Karosa B 941 is an articulated 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

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, in the years of 1997 to 2002. Modernised version, Karosa B941E, was introduced in the year 1999. In many towns they replaced

Ikarus 280 Ikarus 280 was an articulated bus produced by Hungarian bus manufacturer Ikarus from 1973 to 2002. It was succeeded by the Ikarus 435 in 1985. Construction features The Ikarus 280 is a model of the Ikarus 200 series. It is made of two rigid ...

made in

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. In production was succeeded by

Karosa B 961 Karosa B 961 is an articulated urban bus produced by bus manufacturer Karosa from the Czech Republic, in the years of 2002 to 2006. Modernised version, Karosa B 961E, was introduced in the year 2003. In many towns, they replaced Karosa B 741. It w ...

in 2002.

Construction features

Karosa B 941 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 941 is derived from its predecessor the

Karosa B 741 Karosa B 741 is an articulated urban bus produced by bus manufacturer Karosa from the Czech Republic, in the years of 1991 to 1997. In many towns they replaced Ikarus 280 made in Hungary. In production was succeeded by Karosa B 941 in 1997. Con ...

, and also unified with city bus models such as the B 931 and the B 932. It is made of two rigid sections linked by a pivoting joint. The 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. The engine drives only the third C axle, meaning that this articulated bus has a

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. The front axle is independent, the middle and rear axles are solid. All the axles are mounted on

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. On the right side are four doors (first and last are narrower than middle doors). Inside are used plastic Vogelsitze or Fainsa seats. The driver's cab is separated from the rest of the vehicle by a glazed partition. In the middle part and in the rear part is room for a pram or wheelchair. The prototype made in 1995 has an open design of turntable, but serial produced buses have an enclosed design of the turntable.

Production and operation

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of Karosa B941 was built in the year 1995, and is operated until now in

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under number 2336.
Serial production started in 1997 and production continued until 2001. Since 1999 were buses produced only in modernised version B941E, which has new solid front axle Škoda-LIAZ, floor lowered in front part by 10 centimeters, ABS and

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.
Between the years 1997 and 2001 was made 335 buses mainly for transport companies in

and

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.
Currently, number of Karosa B941/B941E buses is reduced, due to supply of new

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es, for example by

SOR NB 18 SOR NB18 is a low-floor articulated single-decker bus produced by bus manufacturer SOR from the Czech Republic since 2008. Since 2009 bus also comes with hybrid drive SOR NBH 18. In many towns they currently replace Karosa B 741 and Karosa B 94 ...

made in

and Iveco Urbanway 18m made in

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. Karosa B941,ev. číslo 6193, interiér.jpg, Interior of Karosa B 941 with Fainsa seats Interior of Karosa B 941E no. 6313, DP Praha.jpg, Interior of Karosa B 941E with Vogelsitze

Historical vehicles

*private collector (1 cars no.267, ex Transport Company Hradec Králové)

Construction features

Production and operation

Historical vehicles

See also