Augsburg city buses

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This page lists all current and former buses of Stadtwerke Augsburg and Augsburger Verkehrsgesellschaft , which have been owned by Stadtwerke Augsburg (SWA) and later by Augsburger Verkehrsgesellschaft (AVG) since bus operations began in 1926 . In addition to solo and articulated buses (both high- floor and low-floor ), the list also includes the trailers and special vehicles previously put into service as well as the test vehicles introduced by the manufacturers. However, it does not include work and towing vehicles.

vehicles

City buses

Current vehicle inventory

Since the beginning of November 2006 the vehicle fleet of the Augsburger Verkehrsgesellschaft (AVG) has been 100% low-floor. Since January 2011, the AVG fleet has consisted exclusively of natural gas buses. The only exceptions, with the exception of the first three - 3401 II, 3402 II and 3403 II, which were also natural gas buses - were the AVG replacement buses during the second Königsplatz renovation.

AVG has a MAN NL 243 A21-CNG-EEV Lion's City Facelift natural gas solo bus, built in 2012, which goes beyond the Euro 6 standard for testing in regular vehicles, in regular service with the car number 2261 . As of October 2018, a total of 87 buses are now available for scheduled services.

  • 02 MAN NL 243 CNG Lion's City natural gas solo bus, year of construction and delivery 2006, first registration 2007
  • 05 MAN NL 243 CNG-EEV Lion's City natural gas solo bus, year of construction and delivery 2009 (according to the internet, however, 2010)
  • 10 MAN NL 243 CNG-EEV Lion's City Facelift natural gas solo bus, years of construction 2011–2012, delivery year 2012
  • 01 MAN NL 243 A21-CNG-EEV Lion's City Facelift natural gas solo bus, year of construction 2012, delivery year 2013
  • 10 MAN NG 313 CNG Lion's City natural gas articulated bus, year of construction and delivery 2006
    MAN NG 313 CNG Lion's City natural gas bus, built in 2006, in 2006 at the terminus Klinikum / BKH
  • 14 MAN NG 313 CNG-EEV Lion's City natural gas articulated bus, construction and delivery year 2006
  • 12 MAN NG 313 CNG-EEV Lion's City Facelift natural gas articulated bus, construction and delivery year 2012
  • 13 Mercedes-Benz O 530 G NGT C2 (Citaro 2) Euro 6 natural gas articulated bus, year of construction and delivery 2015–2016 (in regular service since March 2016; replaced older buses in regular service)
  • 10 Mercedes-Benz O 530 G NGT C2 (Citaro 2) Euro 6 natural gas articulated bus, year of construction and delivery 2016 (in regular service since November 2016; replaced older buses in regular service)
  • 06 Mercedes-Benz O 530 G NGT C2 (Citaro 2) Euro 6 natural gas articulated bus, year of construction and delivery 2017 (in regular service since December 2017; replaced older buses in regular service)
  • 01 Mercedes-Benz O 530 G NGT C2 (Citaro 2) (hybrid) Euro 6 natural gas articulated bus - Mercedes demonstration vehicle from Mannheim, year of construction and delivery 2018 (in regular service since August 1, 2018; replaces older buses in regular service)
  • 03 Mercedes-Benz O 530 G NGT C2 (Citaro 2) Euro 6 natural gas articulated bus, year of construction and delivery 2018 (in regular service since August 1, 2018; replaces older buses in regular service)
  • 06 Mercedes-Benz O 530 G NGT hybrid Euro 6 natural gas articulated bus, year of construction and delivery 2018 (in regular service since October 2018; replaces older buses in regular service)
  • 06 Mercedes-Benz O 530 G NGT hybrid Euro 6 natural gas articulated bus, year of construction and delivery 2018 (in regular service since December 17, 2018; replaces older buses in regular service)

Overview of all former Augsburg buses

The following list provides an overview of all former Augsburg buses.

Solo buses

High-floor construction

The MAN SL 192 was a typical high-floor solo bus in Augsburg for many years

Bus operations in Augsburg began at the end of 1926 with high-floor solo buses. This year, Stadtwerke Augsburg purchased a power bus from MAN and gave it the car number 1. Just one year later, two more vehicles with the numbers 2 and 3 were purchased. Due to the increasing demand for buses, individual vehicles were repeatedly procured from different manufacturers until the end of the Second World War.

