The Adelaide O-bahn

That's right. Time to show most of you what the O-bahn is!

If you want more info go to Wikipedia....

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Adelaide
• Metro
• Bus
• Torrens
• Transit
• O-bahn
• Mercedes
• Benz
• O305
• O405
• MAN
• SL202
• Scania
• L94UB
• K230B
• Paradise
• Klemzig

[PolxenTwo]

I was wondering what those round things on the side of buses were for.

[Worldseries601]

Those would be the guide wheels.

[ryanthescooterguy]

Top 5 things you never knew about the O-Bahn & Buses:

1. The flip down signs at the track entrances say 'Caution: Work On Track'

2. The articulated O-Bahn buses (I think!) are equipped with special weight distribution devices.

3. The O-Bahn test track is located next to Grand Junction Rd.

4. There is a special twin-ended O-Bahn recovery vehicle that rescues stranded buses on the track.

5. A few new buses from VIC and NSW were trailed on the O-Bahn!

[Worldseries601]

I already know about Dumbo ryan. (Referring top point 4.)

[ryanthescooterguy]

Another thing I discovered:

The O-Bahn was manufactured by Beton, an Australian concrete firm.

[Worldseries601]

I see.

I'm just wondering why Rann has decided to extend the O-Bahn to West Tce.

[mazzarge]

I love this city.Boo Hoo to all you snobs.

[910364]

All merc have now been retired from track work and now do rail replacement all scania L94 have been replaced by K230 and K320 scanias and the only remaining merc is a 0405 one off bus and a few MAN SL202 do track work as well

[Clerence1969]

What I would like to know: Do the old O 305s have automatic gears? Here in Germany, they have been used mostly with manual gears, automatic gears haven t been so usual for busses, those days. I quess the newer ones do have automatic gears?

[Clerence1969]

... a "Dead Sin" to buy anything else but Mercedes-Benz, for the local Urban Transportation Company.... ^^ - Greetings to Australia!

[Clerence1969]

If someone is interested in: There s an O-Bahn system running at the area of Oberhausen, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany....

[Clerence1969]

Its interesting for me as a german, to see those old O 305s running in Australia.... Here in Germany, the most of these are already taken out of service. When I was a kid, I was riding those wery often - almost no MANs, I growed up near Stuttgart, so it would have been a "sin" to take anything else but Mercedes, for the local urban transporation company... ^^ Greetings to "Down Under"

[OriginalKamil]

lol a retarded version of a bus

[redneckmechanic5]

Worldseries601

how did u get all of this.

hanging round the o bahn all day?

lol

[B58PMCSA]

Nothing quite like the sound of reduction hubs at 100kmh!!!