ASEAG fleet

ASEAG headquarters in the Hüls industrial park

The fleet ASEAG ( Aachener streetcar and power supply AG ) having at December 31, 2018 233 own joint and solo buses, including to 22 December 2019 and double articulated buses of the type Van Hool AGG 300 , in addition 246 buses be rented together with drivers .

Since the 2000s, the fleet has consisted of more articulated than standard vehicles. The ratio of vehicles from MAN and Mercedes-Benz was almost the same in the 1990s, but after MAN NG 263 was procured in 2000, no buses were bought from MAN for ten years. The first MAN after the long break was KOM 296, which was bought in 2010, but was not registered until 2011 due to delays.

The first buses (1944–1960)

Although the first public service bus rolled through Aachen as early as 1914, it was not until 1944 that we could speak of a beginning bus era. Previously, the tram network was largely destroyed by bombing raids, so the bus was a good replacement. But at that time there was a lack of fuel, spare parts and tires. Then the first trolleybus line was built, which was almost 20 kilometers long, at that time it was the longest trolleybus route in Germany. After the Second World War, the development of the bus line finally picked up speed, and the trolleybus route was rebuilt. The fleet consisted of a colorful mix of makeshift buses. From the mid-1950s, these were replaced by the Büssing buses with the “chrome spider” on the front. The tram lost its importance from 1960, so in 1974 the tram and trolleybus operations were discontinued.

List of ASEAG trolleybuses

Bus number	model	image	Construction year	Year of start	on duty until ...	Number total
O 01 – O 04	MAN-Kässbohrer-SSW		1943	1944	1964	4th
O 05 – O 06	Henschel-Schumann		1943		1961	2
O 07	Henschel-Deutz		1949	1949	1964	1
O 08 – O 13	Henschel-Wegmann		1950	1950	1969	6th
O 14-O 18	Henschel / Ürdingen ÜH III / S		1952		1969	5
O 19-O 21	Henschel-Wegmann Kiepe Type II		1955		1969	3
O 22	Henschel-Ludewig Aero 1 1/2		1957		1972	1
O 23-O 27	Henschel / Ürdingen ÜH III / S		1952	1962	1969	5
O 28-O 37	Henschel-Kiepe HS 160 OSL-G		1959-1961	1968	1974	10
O 38-0 40	Henschel-Kässbohrer Type II-G		1957	1968	1974	3

List of ASEAG diesel buses from 1945 to 1964

Bus number	model	image	Year of start	on duty until ...	Number total	Remarks
1	Henschel pre-war model		1945	1950	1
2	Gräf & Stiftmagirus		1945	1953	1
3	Daimler-Benz pre-war model		1946	1954	1
4-5	Bedford pre-war model		1947	1950	2
6-7	Ford CCG		1948	1949	2
8-10	Büssing 5000T		1948	1958	3
11	Ford G 790 B		1949	1955	1
12	KR. Maffei KMO 130		1949	1954	1
14th	Opel Blitz 75		1949	1956	1
15-17	Ford G 790 B		1949	1954	3
18-19	Büssing 5000T		1950	1961	2
20th	Ford G 790 B		1950	1956	1
21-22	Büssing 5000T		1950	1964	1
23	Opel Blitz 75		1951	1960	1
25-42	Büssing 6000T		1951-1953	1968	17th
43-44	Daimler-Benz O 6600 H		1954	1964	3
45-66	Büssing 6000T		1954	1972	22nd
67-68	Büssing 4500T		1954	1965	2
69-72	Daimler-Benz O 3500		1954	1965	4th
73-74	Daimler-Benz O 321 H		1955	1971	2
75	Büssing TU 10 Aero		1956	1970	1
76-85	Büssing 6500T		1955	1971	10
86-87	Krupp SWO 8-FK		1954	1965	2
88-92	Büssing TU 10 Aero		1958	1971	5
93-100	Büssing TU 5		1958	1974	8th	KOM 99 is used nowadays as the carnival bus of the ASEAG.
101-108	Henschel Hs 160 USL		1958	1973	8th
109-113	Büssing 12RU7 H		1959	1972	5
114-123	Kässbohrer 110		1959	1971	10
124-145	Büssing 12RU7 H		1960	1975	22nd
146-147	KHD Saturn II LS		1961	1974	2
148	Kr.Maffei KMS 135 L		1961	1972	1
149	Kr.Maffei-MAN D 0062MLH / KMS 120		1961	1971	1
150-157	Büssing 12RU7 H		1961	1976	8th
158-186	Büssing Senator		1962	1977	29
187-195	Büssing 6500T Ludewig		1965	1969	9
196-205	Büssing TU 10 Aero		1966	1977	10
206-207	KHD Saturn II LS		1964	1972	2
208	Büssing Prefect		1965	1976	1
209	MAN?		1965	1975	1
210	Daimler Benz ?		1966	1976	1

