Thursday 54

Thursday 54
Numbering:	900-984
Number:	85
Manufacturer:	Waggon construction Bautzen
Years of construction:	1954-1957
Retirement:	1974
Engine type:	EM6
Power:	88 kW (120 PS)
Displacement:	9,036 cm²
Coupling:	Single-disc dry clutch
Transmission:	5-speed gearbox
Brakes:	2-circuit compressed air
Suspension:	Leaf suspension
E-system:	24 V
Length:	9,800 mm
Width:	2,550 mm
Height:	4,080 mm
Seats:	52
Standing room:	18th
Empty mass:	10.4 t
Payload:	04.6 t

Under the type Thu 54 leading Berlin public transport in the eastern part of the city, a series of 85  double-decker buses that were in use from 1954 to 1974.

commitment

Thursday 54 at Alexanderplatz, 1964

After the Second World War , BVG was initially only able to fall back on the pre-war fleet. However, since most of the cars came from the 1920s and 1930s, a replacement for the outdated fleet was necessary. Initially, BVG-Ost designed six prototypes in 1954 in the “main workshop for omnibus” in Berlin-Treptow . The series vehicles were manufactured between 1955 and 1957 at Waggonbau Bautzen .

The cars were based on the IFA H6 truck model . As with the previous models, the superstructures were made of wood. The rear entrances, which were initially open, were closed with folding doors due to security regulations in 1963/64. In 1974 the last car of the type was retired. The majority of the vehicles were then acquired by private individuals and continued to be used as workshops or gazebos .

The Berlin Historic Transport Preservation Association (DVNB) acquired the 929 car, which was also used as an arbor, in 1989 and refurbished it. In October 2005, the car called "Hugo" was approved so that it is now available for special trips.

literature

• Berlin Heritage Preservation Association V. (Hrsg.): Historic local transport vehicles in Berlin and Brandenburg . GVE, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89218-027-X , p. 82 f .
• Hans-Joachim Hütter: The DO 54/56 double-decker buses . In: Verkehrsgeschichtliche Blätter . Issue 06, 1978, pp. 86 ff .
• Ivo Koehler: whereabouts of the double-deck buses and DO54 Do56 . In: Berliner Verkehrsblätter . Issue 02, 2003, pp. 21st ff .
• Ivo Köhler: A double-decker called “Hugo”. Historical omnibus Do54 . In: Verkehrsgeschichtliche Blätter . Issue 05, 2006, pp. 132 .
• Carl W. Schmiedeke: DO 54 and DO 56 . In: Berliner Verkehrsblätter . Volume 11, 1975, pp. 223 ff .

Web links

Commons : Double-decker buses Do 54 and Do 56  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Double-deck bus Do54 car no. 929. Monument Preservation Association for Local Transport Berlin e. V., archived from the original on February 8, 2009 ; accessed on April 22, 2020 . 
• Michael Frenzel: Thu 56. Retrieved June 14, 2010 .