Talk:O-Bahn

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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": [1]
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)