A collection of De Lijn (and contractors) buses and trams in Antwerp taken in July 2006.

A selection of shots of the three operators providing Sightseeing Tours in Antwerp and Brussels. Visits were July 2006 and August 2009. Featured are former Berlin MANs, Volvo B7L / East Lancs and Volvo B9TL / Unvi.

A collection of STIB (or MIVB if you prefer) and De Lijn buses and trams in the Brussels area. Not surprisingly, there are a lot of Van Hools. The visits were July 2006 and November 2007.

A special service linking various museums operates and this operated by vintage buses, with examples from 1960 and 1973 when I sampled it.

Also noted were a First Aberdeen coach and what looked like an abandoned FLF.

A collection of buses and trams from Prague and the surrounding area, taken in February 2009.

Old Karosa buses still make up a significant part of the fleet, although Irisbus obviously feature with newer models along with the odd German heavyweight.

I was lucky enough to visit the site of the busbevarelse (historic bus) collection near Copenhagen in June 2009.

The collection is slowly growing and features a varied collection of Danish vehicles, including some brought back to the country from Estonia and Poland!!

The website for the collection is www.busbevarelse.dk

A selection of photos from the Greater Copenhagen area (HUR Trafik) taken in March and June 2005 and August 2006.

These include City Trafik, several smaller concerns as well as Arriva and Connex.

Another collection of photos from Copenhagen, this time covering various trips in March 2007 and also May and November 2008.

Although Arriva purchased the operations of Veolia, they have suffered quite heavy contract losses since to both existing and new operators such as Concordia Bus.

A feature of this collection is the ferries operated by Arriva.

A couple of visits to the Greater Copenhagen area in June and November 2009.

Arriva continue to replace the DABs as required under the contract conditions inherited from Veolia. Both Scania Omnilink and Volvo B7RLE are entering service. Another chunk of DABs will go when Arriva loose several large contracts in December 2009 so they are on borrowed time.

Also in the Arriva fleet are 11 electric minibuses for a new City Loop service around Copenhagen City Centre.

A collection of photos of the Sightseeing fleet of Auto Paaske, Copenhagen taken in during various visits between 2005 and 2009. With the exception of the abandoned Fleetline, all are ex Berlin MAN SD200.

A collection of photos from the Fyns AMT area, which is one of the smaller Danish Transport Authorities. Visited in August 2006.

Most regional buses are provided by Arriva, with the citybuses in Odense provide by the Local Authority owned undertaking.

An updated collection for Fyn following a visit in May 2008. Fyn Bus have introduced a new image since my last visit.

A November 2009 visit to Fyn, covering locations such as Odense, Middelfart, Svendborg and Nyborg.

The local services in Odense are now in the hands of Tide Bus and the new Fynbus image is quite widespread.

A collection of photos from the new Midttrafik area taken during visits in May 2007 and February/May 2008.

The area includes Århus, Randers and Silkeborg. Between my visits Veolia Danmark won many contracts from Wulff Bus (owned by Arriva) but was then itself acquired by Arriva so they now have a large presence in the area. However, true to form Arriva started to loose tenders to other operators. As such some vehicles may appear in this collection more than once with different operators or different fleetnumbers within Arriva.

At Århus Sporveje a large number of Solaris have been obtained to satisfy new contracts which sadly means the DABs have now gone.

A couple of visits to the Midttrafik area in June and November 2009. Locations included are Århus, Randers, Silkeborg, Skanderborg, Viborg, Skive, Holtebro and Herning.

Arriva operate across the area, having gained most of the Midttrafik operations originally through the purchase of Wulff Bus, but again after they had lost all the contracts through their purchase of Veolia.

Many other operators also feature and there are still older vehicles operating, particularly in the west of the region.

A collection from the North Jutland (NT - Nordjylland Trafikselskab) region visited in June 2005.

Result in this section was finding the Svend E Sørensen Leyland-DAB in service, covering for the usual B10M. Very nice machine with TL11 engine and semi-auto gearbox.

Arriva, Connex and City Trafik all operate in the town of Aalborg.

