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Low floor buses

Low floor buses are based on so called low floor technology, determining a vehicle design with extra low floors. Vehicles with low floor technology are prior used in short-range public transportation. Using low floor technology for instance helps disabled people, … Continue reading

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Nightliner Bus

Nightliners are coaches that are rented by tour- and concert promoters to transport a singer, band or otherwise artistically active star from one place to another. Usually the bus transfer takes place at night, consequently nightliners are equipped. Other than … Continue reading

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Coaches

An omnibus used for tourist traffic as well as long range public transport is called coach. According to the equipment, acquisition costs of a modern coach can amount between 250.000 up to 600.000 Euro. In terms of construction a coach … Continue reading

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School buses

School buses are used for the transportation of students from their homes to school and back, as well as school excursions. They are especially used where the public network of bus stops cannot guarantee for a save way to school … Continue reading

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Midibuses with a passenger capacity of up to 68 people

A midibus is a public service vehicle with a length of 8 to 10 meters. Midibuses are mostly used in short-range public transportation in the country, in small towns and the suburbs of larger cities. Midibuses used in the tourism … Continue reading

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Minibuses with a passenger capacity between 12 and 22 people

In short-range public transportation there are also minibuses with a passenger capacity between 12 and 22 people. Those are prior used for public transportation on extra construed routes (taxi bus, quarter bus). With a lower ridership, these minibuses are passenger-friendly … Continue reading

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Minibuses with a passenger capacity of up to 9 people

A so called minibus, which by the way got this name in Germany in the 1950′s when the VW-bus was introduced, is a mini-van with up to 9 seats (including the driver seat) based on a chassis of a utility … Continue reading

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General information about omnibuses

The official denomination for a motor driven omnibus in Germany is Kraftomnibus (KOM). The name omnibus might have its origin in an advertising slogan of the French businessman Omnes (“Omnes omnibus”) from 1825, which was then taken over and used … Continue reading

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