Essen dual-mode-bus eastbound.

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

Комментарии • 34

  • @ianbillericay
    @ianbillericay 16 лет назад +3

    To think that in London we had the kingsway underground tram system and the idiots so powers that be got rid of it, that and electric transport.

  • @RalfMH
    @RalfMH 15 лет назад +1

    Das kam öfters vor. Am weitesten hat es ein Schwede mit seinem Volvo geschafft. Der kam bis Berliner Platz. Und nur weil ihm einer sagte "fahren Sie dem Bus hinterher, der fährt da auch hin" ^^

  • @ROCKSTARCRANE
    @ROCKSTARCRANE 15 лет назад

    Carl, it's a 'curb-guided' system. There are very small horizontally oriented wheels that protrude from the front corners of the bus and contact the side boards and guide the bus "hands-off". The driver controls power only.

  • @jemdude22
    @jemdude22 17 лет назад

    Great footage.

  • @CitytransportInfoplus
    @CitytransportInfoplus  17 лет назад

    Thanks.
    I have a little more video from the Berliner Platz station - I will uplift this in the winter.
    Simon

  • @nathanielpillar8012
    @nathanielpillar8012 7 лет назад

    Adelaide in Australia has a great 12km stretch of O-bahn.

  • @CitytransportInfoplus
    @CitytransportInfoplus  17 лет назад

    Thanks.
    Although I plan to uplift some tram related clips today, and if time permits one of London interest too, progress on further videos will be slow, not least because I am also busy on studying for some more work related qualifications, so time is very much in short supply.
    Simon

  • @CitytransportInfoplus
    @CitytransportInfoplus  17 лет назад

    sorry, I do not know, and it is not easy to find out as the buses are now as motor buses in a city near to Moscow, Russia. (trolley poles and electric drive system have been removed).
    Simon

  • @bundesautobahn7
    @bundesautobahn7 16 лет назад

    Das erinnert ein bisschen an die sogenannte O-Bahn von Adelaide. Das ist eine spurgeführte Busstrecke wie die der Duobusse in Essen, die aber ohne O-Busse sondern mit normalen Dieselbussen fährt. Außerdem hat die Adelaider O-Bahn nur eine Haltestelle und zwei Kreuzungen, also ist sie ziemlich kurz verglichen mit den Duobustrassen in Essen.

  • @CitytransportInfoplus
    @CitytransportInfoplus  14 лет назад

    @dimos47ki7 why should 'staying in path' be stressful? bus steers itself automatically. The driver only controls the speed.
    Simon

  • @CitytransportInfoplus
    @CitytransportInfoplus  17 лет назад

    the elevated sidewalls (raised kerbs) steered them - the driver must not hold the steering wheel. This has nothing to do with the tram rails at all.
    Simon

  • @Ham549
    @Ham549 17 лет назад

    It looks like the trolley polls have resting holders on the back of the bus but when the trolleys are pulled down yhey rest to the right of the holders what is with that?

  • @CitytransportInfoplus
    @CitytransportInfoplus  17 лет назад

    Hi Ashutosh, I'm no expert but sometimes they can be operated in the same way as trains, although on some systems just one rail moves.
    Try looking on Wikipedia, you might find more info there.
    Regards
    Simon

  • @vladimir2366fa
    @vladimir2366fa 14 лет назад

    Thanks you, Videos very nice,

  • @CitytransportInfoplus
    @CitytransportInfoplus  16 лет назад

    that makes 2 of us!
    I know other people who would agree as well.
    Simon

  • @CarlAllenPL
    @CarlAllenPL 14 лет назад

    @donh6 Fine but, how about giuding wheels or other devices which may be made of metal?

  • @CitytransportInfoplus
    @CitytransportInfoplus  17 лет назад

    Hi there,
    If you look at a list of all of my videos you will see one called "Essen duobus switching between electric and diesel modes.mpg". Maybe this will show what you were hoping to see.
    (on the right side of the screen click "More From: citytransportinfo")
    Simon

  • @CitytransportInfoplus
    @CitytransportInfoplus  16 лет назад

    yes, this is the 1990's, and now the duobuses are in Russia.
    and there is no more OBus in Essen. :-(
    Simon

  • @fabiod9972
    @fabiod9972 4 года назад

    Beautiful video, but how does the bus keep the straight path thru tram switches? It is driver steered or there are special Obahn switches?

    • @CitytransportInfoplus
      @CitytransportInfoplus  4 года назад +1

      thanks - to answer your questions, I think that the bus driver would slightly turn the steering wheel towards the desired route, I feel sure that the buses were always travelling straight ahead so it was enough. Guided bus switches did exist (there were several designs, tested at open air locations) and had the full plans been realised these would have been needed so that buses on route 145 / CE45 could have been routed via the Hauptbahnhof (main railway station)

  • @eyestoenvy
    @eyestoenvy 13 лет назад

    @jarl44
    I agree.. we seem to lack everything, or simply move in the wrong direction... just look at what we did to our street/trolley cars... Philly is the last hope here on the NE coast (they have LRV/trolley cars, trolley buses, subways, elevated, articulated buses, and regional rail - all in service)

  • @CarlAllenPL
    @CarlAllenPL 15 лет назад

    Wonderful idea!
    If only the tyres would be from conducting rubber, this bus could have normal pantograph anb be even more compatible with streetcars!

  • @CarlAllenPL
    @CarlAllenPL 15 лет назад

    It is pretty sure that when bus is on tracks, it is guiged by electronic or mechanical sensors and you drive it more like train..

  • @owenchuarbx
    @owenchuarbx 10 лет назад

    The model is an Mercedes Benz O405GTZ?

  • @ROCKSTARCRANE
    @ROCKSTARCRANE 17 лет назад

    Are the buses actually being steered or guided by the rails?

  • @aipbro
    @aipbro 13 лет назад

    @citytransportinfo i agree

  • @dimos47ki7
    @dimos47ki7 14 лет назад

    @citytransportinfo oh, i thought the driver has to do the steering in the tunnels.
    so then it just operates like a normal train...good idea

  • @ikarus28008L
    @ikarus28008L 17 лет назад

    fanastic

  • @xm3405
    @xm3405 6 лет назад

    Why don’t we have electric busses anymore?

  • @TTC8111
    @TTC8111 14 лет назад

    @citytransportinfo really? i can't believe north america doesn't have duobuses or just simple trolley buses. insted they have to have diesel-electric buses that they call "hybrids", which is not what diesel electric is. and get this: they don't know what a real bus rapid transit system looks like in most major cities!

  • @dimos47ki7
    @dimos47ki7 14 лет назад

    trying to stay in path seems very stressfull for the drivers...it feels like driving a drain with a steering wheel on the rails!!!

  • @baronlocal8569
    @baronlocal8569 7 лет назад

    interesting at min : 4:56