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Hanover Bus Depot by ~ZCochrane:iconZCochrane:

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Another shot into the same depot (which is one of many in the city) as in Irvine Citaro. As you can see this used to be a streetcar depot, and it's right next to the streetcar line, but the tracks in front are not connected to it anymore and the overhead wire has been removed apparently a long time ago. Over at the right you can see two buses being fueled up. Hanover's buses use CNG instead of normal diesel. One of the two buses being fueled is a solo Irvine-styled MB Citaro, the other is a polish Solaris Urbino, which is becoming more and more common in Hanover. At the rear you can see a solo MB Citaro parked. What surprises me most is that it has three doors per side, two of them between the two axles. I can't recall seeing this configuration (which is also shared by the articulated versions, with additional doors in the back) anywhere else.

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*shenanigan87 Aug 19, 2008, 12:37:10 PM
Immer ein trauriger Anblick... In vielen Städten kann man noch vielerorts verlorene Gleise finden, hab neulich sogar in Duisburg welche gesehen. Sind das schon die Arten von Weichen/Kreuzungen gewesen, wo die Bahnen auf dem Spurkranz gerollt sind, damit nicht der ganze Straßenzug durchgerüttelt wird? Oder denke ich das nur, weil die Schienenoberkante nicht mehr glänzt...

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*Raakone Aug 19, 2008, 12:54:38 PM
Busses with doors on both sides? Well...it would allow for greater flexibility on one-way streets, or if there's an "island" in the middle of the street, wouldn't it?

Interesting idea. And it's nice to see that those tracks are still there. In some places in Montreal, nearly 50 years after the last trams ran, you can still find pieces of track in some places, because they never bothered removing it, they paved over it, and with our extremes in weather....and steel and concrete having different "expansion" temperatures....and our sub-standard road conditions (ok, it's not THAT bad...but compared to Europe it's terrible)....in several places you can see it on the surface.

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~ZCochrane Aug 19, 2008, 1:52:15 PM
No, the bus has doors only on one side. The odd thing is that it has way too much of them. There were buses with doors on both sides used in some cities, and there are still at some airports, but not, as far as I know, in Hanover.

Away from major roads, you can often still find abandoned tram tracks with varying frequency here.

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~ZCochrane Aug 19, 2008, 1:54:06 PM
Kann ich leider nicht sagen, ich kenne mich mit Straßenbahnoberbau nicht so gut aus wie ich gerne würde. Es gibt dort auf jeden Fall noch Schilder die vor Schienenverkehr und Oberleitung warnen, also ist es unter Umständen noch nicht so lange her, dass der Straßenbahnteil stillgelegt wurde.

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*shenanigan87 Aug 19, 2008, 2:12:58 PM
Ich hab mal nachgesehen, leider hab ich nur ein recht schlechtes Bild aus Basel wo man das ein bisschen sehen kann. Sieht aus wie ne normale Schiene, aber man wundert sich erst, dass die Oberkannte nicht blank ist, und erst danach sieht man, dass die Wagen nur auf den Spurkränzen durch die Stellen rollen, wo sich Schienenstränge kreuzen. Einfach nur lustig, zu sehen wie Bahnen ohne das typische Poltern durch ein Meer von Weichen fahren :D

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*Raakone Aug 19, 2008, 3:04:30 PM
I see. 3 sets of doors in a normal bus does seem a bit much. Usually it's 2 doors (or 3 for articulated/accordion/"bendy" bus) for city transit bus and one door for "commuter" busses (which sometimes use hand-me-downs that were once inter-city motorcoaches) Very interesting.

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*CJSutcliffe Aug 19, 2008, 3:39:33 PM
Yet another example of a former tram shed used for a bus depot. There are loads like this in Manchester, one of them on Frederick Road was recently demolished to make way for houses, although the huge stone arch which formed the entrance remains. It's quite a sight.

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~labrat-78 Aug 19, 2008, 4:31:22 PM
Love the trackwork

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~ZCochrane Aug 20, 2008, 12:59:31 AM
Yeah, tram trackwork is always very interesting with it's small curves and lots of crossings.

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