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Photo of what China claims to be the 'world's largest bus'
shanghaiist.com — "The Chinese manufacturer, Zhejiang Young Man Vehicle Group, introduced the 25-meter-long 'Superliner' at Shanghai's Busworld Asia 2007 convention. The bus has five doors, 40 seats, carries up to 300 passengers and, according to a driver, 'is flexible when cornering.'" Comments from Australia and Brazil claim their countries have longer buses.
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- shanghaiist, on 10/12/2007, -11/+313 more photos were just added to the post.
- 0o0Moylan0o0, on 10/12/2007, -12/+6Thats insane, i would hate to have to drive that thing... And with the traffic in China, you would think it is impossible to change lanes/turn with that thing wouldnt you?
- steviebaby, on 10/12/2007, -4/+29Slow news day?
- mfratt, on 10/12/2007, -12/+5Good for the Chinese....I'll bet they feel really accomplished now.
- quomen, on 10/12/2007, -14/+1In Maoist China Bus Eat You.
Ching ching chomp! - Vinthian, on 10/12/2007, -6/+15why do i have a feeling that it's just 3 buses that are attached to each other? >_>
gonna be hard to make turns :( - MuteMathSSR, on 10/12/2007, -9/+3I hate how you queers reply to this guy with nothing in relation to what he said - just to see your comments high up on the list.
+ new photo's were added to the post. - NachoBusiness, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4That bus doesn't look dramatically longer than the buses at the places I used to work. Everyone came in through the guard station and took a bus to where they worked... there were usually 3-5 buses going at any time. And they had 3 segments just like this bus and held maybe 100 or so people at peak hours. We could have technically fit more in... this chinese bus only has 40 seats. Of course this bus was driven on closed-to-the-public roads with only light non-bus traffic.
- Monolith2, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3There are buses this long (if not longer) at a lot of US airports. You dont have to worry about turning radius when youre driving on a wide open tarmac.
- DaffyDuck, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6"why do i have a feeling that it's just 3 buses that are attached to each other?"
Only the front section has an engine. Also, the axle locations are different on each section. The front section has either roof mounted A/C or higher headroom. The other sections don't have this. So basically I am saying no, they didn't just chain 3 whole buses together to make this. - edeliz, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7*sigh* always compensating for something
- JoeCool1986, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1When I first saw the picture I thought it kinda looked like three buses duct taped together. Now that's the REAL engineering way to do it.
- zappo1776, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2They're going to need bigger buses than that to move a billion people around. Anyone remember this nuclear powered bus from the movie.
http://www.x-brick.de/vehicles/cars/bigbus.jpg - Vectorphobe, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0@ daffy duck
i think he was joking
@ edeliz
you're a racist bastard
- chingy1788, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Road Train? I remember that from fear factor
- Blackmane, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3Bah, Jeremy Clarksons Limo from Top Gear was still longer than that bus. You have a job on if you had to walk all the way to the front to get off, good job there is more than one set of doors.
- neiltc13, on 10/12/2007, -2/+49Is the submitter really this ignorant? "Photo of what China claims to be the 'world's largest bus'" implies that the country itself (ie, the Government) is making this claim. Of course, it's actually the manufacturer, not "China" that is doing it.
- hiPpymIck, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17continuing in the spirit of mutual international respect and maturity...
London has the worlds first hybrid double-decker bus
(na na nana na)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6458601.stm - ropers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13I want the Chinese bus -- but as a double-decker version. :D
(Technically, it would be possible -- prolly even road legal.) - Keloran, on 10/12/2007, -16/+3doesn't the Chinese government own all the industry though, so even though its a manufacturer its still the government claiming it
- theworldisround, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6@Keloran
You're an idiot. - marm0t, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1FTFA: "Determined to have the "world's largest" everything by 2010, China recently unveiled the "world's largest" bus, the Youth Daily reported earlier this week."
- hiPpymIck, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17continuing in the spirit of mutual international respect and maturity...
- Import98, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19I would love to see someone parallel park that bad boy.
- sergeantmudd, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15My grandfather was mechanic for a transit agency. The drivers weren't even allowed to backup the buses. If they ever got in a situation where they had to backup, they had to turn off the bus and wait for a mechanic come and back it up for them.
