Karosa B 732 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 Republ ...

from the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

, in the years 1983 to 1997. It was succeeded by

Karosa B 932 Karosa B 932 is an urban bus produced by bus manufacturer Karosa from the Czech Republic, in the years of 1996 to 2002. Modernised version B932E was introduced in 1999. It was succeeded by Karosa B 952 in 2002. Construction features Karosa B 93 ...

in 1997.

Construction features

Karosa B 732 is a variant of the Karosa 700 series. The B 732 is derived from the Karosa B 731 city bus, and also unified with city bus model B 741 and with intercity bus C 734. The body is semi-self-supporting with frame and engine with

manual gearbox A manual transmission (MT), also known as manual gearbox, standard transmission (in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States), or stick shift (in the United States), is a multi-speed motor vehicle transmission system, where gear change ...

in the rear part. The engine drives only the rear axle. The front axle is independent, rear axle is solid. All axles are mounted on

Air suspension Air suspension is a type of vehicle suspension powered by an electric or engine-driven air pump or compressor. This compressor pumps the air into a flexible bellows, usually made from textile-reinforced rubber. Unlike hydropneumatic suspension, ...

. On the right side are three doors (first are narrower than middle doors). Inside are used leatherette seats, plastic Vogelsitze or Fainsa seats. The driver's cab is separated from the rest of the vehicle by a glazed partition. In the middle, or in the rear part is room for a pram or wheelchair.

Production and operation

In the year 1983 started serial production, which continued until 1997. These buses were operated mostly in

and

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the ...

. Currently, number of Karosa B732 buses is decreasing, due to supply of new

Low-floor bus A low-floor bus is a bus or trolleybus that has no steps between the ground and the floor of the bus at one or more entrances, and low floor for part or all of the passenger cabin. A bus with a partial low floor may also be referred to as a low ...

es.
Last Karosa B732 in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

was retired on 19 April 2013.
Last Karosa B732 in

Plzeň Plzeň (; German and English: Pilsen, in German ) is a city in the Czech Republic. About west of Prague in western Bohemia, it is the fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 169,000 inhabitants. The city is known worldwid ...

was retired in May 2014.
Last Karosa B732 in

Brno Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic ...

was retired in August 2015.

Chollima-973

A number of Karosa B732 in Pyongyang were converted to trolleybuses. At least 14 were built, but only 8 trolleybuses remain in service.

Construction features

Production and operation

Chollima-973

References

See also