Dual-mode Bus - Examples

Examples

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  • Bergen, Norway features dual-mode MAN-Neoplan buses in the Bergen trolleybus system
  • Boston, Massachusetts, USA installed dual-mode Neoplan buses on the Waterfront portion of its Silver Line in 2005. Electric power is required in the exclusive right of way that runs in a tunnel under Fort Point Channel to South Station; diesel power is used to run on city streets and highways, including the Ted Williams Tunnel to Logan Airport
  • Castellón de la Plana, Spain installed a new trolleybus line that went into operation 25 June 2008. The Irisbus Civis vehicles are optically guided and are capable of switching to diesel engine power for turning in front of the Parque Ribalta.
  • Seattle, Washington, USA used 236 dual-mode Breda ETB buses in its downtown bus tunnel from 1990 until late 2004, when the fleet of dual-mode buses were retired, except for 59 converted to electric-only service and were replaced in the tunnel by hybrid diesel-electric buses.

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