Up until the 1950s, vehicles were bought from various manufacturers. It was not until 1952 that orders for vehicle number 34 were consistently placed with MAN. The first major orders came to the bus manufacturer in the economic boom. The largest number of high-floor solo buses was later achieved by the SL 200, which was represented with 44 vehicles between 1975 and 1985. In the 1980s, the public utilities increasingly relied on articulated buses and low-floor vehicles, so that high-floor solo buses are no longer in use today.

Number (s) Type Year of construction (s) number Note / whereabouts
1 MAN NOB 1926 1 No. 1 was converted into a truck in 1943.
2 - 3 MAN NOB 1927 2 No. 2 was converted into a truck in 1945. No. 3 was sold in 1948.
4th NAG 1930 1 Vehicle in coach design. Used purchase and subsequent resale after use in 1936.
5 Ley U 12 L 1930 1 Vehicle in coach design. Used purchase and subsequent resale after use in 1936.
6th MAN / Göppel 1936 1 Completely destroyed by bombs in 1944.
7-8
9-11 		MAN MP 1937
1938 		2
3 		The vehicles were resold in 1960.
12 Saurer works 1941 1 Resale in 1959.
13-14 Graf & Stift 1942 2 1955 was resold.
15th VOMAG 1943 1 1955 conversion to a tow truck.
16-18 MAN 1944 3 Resale in 1945.
19th Büssing / Kässbohrer 1944 1
20th unknown unknown 1
21st Büssing / Kässbohrer 1938 1
22nd unknown unknown 1
23 Büssing / Kässbohrer 1944 1
24 unknown unknown 1
25-30 Krauss-Maffei  KMO 130 1946 and 1947 6th The vehicles were converted in 1952. No. 25 burned out in 1962. The remaining vehicles were resold in 1964.
31-33 Büssing / Ludewig 5000 T. 1948 3 All vehicles resold in 1962. No. 32 was found in 1991 in a gravel pit / sand pit in Nuremberg, where it served as workers' accommodation. Due to the bad condition he was not brought back to Augsburg. Today it is owned by the Commercial Vehicle Museum eV Hall 31 in Willich.
34 MAN MKN 26 1952 1 Vehicle was resold in 1964.
35-62 MAN MKH 2 1952 and 1957 28 All vehicles scrapped up to 1974.
63 MAN 760 UO 1 1958 1 In 1972 vehicle no. 63 was converted by the Göppel company into a "one-man bus" by eliminating the rear door and removing the conductor's seat . Scrapping 1981. Five more vehicles were bought second-hand from Hof ​​in 1972. However, after removing the 3-HM-60 gearbox, they were sold on as a construction trailer without being used in Augsburg.
105-128 MAN 750 HO-M 1966 and 1971 24 Vehicles were retired and resold until 1981.
129-132 MAN 750 HO-SL 1972 4th Retirement and resale of the vehicles until 1982.
133 - 140
141 - 147
148 - 158 		MAN SL 192 1973
1974
1974 and 1975 		8
7
11 		No. 134 1981 and 157 1980 scrapped after an accident. No. 151 was retired in 1985 and was closed from 1985 to 1990. Then use from 1990 to 1992 as a changing room. 1992 to 1994 refurbishment to the museum bus. Today operational at the Friends of Augsburger Tram e. V. present. The remaining vehicles were taken out of service between 1983 and 1986 and resold.
160 II MAN 690 HO-R / Saviem  E 7 1972 1 Vehicle was purchased in 1976. Resale 1978.
165 MAN SR 240 1977 1 Vehicle bought in 1978. Resold after engine failure in 1993.
159
(160 I)
161 - 163
164
166 - 169
170 - 173
174 - 185
186 - 190
2191 - 2199
2200 - 2205 		MAN SL 200 1975
1977
1977
1979
1979
1980
1981
1984
1985 		1
3
1
4
4
11
5
9
6 		No. 159, like 160 I, initially served as a test vehicle but was then taken over. 160 I was not adopted. All other vehicles retired and resold between 1986 and 2001. 2011 repurchase of no. 2204 and use as a museum bus by the Friends of Augsburger Tram e. V.
2000 Göppel MAN-VW 9.136 FOC 1984 1 Since it was not possible to turn around with normal solo city buses on the former call-collective-taxi-line (AST) 30 in Siebenbrunn, this bus was procured especially for this line. 1992 conversion to info mobile. The vehicle was parked unused in the Senkelbach depot for many years. 2007 then sold to a private person from Augsburg. Since then it has been used as a motorhome and in a shabby state.
2206 I. MAN SL 202 1991 1 MAN test vehicle with turbocharger. During the test phase, this vehicle was mostly in regular service on line 35. Transfer to the SWA fleet. Working period at SWA from February 1991 to August 1991. Then engine fire and decommissioning and return to MAN.

