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Solaris Urbino 18 in Warsaw, Poland (2018). First example of the articulated bus appeared in Milan in 1937.In 1938, Twin Coach built an articulated bus for the city of Baltimore; this bus, which had four axles on a 47 ft (14.33 m) long body, was only articulated in the vertical direction to accommodate steep grades. 15 examples of the "Super Twin" were built in 1948, but it was not developed ...
An articulated Mercedes-Benz Citaro, bending as it turns a corner. An articulated vehicle is a vehicle which has a permanent or semi-permanent coupling in its construction. This coupling works as a large pivot joint, allowing it to bend and turn more sharply. There are many kinds, from heavy equipment to buses, trams and trains.
Common bi-articulated buses resemble rail vehicles in design. They often have elevated train-type doors instead of traditional bus doors to use dedicated stations. Payment is typically made at a bus station using a fare gate rather than on the bus. Compared to using multiple smaller buses on a route, challenges using a bi-articulated bus include:
Leyland-DAB articulated bus; Articulated buses in London; M. MAN Lion's City; MAN NG272; MAN NG272(2) MAN SG 220; MAZ-215; Mercedes-Benz Citaro; Mercedes-Benz O305 ...
Articulated trams are made up of multiple body sections, connected by flexible joints, as seen in Toronto.. Articulated trams, invented and first used by the Boston Elevated Railway in 1912–13 [1] at a total length of about twelve meters long (40 ft) for each pioneering example of twin-section articulated tram car, have two or more body sections, connected by flexible joints and a round ...
A multi-axle bus is a bus or coach that has more than the conventional two axles (known as a twin-axle bus), usually three (known as a tri-axle bus), or more rarely, four (known as a quad-axle bus). Extra axles are usually added for legal axle load restriction reasons, or to accommodate different vehicle designs such as articulation, or rarely ...
Articulated bus Russia 6224: Single deck LiAZ: 2004 to 2005 Russia 6228: Single deck LiAZ: 2006 to 2016 Russia 6274: Single deck LiAZ: 2018 Electric bus Russia 7500: Single deck Volvo Buses: 2005 to 2011 Bi-articulated Sweden 7700: Single deck Volvo Buses: 1999 to 2012 Sweden Finland Poland 7900: Single deck Volvo Buses: 2011 to present Sweden ...
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