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The ''' mainstream Bus intended for Public Transport . It features a Low Floor , making it more accessible for people with disabilities and people with young children or carrying heavy items.

Besides the normal version, there are two other versions available: An Articulated version (Citaro G), spanning 18 metres and a 15-metre Citaro L.

Apart from the usual diesel engines, the 12-metre and 18-metre versions of the Citaro are also available with a powerful Euro 4 natural gas engine rated at 185kW (for the rigid buses) or 240kW (for the articulated buses). These engines are also optionally available in EEV (Enhanced Environmentally-friendly Vehicles) versions.

The Citaro is highly customizable; transporters can determine their own seating plan, making the bus ideal for both city and interlocal transport.

However, when Transport For London ordered them in 2003-2004, four Citaros caught fire, luckily with no casualties besides the buses. In fact, one was burned on delivery, for reasons unexplained. Mercedes-Benz did, however, address the problem, though the buses were withdrawn for some time. Unfortunately, these buses were said to have marred the reputation of articulated buses in the United Kingdom , and some Londoners nicknamed them "Chariots of Fire".


HYDROGEN

Even though the standard Citaro is powered by Diesel , there is also a Hydrogen Fuel Cell -powered version. Several of these buses have been in service in a variety of different world cities in order to test the feasibility of hydrogen fuel cells in different operating circumstances and different conditions, especially weather conditions.


SPECIFICATIONS


O530 - normal version

From: Mercedes/EvoBus information sheets
  • Length: 11,95 M

  • Height: 3 M

  • Mass: 10938 Kg

  • Seating Capacity can vary between 28 and 40.

  • Power : 6374cc engines (OM 906 hLA): 231, 245 or 279hp (170, 180 or 205 kW); 11967cc engines (OM 457 hLA): 252, 299, or 354hp (185, 220 or 260kW); 11967cc CNG engines (M 447 hLAG): 252hp (185kW).



O530G - Articulated bus

Citaro G articulated bus]]

From: Mercedes/EvoBus information sheets
  • Length: 17,94 M

  • Height: 3 M

  • Mass: 28 tonnes.

  • Seating capacity: approx. 48 seats

  • Power: 6374cc engines (OM 906 hLA): 279hp (205kW); 11967cc engines (OM 457 hLA): 299 or 354hp (220 or 260kW); 11967cc CNG engines (M 447 hLAG): 326hp (240kW).



O530L - 15 metre bus

  • Length: 14,995 M

  • Height: 3 M

  • Mass: unknown

  • Seating capacity can vary between 42 and 46.

  • Power: 11967cc engines (OM 457 hLA): 299 or 354 horsepower (220 or 260 kW).



Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus (O530BZ)

Copied from http://www.dpi.wa.gov.au/fuelcells/technology.html:

  • Passenger capacity: 60 to 70 people (30 seats)

  • Net power of the

  • Range: 200 to 300 Km


  • Mass : approximately 15 tonnes

  • Maximum mass of hydrogen: approximately 44 Kg (1890 Litre s).

  • Hydrogen purity: 99.999%



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