FUTURE MEMORY | TRANSPORTATION

Coach operated by Autobuses Hnos. Arriaga seen at Gare do Oriente, Lisboa, in July 2018. This coach with fleet number 357 is a Setra S 519 HD registered in 2017. It has an overall length of 49 ft, features integral construction and possibly uses the 315 kW (428 hp) Mercedes-Benz OM 470 engine  ¹ . Established in 1983 and based in Vitoria-Gasteiz , Autobuses Hermanos Arriaga operates regular services, regular specialized services and occasional services. Regular services include international connections in partnership with the " Eurolines " brand. Here, we see this Setra S 519 HD on the regular international service Lisboa–Paris, a journey of approximately 1079 miles.  The Setra S 519 HD is the longest coach in the " ComfortClass " family. It is versatile and we can see it both in tourist services and in regular services – it is, due to its superlative comfort, especially suitable for long distances. Introduced in 2012, the " ComfortClass 500 " generatio...

Coach operated by Autobuses Hnos. Arriaga seen at Gare do Oriente, Lisboa, in August 2016. This coach with fleet number 255 is a Van Hool T918 Altano registered in 2010. It has an overall length of 46.1 ft and can accommodate 65 passengers (65+1+1). Based in Vitoria-Gasteiz , Autobuses Hermanos Arriaga, operates regular services, regular specialized services, and occasional services. Regular services include international connections in partnership with Eurolines. Here, we see this Van Hool T918 Altano on a splendid summer day, about to leave Lisboa with the regular international service to Paris. As a note of interest, the Van Hool T918 Altano designation denotes a touring coach ( T , T ouringcar ) of the 9-series ( 9 ), with a maximum of eighteen rows of seats ( 18 ). The name Altano is inspired on the Latin word altus , meaning high , and highlights one of the features of this coach, the generous height of its luggage compartment. The Van Hool T918 Altano is proposed with two e...

Coach operated by Autobuses Hnos. Arriaga seen at Gare do Oriente, Lisboa, in September 2019. This coach with fleet number 377 is a Setra S 417 GT-HD registered in 2006. It has an overall length of 46.1 ft and can accommodate 57 passengers (57+1+1). It features integral construction and uses the 315 kW (428 hp) Mercedes-Benz OM 457 LA engine. Based in Vitoria-Gasteiz , Autobuses Hermanos Arriaga operates regular services, regular specialized services, and occasional services. Regular services include international connections in partnership with Eurolines. Here, we see this Setra S 417 GT-HD in the regular international service Lisboa–Paris. The acronym Setra derives from " Selbsttragende " in reference to the self-supporting body, or " Selbsttragende Karosserie ", a concept applied by Otto Kässbohrer in bus manufacture. The first Setra, the S 8, presented in 1951, combines the self-supported body, comprising a tubular frame covered with sheet metal, with a dies...