Karosa C 956 is an intercity 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

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, in the years 2002 to 2006. In 2003 was introduced modernised version C 956 E.

Construction features

Karosa C 956 is model of

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 ...

. C 956 is unified with city bus models such as B 952 and B 961. 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. Body is semi-self-supporting with

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and

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with

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is placed in the rear part. Only rear axle is propulsed. Front and rear axles are solid. All axles are mounted on

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. On the right side are two doors. Inside are used cloth seats. Drivers cab is not separated from the rest of the vehicle. The front face of the vehicle, unlike the C 955 has modified slightly different plastic bumper with round lights. The rear face is identical to C 955. C 956 provides high, folding padded seat which are spaced 2 + 2 with the central aisle and placed on an elevated landing. The latest models of AXER have belts on all seats and three-point seatbelts. Previous versions had these extras menu option, the mandatory two-point belts fitted with only the front seats (and also the middle seat in the last row and double seats at the back door). According to customer requirements, the bus is equipped with either only heating or air conditioning, on-demand of customers may be placed inside coffee maker, TV with video or DVD player or refrigerator. The driver has a heated seat with three-point seat belt. The luggage compartment below the floor between the axles has a volume of 6.5 m³ (version 12M) or 7.65 m³ (version 12.8). The interesting thing is that the bus uses the entire front headlights originally developed in 1988 for BMW cars.

Production and operation

In 2002 started serial production, which continued until 2006. Model C 956 is a sort between the type of the intercity C 954 and luxury touring LC 956. It is designed for a long lines or shorter trips.

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Production and operation

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