- ijustam, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://youtube.com/watch?v=6xGRv0oTK3Q (second half is this guy backing a triple... must have taken forever to learn that)
- Dracomantis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Cool... now they can all go to work farming gold in WoW a little faster :P
- ssjaken, on 10/12/2007, -7/+32seats 300 eh? i guess youll only need one of these in SPARTAAAA!!!
- Ethion, on 10/12/2007, -17/+5That was almost funny.
- CycloneNimrod, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1@Ethion: So was that
- thedobber, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11
We were so much further ahead in '76
http://imdb.com/title/tt0074205/- keathmilligan, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Obscurity digg :)
- thedobber, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2
Bonus Digg
The torrent http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1021344/7619888/ - fodder650, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2And hear I thought I might be first with a Big Bus reference.
New York to Denver non-stop!!
- devek, on 10/12/2007, -13/+1i've seen bigger.
- answr42, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20Thats what she said!
Sorry, you set yourself up for that one! - devek, on 10/12/2007, -10/+0@answr42
well i'm sorry to hear that... they've got pills for that now you know. - ropers, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6And if you believe these pills will do anything for your length, I've got a Nigerian father-in law who would like to talk to you. When are you available? How's 4:19 for you?
- answr42, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20Thats what she said!
- stroebele, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2Can you imagine if an Israeli company did this? What a tasty target for terrorist to blow up, those guys hate buses
- unknamed, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0Great, now they only need about 4.3 million more so everyone in China can ride.
- SlowOnTheUptake, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13300 passengers but only 40 seats? Is that the normal ratio for a bus? That would only work out to about 6 or 7 seats per side for each of the three sections.
- ssjaken, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2standing room only?
- philz, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Yes it is. It's perfect for short intercity travel.
I'm just waiting to see how the original bus looks like, I've seen the chinese copies now...
- rchmura, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Here's some info on the Brazilian bus: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ônibus_biarticulado
(looks like it carries 270 passengers, and is 27 meters long).
I really think that the Australian comment on that site was referencing transport trucks instead of buses. (but I could be wrong) Anyone from Australia have more info?- Settra, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Yeah
Road trains are like Semi-trailers with lots and lots..and lots...lots..of trailers stuck on the end. A bitch to overtake. - echoforever, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Picture of the Brazilian bus:
http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/long260.html - Zaarin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yes. Road trains are multi trailer, semi trailers. They are not a bus, thought their length is probably comparable (possibly longer) than that bus.
- ybisme, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"World's longest road trains
In 1999 the town of Merredin, Western Australia made it into the Guinness Book of Records, when Marleys Transport made a successful attempt on the record for the world's longest road train. The record was created when 45 trailers, driven by Greg Marley, weighing 603 metric tons and measuring 610 metres were pulled by a Kenworth truck for 8 km.
In 2003, the record was surpassed near Mungindi, New South Wales, by a road train consisting of 87 trailers and a single prime mover (measuring 1235 metres in length).
The next record was 1,442 metres, set by a driver in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia in a Kenworth owned by Doug Gould.
In 2006, a truck with 104 semi-trailers (at a length of 1,474.3 metres) claimed a new record at Clifton, Queensland."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_train - Zaarin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well then. I was way off with their possible length. Though, I personally have only seen a couple that are more than 3 trailers long. Obviously they can only go on particular routes: http://transport.qld.gov.au/Home/Industry/Freight_and_heavy_vehicles/Heavy_vehicles/Multi_combination_vehicles/
- Settra, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Yeah
- steviebaby, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12It's not the size that matters. It's where you park it.
- poseitom, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1now put that in R !
- daload, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Because they dont already have enough tragic bus accidents eh?
- notjamt9000, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Busworld Asia 2007 convention! Why don't we get things like that over here?
- ropers, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Because you've got to work for it first. Start at the bottom rung and work yourself up. Host this conference first and show us what you can do. Maybe then we'll consider you application for something better.
http://www.worldtoiletsummit2007.org/
- ropers, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Because you've got to work for it first. Start at the bottom rung and work yourself up. Host this conference first and show us what you can do. Maybe then we'll consider you application for something better.