Low-floor construction

The successor to the high-floor solo buses were the low-floor solo buses (here a MAN NL 232 CNG)

The first low-floor solo buses came to Augsburg in 1991. They served as a replacement for the high-floor solo buses previously used and thus enabled barrier-free use of the less frequented bus routes in Augsburg. In 1996, vehicles powered by natural gas were also purchased for the first time. As with the high-floor solo buses built from 1952 onwards, the low-floor solo buses were supplied exclusively by MAN.

The most successful model among the low-floor solo buses so far has been the MAN NL 202 II. A total of 17 vehicles were purchased from this diesel bus. Compared to the low-floor articulated buses, however, the low-floor solo buses lag behind in terms of numbers, as they can only be used on a few lines in Augsburg due to their lower capacity.

Number (s) Type Year of construction (s) number Note / whereabouts
2206 II - 2213 MAN NL 202 1991 8th With this model, three-door solo buses were reintroduced in Augsburg. The decommissioning and resale of vehicles 2206 II to 2213 took place between 2005 and 2006. Most of these vehicles ended up in North Rhine-Westphalia, where they were only scrapped in calendar week 10 in March 2017. No. 2207 came to Poland and was scrapped there in 2013. No. 2211 was sold to Africa in 2006, where it has been used as a mobile home ever since. No. 2213 got to Bulgaria and was scrapped there in 2010.
2214-2230 MAN NL 202 II 1993 17th The vehicles 2214 to 2225 were taken out of service between 2005 and 2007 and then sold on. Vehicles 2226 to 2230 were withdrawn from service in 2007. They were then also sold on. Most of the buses were sold to Poland. No. 2218 was sold to the Augsburg airfield as a taxiway shuttle bus . The Augsburg professional fire brigade bought No. 2229 in 2007 and converted it into a large-capacity ambulance. In 2014 this was then replaced by a Mercedes Citaro O 530 (car 108) from the Gersthofer Verkehrsgesellschaft . The bus was offered for sale through a middleman on mobile.de, but was then sold to an ambulance service on eBay.de despite the considerable corrosion damage.
2231-2239 MAN NL 232 CNG
(natural gas I) 		1996 9 First solo bus model with natural gas drive in Augsburg. The vehicles were taken out of service at the end of 2013.
2240-2245 MAN NL 243 CNG
 2006 6th First registration 2007. These buses were replaced in December 2017 by the new Mercedes Mercedes O 530 G NGT C2 articulated buses from Stadtwerke Augsburg / AVG. They are currently for sale by MAN Truck & Bus Germany.

Articulated buses

High-floor construction

After the trailer was banned, high-floor articulated buses were used (here MAN SG 240 H)

On July 1, 1960, the amended StVZO came into force in the Federal Republic of Germany. It prohibited the transport of people in the trailer. As a result, bus trailer operations in Augsburg (as in other West German municipalities) had to be stopped. Henceforth the municipal utilities procured high-floor articulated buses in order to continue to guarantee the required transport performance. Again, with the exception of the three buses rented from Mercedes, only MAN vehicles were ordered. The SG 192 and SG 240 H models in particular were used in large numbers. A total of 65 vehicles of the latter type were put into service in Augsburg.

Similar to the high-floor solo buses, the high-floor articulated buses also began to purchase low-floor articulated buses as replacements in the late 1980s in order to enable barrier-free use.

