest in Zsámbék only one day before... Anyway, the hungarian bus market almost died; most of the Volán companies are still not allowed to buy new (or used) vehicles, most of the private companies don`t have money to buy new vehicles... But after long-long years quite a lot new buses will enter service in Budapest: 106 MAN Lion`s City and 61 Volvo 7900A, all of them will be operated by Volánbusz.
Comments: 1
DAF CF85 #LZZ-305
24 april 2014 - Tököl, Airport. This is the biggest tow truck of BKV, called "Lizzy" after it`s number plate.
Ikarus 260.46 #BPO-320
24 april 2014 - Tököl, Airport. Don`t be afraid, this wasn`t an accident, only a part of the show at the annual busfest in Tököl.
Comments: 4
Rába U26.230 #FVG-273
2 january 2014 - Veszprém, Egyetem utca. First prototype of the new Rába-Volvo bus :)
Comments: 2
Ikarus 435.40A #GVY-398
1992 - Budapest. Originally, this was a duo bus with an MAN diesel engine at the rear and an AEG electric motor between the A and the B axles. In 2001, it was converted to a usual diesel bus, then sold to Alba Volán. (photo: Ikarus)
Comments: 2
Ikarus EAG E94.04 #GLW-060
1997 - Budapest, Ikarus Egyedi Autóbuszgyár. (fotó: Ikarus EAG)
FVV CSM4 #492
23 february 2012 - Debrecen, Salétrom utca. Heading to Budapest :)
Comments: 2
Ikarus EAG E95.42 #FSJ-992
4 february 2012 - Debrecen, autóbuszállomás.
Volvo B9L / Alfa Cívis 12 #LMG-088
4 february 2012 - Debrecen, Kishegyesi út. Broken down...
Comments: 4
Volvo B12B / Alfa Regio #KMB-033
27 january 2012 - Balmazújváros, vasútállomás.
Ikarus 256.50V #LIB-017
27 january 2012 - Balmazújváros, railwa station. Ssssmokin' :)
Ikarus 260.00 #FIS-540
27 january 2012 - Balmazújváros, railway station. One of the last Ik 260.00 (ex-BKV). Unfortunately, it will be scrapped next week, unless somebody buys it.
Comments: 2
Ikarus 412.10C #BPO-255
26 october 2011 - Budapest, Köki Terminál.
Ikarus 438 #JID-095
26 october 2011 - Budapest, new KöKi terminal.
SOR EBN10,5 #P-01445
27 september 2011 - Budapest, Kelenföld Autobus Depot. The newest testbus of BKV (september 27 - october 4).
Comments: 3
Rába Premier 291 #HDA-285
16 september 2011 - Debrecen, Derék utca.
Ikarus 280.02 #GKZ-542
9 september 2011 - Debrecen, Piac utca. Ikaruses were prohiboted from tram replacement by the municipality, so they work on normal bus routes, instead of Volvos.
Comments: 3
Ikarus 280.08A #GMY-261
29 august 2011 - Debrecen, Segner tér. Ready for some action ;)
Comments: 4
Volvo 7700A #LMG-124
21 august 2011 - Debrecen, Kossuth tér. Tram replacement on line 1 with Volvo 7700A buses until the end of August. From September, these Volvos will be replaced by 7 articulated bus of Hajdú Volán: 1 Rába and 6 Ikarus 280 :)
Ikarus 256.22 V1 #HFF-781
12 august 2011 - Debrecen, Wesselényi utca.
Ikarus E134 #LVM-731
14 july 2011 - Miskolc, Szondi György utca (Borsod Volán depot). The first Ikarus E134 with a littlebit new face.
MJT DD52 #P-02489
29 july 2011 - Debrecen, Balmazújvárosi út (MJT Zrt). One of the 3 new tri-axle double decker to Vikingbus (Denmark). You can see some more pics here.
Peugeot Boxer #R353 PNR
26 july 2011 - Debrecen, Körtös utca. A bus from England is quite rare in Debrecen :)
Ikarus 620 #LPY-045
14 july 2011 - Driver's cabin.
Ikarus 620 #LPY-045
14 july 2011 - Passenger's compartment.
