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Van Hool AG280T #11
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| Name | Van Hool AG280T (Van Hool) Van Hool AG280/Van Hool Standaard IV-type (ACEC ME087S 188kW/256HP ) 46-138 [2-2-2-2] (1982-1989) | |
| VIN | YE228030N01A14987 | |
| Build Number | ||
| Built | 1988 | |
| Scrapped | ||
| Owners | ||
| 1988 | 2009 | De Lijn Mechelen |
| 2017 | 2018 | SVA Aalsmeer |
| 2018 | STA Arnhem | |
| Registration Numbers | ||
| Year Of Get | Year Of Remove | Registration Plate |
| ? | 627-AXA | |
| 1988 | ? | HFV-443 |
| Vehicle Numbers | ||
| Year Of Get | Year Of Remove | Vehicle Number |
| 1988 | 2009 | 11 / De Lijn Mechelen |
| Rental | ||
| Year Of Get | Year Of Remove | Rented by |
| 2012 | 2012 | Obus-Museum Solingen |
Photos
12 june 2009 - Gent (BE) – Gentbrugge Meersemdries. Dzien dobry! I made a little European trip, so was quiet for a while. Now, I hope to bring you new photos. The trolleybus system in Gent closed down this weekend, and this is one of the final trips on the line. Now, all trolleybuses are gone in Belgium. Here is the terminus at one end of the 8km line, which opened in 1985.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
Comments: 2
12 june 2009 - Gent (BE) – Sint-Michielshelling. The centre of Gent has very nice buildings, but often too many people! I managed to take this photo, though. The trolleybuses have diesel engines for operating away from the wires (very slow and noisy) and would probably be OK for a few more years, but de Lijn has decided to replace them with normal buses, and maybe one day with another tram line – the trolleybus route was once a tram line, which the trolleys replaced.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
12 june 2009 - Gent (BE) – DC Mariakerke. The northern terminus of the single trolleybus line. Today it is just a bus and the wires will come down. In fact, no regular trolleybus service has operated since December – now it is completely finished.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
Comments: 5
12 june 2009 - Gent (BE) - Gent (BE) – Sint-Michielshelling. Crossing the city centre for almost the last time. A few other Belgian cities had trolleybuses, but Gent has been the last system for many years. At the end, this was one of only three Gent trolleybuses that could be operated.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
Comments: 5
12 june 2009 - Gent (BE) – Tweekapellen Straat. A quiet street on the edge of the city. Now it will be much noisier, of course, as diesel buses have taken over Line 3.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
Comments: 1
12 june 2009 - Gent (BE) – zajezdnia/depot Gentbrugge. A Gent trolleybus leaves the depot for one of its final trips. Since 14 June there are no trolleybuses in Gent, and none in Belgium, either.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
Comments: 3
12 june 2009 - Gent (BE) – Meersemdries. At the southern terminus of the only trolleybus line, in a quiet side road. Line 3 was mostly a back-street operation and the trolleybuses only reached the centre of the city quite briefly, as if they were apologising for being there. I think de Lijn weren’t very keen to have them, either - for long periods, the trolleybus line was operated only by diesel buses, and the few trolleybuses that ran used their auxiliary diesel engines with the poles down. Now, of course, it’s only diesel buses – hardly a good advertisement for clean, sustainable electric power.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
12 june 2009 - Gent (BE) – PTT Mariakerke. The northern terminus of the Gent trolleybus line involved an awkward turn into a busy main road, but this didn’t seem to cause great problems. Bus 11 has just turned to return to the city. There was only ever one trolleybus line, numbered Line 3 – Lines 1 and 2 have always been trams. There is a plan to return Line 3 to tramway operation, but this must be a long way off.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
12 june 2009 - Gent (BE) – Dampoort. Only one of the platforms of the bus station at Dampoort was wired for trolleybus operation, and here the driver replaces his poles for the last time. The watching girl will never see this again! The guides on the wires here make this a simple operation – much simpler than on plain lines. Note the trolley retrievers to hold the ropes down – we never had these in UK.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
Comments: 2