Number (s) Type Year of construction (s) number Note / whereabouts
64-91 MAN 760 UO 2G 1959-1962 28 The first articulated buses in Augsburg. The vehicles were sold or scrapped between 1972 and 1975.
92-100
101-104 		MAN 890 UG-M16 1964
1965 		9
4 		The two series had different entrance doors. The sale or scrapping of all vehicles took place in 1981.
301-310 MAN 890 SG 1972 10 All buses were equipped with a sloping windshield. Retirement with subsequent resale or scrapping took place between 1982 and 1983.
311 - 330
331 - 336
337 - 342
343 - 348
349 - 353 		MAN SG 192 1974
1975
1976
1977
1978 		20
6
6
6
5 		From No. 311 the buses were delivered with a straight windshield. Retirement with subsequent resale or scrapping took place between 1983 and 1989.
354-361
362-367 		MAN SG 220 1978
1979 		8
6 		Vehicles had a cream-green paint. Retirement and resale in 1992.
368
369 - 374
375 - 384
385 - 391
392
3393 - 3401 I
3402 I - 3411 I
3412 I - 3420 I
3421 I - 3432 		MAN SG 240 H 1980
1981
1981 - 1982
1982
1980
1983
1984
1985
1986 		1
6
10
7
1
9
10
9
12 		No. 368 and No. 392 were test vehicles. Both vehicles were taken out of service in 1988 and then resold. The remaining vehicles were taken out of service between 1993 and 2004 and resold. Some buses were sold to Sarajevo.
3433-3444
3445-3454 		MAN SG 242 1987
1989 		12
10 		The vehicles were decommissioned between 2004 and 2006 and resold or scrapped. No. 3451 is now a museum vehicle owned by the Friends of Augsburger Tram e. V.
3301 II - 3303 II Mercedes O 405 G 1992 3 Due to a lack of vehicles, the vehicles from Wiesbaden were only rented from an intermediary for school, special and factory traffic and were in use from March 2006 to August 2006, but not in regular scheduled services. Retirement in summer 2006. The intermediary then sold the vehicles to Arad, Romania. These vehicles were replaced by the O 405 GN2 CNG buses from Duisburg.

Low-floor construction

As a further development of the high-floor buses, the low-floor articulated buses come into service (here MAN NG 272)

Similar to the solo buses, the high-floor articulated buses were gradually replaced by low-floor articulated buses from 1991. Thus, a barrier-free use for more frequented lines was also given. The MAN brand is also dominant in the low-floor articulated buses. a. also procured used Mercedes buses for the Königsplatz conversion. With 21 vehicles, the NG 272 II formed the largest group of vehicles ordered by MAN.

In 1995, in addition to the solo buses, articulated buses with natural gas engines were also put into service.

Number (s) Type Year of construction (s) number Note / whereabouts
3455-3467 MAN NG 272 1991 13 No. 3455 was scrapped after an accident in 2001. The decommissioning and subsequent resale of the remaining vehicles took place between 2005 and 2007. Most buses were sold to Poland.
3468 - 3476
3477 - 3490 		MAN NG 272 II 1993 12
9 		No. 3474 was scrapped in 2009. The decommissioning and subsequent resale of vehicles 3468 to 3476 took place between 2007 and 2010. The decommissioning and resale of 3477 to 3490 between 2005 and 2010. No. 3479 as a museum vehicle in private ownership since 2011, but looked after by the OCM. No. 3485 was scrapped in 2012 (buyer unknown). For 3479 the last ex Landshut MAN bus no. 7561, a MAN NG 272 II, is available as a spare part dispenser. This bus is being dismantled because it is in very poor condition. Most of the buses were scrapped.
3491-3498 MAN NG 232 CNG