Period of the first standard bus generation (1968–1985)

The standardization of the buses was initiated by the Hamburger Hochbahn and carried out by the Association of Public Transport Companies (VÖV), as there was a great variety of types after the Second World War. The first standard buses came to Aachen in 1968. In the years that followed, most buses were procured by Büssing (later: MAN-Büssing and MAN). Articulated buses were bought for the first time in 1974 (twelve MAN SG 192). In 1982 it was decided to add Mercedes-Benz O 305 solo buses to the fleet for the first time. Several articulated buses of this type followed two years later.

Bus number	model	image	Year of start	on duty until ...	Number total
211-235	Büssing Prefect Standard		1968	1980	25th
236	Büssing Prefect 15U7		1968	1976	1
237	KHD 150 R 10		1968	1976	1
238	KHD 200 LS 12		1968	1976	1
239	KHD 150 RL 10		1968	1976	1
240-264	Büssing 110V		1969	1981	25th
265-271	Büssing 13R / U11 Aero		1970	1976	6th
272-311	Büssing 110V		1970	1983	12
312	KHD Saturn II		1971	1976	1
313-368	MAN-Büssing 110V		1972/1973	1983-1987	56
369-381	MAN SG 192		1974	1989	12
382-411	MAN-Büssing 110V		1974	1991	13
412-439	MAN SG 192		1976/1977	1988	28
440-453	MAN SL 200		1977	1989	28
454-466	MAN SG 192		1978	1991	13
467-470	MAN SG 192		1979	1993	10
477-545	MAN SL 200		1979/1980	1995	69
546-572	Mercedes O 305		1982/1983	1998	27
573-587	MAN SL 200		1983	1998	15th
588-600	Mercedes O 305 G		1984	2000	13
601-615	Mercedes O 305		1985	1999	15th
616-630	MAN SL 200		1985	2001	15th

Vehicles of the second standard bus generation (1986–1991)

In the mid-1970s, planning began for a successor to the first-generation VÖV bus. Series production of the second-generation standard regular-service buses began in 1984 at the manufacturers MAN, Daimler-Benz and Auwärter Neoplan. The ASEAG procured standard buses of the models MAN SG 242 , SL 202 , Mercedes-Benz O 405 and the articulated pusher Version O 405 G .

Bus number	model	image	Year of start	on duty until ...	Number total
631-653	MAN SG 242		1986/1987	2003	22nd
654-659	Mercedes O 405 G		1987	2003	6th
660-673	MAN SL 202		1987	2002	14th
674-685	Mercedes O 405		1987	2001	12
686-699	MAN SG 242		1988	2005/2006	14th
700-708	MAN SL 202		1989	2004	9
709-716	MAN SL 202		1991	2005	7th

Midibuses (1990-2001)

From December 1, 1990, midi buses were used on bus line 4 in Aachen, which were significantly smaller than a normal bus. As a result, the Aachener Markt could be reached directly again, at the same time bus line 4 was extended beyond Kaiserplatz to the Adalbertsteinweg car park. Operations ceased in 2001.

