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Karosa B 952

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Manufacturer
  
Karosa

Floor type
  
High-floor

Doors
  
3, air-operated

Capacity
  
31 sitting/68 standing

Karosa B 952

Chassis
  
semi-self-supporting with frame

Engine
  
Iveco Cursor 8 Euro III

Karosa B 952 is an urban bus produced by bus manufacturer Karosa from the Czech Republic, in the years of 2002 to 2006. Modernised version B952E was introduced in 2003.

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Construction features

Karosa B 952 is model of Karosa 900 series. B 952 is unified with city bus models such as B 951 and B 961. Body was assembled to the skeleton, which has undergone a dip stage, sheets were galvanized and painted and then to have it installed additional components. Body is semi-self-supporting with frame and engine with manual gearbox is placed in the rear part. Only rear axle is propulsed. Front and rear axles are solid. All axles are mounted on air suspension. On the right side are three doors (first are narrower than middle doors). Inside are used plastic Vogelsitze or Ster seats. Drivers cab is separated from the rest of the vehicle with glazed partition. In the middle part is room for a pram or wheelchair.

Production and operation

In 2002 started serial production, which continued until 2006. Since 2003 were buses produced only modernised version B 951 E, which had glass glued to skeleton, instead of glass mounted in rubber and better ventilation of the engine compartment.

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References

Karosa B 952 Wikipedia