(natural gas I) 		1995 8th No. 3493 was scrapped in 2013. The rest was sold to Lithuania directly and through intermediaries. First articulated bus model with natural gas drive in Augsburg. The remaining vehicles were taken out of service at the end of 2013 after the triangle of stops at Königsplatz was put back into operation. No. 3491 (first Augsburg natural gas bus ever) was sold to Lithuania in December 2013 and was bought back in February 2014 as part of a private collection. These buses were only available in Augsburg. Only the üstra still had at least one identical vehicle and the MVG had three successor models with two gas tanks instead of one gas tank (year of manufacture and first registration 1997) on the roof.
3499-3511 MAN NG 313 CNG
(natural gas II) (old design) 		1998 13 No. 3503 was scrapped in 2006 (accident 2004). The decommissioning of the other vehicles was planned for the end of 2013 after the triangle of stops at Königsplatz was put back into operation. Then the vehicles were in reserve and were finally reactivated for regular service. Most of the vehicles were resold through an intermediary. Some vehicles were scrapped. No. 3507 has been preserved for posterity as part of a private collection. Model with a second gas tank on the roof. Direct successor to the three MAN NG 232 CNG vehicles from Mainz. These buses were only available in Augsburg.
3512 MAN NG 313 CNG
(natural gas III) (new design) 		2000 1 2000–2002 MAN demonstration car as a guest in Augsburg's regular service; In 2002 the final handover to Stadtwerke Augsburg. The vehicle was replaced by the new Mercedes O 530 G NGT C2 articulated buses from Stadtwerke Augsburg / AVG and has since been scrapped.
3513-3524 MAN NG 313 CNG
(natural gas III) (new design) 		2002 12 These buses were replaced by the new Mercedes Mercedes O 530 G NGT C2 articulated buses from Stadtwerke Augsburg / AVG. They are currently being offered for sale by a bus dealer.
3525 MAN NG 313 CNG
(natural gas III) (new design) 		2002 1 3525 was a second prototype, or at least a test vehicle with the new design (already referred to as Lion's City on the vehicle letter ), with slight optical changes in the passenger compartment. This vehicle was taken out of service in 2017. The vehicle was replaced by the new Mercedes O 530 G NGT C2 articulated buses from Stadtwerke Augsburg / AVG.
3526-3534 MAN NG 313 CNG
(natural gas III) (new design) 		2003 9 These buses were replaced by the new Mercedes Mercedes O 530 G NGT C2 articulated buses from Stadtwerke Augsburg / AVG.
3401 II - 3403 II Mercedes 405 GN2 CNG 1996-1997 3 These vehicles were used in 2006 from Duisburg, initially only for school, special and company traffic. These buses replaced the O 405 G buses. Only when the construction of the Königsplatz conversion began, it was used both in rail replacement services and on selected AVG bus routes. The decommissioning took place at the end of 2013 after the stop triangle at Königsplatz was put back into operation.
3404 II - 3407 II
3413 II 		MAN NG 262 1998 5 Procured used as rail replacement buses during the Königsplatz renovation. Use during this time but also on selected AVG bus routes. The decommissioning took place at the end of 2013 after the stop triangle at Königsplatz was put back into operation.
3408 II - 2412 II
3414 II - 3430 II 		Mercedes O 405 GN2 1997-1999 22nd Procured used as rail replacement buses during the Königsplatz renovation. Use during this time but also on selected AVG bus routes. The decommissioning took place at the end of 2013 after the stop triangle at Königsplatz was put back into operation.

