Essen dual-mode-bus eastbound.

[vartal]

Это что вообще за такой автобус-троллейбус-трамвай ещё? Додумались же...

[vladimir2366fa]

Thanks you, Videos very nice,

[dimos47ki7]

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

[citytransportinfo]

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

Simon

[dimos47ki7]

@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

[TTC8111]

@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!

[seretera1]

Very nice, cool!

[greengoblin200]

so how does it work? does it actually travel on the rails or is it driven by someone on their path?

[S04DENIZS04]

was sind das für büsse hab ich noch nie gesehn

[ROCKSTARCRANE]

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.

[CarlAllenPL]

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]

Of course, metal straps looking like tthis ʬʬʬʬʬʬʬʬ should be melted-in into aspalt and electrically grounded.

[donh6]

@CarlAllenPL ground to what?Vehicles on the road have rubber tires ,there is no way to make a ground.

[CarlAllenPL]

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

[jarl44]

I am a new york city bus operator . And I am amazed by what I've seen here

[CarlAllenPL]

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..

[eyestoenvy]

@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)

[iaintgonletup]

I'm amazed.

[ShermanM1]

Fast wie heute amn aknn erkennnen wo amn sich da befindet^^

[Hughiston]

cool ..die alte ansagestimme ^^ ...hammer!! ..einmal hat es jemand geschafft mit seiner karre in den tunnel reinzufahren ..so ein opa war das glaubich

[RalfMH]

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" ^^

[ianbillericay]

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.

[kelvintwt]

are the buses guided on rails?

[tigrius]

busses guided by kerbs

[kelvintwt]

now i get it..thanks

[1756evag]

das ist richtig...allerdings spurbusse gibt es immer noch!

[titandog86]

das was hier praktiziert wurde, ist einzigartig... spurgeführte duo o-busse... das video müsste 16 jahre alt sein. nach meinem wissen ist der letzte o-bus in essen 1991 gerollt...

[citytransportinfo]

yes, this is the 1990's, and now the duobuses are in Russia.

and there is no more OBus in Essen. :-(

Simon

[LTU932]

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.

[Butchuk2007]

Great video...

I wish we had politicians with enough guts to implement this kind of transport system in the UK.

[citytransportinfo]

that makes 2 of us!

I know other people who would agree as well.

Simon

[aipbro]

@citytransportinfo i agree

[savtasaba]

Nice !

Watch my videos from Israel. THANKS !

[VT741]

I came from Essen... i miss this busses :'-(

[aabhyankar]

Great Video. Do you have diesel and electric trolleybus mode switching closeup view? Especially the mast positioning?

Best regards

ashutosh

[citytransportinfo]

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

[aabhyankar]

Dear Simon

Thanks!! Great videos. Very Informative!! How switch / turnout controls are operated for trams? Do they work same way as trains? We had trams in Mumbai but they were removed many years ago. Biggest mistake done by government.....

[citytransportinfo]

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

[ikarus28008L]

fanastic

[citytransportinfo]

Thanks.

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

Simon

[Ham549]

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?

[citytransportinfo]

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

[ROCKSTARCRANE]

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

[citytransportinfo]

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

[jemdude22]

Great footage.

[citytransportinfo]

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