A further collection from the North Jutland (NT - Nordjylland Trafikselskab) region following a second visit in May 2008.

A visit to the newly created Sydtrafik area in May 2007.

This covers part of the area previously administered by Vejle amts and Ribe amts amongst others.

A collection featuring a November 2009 visit to the Sydtrafik area, covering towns such as Esbjerg, Fredericia, Kolding and Vejle.

Sydtrafik is a recently created traffic area, so the corporate image is not yet widespread, allowing buses to be seen in old liveries.

Arriva have lost the Esbjerg contract since my last visit and continue to use the Wulff Bus name in Vejle rather than their own.

Esbjerg station was closed for track remodelling whilst I was there, so there were rail replacement services operating. DSB hired in top end coaches to cover their services, Arriva hired in old Leyland and DAB service buses up to 28 years old. . . .

A collection of photos taken in August 2006 from the Vejle traffic area.

A selection of photos of different operators from the Århus area (Århus AMT) taken in June 2005 and August 2006.

Århus Sporveje is one of only two Local Govt. owned bus companies in Denmark and this is certainly apparent in the image of the company and the rather strange current vehicle purchasing policy!

A small collection from two brief visits in January and December 2008.

Captured are some of the new Volvo B12B / Jonckheere and Mercedes Citaro with First Aircoach as well as new Volvo B9TL / Wright with Bus Átha Cliath.

A collection of open top photos from Dublin in January and December 2008.

A collection of the varied scene in the coastal city of Pärnu, taken in March 2009.

As with the majority of buses in Estonia, second hand purchases from Northern Europe feature quite heavily.

A collection of various operators in Tallinn, the main one being TAK. Most of the buses here are imports from Denmark, Finland, Holland, Norway and Sweden.

There are also Skoda trollybuses and a few trams and not forgetting the buses that pull passenger trailers.

The visit was in March 2009.

Tartu is the second biggest city in Estonia and again the city fleet is made of of second hand purchases from Denmark, Finland, Holland, Norway and Sweden although there are new buses in the region.

A wintery March 2009 is when the visit took place.

A collection featuring a visit to Helsinki in March 2009.

The varied bus scene in and around Helsinki is quite varied with several companies operating in their own liveries.

A collection of buses from the Île-de-France (greater Paris) area taken in August 2005.

Noteable are a number of RATP vehicles that have now received 'normal' registrations replacing their RATP ones.

There are two operators of open top tours in Paris.

L'Open Tour have a fleet of 12 Volvo B10M / East Lancs and 16 Neoplan N4426.

Les Cars Rouges operate 14 Volvo B10M / East Lancs and 11 Volvo B7L / East Lancs.

Photos taken in August 2005.

A collection of photos from Berlin taken in May 2006, May and September 2007. Most are of the main operator BVG, but there are a small number of private operators who provide services on behalf of BVG.

BVG operate around 400 MAN double deckers, the oldest of which date from 1987. After a gap of 10 years, they are once again buying double decks with 207 new Lion's City double decks now in service and another 103 expected.

The local museum (www.traditionsbus.de) are involved in the operation of route 218, with one bus allocated each day. I found two different vehicles used which was pretty good going. The route is also very picturesque, well worth a ride.

Another collection from Berlin covering visits in September 2008 and October 2009.

A couple of visits beyond Berlin into Brandenburg feature, including trollybuses in Eberswalde as well as a couple of Optare Solos.

The MAN SD202 is due for retirement from BVG in November 2009, so my latest visit was my last opportunity to see them.

A collection featuring the Sightseeing buses of Berlin and Potsdam, taken between 2006 and 2009.

Some of the weather was most not open-top friendly.

A few odds and sods from a visit to the yard of Berlin City Tour in September 2008. There are various buses there, with BCT carrying out lots of outside work.

Amongst them was a Routemaster, a Lodekka and the first Scania Omnicity double deck which is not likely to come to the UK!!

