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Carris Metropolitana – ALSA Todi 12573 – Mercedes-Benz Conecto

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Bus operated by Carris Metropolitana – ALSA Todi seen at Terminal Rodoviário de Palmela  in January 2023. This bus with fleet number 12573 is a Mercedes-Benz Conecto registered in 2022 and included in a series of 130 units, 12501–12630, placed in service in 2022. It has an overall length of 39.8 ft and can accommodate 29 seated passengers, 75 standees and 1 passenger with reduced mobility (29+75+1PRM+1). It features semi-integral construction and uses the 220 kW (299 bhp) Mercedes-Benz OM 936 engine. Carris Metropolitana – ALSA Todi  ¹  operates since 2022 regular services in the municipalities of Alcochete, Montijo, Moita, Palmela and Setúbal and provides connections to Barreiro and Lisboa. It also offers specialized regular services and occasional services. The fleet displays the yellow paint scheme common to the four operational areas of Carris Metropolitana. Here, on a winter morning, we see this Mercedes-Benz Conecto during a break at the Terminal Rodoviário de Pa...
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Rodoviária de Lisboa 351 – Mercedes-Benz O 405 N2

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Bus operated by Rodoviária de Lisboa seen at the Campo Grande terminal, Lisboa, in August 2016. This bus with fleet number 351 is a Mercedes-Benz O 405 N2 (or N²) first registered in 1994. It has an overall length of 25.8 ft and can accommodate 34 seated passengers and 46 standees (34+46+1). It features semi-integral construction and uses the Mercedes-Benz OM 447 hLA engine. I believe this is one of the eight vehicles originally delivered in Germany to Stadtwerke Passau (SWP) in 1994 (PA-A 2743, SWP 43?). Based in Loures , Rodoviária de Lisboa , whose name is usually shortened to RL, operates regular services in the municipalities of Lisboa, Loures, Odivelas and Vila Franca de Xira, as well as regular specialized services and occasional services. Here, we see this Mercedes-Benz O 405 N2 on regular service 312, a suburban circulator route starting in Campo Grande. From 18 to 26 June 2016, the Municipality of Loures promoted the event Loures Arte Pública in partnership with EDP Di...
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