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? - Bombaj, z widokiem na miejscowy dworzec centralny (Mumbai Central). Autobus z serii brytyjskich piętrusów z okolic lat 50., wszystkie one były podobne do siebie i pobieżne oględziny nie pomogły mi zidentyfikować dokładnego typu...
Pozdrowienia dla Straphana :-)
Author: empi edytor

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9 august 2011 - Bombay, Marine Drive. The bus public transport in Bombay is similar in many aspects to that of London, and not just because of the colour of the vehicles. There is a huge number of bus lines, the daily vehicle requirement is slightly larger than London\''s, and the buses come in a number of sizes - from a minibus (like this one) to double-deckers of around 11 metres in length. Both cities also hate bendies as much - Bombay experimented with them around 2000 in the suburbs but quickly gave up. The photo shows a gas-powered minibus from Backbay depot running on route 9 Limited in the very centre of the city.
Author: straphan edytor

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9 august 2011 - Bombay, Madame Cama Road. And this is what the newest generation of double-deckers in Bombay looks like. DDs (British-made) were introduced in 1937. The one in the picture is around 10-12 years old - I remember the batch of full-length cab ones was more-or-less new 10 years ago. Each BEST bus has two destination blinds - one at the front in Marathi, one on the side in English. It\''s the same with depot signs and fleet numbers (English at the back). This is why BEST buses were my favourite tool to learn to read and write Hindi (same script). The DD buses are accessed via the rear like old-fashioned front-engined buses in the UK. Passengers are served by two conductors - one on the lower and one on the upper deck - they usually walk around the deck and hit the handrails with their ticket clippers to alert the passengers. Of course each bus is fitted with a conductor\''s rope - pulled once to signal a stop and two to allow the driver to leave. Over the last 10 years the number of DD buses has dropped, but there is stil a few dozen of them in Colaba, Backbay, Worli, and Kurla depots. The picture shows bus 4027 from Backbay depot on route 138 running between said depot and the magnificent Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station or - as we called it - the Station Formerly Known as VT (Victoria Terminus).
Author: straphan edytor

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14 october 2000 - Bombaj, Mahatma Gandhi Road przy Wellington Circle. Piętrus z zajezdni Backbay, prawdopodobnie linia 122 (Ballard Pier - J.M.Mehta Road)
Author: straphan edytor

9 august 2011 - Bombay, Bandra bus depot. To cope with the wild crowds using the local trains in Bombay every day (you can see how wild some of them are HERE) a system of overbridges was built above the local streets, one leading alongside the Bandra bus depot. The picture shows one of the newest additions to the BEST bus fleet - a CNG-powered bus with an electronic display rather than a film. In the background you can see a typical Indian slum.
Author: straphan edytor

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9 august 2011 - Bombay, Wellington Chowk. A traditional Bombay bus next to a traditional Bombay taxi, a licence version of the Fiat 1100 from 1951. It may be difficult to believe, but India has adopted their own emissions standards, based on European norms. This bus from Colaba depot is proud to inform that it conforms to the Bharat II standard (same as Euro II). It is running on circular route 111, which takes train passengers from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus around the city centre.
Author: straphan edytor

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14 october 2000 - Bombaj, Mahatma Gandhi Road przy Wellington Circle.. Autobus z zajezdni Marol, prawdopodobnie linia ekspresowa 2 (Colaba - Andheri/Marol)
Author: straphan edytor

february 2002 - Mumbai (Bombaj), Hutatma Chowk. Jeszcze na dobranoc dwie zaległe fotki z Bombaju: ta przedstawia autobus miejskich zakładów komunikacji i elektryczności. Autobus wyprodukowała prawdopodobnie firma Ruby Rushi. Kursuje on na specjalnych liniach klimatyzowanych, mających za zadanie nakłonienie nieco bardziej zamożnych mieszkańców Bombaju do przesiadki na środki komunikacji miejskiej. Linie te zatrzymują się tylko na ważniejszych przystankach (mniejszej ilości niż „normalne” linie pośpieszne „Limited”), a taryfa jest obliczona na ciut tańszą niż taksówki. Autobus ma oznaczenia linii A4 i po odjeździe z krańca skieruje się do zajezdni Ghatkopar, będącej największą z 26 zajezdni BEST, macierzystą zajezdnią tego autobusu oraz drugim krańcem linii.
Author: straphan edytor

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february 2002 - Mumbai (Bombaj), stan Maharashtra, Indie. Pasażerowie przy Hutatma Chowk/Churchgate Station wsiadają do autobusu linii 138 (Backbay Depot - Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus). Autobus ten dostarczono do Bombaju w 2000 lub 2001 roku i był jednym z pierwszych we flocie BEST, który posiadał automatyczną skrzynię biegów. Linię obsługuje zajezdnia Backbay.
Author: straphan edytor

9 august 2011 - Krishna Chandra Road, Bandra, Mumbai. Time for some more of India. This is a typical BEST bus. BEST (Brinahmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport) is a city-owned monopolist responsible for electricity and buses. This structure is - of course - anachronistic. BEST was initially a tram company, which sold surplus electricity to private users. In time they built the city electricity grid and ditched the trams (in 1964), briefly experimenting with trolleybuses. Wikipedia even has a picture of a right-hand-drive Skoda 9Tr HERE.
Author: straphan edytor

february 2002 - Mumbai (Bombaj), Hutatma Chowk. W momencie zrobienia zdjęcia ta seria autobusów już nie kursowała na liniach. Ten egzemplarz należy do położonej w centrum miasta zajezdni Backbay. Po wycofaniu z ruchu liniowego autobus przebudowano i obecnie służy on jako ruchoma kuchnia, przygotowująca posiłki dla kierowców na ważniejszych krańcach, które są jakoś pozbawione normalnej dyspozytorni.
Author: straphan edytor

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