On Saturday 12th May 2007, the 5th annual historic vehicle running day was held in Berlin when Traditionsbus Berlin fielded 15 vintage buses onto route M45 between Berlin (Zoo) and Spandau (Johannesstift). These operated normal departures on which normal VBB tickets were required. BVG provided less buses than normal, but did provide varity from the usual bendis with a Citaro L and showing the future with a hydrogen powered MAN NL343.

Ten buses are owned by traditionsbus, with 5 visitors. Other buses, not licenced for carrying passengers, also shadowed the route.

Buses displayed route numbers 54, 54E and AS1 as these had been the route number for trams and buses on this line until 1991, when the route became the 145. In 2006 the route became part of the Metrobus high frequency network and was re-numbered M45.

Despite the sometimes torrential rain, this was a very enjoyable event.

This years event took take place on 10th October based in the district of Kurfürstendamm operating as additional buses on BVG bus lines M19, M29, M46 and 249.

The theme was 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall and included several guest appearances of historic buses from other parts of Germany. This was to replicate the situation in 1989 when a huge upsurge in passengers required BVG to hire buses in to meet demand.

In total 27 additional buses were in operation on standard BVG bus lines - a fantastic achievement for an enthusiasts group.

A collection of photos covering various historic events in Berlin over the weekend 13th/14th September 2008.

Traditionsbus had their annual running event over both days and this was tied in with the 700th Anniversary celebrations of the district of Heiligensee. Traditionsbus operated scheduled extras on services 124, 133 and 324, in some cases trippling the regular service to carry visitors to the event. There was also a newly restored former Berlin tram on display at the former tram depot in Heiligensee.

On Sunday 14th BVG operated a vintage underground train between Tegel and Wedding connected with this event.

Also on Sunday 14th, the Technical Museum storage facility was open and the shuttle service was provided by historic buses, including a former Southend PD3!!

A collection of photos from various fleets that operate in the Greater Hamburg (HVV) area taken in Spring 2006. Not surprising, but Mercedes Benz products feature quite heavily!!

How many operators doing Sightseeing in Hamburg?

Not many open roofs, or indeed passengers. Hopefully things are better in the summer. Visits were in the Spring of 2006.

Codes for the operators are as follows:
BG = Bus Georges
HCT = Hamburg City Tour
HCV = Hamburg City Vision
HH = Hamburger Hummelbahn
HT = Hamburg Tour
SRH = Stadtrundfahrt im Hamburg

A day trip to Hannover in April 2006.

The main city services are operated by Ûstra, most of whose fleet appears to be made up of these rather stylish Mercedes Benz Citaro. This version probably wouldn't go amiss as being the standard version!

Regio Bus and a few other smaller ops feature on country services.

A collection from a brief weekend visit in January 2009 to the Rhein-Ruhr region covering such towns as Essen, Wuppertal and Solingen and well as other small towns in the area.

There are trollybuses in Solingen and the monorail at Wuppertal also gets a look in.

A few photos from a visit in March 2009 to the Rhein-Sieg region, which includes Bonn, Cologne and Troisdorf.

A few shots from Stuttgart and the surrounding area taken during a brief visit in January 2009.

Included are trollybuses in Esslingen and four axle Mercedes Benz Citaro Capacity in Stuttgart.

A couple of shots from the town of Trier taken in August 2008.

There are two buses on Trier Sightseeing supplied by Luxembourg operators.

The visit was August 2008.

This is a collection of buses used on service work within Gibraltar seen in April 2005 and December 2008.

Calypso Transport operate route 10. Gibraltar Bus Co operate routes 2, 3, 4 and 9. The Toyota Hiace are for route 2, which serves some very narrow streets in the Old Town.

Discovery Bay is located on Lantau Island and does not permit private cars into the development. Accordingly, it operates several services connecting the residential areas with the ferry pier, airport and rail stations.

Pictures were taken in January/February 2006 and November 2007.

A collection of photos featuring Hongkong Tramways, which is now 50% owned by Veolia.

Photos taken in January/February 2006 and November 2007.

A collection containing buses operated by the Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation {KCRC}, which has since been taken over by the MTR.

The visits were January/February 2006 and November 2007.