Special vehicles

Due to the long downtime of the Combino trams and the associated lack of low-floor trams, the municipal utilities procured a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter with a wheelchair lift and set up a so-called "Rolli-Shuttle". This was given the number 113 II. After all Combino trams were back in service, the vehicle was donated to the Malteser Aid Service Augsburg . The "Rolli-Shuttle" had to be ordered by phone and ran on the tram lines 1, 2, 3 and 4 that were available at the time.

pendant

Before the introduction of articulated buses, bus trailers were used on many routes.

In order to improve the transport capacity on bus routes that are very busy, the municipal utilities have procured several bus trailers from various manufacturers. These were in use until the StVZO was changed in 1960 and were then retired. Due to the occasionally high number of passengers on the trolleybus route , bus trailers were also used there.

The numbering was done independently of the buses. As a rule, smoking was allowed in the trailers. The motor vehicle, on the other hand, was reserved for non-smokers.

Number (s) Type Year of construction (s) number Note / whereabouts
1 - 2 Düwag / Schumann 2 Both bus trailers were retired in 1960.
3 - 5 Kässbohrer PA 5 1952 3 All bus trailers were retired in 1960. The trailer with the number 3 was later assigned the number 9.
6th Unknown 1 Retirement took place in 1960.
7th Schumann 1 Retirement took place in 1960.
8th Rathgeber 1 The bus trailer was retired in 1960.
9 Kässbohrer PA 5 1952 1 Originally a trailer with the number 3, initially used as a VGA information vehicle, later renumbered again (number 10) and assigned to track construction. Then passed on to friends of the Augsburger Tram e. V. and use as a so-called "busbar".
10-25 Schenk / Göppel 16 All bus trailers were retired in 1960. No. 19 later got No. 11. This trailer was initially in the possession of Göppel Bus Augsburg for many years after it was taken out of service. The Gersthofer Verkehrsgesellschaft then bought it . The roof warning lights have been removed.

Test vehicles

In the past, the municipal utilities repeatedly used test vehicles to test newly developed bus models. This sometimes happens as an empty journey, but often also in regular service. MAN prototypes are usually purchased in the normal vehicle fleet when the series vehicles are ordered. An exception to this was the prototype (year of construction 1998) of the MAN NG 313 CNG natural gas II articulated bus, which was not purchased by the Augsburg municipal utilities due to its second sliding door in the articulated part. In 1999 MAN sold it to the Wernigeröder Verkehrsbetriebe, a forerunner of the Harzer Verkehrsbetriebe Wernigerode . In October 2011 the bus then went to Vienna for test purposes . In April 2015 the bus was offered for sale by a private person in 2604 Theresienfeld, Austria via mobile.de. Ex "BUS MIeT - BAR" (but was never completed). Sale to Hungary for resale in Ukraine.