Bus number	model	image	Construction year	in service since ...	on duty until ...	Number total
001-010	Van Hool A508		1990	1990	2001	10
011	Neoplan N 4011		1997	1998	2001	1

Low-floor buses from 1991-2000

In 1991 the age of the low-floor bus began at ASEAG. Five buses from MAN ( NL 202 ) and Mercedes-Benz ( O 405 N ) were delivered this year . These buses had stepless entry, but the seats were on pedestals. In addition, the new ASEAG paint scheme was introduced with this series. The first pedestal-free low-floor buses came to ASEAG in the summer of 1992.

After the first procurement of low-floor buses, high-floor buses were delivered for the last time in 1992, one of these ten MAN SG 242 articulated buses is kept as a museum bus and is only rarely used at high school levels. The reason for the procurement was the lack of availability of low-floor articulated buses and the good experience with this type of bus.

Bus number	model	image	Year of start	on duty until ...	Number total	comment
717-721	MAN NL 202		1991	2002	5
722-726	Mercedes O 405 N		1991	200?	5
727-733	Mercedes O 405 N		1991/1992	200?	7th
734-741	MAN NL 202		1992	2003	8th
742-751	MAN SG 242		1992	2008 (except KOM 750)	10	KOM 750 still runs as a museum bus
752-758	MAN NG 272		1993	200?	7th
759-772	MAN NL 202		1993	2004	14th
773-779	MAN NL 202		1994	2005	7th
780-789	MAN NG 272		1994	200?	10
790-796	MAN NG 272		1995	200?	7th
797-808	Mercedes O 405 N2		1995	200?	12
809	Mercedes O 405 N2		1995	200?	1
810-819	Mercedes O 405 N2		1996	200?	10
820-826	Mercedes O 405 N2		1996	200?	7th
827-832	MAN NG 262		1996/1997	20 ??	6th
833-844	Mercedes O 405 N2		1998	20 ??	12
845-857	Evobus O 405 N2		1998	20 ??	13
858-864	Mercedes-Benz O 405 GN2		1998	2014	7th
865-872	MAN NG 262		1991	201?	8th
873-882	Evobus O 405 N2		1999	201?	10
883-894	Evobus O 405 GN2		2000	201?	12

The fleet since 2000

In 2000 it became clear that the previous series were slowly being phased out, and so a successor model had to be procured. ASEAG decided to lease two vehicles each from MAN and Neoplan to test them. The Neoplan buses left the fleet after two years, while the MAN buses remained in the fleet permanently. In 2002, the ASEAG workshop was supposed to become a Volvo contract partner so that external orders could be received. For this purpose, ASEAG should procure twelve Volvo B7Ls . These vehicles were numbered from KOM 100 for internal reasons. With this series, the new color scheme of the buses was introduced, which is due to the new image of ASEAG. In addition to the Volvo buses, 24 Citaro O530 Gs were also purchased from Evobus in 2002 as part of the modernization program.

After the Volvo solo buses, only solo and articulated buses of the Citaro type were procured until 2006. After testing a double articulated bus from Utrecht in 2003, it was decided in 2005 to purchase two of its own double articulated buses so that a long-term test could be started. Despite the positive result, only six buses were purchased in 2007 instead of the planned 14 more buses. In addition, Citaros of the facelift generation were ordered for the first time in 2007, and many more followed. Since 2009 there are also two low-entry buses in the fleet. In 2010 the testing of a Mercedes-Benz CapaCity and a MAN Lion`s City GL started (which could not be registered until January 2011). In 2011, after many years, a series of MAN buses was ordered again.

In 2012, two hybrid buses were added to the fleet, a MAN Lion`s City Solo HybridBus and a hybrid articulated bus from Evobus , which was converted into an electric bus in the ASEAG workshop. After the successful testing of the Capa City, six more buses of this type were added to the fleet, but this time in a four-door version. In 2014, Citaro articulated and solo buses ( low-entry ) of the second generation were purchased for the first time . At the turn of the year nine articulated buses of this generation were added to the fleet. From December 2014 to the end of 2015, ASEAG tested a lightweight bus from the Dutch manufacturer VDL . This bus was very convincing, so that initially five buses of this type were ordered, which will be in service from January 2016. In the next few years, however, more buses of this type are to be added to the fleet little by little. This

At the beginning of 2016 it was announced that ASEAG intends to buy 15 articulated electric buses in addition to its self-converted articulated electric bus, including a double articulated bus.