KMB is the biggest operator and also operates services through other subsiduaries such as Long Win and Park Island.

Photos taken in January/February 2006 and November 2007.

A collection of photos of odds and sods that don't fit into any of the other HK collections. Included are an odd Dennis Dart with Argos as well as former Clydeside Dominators, the only MAN double deck with a non-franchise operator and lots and lots of coaches.

Visits were January/February 2006 and November 2007.

A collection of photos from the Citybus and New World First Bus fleets which make up New World Services.

Photos from January/February 2006 and November 2007.

A collection of photos showing the interesting fleet of NLB which operates services on Lantau Island.

Photos taken in January/February 2006 and November 2007.

A collection made up of vehicles that are part of the Hyfleet:CUTE project.

The European Commission allocated 18.5€ million to the CUTE (Clean Urban Transport for Europe) demonstration project to support 9 European cities in introducing hydrogen into their public transport system : Amsterdam (Netherlands), Barcelona (Spain), Hamburg (Germany), London (United Kingdom), Luxembourg, Madrid (Spain), Porto (Portugal), Stockholm (Sweden) and Stuttgart (Germany). Reykjavik (Iceland) is also taking part in the project, but as part of the ECTOS project.

30 fuel-cell powered buses (3 for each city), running on locally produced and refilled hydrogen, should prove that zero emission public transport is possible today.

See www.fuel-cell-bus-club.com for more information.

The European experiment was originally for two years, but continued for an additional year as HyFLEET:CUTE without Porto, Stockholm or Stuttgart. The Stockholm and Stuttgart vehicles passed to Hamburg.

Perth (Australia) and Beijing (China) are also conducting separate trials with three Fuel Cell Citaros each.

During 2006, MAN joined the HyFLEET:CUTE project with the delivery of 4 hydrogen fuelled NL343 buses to BVG, Berlin, with 10 more to follow.

See www.global-hydrogen-bus-platform.com

The one year extension of the original project has now ended but Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Hamburg and London are commited to continuing research into hydrogen / fuel cell technology. Amsterdam and Hamburg continue to operate their Citaros.

Thanks go to all the people in many countries that are connected to this project who have assisted me in compiling this collection.

A selection of shots of service buses from the Greater Reykjavik area taken during 3 visits in August 2005, July 2006 and a more recent visit in April 2007.

Some vehicles may appear more than once if they have changed hands!!

A collection of other odds and sods from Reykjavik and surrounding area taken in August 2005 and July 2006. Also includes some non-psvs.

Not quite sure why a French registered Bova was my coach to take me to the airport though!

Photos of the Sightseeing operation provided in Luxembourg by Sales Lentz and Voyages Emile Weber.

Vehicles inculde ex Berlin MANs, East Lancs bodied B7Ls, an Unvi bodied Irisbus and Dotto trains!

Visits were at various times between 2005 and 2009.

A collection of photos taken in 2005/6 of the surprisingly varied bus scene in Luxembourg where many operators are contracted to provide bus services.

Contracts for bus services are split into two types. Those within the city of Luxembourg require operators to livery their vehicles in VDL colours. On services that leave the city, operators apply their own liveries.

Another collection showing some changes to the colourful bus scene in Luxembourg.

Photos from visits in June/August 2008 and August 2009.

Photos from a February 2006 visit to Macau, where there are two public bus operators.

Transmac have several European vehicles such as Darts, MANs and Plaxton bodied Varios. TCM prefer Japense and Chinese models. Both have a large number of minibuses.

A collection of photos from 2005 visits to Amsterdam.

There are buses and trams of the main operator GVB along with Connexxion and Arriva who work into the city.

A collection featuring the buses and trams of Amsterdam from visits in May and October 2008.

At the end of the collection is an odd AEC.

A collection from visits to Dordrecht and Rivierland during 2005.

The main operators are Arriva and SVD.

A few photos from a July 2009 visit to the Dordrecht and Rivierland areas.

The main operator is Arriva and featured is a vintage bus that Arriva hires in during the summer for use in Dordrecht.