Mercedes-Benz also tried to sell buses to the SWA. In 1990 a Mercedes-Benz O 405 N was therefore used as a test vehicle in Augsburg for demonstration purposes. The efforts were unsuccessful, however.

Number (s) Type Year of construction (s) Note / whereabouts
159
160 I. 		MAN SL 200 1975
1975 		No. 159 from 1975 to 1977 owned by MAN Munich with the paint scheme of the Bonner Verkehrsbetriebe. 1975 for a rehearsal at the SWA in Augsburg. No. 160 I from 1975 to 1976 owned by MAN Munich with the paint scheme of the Bonn transport company. No. 159 was taken over into the SWA fleet until 1986 while retaining the paint. Then decommissioning and resale. No. 160 I was not taken over into the SWA fleet. 1975 to 1976 for a rehearsal at the SWA in Augsburg. 1976 sold to Bonn.
94 II
(later 368 or 3368) 		MAN SG 240 H 1980 Test vehicle and MAN / Göppel prototype. Has been added to the SWA fleet. 1980 to 1982 owned by MAN Munich. 1982 to 1988 SWA. 1988 to 1999 runway shuttle bus for Bremen Airport . Now at the Omnibus Club Munich (OCM).
392
(later 3392) 		MAN SG 240 H 1980 MAN prototype, was later transferred to the SWA fleet. 1980 to 1983 owned by MAN Munich. 1983 to 1988 SWA. 1988 to 1999 runway shuttle bus for Bremen Airport. Now at the Omnibus Club Munich (OCM).
93 II
(later 98 II or 3098) 		MAN SG 240 H 1981 First MAN series vehicle of this bus type. 1981 to 1985 owned by MAN Augsburg. 1983 SWA No. 93 II. 1984 to 1985 SWA No. 98 II, or later No. 3098. No transfer to the SWA fleet. Sale to Kroiss in Rosenheim (there at least until 2000). 2012 sold to Des Tour in Krokowa. Then scrapped there in 2014.
MAN SGG 280 H 1982 Double articulated bus prototype. From 1982 property of MAN Munich. No takeover in the SWA fleet. 1983 DKB , WVG and SWA. 1984 Runway shuttle bus for Frankfurt am Main Airport and used by the Munich municipal utilities . The bus was prepared for track bus operation. The bus was last in the USA . The whereabouts of this vehicle are unknown.
MAN NL 202 1989 Prototype, but not taken over into the SWA fleet. 1989 owned by MAN Salzgitter. Then in 1989 property of BVG No. 2099. March to April 1989 Bogestra . 1989 Bremer Stadtwerke AG No. 195 and SWA. 1990 Stadtwerke Münster No. 8891. April 1991 Test drive through Trier . 1991 Cottbusverkehr GmbH. From 1999 again property of MAN Salzgitter. Later sold to Ukraine.
MAN NG 272 1989 Prototype, but not taken over into the SWA fleet. 1989 owned by MAN. Then 1989 to 2002 property of the Dortmund public utilities . 1990 on loan for test purposes from SWA. 2002 to 2011 MPK Radomsko. Scrapped there in 2011.
Mercedes O 405 N 1990 A Mercedes-Benz O 405 N was in Augsburg in 1990 for demonstration purposes. No takeover in the SWA fleet. 1990 on loan from Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG and SWA. 1990 to 1991 owned by EvoBus Stuttgart . 1991 to 2003 owned by Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG. 2007 sale to Belarus.
2206 I. MAN SL 202 1991 MAN test vehicle with turbocharger. From 1991 property of MAN. During the test phase, this vehicle was mostly in regular service on line 35. Transfer to the SWA fleet. Working period at SWA from February 1991 to August 1991. Then engine fire and decommissioning and return to MAN. The car was repaired by MAN. 1991 property of MAN Salzgitter. 1991 to 2002 owned by the Wernigeröder Verkehrsbetriebe, forerunner of the Harzer Verkehrsbetriebe Wernigerode . In Macedonia since 2010. Since low-floor vehicles were already on the market, no replacement was procured and there was no series order for this type of bus. This vehicle is often erroneously named with the year of construction 1985 and 1987.
MAN NL 232 CNG
(natural gas I) 		1994 Prototype, but not taken over into the SWA fleet. 1994 to 1995 owned by MAN Munich. 1995 to 1996 owned by MAN Augsburg. 1996 to 1997 again property of MAN Munich. Then from 1997 to 2002 property of MAN Salzgitter. From 2002 to 2006 property of VAG No. 500. 1995 at SWA for test purposes.
MAN NG 313 CNG
(natural gas II) 		1998 Prototype with a second sliding door in the hinge part and with the Augsburg paint scheme, but not taken over into the SWA vehicle fleet. Direct successor to the three MAN NG 232 CNG vehicles from Mainz. 1998 to 1999 owned by MAN Munich. 1998 for test purposes at the municipal utilities in Munich and at the municipal utilities in Augsburg . Since the SWA did not want a second sliding door on their buses, this bus was returned to MAN after its trial and test drives. MAN sold the bus in 1999 to the Wernigeröder Verkehrsbetriebe, the forerunner of the Harzer Verkehrsbetriebe Wernigerode (there at least until 2006). In October 2011 to Vienna for test purposes . In April 2015 the bus was offered for sale by a private person in 2604 Theresienfeld, Austria via mobile.de. Ex "BUS MIeT - BAR" (but was never completed). Sale to Hungary for resale in Ukraine.
3512 MAN NG 313 CNG
(natural gas III) 		2000 Prototype with modified design and with Augsburg paint scheme. From 2000 property of MAN Munich, from 2000 to 2002 demonstration car. At MAN Munich, this vehicle replaced its predecessor with the old design and the second sliding door in the middle section from 1998. It came to Augsburg in 2000 as a demonstration vehicle with a red license plate. After several weeks of the test phase in regular scheduled services, SWA bought this vehicle and added it to their fleet. Since the vehicle was also a demonstration vehicle, the bus first went back to MAN. When the bus returned to Augsburg in 2002, it was registered regularly in Augsburg and went into regular service. SWA also ordered this type of vehicle from MAN. The first buses came in 2002 and the last came in 2003. More vehicles followed in 2006 and 2012, albeit under the new type designation Lion's City . This vehicle was taken out of service in September 2016 and is said to have been scrapped.
3525 MAN NG 313 CNG
(natural gas III) 		2002 3525 was a second prototype, or at least a test vehicle with the new design (already referred to as Lion's City on the vehicle letter), with slight optical changes in the passenger compartment. This vehicle was taken out of service in 2017.

