Bordeaux Mégabus

[@utterbullspit]

Thanks for this, now I know that Europe has been ahead of America for longer than I first thought

[@sylvanlawrenz]

Does anyone know if any of the Mégabuses survived - being kept in a museum or being preserved or something? Would really love to see one in person. These Renault buses were such fantastic machines, it still amazes me that 32 year later, Australia still have standards and normal artics of these running!

[@albertodillon]

Cela doit être impressionnant de conduire ce genre de bus en ville

[@TrainsOfSander]

Weird to see traffic on the Place de la Comédie and other street with are now turned into pedestrian areas.

[@alexpr100]

Merci pour ce document exceptionnel et d'une grande qualité! Je suis grand grand fan!!!!

[@guerinvirginie2690]

Waaaw ça m'appelle qd j'attendais le 7-8!! Et ce P'tit bruit de freinage!!ahah

[@Mario-pz9tu]

Belles archives du Renault Megabus de Bordeaux (avant 2003 et l'arrivée du tramway)

[@michaelludwig9724]

Now that I have an account, here, I just wanted to come back and say I was fascinated by this video. I hadn't known this type of bus existed before I found this in Dec. 2011. I believe the best part was watching it U-turn (from the 0:59 mark to the 1:17 mark).

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

Similar buses exist in several cities, Utrecht in Holland, Geneva & Zurich in Switzerland have some of the larger fleets in Europe, although other European cities also use them. Then there is Brazil, especially Curitiba.

[@Gigabus72]

Merci pour cette vidéo d'archive, superbe !

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

Thank you :-)

I was looking for this kind of video of my city. I was a baby at that time but I remember taking these buses to go to school. But I'm pretty sure they were in service until 2005 (january/february) especially lines 52 and 53 (later remplaced by lines 2 and 3)

[@collieultimo]

Trams are the better solution. In Hamburg for instance they found these "longer" busse unhandsome in narrow street situations or in very crowded areas.These busses showed a higher rate of being involved in accidents. That's why they need special trained drivers and in crowded areas the need an assisting driver. So it is more efficient to let run two 18m busses.

[@ulyssepapao4253]

mon dieu c le bordeaux de mon enfance , sale et grade mais les loyers etes les moins chers de france

[@mickaelbessou4073]

Que c'était bien avant

[@sergezerkalo7167]

@@mickaelbessou4073 parfaitement d'accord...

[@oliverlino3595]

Sale? Ça dépend où vous allier jais toujours vus cette ville très propre lol dans les années 80 javai de la famille à lormont

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

@MrDriverbus Merci. J'ai l'intention de modifier ce film un peu comme je l'ai trouvé quelques photos je dois ajouter. Autre videos tram et trolleybus en France? St Etienne et Grenoble (oui, trolleybus en Grenoble, mais seulement un peu).

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

@TrainsOfSander I know what you mean. I visited Bordeaux in 2006 and wish that I had taken some photographs of some of the places I filmed in 1992. I remember visiting Place de la Comédie, and seeing trams there.

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

@Lukaszwo Thanks. I am pleased you liked this film. But I plan to edit it a little as I have found some photographs I should add.

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

@Klingl3r [quote] 5 minute frequency is necessary because so many people use them and the promised new subway lines as tram replacement were never built.[/quote] This has happened in other cities as well

[@aurelien1538]

Pas une seule trottinette, pas un seul cyclopathe. On en viendrait presque à regretter cette époque...

[@aurelien1538]

vous me battez ! ça fait 30 ans que je circule à vélo, mais je m'arrête aux feux rouges et je ne roule pas sur les trottoirs 😂@@gtrddf

[@psychobus280]

Niezłe cacuszka, szkoda, że u nas nie jeżdzą takie sprzęty, takiego Jelcza mogli zrobić

[@Demorgh]

Le 7-8 quel plaie c'etait de prendre cette ligne bondé tout le temps

[@Lukaszwo]

Super video. Thank you very much.

[@arnaudchilin213]

Je crois qu'il y en a eu en essai à la RATP

[@alaindelage2202]

je l est conduit cet engin

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

@collieultimo For buses 24 mtrs is 'very long' whilst trams can be longer and no-one complains. In London we have 18 mtr articulated buses but so many people dislike them that they will soon be replaced with double deck buses. I think before Christmas this year (2011) Cyclists say that they are dangerous, whilst road users say that they are too big for London's roads and block traffic junctions.

[@mickabessou7268]

Garder ce que je documents il est précieux

[@Guirizar]

rear engine?

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

sorry, but I do not know

[@TouffmanJasonTGV]

yes its rear engined, notice the holes at the rear to cool the engine and also the noise coming there too

[@CitoyenFrancaisLiberal-ww7vi]

6 cylinders in line intercooler diesel rear engine (9,84 liters, Renault MIPR 06-20-45) 302 hp reduced to 285 hp and a 5 gear automatic gearbox ZF 5 HP 590.

[@laureanoarantesnetto8175]

Big bus Bordeaux uh la la

[@simonbellful]

Nel 2020 in Italy ancora col limite max di lunghezza a 18,75 mtr...

[@CB_87]

Ça devait être chaud à conduire!!

[@AkiraMidori]

D'après Wikipédia, la plupart des conducteurs disaient que ça ne diffère pas tant que ça comparé à un bus articulé classique.

[@jorgefigueroa4437]

80 FOOT LONG

[@CitoyenFrancaisLiberal-ww7vi]

24,38 meters = 89,99 feet.

[@jorgefigueroa4437]

@@CitoyenFrancaisLiberal-ww7vi Near 90ft long, amazing