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Working on Lemmental's line 456 with KamaBus's 2003-2005 Mercedes-Benz Integro O 550 L Euro 3 #2550 (part of the 2400-2699 series, albeit with a variation on spec). This is a travelogue of the Neu-Weiberg-bound route.

First, we leave the ZOB (main bus terminal), and heading towards the main areas of Lemmental. Here, the Violet Arrow awaits for turning into the central areas including the Kreiskrankenhaus e Altes Rathaus.

The first stop of high importance is Lemmental's Hauptbahnhof, i.e, the main station, the heart of KamaBus Lemmental's main operations.

Now, we left the Hauptbahnhof for areas further from the centre. This time, after going through a tunnel, and additional kilometres of increasingly suburban areas, we are approaching another station: Bahnhof West (the second station served by this line).

With this railroad station and the Evangelischer Krankenhaus out of the way, this bus goes through the enclaved suburb of Kultgen, before going to the edge of Lemmental (and Gewerbegebiet Müngersthal). Done good with a 15 metre bus.

Now, #2550 is about to turn to a road that will bring the bus to outside of the combined suburb of Lemmental and Gewerbegebiet Müngersthal, towards areas including Frankenwald.

With Frankenwald behind, #2550 now heads towards Neu-Frankenwald, Hohnscheid, and then to the terminus of Neu-Weiberg. The ZF Ecomat II automatic transmission handles this segment well.

After all of these, our journey reached the end of the line at Neu-Weiberg. 35 minutes after the departure from Lemmental's ZOB. This bus will then do the ZOB-bound segment of this line (not shown here).

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Mercedes-Benz O 550 L Integro, Euro 3 (from DLC Thüringer Wald and using DerErzbusFahrer's Integro L mod) | Lemmental v3.0.8, line 456 (private mod: KamaBus MAN ÜL as AIs) | KamaBus 550L-50P22 (test, not for release, but to test setvars)

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In the same day as #2550, there was another bus on the road, but not of the same kind: A 1999 Setra S 319 UL was also doing the route. It was the reserve unit of the Special Fleet Command (SFC) number #11900! Here is a full travelogue, somewhat similar yet somewhat different, since the route here was the ZOB-bound 456 of Lemmental.

First, we start at Neu-Weiberg, where #2550 ended the journey (although it did the return trip, it wasn't documented). Thank you for picking KamaBus-RVL for your journey once again!

Now, off to Frankenberg, not before getting into Hohnscheid. The bus, with the same ZF automatic transmission, handled the speeds of the road quite well, despite hitches from my part.

Now, still before getting into Frankenwald, It gets into Neu-Frankenwald, and the 15m Setra manages to get through, with some more passengers. The Violet Arrow livery imposes its presence on the village.

Now, returning to Lemmental's Gewerbegebiet Müngersthal industrial suburb, this bus is drawing close to a major railroad crossing, where has also a bus stop nearby.

#11900 is shown here approaching that phase.

With the industrial suburb of Gewerbegebiet Müngersthal behind, as well the enclaved suburb of Kultgen, the bus is heading towards the rest of the stops in this section.

One of them, is of course, the same Bahnhof West that we got with #2550, but here, is visible the entire structure of the railroad station itself.

Afterwards, goes all through the sections explored with #2550, including Leibnitzplatz and Hauptbahnhof. Here is #11900 dropping off passengers at Leibinitzplatz, close to the end of our journey.

We reached the end of the line, and of our journey at Lemmental's ZOB, after also 35 minutes, and after crossing the Hauptbahnhof and Altes Rathaus. Thank you for your interest!

Working on Lemmental's line 456 with KamaBus's 2003-2005 Mercedes-Benz Integro O 550 L Euro 3 #2550 (part of the 2400-2699 series, albeit with a variation on spec). This is a travelogue of the Neu-Weiberg-bound route.

First, we leave the ZOB (main bus terminal), and heading towards the main areas of Lemmental. Here, the Violet Arrow awaits for turning into the central areas including the Kreiskrankenhaus e Altes Rathaus.

The first stop of high importance is Lemmental's Hauptbahnhof, i.e, the main station, the heart of KamaBus Lemmental's main operations.

Now, we left the Hauptbahnhof for areas further from the centre. This time, after going through a tunnel, and additional kilometres of increasingly suburban areas, we are approaching another station: Bahnhof West (the second station served by this line).

With this railroad station and the Evangelischer Krankenhaus out of the way, this bus goes through the enclaved suburb of Kultgen, before going to the edge of Lemmental (and Gewerbegebiet Müngersthal). Done good with a 15 metre bus.

Now, #2550 is about to turn to a road that will bring the bus to outside of the combined suburb of Lemmental and Gewerbegebiet Müngersthal, towards areas including Frankenwald.

With Frankenwald behind, #2550 now heads towards Neu-Frankenwald, Hohnscheid, and then to the terminus of Neu-Weiberg. The ZF Ecomat II automatic transmission handles this segment well.

After all of these, our journey reached the end of the line at Neu-Weiberg. 35 minutes after the departure from Lemmental's ZOB. This bus will then do the ZOB-bound segment of this line (not shown here).

KamaBus's 2023-2024 MAN Lion's Intercity LE 13m (numbered 4400-4509) are the first of a vast batch of MAN Lion's Intercity buses ordered by the enterprise in 2021, replacing older units (later MB O 307s and earlier O 407s). One of them, the first unit #4400, operated on Juligen's line 223.