Guest buses from MAN for testing, as well as demonstration vehicles

At Stadtwerke Augsburg and AVG, prototypes and test vehicles as well as demonstration vehicles have been and are repeatedly demonstrated and tested. This is sometimes done as an empty journey, but mostly also in regular service. The last time a MAN test vehicle was in Augsburg was in 2012. It was an articulated bus, the type designation of which is unknown. This bus has not been tested in passenger traffic and has been closed to the public in empty runs on a test track at the exhibition center. MAN prototypes and demonstration vehicles are usually purchased by AVG into the normal fleet when the series vehicles are ordered. An exception to this was the prototype (built in 1998) of the MAN NG 313 CNG natural gas II articulated bus, which AVG did not buy due to its second sliding door in the articulated part and was therefore sold by MAN to WVB Wernigerode . The latest guest bus, which has since been added to the AVG fleet, is the MAN NL 243 A21-CNG-EEV Lion's City Facelift natural gas solo bus, built in 2012.

Former AVG buses

  • 01 Mercedes Sprinter (during the Combino refurbishment especially for wheelchair users after prior notification by telephone)
  • 03 Mercedes-Benz O 405 G (ex ESWE Verkehrsgesellschaft Wiesbaden ; in use from March 2006 to August 2006, but never in regular service)
  • 03 Mercedes-Benz O 405 GN2 CNG articulated natural gas bus, formerly Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft (there 5620, 5621 and 5701; only as AVG replacement buses in rail replacement services and in scheduled services - see section of the former AVG replacement buses; replaced the ex Wiesbaden Mercedes-Benz O 405 G Buses)
  • 22 MAN SG 242 , years of construction 1987–1989 (in use until the end of October 2006)
  • 08 MAN NL 202 , years of construction 1991–1992 (in use until about mid-2007)
  • 17 MAN NL 202 (2) , years of construction 1992–1993 (in use until about mid-2007)
  • 09 MAN NL 232 CNG natural gas I-Solobus, year of construction and delivery 1996 (in use until the timetable change in December 2013)
  • 13 MAN NG 272 , years of construction 1991–1992 (until timetable change, in use in December 2010)
  • 23 MAN NG 272 (2) , years of construction 1992–1993 (until timetable change, in use in December 2010)
  • 08 MAN NG 232 CNG natural gas I articulated bus, built and delivered in 1995 (in use until the timetable change in December 2013). The car number 3491 is intended as a museum bus.
  • 13 MAN NG 313 CNG natural gas II articulated bus, year of construction and delivery 1998 (old design) (initially only used until the timetable change in December 2013. Then reserve and then reactivation for regular service. The last vehicles of this type were until September 16 In 2015 in regular service and were finally retired on September 17, 2015)
  • 01 MAN NG 313 CNG natural gas III articulated bus prototype , built in 2000 (new design) (2000–2002 MAN demonstration car as a guest on Augsburg's regular transport service; in 2002 final handover to the Augsburg municipal utility). This bus has since been scrapped.
  • 12 MAN NG 313 CNG natural gas III articulated bus, built and delivered in 2002 (new design). These buses are currently being offered for sale by a bus dealer.
  • 01 MAN NG 313 CNG natural gas III articulated bus prototype, or at least test vehicle, year of construction and delivery 2002 (new design).
  • 09 MAN NG 313 CNG natural gas III articulated bus, built and delivered in 2003 (new design).
  • 06 MAN NL 243 CNG Lion's City natural gas solo bus, year of construction and delivery 2006, first registration 2007. These buses were replaced in December 2017 by the new Mercedes Mercedes O 530 G NGT C2 articulated buses from Stadtwerke Augsburg / AVG. They are currently for sale by MAN Truck & Bus Germany.

The former AVG replacement buses

The AVG replacement buses were mainly used for rail replacement services during the second Königsplatz renovation. But they have often been used on selected city bus routes.

Discarded buses

  • A MAN diesel low-floor solo bus of the type MAN NL 202 , 2005 on Inninger Strasse

  • MAN natural gas solo bus (natural gas I) type NL 232, 2005 at Königsplatz

  • A high-floor bus of the type MAN SG 242 , 2005 at the main station

  • A diesel low-floor articulated bus of the type MAN NG 272 , 2005 on the former line 26 at the main station

  • AVG Bus (ex SWA Bus) 2005 on line 39 of type MAN NG 272 (2) at the Inninger Straße stop

  • MAN NG 232 articulated natural gas bus (Erdgas-I), 2005 at the former main station stop of the former line 26

  • An AVG replacement bus of the type Mercedes-Benz O 405 GN2 CNG (ex Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft) 2012 during Königsplatz renovation in Augsburg (Augsburg City project)

  • 2005: MAN natural gas articulated bus type NG 313 CNG (old design; natural gas II), built in 1998 at the Neue Ostfriedhof

  • 2005: MAN NG 313 CNG articulated natural gas bus (new design; natural gas III), built in 2002 and 2003 at the Red Gate

See also

literature

  • Albrecht Sappel: To Königsplatz and back !. 100 years of urban traffic in Augsburg . Alba, Düsseldorf 1981, ISBN 3-87094-325-4 .
  • Herbert Waßner: 100 years of Augsburg local transport vehicles in the picture . FdAS, Augsburg 1998.
  • Friends of the Augsburger Tram (Ed.): Review of 20 years of “Friends of the Augsburger Tram” . 2009.
  • Wolfgang H. Gebhardt: German omnibuses since 1898 . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-613-02140-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Herbert Waßner: 100 years of Augsburg local transport vehicles in the picture . FdAS, Augsburg 1998. Website of the "Friends of the Augsburger Tram". Info flyer from Stadtwerke Augsburg on the occasion of the open day in the bus depot on May 12, 2001
  2. ↑ Stadtwerke Augsburg expand their bus fleet with ten more natural gas vehicles. B4B, November 22, 2016, accessed March 15, 2017 .
  3. ↑ https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/augsburg/In-neuen-Bussen-der-Stadtwerke-gibt-es-Strom-fuers-Handy-id51820926.html
  4. ↑ https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/augsburg/In-neuen-Bussen-der-Stadtwerke-gibt-es-Strom-fuers-Handy-id51820926.html
  5. ↑ https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/augsburg/In-neuen-Bussen-der-Stadtwerke-gibt-es-Strom-fuers-Handy-id51820926.html
  6. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fdas.de
  7. ↑ https://www.lkw-museum.de/werkstatt/99-2016-12-22-09-41-01
  8. ↑ a b article. In: Augsburger Allgemeine , September 2, 2011
  9. ↑ Photo of the VGA infomobile
  10. ↑ Picture gallery: Wernigeröder Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH
  11. ↑ Fanpage of Wiener Linien ( Memento from May 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive )