March 16, 2007
Bus envy soon to hit Shanghai?
Determined to have the "world's largest" everything by 2010, China recently unveiled the "world's largest" bus, the Youth Daily reported earlier this week. The Chinese manufacturer, named Zhejiang Young Man Vehicle Group, introduced the 25-meter-long "Superliner" at Shanghai's Busworld Asia 2007 convention (how did we miss that one?). The bus has five doors, 40 seats, carries up to 300 passengers and, according to a driver, "is flexible when cornering."
Sadly, it looks like this bus is only going to be used in Beijing and Hangzhou.
UPDATE: We tracked down some other photos of China's big bus:
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Try parallel parking that!
Or just imagine trying to switch lanes!
I don't know about Hangzhou, but it will work we'll in Beijing, where it will be well suited for the long, wide, dead-straight boulevards of the capital. It will not do so well on Puxi's narrow, winding lanes.
Plus, think how many taxis and bicyclists one of these could run off the road at one go. Awe-inspiring.
This is old news here in Brazil. We have this kind of bus since 1999, we call it "biarticulado" and it only runs in special lanes built only for it.
We have those here in Australia too, there are called 'Road Trains'. They are aloud up to 45 meter's long and kill anything that steps out in front of it. There are sadly speed restricted to 100km/h.
Hello folks!
Here in São Paulo we have a similar bus, but slightly bigger. It's called "biarticulado" and it's 27 meters long. I couldn't find good pictures of it, but just posted a video on Sampaist. Check it out:
Watch the video here
They should have these in Cork
hmm, so china missed that one again. I know that double bus can run okey in cities without special lanes. But triple will probably need its own lanes.
The road trains in Australia (and many other places?) are trucks with multiple trailers... not a single bus.
Just more people to die when it crashes....
They have had them in London, England for some time
And australian roadtrains are upto 53m long
yes in kazahkstan we have cart very similar to this bus
This is rediculous, who needs this?
China needs to rethink what they're putting their energy into.
I didn't look into it at all but one would hope this vehicle and others like it are alternatively fueled.
*eager to see the 1st accident*
We don't quite have buses this long in australia. Road trains only operate on interstate highways and usually move livestock. They're not people movers. The largest common, inner city buses are as long as the last two sections of this bus, with a similar mid-section.
We don't quite have buses this long in australia. Road trains only operate on interstate highways and usually move livestock. They're not people movers. The largest common, inner city buses are as long as the last two sections of this bus, with a similar mid-section.
yes we have these in louisiana as well, except they do not have wheels and just sit in your yard. we are waiting on a new alternator.
Where did they copy it this time from?
Certianly not the largest bus in the world. Over here in France this is the classic size for all buses...
They should take a more out-of-the-box approach to their transportation troubles. They need to be thinking for the 21st century, A really long bus? c'mon
These already drive around in Utrecht for about 2 years... so NO, China was not the first and not the longest.
looks like duct tape
Such long buses are used in Utrecht, The Netherlands since approx. 2002:
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these have been around for a while here in bogota, colombia. with separate lanes and stations its the closest we have to a "tube" system. we call it transmilenio.
That company in China only assembles buses from Neoplan. This thing is designed and manufactured in Germany by Neoplan and shipped to China as a kitset for that Chinese company to assemble to avoid import tariffs.
ya, biggest everything right? Not in the pants.
They always seem to be compensating for something ;-)
same thing in france... I saw them in the late eighties, but I think they were immediatly dropped because they're not designed for inner city traffic
Looks dangerous... if a problem occurs, hard to slow down and correct. I think the bus should be driven slowly and carefully.
Try make a left or right turn with that!
that's ridiculous, asians are bad at driving as it is.
We have them in the UK too, we call them trains!
Those busses drive on the streets of my hometown in Germany since August 2005.
In Curitiba, PR, Brazil is 25M. "Biarticulado". Since of 1992.
View:
w w w . onibusdecuritiba.com.br/biarticulado.html