TheAverageJoe Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 Lots of 2nd hand European buses down there in Havana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHATMATT51 Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 Just got back from Cuba. They are slowly retiring the oldest buses in Cuba. The two top carriers Transtur and transgaviota are getting newer yutong buses(flatter,squarer front and rear caps, different side mirrors larger overall)and the ones that were replaced look like they are going to the local transit (Trans Metro). Seen one truck and trailer bus from afar so can't tell what it was used for. A ton of new artics too for Trans Metro as well. Defiantly modernizing transit in Cuba. Been going the last three years and the older stuff is slowly going away. Been all over the island. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTC T6H-5307N 2252 Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 11 hours ago, PHATMATT51 said: Just got back from Cuba. They are slowly retiring the oldest buses in Cuba. The two top carriers Transtur and transgaviota are getting newer yutong buses(flatter,squarer front and rear caps, different side mirrors larger overall)and the ones that were replaced look like they are going to the local transit (Trans Metro). Seen one truck and trailer bus from afar so can't tell what it was used for. A ton of new artics too for Trans Metro as well. Defiantly modernizing transit in Cuba. Been going the last three years and the older stuff is slowly going away. Been all over the island. Did you see some GM New Look buses there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHATMATT51 Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 Nothing in the last few years ive been going. This time around didn't see many buses over 10 yrs old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAverageJoe Posted April 29, 2018 Report Share Posted April 29, 2018 On 4/7/2018 at 11:13 AM, TTC T6H-5307N 2252 said: Did you see some GM New Look buses there? Long retired Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTC T6H-5307N 2252 Posted April 29, 2018 Report Share Posted April 29, 2018 10 hours ago, TheAverageJoe said: Long retired Since 2014-2015? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Neoplan Rider Studios Posted May 1, 2018 Report Share Posted May 1, 2018 Are there any European busses in Cuba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRT_BMT_IND Posted May 1, 2018 Report Share Posted May 1, 2018 2 minutes ago, The Neoplan Rider Studios said: Are there any European busses in Cuba Many, mostly second hand. Most new buses in Cuba are assembled locally from Chinese CKD kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAverageJoe Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 On 4/29/2018 at 10:46 AM, TTC T6H-5307N 2252 said: Since 2014-2015? Before that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTC T6H-5307N 2252 Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 5 hours ago, Kit Kat said: Just got back from Cuba. Didn't see any fishbowls. I showed a bunch of local taxi and bus drivers pictures of a STM fishbowl and they all said one still runs in Matanzas. I tried looking for it but didn't have any luck. The only other info I have is it frequents the local hospital. Not sure if it's a shuttle bus or on a route. Did you ask them about the parts for the new looks? do they have trouble importing them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshuamumble Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 On 4/30/2018 at 8:42 PM, IRT_BMT_IND said: Many, mostly second hand. Most new buses in Cuba are assembled locally from Chinese CKD kits. The Van Hool AG300s I saw in Varadero are ex-GVU (Utrecht, Netherlands), ex-GVU Van Hool AGG300s were actually sold to Havana for their route P16 (busiest in the country) according to pictures I saw online: https://www.flickr.com/photos/autobuses/16370549286 (photo credit to the author) There's also old North American school buses down there, used for transit and company work alongside a big increase in Yutong coaches and transit buses Here's my photos of some buses in Varadero from my visit in 2017: This school bus was apparently doing a private charter from the hotel I was staying at 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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