[Sound] Bus MB O 305 |  

Bus type: MB O 305
Bus No.: 6637
Year built: 1985
Operator: Rheinbahn AG Dusseldorf
Number of: 119
Type in use since: 1973
Recorded on the line: 773
From: Ratingen Mitte ...
to: Ratingen-Hosel rail station
and
Recorded on the line: 773
From: Ratingen-Hosel rail station ...
to: Ratingen Mitte
and
Recorded on the line: 773
From: Ratingen Mitte ...
to: Ratingen-Hosel rail station
Between 1973 and 1985, the Rheinbahn bought a total of 119 MB O 305 (No. 6100, 6101-6120, 6201-6256 and 6601-6637). Many of these buses had a Mercedes automatic transmission.
The O 305 buses with manual transmission were mainly used on the lines in the northern district of Mettmann (Ratingen, Mettmann, Erkrath, Haan, Heiligenhaus, Wülfrath, Velbert).
Most of these buses were based in the depots Mettmann and (Ratingen-) Tiefenbroich.
The Rheinbahn procured exclusively O 305 with StULB front, only one demonstrator (No. 6100, built in 1973) had a VOV front.
The last O 305 was retired in 2000.
The bus No. 6637 was located in the depot Mettmann and was preserved after his retirement.
This bus is used for charter trips and on special occasions (open house, historic public transport meetings, etc.).
The recordings were made during special rides on the occasion of the reopening of the newly designed station "Ratingen Mitte" (May 19, 2018).
Between 10 am and 3 pm two historic Rheinbahn buses (MB O 305, No. 6637 and MAN SG 192, No. 8291) operated between Ratingen Mitte and Ratingen-Hosel rail station (bus linie 773).