A small collection of buses and trollybuses from the Duurstede region and Arnhem from visits during 2005.

A collection featuring visits to the Brabant region during 2005. The main locations being Breda, Roosendaal, Tilburg and s-Hertogenbosch as well as Eindhoven.

The main operator is BBA-Connex with Hermes looking after Eindhoven city services.

A collection of photos covering Brabant with towns such as Eindhoven, s'Hertogenbosch, Breda and Tilburg, taken in July 2009.

The majority of buses in north/west Brabant carry red/off-white livery, regardless of operator. A livery so good that someone from National Express thought it would look good in Birmingham and Dundee!!

Photos from Groningen-Drenthe and Fryslân where Arriva are the main operator from visits during 2005.

Noordned was owned by Arriva and is now being intergrated into the main Arriva operation.

A collection of photos from Haarlem taken in May and October 2008.

Connexxion operate the Zuidtangent and other services in Haarlem.

A collection from a July 2009 visit to the Limburg region which includes Maastricht.

Services are operated by Veolia but a few other companies cross the border from Germany and Belgium.

A small collection of photos from Rotterdam, featuring the main operator RET as well as Connexxion and Arriva who work into the city.

Photos are from visits during 2005.

A few shots of buses and trams in The Hague from visits in 2005.

The local operator is HTM with a Connexxion presence.

A few photos from visits to Utrecht during 2005.

The main operator is GVU although Connexxion, BBA-Connex and Arriva also feature. The star vehicles have got to be the Van Hool newAGG300 double bendi buses.

A few photos from a very brief visit to Utrecht in July 2009.

Connexxion is the principal operator here, both directly and through its GVU subsiduary.

A collection from the Veluwe region and Zwole, taken during visits in 2005.

BBA-Connex had recently taken over operation of most services around Apeldorn.

A collection of photos from the Waterland area taken in May and October 2008.

Arriva hold the Waterland concession, for which they have around 130 vehicles. Other operators also provide services under contract.

At the end of the collection are a few vintage vehicles, including some imported from the UK.

A collection from visits to Bergen in November 2007 and with much improved weather in July 2008.

Most services are operated by Tide Buss, which is a merger of Gaia Buss and HSD Buss, although some vehicles are in the livery from an earlier merger in 1998!!!

A collection of buses and trams in Oslo following visits in March and September 2008. There has been quite a transformation of the fleets in the last 12 months.

Another Singapore collection with shots from July 2004 and February 2006 which covers the odds and sods. Included are Sentosa and Hippo Tours.

A selection of photos of the SBST fleet from visits in July 2004 and February 2006.

Photos of the SMRT and associated fleets from July 2004 and February 2006. SMRT is the successor to TIBS and some vehicles still retained this identity in February 2006.

A small number of shots from a couple of hours in La Linea, San Roque and Algerciras taken in December 2008.

A collection of various buses on local bus services in the Barcelona area from 2005/6.

Open toppers from Barcelona, which includes Barcelona Tour {Julia} Tridents and TMB MANs.

There are also single deck opentops in the TMB fleet but unfortunately I didn't see them!!!!

Photos are from 2005/6.

A collection of various buses on local bus services in the Madrid area taken in 2005/6.

Included are Darts with Autobuses Prisei.

A few shots from a brief visit to Madrid in December 2008.

Autobuses Prisei have seen the light and started replacing Darts with Mercedes, whilst citybuses are going from red to blue. There are also some trams now.

A selection of Madrid Vision {Julia} Trident 2s used on Sightseeing services taken in 2005/6.

This collection captures the vehicles in the Jönköpings Länstrafik area.

The biggest operator is Arriva, but there are several smaller operators, some of which only have one bus contracted.

These pictures are from a visit in August 2007.

A selection of shots from the Skånetrafikinen area from visitis during 2005 and 2006. Vehicles operating Stadsbuss (local) services are green whilst Regionbuss vehicles are yellow.

Included are some shots of the Landskrona trollybuses.

A selection of shots from the Skånetrafikinen area from visits during 2007 and 2008. There has been considerable fleet renewal since the earlier visits.

