VE 16 SO

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Vetter trolleybus 201 (new number 91) with old paintwork in Timișoara
Vetter trolleybus 203 (new number 93) with a new paint job in Timișoara

VE 16 SO is the name of a former German trolleybus type from Walter Vetter Karosserie- und Fahrzeugbau from Fellbach . The series was based on the concept of the VÖV standard bus of the first generation in general and on the Mercedes-Benz O 305 G in particular. The type name of the articulated wagon included the code of the manufacturer VE tter, the length of 16 meters and the generic name S tandard O berleitungsbus. The electrical equipment was supplied by Kiepe Elektrik .

history

Only four VE 16 SO vehicles were built; they were manufactured in 1982 and 1986 (two copies each) exclusively for the Esslingen am Neckar trolleybus . There they were added to the inventory under the company numbers 201 to 204.

In April 1995, car 202 was taken out of service and handed over to the Russian city ​​of Vologda , where it was given the new number 149. In 2000, the three remaining vehicles were also removed from the inventory, they came to the Timișoara trolleybus in Romania . In the meantime, all four cars have been retired by their second owners; this was the case for the three cars in Timișoara in 2008.

See also

Vetter produced two similar cars in cooperation with MAN as early as 1974 for the Kaiserslautern trolleybus , see type MAN SG 192 .

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