[Buses in Beijing]青年尼奥普兰 Youngman Neoplan JNP6180G (BRT-1 version) 北京公交集团 BPT #B0090 Front-left at Qianmen

A JNP6180G low floor, rear-engine articulated bus built by Youngman Neoplan in Jinhua, Zhejiang

 

The JNP6180Gs on BRT Line 1 are the first version of Neoplan 18m articulated buses in Beijing, and are also known as “BRT1 version” or “left-side-door version”.

 

JNP6180G is generally considered to be the Chinese version of Neoplan Centroliner N4521. Most exterior details follow the original design from Neoplan except for the sloped “forehead’, the information window above the front windscreen, which distinguishes JNP6180Gs from JNP6180G-1s. Power comes from an upright, inline 6-cylinder Iveco F2BE0682F*B 310hp Euro III diesel engine; Transmission is done by an advanced German ZF 5HP502C 5AT gearbox with integrated retarder. The three axles are center-lowered models from ZF. Linking the two sections is a German-made Hübner electronically-controlled hydraulic articulation bogie designed especially for step-less articulated buses.

 

Left side doors are a special feature on the street. First two doors, close next to each other, are placed between the first two axles; rear door with a wheelchair ramp is right behind the articulation part. All the entrances are step-less. For the absence of door on the front overhang, two seats make up the space to the right of the driver’s cockpit. All destination displays outside are magnetic, presenting the origin, an arrow, and the terminal or “Short-line” plus the actual terminal. On the back of the side destination displays installed the electronic station indicators inside the passenger cabin. Station indicators are not the only passenger-friendly equipment inside. Wheelchair space and baby seats are also accessible. The air conditioner has all-over-roof vents, providing moderate air flow. Only BRT articulated buses in Beijing is air conditioned---there are two experimental articulated buses are air conditioned, but out of service. The full-heel-hub-covers are replaced by simple stainless steel half covers on most units.

 

In the picture, Fleet No. B0090 (BRT buses, code 0090, actually operated by Division 2) has just pulled out of the origin station Qianmen (Zhengyang Gate) in the heart of Beijing to the South of Tian’anmen Square. After the left turn from the BRT-only station the bus will be on Meishijie (Coal Market Street), where no BRT exclusive lane is separated. When BRT Line 1 opened there were only 50 CJ6180GCH EuroRiders. The delivery of 60 JNP6180Gs put an end to the restless temporary dispatches of other regular buses with doors on the right. Since the 60 BRT1 version JNP6180Gs are the first Youngman-Neoplan articulated buses in Beijing, the quality is beyond doubt; the high evaluation foretold the dominating success of Youngman-Neoplan articulated buses on Beijing BRT Lines.

 

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