Neoplan Centroliner
Centroliner is a low-floor line of public service buses from the Neoplan brand , which was designed by Gottlob Auwärter and produced from 1997 to 2006. The successor from 2003 was the Centroliner Evolution .
A prototype of the N 4416 was presented to the public for the first time in June 1997 at the UITP congress in Stuttgart . The Centroliner was the first model series produced by Neoplan with a CAN bus . Production took place in the Plauen and Pilsting plants .
variants
The Centroliner was produced in the following variants:
model | execution | length | width | height | axes | Doors |
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N 4407 | Midibus 8.7 meters | 8,690 mm | 2,350 mm | 2,850 mm | 2 | 2 |
N 4409 | Midibus 9.6 meters | 9,590 mm | 2,350 mm | 2,850 mm | 2 | 2 |
N 4411 | Midibus 10.2 meters | 10,200 mm | 2,550 mm | 2,850 mm | 2 | 2.3 |
N 4413 CNG | City bus | 10,850 mm | 2,350 mm | 3,340 mm | 2 | 2 |
N 4416 | City bus | 12,000 mm | 2,550 mm | 2,850 mm | 2 | 2, 3 |
N 4416 Ü | Intercity bus | 12,000 mm | 2,550 mm | 2,890 mm | 2 | 2 |
N 4420 | City bus long | 14,700 mm | 2,550 mm | 2,950 mm | 3 | 2, 3 |
N 4421 | articulated bus | 17,990 mm | 2,550 mm | 2,950 mm | 3 | 3, 4 |
N 4426/3 | double decker | 12,000 mm | 2,550 mm | 4,000 mm | 3 | 2 |
N 4426/3 n | Overland double decker | 12,000 mm | 2,550 mm | 4,000 mm | 3 | 2 |
N 4426/3 L | Long biplane | 13,850 mm | 2,550 mm | 4,000 mm | 3 | 3 |
N 4426/3 LÜ | Long overland double-decker | 13,850 mm | 2,550 mm | 4,000 mm | 3 | 3 |
The buses were powered by internal combustion engines, which were installed in the rear either underfloor or as a tower engine (midibuses, three-door version of the N 4416 and N 4420, 12-meter double-decker). There was a choice of several engines from MAN ( diesel , natural gas ) or Daimler-Benz / DaimlerChrysler (diesel), especially for orders from abroad ( Hong Kong ), M-series engines from Cummins were also installed. The N 4413, which was only produced from 2002 to 2004, was only available with a natural gas engine.
commitment
The transport companies Bogestra , DSW and RBO were among the largest customers for the Centroliner . Of the 51 N 4416 Ü operated by the RBO, 35 are powered by natural gas in the Passau area.
swell
- Neoplan Centroliner. Quantum leap in city bus traffic. Gottlob Auwärter GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart 2000.