- Poosha, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Volvo makes busses like that one, the longest version is 26.8 m, I think that's the one they have in Brazil. Here's the best pic I could find (not very good) http://www.hallekis.com/arkiv/xx041021c.htm
- kd1s, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Actually it is built by a German company, Neoman.
http://www.neoplan.de/datapool/mediapool/600/051020_CoachoftheYear_gb.pdf?lang=en
Neoman is the conglomerate formed by Neoplan and Man Bus. - Toast1185, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3China now controls the ridiculously large bus market??? We're doomed :'(
- foxmajik, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2That's a huge bitch!
- Vectorphobe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0What an intellectual and enriching comment
- chillbox, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4The world's biggest buses and things to overcompensate for the world's smallest penises.
- mhuggins, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You basically stole the joke I was going to make...jerk!
- randal2k, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1OK, that flash image viewer is really cool, anyone know who made that or if something similar is around?
I think a bus like that would be very cool, in my area to link some of the bigger towns that are not so close.
or greyhound?! hehe - korneelwever, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Actually, I'm surprised by the claim. In Holland we have them driving around for some years now. Don't know the exact specifics (max passengers etc.), but some pictures are here and it looks awful similar:
http://www.webcollie.nl/bus_images/diversen/utrecht/922_03.jpg
http://www.webcollie.nl/bus_images/diversen/utrecht/923_1.jpg
http://www.webcollie.nl/bus_images/diversen/utrecht/922.jpg- ross., on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I like the design of your buses better as well.
- ross., on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I like the design of your buses better as well.
- snotrokit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1who cares, I like riding the short bus.
- ross., on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Is it just me, or do the head lamps of that bus resemble human eyes....
- Ndric, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3300 normal passengers I'm guessing. So that would be like a thousand Chinese citizens. Not bad.
- ross., on 10/12/2007, -2/+4or 100 Americans
- Ndric, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1More like 10 Americans
- CyberGhost, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Correction, "longest" bus, not the largest, for the "largest" claim, I'd expect something really huge, that is multi-storey and makes everything around look small.
- thedrooling, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1looks like its held together with a ***** load of duct tape.
- estacado, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1It's all building up to the Olympics. But after that, the country is going downhill.
- Onetrack, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Wait.. 40 seats = 300 passengers?
Holy sardine tin batman.
What kinda crazy ass chinese math is that.. and you KNOW it didn't pass any safety regulations.. Although it would be a good way to travel from shanghai to uulanbatar.. until it broke down 15km up the road. - Infekted, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1when i first saw the title largest bus, i cant imagine how its gonna fit on the road.
its not large its just longer. they should say its the longest bus? or large capacity bus? - adc89, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3"Determined to have the "world's largest" everything by 2010,"
That made my day. - righteousyellow, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1It should make the next long march a little bit easier.
- Forky, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Now we know how longcat transports himself
- DaffyDuck, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I wonder if they can top this?
http://emuse.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/3933 - diggdong, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1No hot tub, no digg.
- sesante2000, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1OOOHHH What Prestige!!!!
Hopefully you noted sarcasm - Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Maybe they should invest in a subway instead of abusing the public roads with this monstrosity.
- russellnation, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2ahh american penis a so a huge
- lotusbloom, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0i understand the how, but not the why.......
- ChileanGoD, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Now for some extreme parallel parking.
- crumbaker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0haha duct tape
- profweekday, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That has got to be a bugger to drive.
- Metlprocker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Good luck parallel parking that thing
- Poovey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I feel a 70's movie remake coming on!!!! The Big Bus. Someone call Stockard Channing.
- Tarnum, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Вместимость:
300 чел. китайцев или
200 чел. европейцев или
150 чел. американцев или
400 чел.* жителей Африки
*с учетом крыши и багажного отделения. - kkDonut, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1SPEED 3
- dvlsnghtmr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1"at Shanghai's Busworld Asia 2007 convention"
So...why the ***** would there be a convention about a freakin bus? Who really cares that much?
Not me. - topace3000, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wow, that would work well on normal roads.
Also, such a technological innovation!
Sarcasm aside, this is pretty damn lame. -
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