Series currently in service are highlighted in light green in the tables. The information on retirement is based on the data from euregiobus.de.

Bus number	model	image	Year of start	on duty until ...	Number total	Number act.	comment
895-896	MAN A23		2000	2011	2	0
897-898	Neoplan N 4421		2000	2002	2	0
100-111	Volvo V 7000 (B7L)		2002	2009	12	0
112-135	Evobus O 530 G (Citaro)		2002	today	24	1	Car 114 is still in use.
136-155	Evobus O 530 G (Citaro)		2003	2020	20th	0	Retired in May 2020.
156-175	Evobus O 530 (Citaro)		2004	2018	20th	0	Last cars (173-175) retired in September 2018.
176-193	Evobus O 530 G (Citaro)		2005	today	18th	9	All vehicles retrofitted with particle filters. The first vehicles were sold / retired in 2020.
194-195	VAN HOOL new AGG 300		2005	2018	2	0	Retired November 2018.
196-220	Evobus O 530 (Citaro)		2006	today	25th	1	all vehicles have been retrofitted with particle filters. The KOM 200 driving school car is still in use.
221-230	Evobus O 530 G (Citaro)		2007	today	10	10
231-236	VAN HOOL new AGG 300		2007	2019	6th	0	Were referred to as Öcher Long Wajong . Her last day of work was December 22, 2019 as a C-Shuttle during Christmas singing at Tivoli.
237-250	Evobus O 530 G (Citaro)		2008	today	14th	14th
251-272	Evobus O 530 (Citaro)		2009	today	22nd	22nd
273-274	Evobus O 530 LE (Citaro)		2009	today	2	2	first low-entry buses
275-294	Evobus O 530 G (Citaro)		2010	today	20th	20th
295	Mercedes-Benz O530 GL (Capa City)		2010	today	1	1	three doors
296	MAN Lion's City GL		2010	today	1	1
297-302	Evobus O 530 G (Citaro)		2011	today	6th	6th
303-308	MAN Lion's City GL		2011	today	6th	6th
309	MAN Lion's City Hybrid Bus		2011	today	1	1
310	[Evobus O 530 G (Citaro)] converted into an electric bus myself		2012	today	1	1	1. Aachen electric bus: Öcher Stromer . Currently parked for battery change.
311-322	MAN Lion's City GL		2012	today	12	12
323-328	Mercedes-Benz O530 GL (Capa City)		2013	today	6th	6th	four doors
329-333	Evobus O 530 LE (Citaro C2)		2014	today	5	5
334-342	Evobus O 530 G (Citaro C2)		2014	today	9	9
343	VDL Citea LLE 120		2014	2015	1	0	Rental car for a long-term trial
344-352	Evobus O 530 G (Citaro C2)		2015	today	9	9
353-357	VDL Citea LLE 120		2015	today	5	5
358-362	VDL Citea LLE 120		2017	today	5	5
363-371	Evobus O 530 G (Citaro C2)		2016	today	9	9
372-378	Sileo S18 (electric articulated bus )		2016-2017	today	6th	1	The first vehicle was delivered in January 2017. However, test operations were discontinued after a while.
380-383	VDL Citea LLE 120		2017	today	4th	4th
384-388	Evobus O 530 G (Citaro C2)		2017	today	5	5
399-407	VDL Citea LLE 120		2018	today			Some of the vehicles drive for Taeter Aachen.
408-416	Evobus O 530 G (Citaro C2)		2018	today	9	9
417-433	Evobus O 530 G (Citaro C2)		2019	today	16	16	These and all subsequent bus orders were equipped with white matrix displays .
434-440	eCitaro		2019	today	7th	7th
441-455	VDL Citea LLE 120		2019	today	15th	15th
456-463	VDL Citea LLE 120		2020	today			Driving for the subcontractor Taeter Aachen.
464-465	VDL Citea LLE 120		2020	today			465 future driving school car and replaces (-e) car 200.
466-473	Evobus O 530 G (Citaro C2)		2020	today
474-481	Evobus O 530 GL (Citaro C2)		2020	today
482-486	eCitaro		202x	today			There can / will also be eCitaro articulated trolleys among them.
487-488	Evobus O 530 G (Citaro C2)		2020	today	2	2	Driving for the subcontractor Taeter Aachen.

