Karosa B 952 is an urban bus produced by bus manufacturer
Karosa
Karosa ( cs, Továrna na Kočáry, Automobily, Rotory, Obráběcí stroje, Sekací stroje a Autobusy, en, Factory for carriages, cars, rotors, machine tools, cutting machines and buses) was a bus manufacturer in Vysoké Mýto in the Czech Republi ...
from the
Czech Republic
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, in the years of 2002 to 2006. Modernised version B952E was introduced in 2003.
Construction features
Karosa B 952 is a model of the
Karosa 900 series
Karosa 900 series is a collective term for several modifications of a bus which was produced by Czech company Karosa in the town Vysoké Mýto from 1994 to 2007. The basic models of this series are intercity bus Karosa C 934 and later produ ...
. The B 952 is unified with city bus models such as the
B 951 and the
B 961. The body was assembled to the skeleton, which has undergone a dip stage, sheets were galvanized and painted and then to have it installed additional components. The body is semi-self-supporting with
frame
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and
engine
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with
manual gearbox
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is placed in the rear part. The engine drives only the rear axle. The front and rear axles are solid. All the axles are mounted on
air suspension
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. On the right side are three doors (first are narrower than middle doors). Inside are used plastic Vogelsitze or Ster seats. The driver's cab is separated from the rest of the vehicle by a glazed partition. In the middle part is room for a pram or wheelchair.
Production and operation
In 2002 it started the serial production, which lasted until 2006. Since 2003 only modernized version, Karosa B 951 E was produced, which had glass glued to skeleton, instead of glass mounted in rubber and with a better ventilation of the engine compartment.
Historical vehicles
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See also
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