On Sun, 11 Jul 2004, Alistair McIndoe wrote:

"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
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On 9 Jul 2004, Dominic wrote:

Spyke wrote in message
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On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 17:49:53 +0100, Tom Anderson

wrote:

Why are bendy-buses not double-decker?

The Neoplan Jumbocruiser was an double deck articulated coach, which
was available in both 'tractor and trailer' and 'pusher' versions.

Good grief! This appears to have *three* decks:

http://www.rotel.de/rotel-tours/de/index.php

Although the bit that does is a trailer rather than a real back half, i
think.

I think it depends which photo you look at. Are they all different models?
The one at http://www.rotel.de/rotel-tours/gale...p?show=3&off=0
seems to be a one-piece (possibly non-bendy) triple decker. The one at
http://www.rotel.de/rotel-tours/gale...p?show=4&off=0 appears to be
a normal coach/bus with a triple-decker trailer.

Quite true. Sadly, as has been pointed out elsewhere, the decks in the
triple bit are only big enough for supine people (or midgets), and so
don't really count.

Is being able to walk between the halves what makes a bendy bus a bendy
bus, rather than a bus and a trailer?

Yes, i think so. Or at least substantial physical continuity between the
parts. But then you get into awkward cases like trains which have
logically separate carriages but which are built as a single physical rake
(or set, or whatever it's called).

And what's the difference between a bus and a coach?

To me, it's the seating layout, or rather the intention behind it. Coach
is to bus as A-stock (or mainline train) is to C-stock (or most other
underground trains) - designed for low-density long-haul trips, rather
than the kind of trips you actually make in cities.

tom

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