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Santiago de Compostela urban transport receives 5 units of MAN
15/02/2011
on February 15, 2011
On February 8, the square of the Obradoiro of Santiago de Compostela became stage for the presentation of the five new units MAN that are incorporated into the service of urban transport in the city, managed by Tussa. Five vehicles have been manufactured on continuous MAN A22 of low floor chassis, known as NL 283 F with emissions EEV certification, 280 CV engines and Hull City Versus of Castrosua. The main characteristic of this part of the fleet of Santiago is that it is has cut the traditional frame of 12 metres to be 10.8 meters, allowing vehicles to adapt better to the streets of the city. The overhangs have been maintained, so that what has been the wheelbase.
Even so, vehicles have 26 seats and capacity for 65 people standing, more space for the wheelchair.
The five new vehicles have been manufactured on continuous low floor MAN A22 chassis, have 26 seats and 65 seats of foot and a wheelchair.
The characteristics of the vehicles include the expansion of the angles of vision of the driver and the improvement of the driving post; improvements in the architecture and interior habitability; the systems approved for retention of wheelchairs, the locking system of the vehicle with doors open or the new system of Interior handles, and bars that allow greater flexibility in the movement of passengers inside the bus and provide greater convenience for users who travel from foot. In addition, buses incorporate new pilots of large size and fog lamps. All this adds up to the elements of active and passive safety which characterize urban buses from MAN, such as pneumatic brake system, with electronic regulation EBS, which integrates anti-lock braking ABS and system loss of ASR traction control systems. The suspension system with electronic regulation FFS, which integrates the functions of (Safety) and lifting/lowering kneeling is also remarkable.
With regard to the environmental rating, presented vehicles meet the EEV (Enhanced Environmentally Vehicles) regulations, which is anticontaminante more demanding in the market, more demanding than the existing regulations (Euro V), without additives (such as AdBlue).
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