A day in Steinkirchen's line 13 (Northbound) running by KamaBus's newest 14-metre bus, the 2012-2013 Setra S 417 UL #2200 (part of the 2200-2309 series). What I can say is that you need to be used to the manual transmission!

The first of the Coach Class of KamaBus's Special Fleet Command (where all 1xxxx reserve units also came from). Their first unit, 17600, is a Mercedes-Benz O 303 of 1987. Caught operating the line R98, from Borndorf to Fernsehturm.

A good day to drive with another of the MTB Boa Viagem's 15 metre units: The 2002 Mercedes-Benz Citaro LÜ Euro 3, on the line 9372 (from Vila Franca to Almeirim and back). The bus chosen was #7901 (reg. 66-26-TE)

First, after leaving the terminus of Vila Franca, the bus heads towards Afonsos and São Carlos de Oguri.

Now, at the loop of SCO, the bus manages to leave it in both directions nicely.

After Afonsos, SCO e Mecha do Ribatejo, it is time for going to Porto Alto. This implies crossing the bridge that crosses between Lisbon and Santarém districts.

Porto Alto, Castanheira and Salvaterra went through. But time for going to Alvito, where the bus also makes a stop.

After Brás do Canavial and Almeirim, the northbound trip was complete. 44 minutes in total. Now, moving southbound back to Vila Franca... And the first stop (after picking up passengers in the terminus) is the Almeirim Theatre.

The route went down to the Estabelecimento Prisional de Almeirim, Brás do Canavial and Alvito, and then went on to Salvaterra. First the Hospital, then the train station (albeit not shown here, with the Parque da Vila shown instead).

Then, the route headed all the way to Porto Alto again (after Castanheira), to drop off some passengers (and pick-up others). The bus heads back towards the Lisbon district.

And with Mecha do Ribatejo, SCO and Afonsos off the way in this southbound run, the bus moves to the depot after finishing the run and dropping off all passengers in Vila Franca. The southbound run also took 44 minutes.

A new bus in town, powered by CNG. This is MTB Boa Viagem's 2002 MAN NL 363-15, running on the line 9372, from Vila Franca to Almeirim and back. The run was performed by bus number 7800 (reg. 73-80-TB).

The new line 9371, still from Boa Viagem to Vila Franca, albeit with new stops: EN113-1 - Entreposto Agrícola, Mostral and Quinta do Reguengo, serving rural communities and workers in those rural areas. The 2000 Mercedes-Benz O 550 Integro of MTB Boa Viagem SA (number #5401, an Euro 2 model, reg. 55-60-PA).

Boa Viagem's MAN SÜ 242 is one of the wonders of the company. Still running fine, here demonstrated on Ettbruck's line 4124.

Possibly the last run of the line 9371 before major changes are implemented (some have already implemented). With a 2001 Setra S 315 NF Euro 3 with advertising to the Monsaraz wines (MTB Boa Viagem number #6106, reg 28-91-RM).

KamaBus's fleet is vast, although these are their first non-German buses. I'm talking about the 2020-2022 Iveco Crossway LE type Schnellbus, 8750-8899 series. #8750, the first of the 150 strong units, was observed working on the line I51 (as 7151) from Reissedorf to Krummenaab and back.

KamaBus #2821 (a 2003 Setra S 317 UL Euro 3, part of the 2800-2899 series), in the traditional KamaBus "Violet Arrow Waves" livery, exploring the other big line of Lemmental: the 455, from the ZOB to Hoheneck and back.

Talking about massive heavyweights on long routes, KamaBus's new #5603 (a 2023 MAN Lion's City 19 EfficientHybrid, part of the 5603-5719 series) has finally hit the road, on Freyfurt's line 383. The 5600 series is the longest vehicle to ever be inducted to the KamaBus fleet.

KamaBus's 4900-4949 series is their first series of all-electric buses of KamaBus. Their livery and their ElectricBus logos makes this Caetano e.CityGold unique. One example is #4900, here operating on Rheinhausen's line 41.

KamaBus's Setra S 317 UL Euro 3 (2800-2899, here with #2800, a 2003 model) has done a round trip on Lemmental's line 451. A classic run by a classic.

Down from Bad Karlstein it goes, on the line 8522 towards Kriach, in a Mercedes-Benz O 307. But this is no ordinary O 307. It is from Rodoviária do Alentejo (in a back-in-time special to 1979).

Everything has gone haywire on the line 9372 from Almeirim to Vila Franca. Or not. This 1980 Mercedes-Benz O 307 (numbered #5100, reg. MP-70-82) is here inverting near the Salvaterra hospital, heading towards another of the main stops: the railroad station.

A test run of Barraqueiro Oeste's Mercedes-Benz O 550 Integro Euro 2 in Steinkirchen's line 12 proved that the vehicle is still sound.

MTB News: The new line 9372 is still from Vila Franca to Almeirim, and back. But there's new stops along the way: Afonsos, São Carlos de Oguri and Alvito, serving better underserved villages of the Oeste region of Portugal.

Is it Kessler Reisen? No. It is just KamaBus's 7000-7049 series (2002-2003 Setra S 317 UL-GT) sporting a similar livery, albeit modified to showcase the company's commitment to clean air technology and sustainable fuels (in this case, algae-derived biofuels). #7000, the first unit, was seen doing Thüringer Wald's line 731 to Lichtentanne from Wurzbach.