Included are some shots of the Landskrona trollybuses.

Various shots of local buses and trams of the three companies that operate in the Stockholm County region taken in 2005 and 2006.

The most recent vehicles are Volvo B9SA, which have got to be the biggest waste of space I have come across as a bus!

Another collection from Stockholm, taken in during various visits in 2007 and 2008. One visit was January and as this is the middle of winter, many shots were taken in the dark.

Of particular interest (well, to some anyway) are shots of two preserved SL Atlanteans, one of which operates a shuttle service between the museum and Slussen Tunnelbana station.

There are also buses from Oslo operating in Stockholm on Underground replacement services.

Back to Stockholm in April 2009 and Arriva are now operating under contract to SL.

It doesn't seem to have taken long for things to be converted to the "Arriva way" with buses displaying paper in the window instead of a destination display, branded vehicles on the wrong route, vehicle shortages etc, etc. Still, it is only a 5 year contract . . . . Also note that the livery of vehicles Arriva has drafted in is incorrect and some have Arriva fleetnames which is not permissable, although many others have had them (roughly) removed. They have also been very slow at fitting new fleetnumbers to the acquired fleet.

The Atlantean is still running on the museum shuttle and the vintage trams were out in force.

Busslink have introduced 30 x 13,7m MAN NL313 onto Stockholm city services, which are great buses. Unfortunately this means that MaxCis, for so long the backbone of the city fleet, are moving elsewhere.

A collection of photos taken during a visit to a Bus Dealer on the outskirts of Stockholm in October 2007. Quite a varied collection and nothing looked as if it needed welding before onward movement!!!

As with many other cities, Stockholm Sightseeing buses were former Berlin SD200s. These shots are from June 2008.

These were replaced in 2009 by Ayats Bravo, some of which were captured in June 2009.

A collection from the Sörmlands LänsTrafiken area, including the towns of Nyköping, Katrineholm and Eskilstuna. Photos taken in January 2007 and April 2008.

A selection of vehicles from the varied fleet in Uppsala taken in June and December 2005.

A collection of photos taken during a 2005 visit to the town of Västerås. The vehicles have a very 'corporation' feel to them.!

A collection of photos taken during two 2008 visits to the Västmanlands region.

A selection of buses and trams operating in the Västtrafik region, the main centre of which is Göteborg. This visit took place in June 2005.

The main operator is Göteborgs Spårvägar, but several smaller concerns also feature.

Another selection of buses and trams operating in the Västtrafik region, but getting a bit further from Göteborg on this summer 2007 visit.

There are a few B9SA (silly buses) but including some that are 24m double artics - hellfire!!!

A small collection from the Örebro Län (LänsTrafiken) area taken in April 2008.

A collection from the ÖstgötaTrafiken area in southern Sweden which includes towns such as Norrköping and Linköping. The visits were in August 2007 and April 2008.

The main operator is Veolia, with several smaller operators also featuring. Double deck coaches operate on express services between Norrköping and Linköping.

Citybuses are in the red based livery, regional buses in the white. Trams in Norrköping retain traditional colours.

A collections of buses, trollybuses and trams seen on a brief Novermber 2008 visit to Zurich.

A collection of former HK buses now living in the UK, some of which were taken at Ensign.

Also in there are some new deckers on their way to HK.

A few shots taken around Marble Arch and Victoria between 2300-2400 on 1st February before the buses stopped.

A selection of open top vehicles from around the UK.

Including some shots of brand new Volvo / Ayats for Bath, taken in Barcelona.

A few shots of the premier Swedish import, the Scania Omnicity. This collection deals with Omnicity rigid single decks. Please see other collections for double decks, artics and the Omnilink.

A collection dedicated to the small number of articulated Omnicity in the UK.

A collection dedicated to the Omnicity double deck, now appearing in various locations around the UK.

A collection dedicated to Scania Omnilink operating in the UK.

A few shots taken at Dubai airport in July 2004 as I had a few minutes whilst changing planes!

A very small collection of train photos from my European travels.