Netliner (2016)

The Netliner is an innovative on-call bus offer with a demand-oriented dynamic line system for the city of Monschau. Customers can specify their travel preferences via smartphone, PC or by telephone. There are no fixed timetables and routes. The routes of the buses are calculated according to the wishes of the passengers.

Trial operation started in March 2016. Two Mercedes-Benz Sprinters (MA-MB 202 and 203) were procured on loan for this purpose in January . After the end of the test phase, the two minibuses were taken over on June 27th and registered with the license plates AC-L 995 (61) and AC-L 996 (62).

Bus number	model	image	Construction year	on duty until ...	Number total	No. act.	comment
61, 62	Mercedes-Benz Sprinter		2016	today	2	2	Rental cars were taken over in June 2016
63, 64	Mercedes-Benz Sprinter			today	2	2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Annual Report 2018. ASEAG, April 12, 2019, p. 14 , accessed on December 3, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} ASEAG: schack uus. (No longer available online.) ASEAG, pp. 4-6 , archived from the original on October 14, 2015 ; Retrieved April 25, 2016 . 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.  
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} euregiobus.de | Vehicle fleet> Where is my bus today? HERE! In: www.euregiobus.net. Retrieved February 3, 2016 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} euregiobus.de | Vehicle fleet> Where is my bus today? HERE! In: www.euregiobus.net. Retrieved February 4, 2016 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} euregiobus.de | Vehicle fleet> Where is my bus today? HERE! In: www.euregiobus.net. Retrieved February 4, 2016 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e} euregiobus.de | Vehicle fleet> Where is my bus today? HERE! In: www.euregiobus.net. Retrieved February 12, 2016 . 
7. ↑ euregiobus.de. Retrieved April 25, 2016 . 
8. ↑ euregiobus.de. Accessed on April 25, 2016 : "As the first pedestalless low-floor buses from ASEAG, the vehicles of the 734-741 series were added to the fleet in summer 1992." 
9. ↑ euregiobus.de. Accessed on April 15, 2016 : "The reason for the procurement was the lack of availability of low-floor articulated buses without platforms and the good experience with this type of bus." 
10. ↑ aseag: schnack uus. aseag, p. 13 , accessed April 10, 2016 . 
11. ↑ Oliver Schmetz: Endurance test: battery buses soon in continuous operation. Aachener Zeitung, January 7, 2016, accessed on April 10, 2016 : "Total costs of around 8.4 million euros are calculated for the 15 new battery articulated buses and the necessary infrastructure measures. Endurance test: battery buses soon in continuous operation" 
12. ↑ ASEAG at euregiobus.de
13. ↑ "Öcher Stromer": the new articulated electric bus . In: ASEAG (Ed.): Schnack uus . No. 2/2015 , 2015, ZDB -ID 2972695-5 , p. 7 ( aseag.de [PDF; 973 kB ; accessed on April 25, 2016]).
14. ↑ New large-capacity buses in regular service . In: ASEAG (Ed.): Schnack uus . No. 2/2013 , 2013, ZDB -ID 2972695-5 , p. 12 f . ( online , memento of October 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive [PDF; 1.6 MB ; accessed on July 10, 2020]).
15. ↑ ^{a b c} Announcement of awarded contracts. July 1, 2016, accessed July 4, 2016 . 
16. ↑ Just arrived! The ASEAG fleet ... - Aachener Verkehrsverbund (AVV) | Facebook. Retrieved February 9, 2017 . 
17. ↑ ^{a b} ASEAG drives more often electrically: ASEAG - The good start. January 10, 2017, accessed February 23, 2019 . 
18. ↑ Our bus fleet: more environmentally friendly than ever. Retrieved December 2, 2019 .