Talk:O-Bahn

I do not know of another place in the world where a guided busway is labelled as an 'O-Bahn'. I believe that the 'O-Bahn' is a locally put-together term which is used to name the North-East Busway.

As a consequence, I believe that the page 'Adelaide O-Bahn' be moved back to 'O-Bahn'.


 * Let me quote this page from "Tramways & Urban Transit":


 * For many years, the Darmstadt tramway network was kept more-or-less intact, but a strong vision was lacking. Buses replaced trams on routes 5 and 6 in 1960 and 1970 respectively, to eliminate stub termini and provide service further into the suburbs. This zigzagging meant that 10 years of development potential was practically lost. For a while, it seemed as if Darmstadt would build O-Bahn lines, following the experiments at Essen. O-Bahn is a bus with lateral wheels that run within a concrete guideway. At Essen, the O-Bahn experiment, which ended in commercial failure, meant that several tram lines were sacrificed to make room for the newcomer. Fortunately, Darmstadt dropped this plan before it could materialise.


 * Clearly this is a common term, referring not only to Adelaide, but to many guided busways around the world. - Aaron Hill 11:40, Nov 8, 2004 (UTC)

I am going to merge this page with Guided bus, as I think that is probably more common, and is more obvious, and then turn this into a redirect page.--John 16:35, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)