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New volvo are ready :-O http://phototrans.hu/14,673179,0,Volvo_7900_EEV_D0_570B.html
I`ve already seen it, but I`m definitely not happy about it: hundreds of Ikarus 2xx and 4xx buses will be scrapped this year because of the coming of these new Volvos and MANs :(
Could you say anything about trolleybuses? I have heard a rumor about conversions of Ik412 into 412T. There was also something about a new articulated trolleybus if I remmember.
The rumors are true: there`s an Ikarus 412.81GT preparing from a discarded Ikarus 412.30A bus at Székesfehérvár, in the old Ikarus factory. If it`ll come off, several more IK412 buses will be turned into trolleys.
There`s also a tender of buying 24 brand new trolleys (10 articulated and 14 non-articulated, if I remember well), but these won`t have anything in common with Ikaruses - in fact, they`ll replace numerous Ikarus 280.94 trolleybuses.
Thanks. There was also a project (and prototype) of an Ikarus-Skoda articulated trolleybus. Wasn`t it made for Budapest?
No, these are for Szeged. And this is not just a prototype, SZKT bought 13 of these trolleys, 5 of them are already in Szeged.
OK, thanks a lot. I thought, that they are for Budapest, because of the red color
Your very welcome, I`m happy if I can help in any questions
Yes, the red color is a bit specious - they got this color because the citizens of Szeged voted for it. But I cannot really see, why was this vote necessary, if SZKT had already has a color scheme... The same thing happened with the new Pesa trams at Szeged: they got yellow color instead of the blue-red-white-yellow scheme, which is used in all the other trams.