The world’s longest bus seats 256 people

[CHamilton]

The world's longest bus seats 256 people

The city of Dresden, Germany will soon be getting a monstrous addition to its public transportation system that can only be described as a train on wheels. Designed by Fraunhofer IVI and the Technical University Dresden, the three-section Autotram Extra Grand bus is 98 feet long and can carry 256 passengers, but doesn't require any special training for its driver.

 

[Swadian Hardcore]

I wonder, how long is the longest section. I would think that the longest section determines how it manuevers.

 

[johnny.menhennet]

The world's longest bus seats 256 people

The city of Dresden, Germany will soon be getting a monstrous addition to its public transportation system that can only be described as a train on wheels. Designed by Fraunhofer IVI and the Technical University Dresden, the three-section Autotram Extra Grand bus is 98 feet long and can carry 256 passengers, but doesn't require any special training for its driver.

I guess trains just scrape along...

 

[NW cannonball]

The world's longest bus seats 256 people

The city of Dresden, Germany will soon be getting a monstrous addition to its public transportation system that can only be described as a train on wheels. Designed by Fraunhofer IVI and the Technical University Dresden, the three-section Autotram Extra Grand bus is 98 feet long and can carry 256 passengers, but doesn't require any special training for its driver.

I guess trains just scrape along...

I clearly remember that Shanghai was trying some double-bendy buses about 3-4 years ago - running on methyl-ether fuel -- and carrying upwards of 300 pax - not all of them seated.

Can't find the ref now, sorry. Stuff disappears off the web all the time

How do pax board the bus -- the photo shows the wrong side of the bus to guess this - is it pay-enter through one narrow door which makes so many local transit buses here in the US so slow with the boarding and fare-paying delays - or like the Quito Trolebus where pax pay on entering the boarding area and there is little actual boarding delay (the Quito trole run on about a 2-minute headway in rush hour) . Or do they use these monster buses on limited-stop express services?

(edited to add questions)

 

[rrdude]

"makes use of a computer system to aid its driver with turning............"

Ya know, why not? Think of it, computers could easily make the rear two sections of the bus "follow" the front, even at sharper right angles.

Pretty cool thinking and engineering.

Maybe they could add a few more sections, and run one from NOL to Orlando! (Daily no doubt)

 

[gswager]

That would be handy on Orange Line in Los Angeles!

 

[Texan Eagle]

The world's longest bus seats 256 people

The city of Dresden, Germany will soon be getting a monstrous addition to its public transportation system that can only be described as a train on wheels. Designed by Fraunhofer IVI and the Technical University Dresden, the three-section Autotram Extra Grand bus is 98 feet long and can carry 256 passengers, but doesn't require any special training for its driver.

I am disappointed to see this is a single level bus. They could have gone all the way by having a "3-car" double-deck bus.. now THAT would be one heck of a monster bus!

Vestibuled double-deck buses already exist, someone needs to add one more section to it and see the fun

Or.. they could have tried this-