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| December 2003 |
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| While Britain
still has 40 year old Routemasters trundling around London, mainland
Europe has predictably surged ahead with investigation of new forms of
power. Gas powered vehicles, already popular in France, are
now to be found just across the channel operating for TCRB in Boulogne (above
and below). Nice in the south, no stranger to CNG buses,
has new bendi-buses to complement its conventional gas buses.
The Netherlands, keen proponents of all things modern, have extra-long
bendi-buses operating in Utrecht, while smart articulated trolleybuses are
the mainstay of Arnhem city services now. |
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| The Dutch city of Utrecht has recently
placed these hefty triple-bendi-buses in service (above).
Meanwhile in the east, Arnhem's new bendi trolleybuses (left) have
eradicated all older trolleys in the town. |
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| The city of Nice in the South of France
(or SunBus) is the largest operator of gas buses in France (above)
with well over 100 on the road. It recently placed into
service some unusual gas powered articulated vehicles (right) which
are used on service (16). Nice already operates conventional
artic buses. |
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| All photos taken in August
and September 2003. Click to enlarge. |
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Facts (from top to bottom) |
 | TCRB (Boulogne) 312 (4170VP62),
a new Van Hool A330 CNG bus at Boulogne depot |
| Connexxion 0230, a Berkhof
bodied articulated trolleybus from 2002 |
| GVU (Utrecht) 901, a Van Hool
AGG300 articulated bus, one of 15 delivered in 2002. There
are another 12 on order. |
| Nice 206 (206AZG06), one of 15
new Irisbus Agora L articulated CNG buses |
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