Photos of foreign buses

Fryderyk HPH

5 Apr 11, 00:38

Photo taken along Hoan Kiem Lake, near Hanoi's Old Quarter.

Transerco buses are mainly 2nd-hand Daewoos/Hyundai ones that are imported from the Republic of Korea.

One of the more popular buses here in temperate climates.

Solaris seems to have quite a following in Eastern Europe.

Pictured is a Solaris bus plying route 175 in Warsaw. EDS is, as typically Polish, not working. Route 175 is by far the most trafficked route in Warsaw, going through the Warszawa Centralna (Warsaw Central Train Station) to Fryderyk Chopin International Airport (WAW). Pickpockets galore on this route. Should you come to Warszawa one day, be wary if you board any bus on this route.

One of the longest bus routes in Europe at an incredible 36hr journey. Starting at Roma (Rome), the bus passes through Firenze (Florence), Bologna, Padova, Venezia Mestre (Venice), Klagenfurt, Graz, Wien (Vienna), Kaunas and Vilnius.

Photo was shot at Wien Erdberg U3 Autobusplatz, as Lithuanian-plated RVG 236 began check-in and boarding for the remaining 22hrs journey to Vilnius. Departing Roma Tiburtina Stazione at 7p.m (day 1) and ending the journey at 9.50a.m (day 3) goes down in my record books as my longest ever bus-ride.

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ama-teur

5 Apr 11, 21:28

IMPORTED FROM SOUTH KOREA!?whoa...

oh yeah,i heard about that route 175 in Warsaw.Did you get pickpocketed?

sbst275

5 Apr 11, 21:32

gosh

Fryderyk HPH

5 Apr 11, 22:18

Originally posted by ama-teur:

IMPORTED FROM SOUTH KOREA!?whoa...

Daewoo and Hyundai mah.

Though Hyundai has Hyundai Vietmotors, but I don't think they make buses.

Fryderyk HPH

5 Apr 11, 22:25

Originally posted by ama-teur:

oh yeah,i heard about that route 175 in Warsaw.Did you get pickpocketed?

2 times in 3 days...

Had like 50 Polish ZÅ‚otys per pocket and I separated 150 ZÅ‚otys into three pockets. Two pockets-full of cash stolen. FML.

Have heard worse stories about route 175, like for instance I know one S.Korean chap who got his wallet pickpocketed. With almost 700 ZÅ‚otys inside. CCTVs in the buses don't help at all. WTH.

Fryderyk HPH

5 Apr 11, 22:28

Originally posted by sbst275:

gosh

What???

^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

6 Apr 11, 14:47

Well, I'm not a fan of buses... But wha, the last bus rooks comfy~~~

Fryderyk HPH

6 Apr 11, 14:51

Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:

Well, I'm not a fan of buses... But wha, the last bus rooks comfy~~~

For a 36 hour ride, it had better be...
LOL

Fryderyk HPH

6 Apr 11, 18:05

Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:

Well, I'm not a fan of buses... But wha, the last bus rooks comfy~~~

But it didn't have a lie-flat bed. Only slumberettes. Tsk toopid Eurolines...

Fryderyk HPH

7 Apr 11, 17:13

One of the cutest looking buses I've seen. Picture was shot in Rome, near the Altare della Patria (aka Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II). Dedicated to n4l...

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n4l

8 Apr 11, 23:47

indeed...that's a very short bus :D

chikopek

9 Apr 11, 12:01

rapid KL buses from lowyat forum

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1827940

their scania buses looks familiar huh?

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/Nissan_FUGA/2011-04-08164443.jpg

kengkia

10 Apr 11, 00:12

Originally posted by Fryderyk HPH:

For a 36 hour ride, it had better be...
LOL

i know that the euro countries borders are free for all to cross, but wun it be a problem for the bus crossing borders meh?

Fryderyk HPH

10 Apr 11, 00:46

Originally posted by kengkia:

i know that the euro countries borders are free for all to cross, but wun it be a problem for the bus crossing borders meh?

Technically, there is no longer any true border between any of the countries in the Eurozone...

Though currency-wise, not every European country in the Eurozone uses the Euro. Which sounds quite ironic actually. LOL. The worse experience was actually on the bus in Polish territory.

After Wien (Vienna), the bus leaves into Czech Republic territory (where there is only a small restroom break) and dinner is at a pit-stop in Polish territory along the E-75 tollway. Rubbish siah that place. The pitstop only accepts cash in Polish ZÅ‚otys and accepted Euros (which I had since I stopped in Italy and Austria where they do use the Euro) at a ridiculous exchange rate. I went without dinner.

Fryderyk HPH

11 Apr 11, 22:52

Originally posted by kengkia:

i know that the euro countries borders are free for all to cross, but wun it be a problem for the bus crossing borders meh?

Sorry my above was for bus crossings.

With regards to border-crossing via rail, there are still periodic checks for contraband.

Ansonsuzukivolvo

13 May 11, 19:21