[Sound] Bus Mercedes-Benz/Ludewig O 317 |  

Bus: Mercedes-Benz/Ludewig O 317
Bus No.: 3902
Year built: 1973 (ex No. 5555)
Operator: VHAG EVAG e.V.
Formerly KREVAG, Krefeld
Property of EVAG since: 1996
Recorded on the line: --
From: Mulheim (Ruhr), Alte Dreherei ...
to: Mulheim (Ruhr), Alte Dreherei
From 1974 to 1984 this Mercedes-Benz/Ludewig O 317 was owned by Krefelder Verkehrs-AG (KREVAG) (No. 5555 / license plate 'KR-ZD 55').
From 1984 to 1986 the bus was used by TUV Rheinland as a driving school bus (license plate 'KR-TA 6').
In 1986 the bus was sold to a private owner.
In 1996 the bus was acquired by Verkehrshistorische Arbeitsgemeinschaft (VHAG) EVAG e.V., Essen and refurbished in cooperation with the Essener Verkehrs-AG (EVAG).
Since 2003, the bus with the No. 3902 (license plate 'E-O 317 H') has been part of the historic fleet and can be rented for special trips.
From the late 1950s to the 1980s, so-called one and a half deckers were on the road in many cities. Most of them ran in North Rhine-Westphalia, but they could also be found in other federal states.
The one-and-a-half-decker was not quite as high as normal double-decker buses, so it also fit under most bridges.
One and a half deckers were used in the following cities: Aachen, Bonn, Bielefeld, Braunschweig, Duisburg, Dusseldorf, Essen, Flensburg, Hagen, Hanau, Hanover, Heidelberg, Cologne, Kiel, Krefeld, Mainz, Osnabruck, Rheydt, Saarlouis, Soest, Stuttgart, Trier and Wuppertal.
The sound recording was made in June 2023 on the occasion of a classic car meeting in Mulheim an der Ruhr.
The trip started at the Alte Dreherei in Mulheim (Ruhr) and led through the Ruhr Valley to Essen-Kettwig and back to the Alte Dreherei in Mulheim (Ruhr).

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