Ikarus 620 #LPY-045
14 july 2011 - Miskolc, MVK Depot. This the second restored bus of MVK and the first restored Ik 620 in the whole country. You can see some more pictures of this vehicle here.
Comments: 4
Ikarus E14.00 #LOZ-556
8 july 2011 - Debrecen, Böszörményi út.
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter City 77 #P-01413
21 june 2011 - Budapest, Hunyadi János út. This bus was tested today and yesterday.
Comments: 1
Ganz UV3 #205
18 june 2011 - Debrecen, Pallagi út. Ritka együttállás: ma mutatkozott be az UV villamos a nagyközönség előtt, de valószínűleg a jövőben se sokszor fogja kidugni az orrát a telephelyről, hiszen szervízjárműként van állományba véve. A 492-es pályaszámú Bengáli pedig néhány hónapon belül visszakerül Budapestre, ahol a tervek szerint nosztalgiavillamosként használják majd.
Comments: 2
Ikarus E94.55G #GUP-079
18 may 2011 - Budapest, Árpád híd. What a pity, that Volánbusz bought only two of this beauty...
Kravtex Credo EN12 #LUV-026
29 april 2011 - Hajdúböszörmény, Autóbuszállomás. Three MAN SL223 (of Hajdú Volán) were replaced by two Credo EN12 at the end of last year, these are owned by a company of the municipality. These buses were very cheap, only 40 million HUF each (~150.000 EUR).
Volvo 7700 Hybrid #P-01878
28 april 2011 - Tököl, airport. According to Volvo, 7700 Hybrid has 30% lower fuel consumption than conventional buses. This vehicle will be tested in several hungarian cities to prove it.
Comments: 4
SOR BN12 #4E2 8640
28 april 2011 - Tököl, airport. This design is... horrible.
Comments: 1
SOR NB18 #E 1852
28 april 2011 - Tököl, airport. It is interesting, but the biggest exhibitor was SOR - they brang 6 bus to Hungary: different city, suburban, intercity and tourist models. To tell the truth, I'm not a great fan of Credo, but the hungarian "clones" are much more better then this ones...
Comments: 6
Scania TK 400 EB4x2NI Touring HD
28 april 2011 - Tököl, airport. Scania Touring - Made in China (in cooperation with Higer). I think this is one of the cheepest tourist coach on the market, in Hungary you can buy it for only 199.000 euros. (Anyway, is this the first pic of this model on phototrans?)
Comments: 1
NABI 60-BRT
26 april 2011 - Tököl, airport. Nowadays the NABI plant in Budapest produces 2 bodies a week, the vehicles are finished in the USA.
Comments: 2
Molitusbus S91 #LWD-700
28 april 2011 - Tököl, airport. The second S91 - preparing for an interesting test drive:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zEqx3av-Cg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kMTkfYSnx4
Unfortunately the BKV-tender has been cancelled, so we can't see this kind of buses in Budapest for a while.
Comments: 4
Ikarus V187 #P-02863
28 april 2011 - Tököl, Airport. The other "shuttle bus" on the 8th Busfestival - Ikarus V187.
Comments: 1
NABI 40C-LFW #P-01443
28 april 2011 - The typical american style passenger compartment - it looks durable.
NABI 40C-LFW #P-01443
28 april 2011 - Tököl, Airport. As far as I know this is the prototype of the 40 feet long CompoBus, it was built in the USA. Nowadays it is used as a kind of demo bus on exhibitions and and special occasions.
Comments: 5
Ganz-Solaris Trollino 12D #372
18 march 2006 - Debrecen, Segner tér. This is what you can't see on weekends anymore... All trolleys on all routes are replaced by buses on Saturdays and Sundays. Shame!
Comments: 6
MAN NG323 Lion´s City GL #MAN-086
22 march 2011 - Budapest, Jagelló út. This Lion's City GL will be tested by BKV for 9 month on route 86. Further informations: http://www.ebsf.eu/index.php/project-development/use-cases/71-budapest
Comments: 7
Ikarus 415.26 #GJN-224
25 february 2011 - Debrecen, Kishegyesi út.
Comments: 5