Odessa Shuttle Bus
If you had flight to Odessa, you could be met in the weirdest airport shuttle bus I’ve seen.
Actually, it’s not even a bus but a part of bus towed by a Russian “ZIL” truck.
And also it has an ad at the backside, this ad reads “Ceremonial services. Call agent to your home”.
submitted by oleh, via odessatrolley.com
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haha first
you’ll never walk alone
OMG I cant belive Russian pupils would be transported in that Cattle Caravan. I feel sorry for poor Russians
sigh….
it’s an airport shuttle truck….. just be cause it’s yellow doesn’t mean…. oh, never mind.
Wow, I travelled to Odessa (and back home) by train, which itself was quite an experience - but it’s something I’m sorry I missed. (In fact althought I have been to the airport - by a “regular” marshrutka, probably an old Mercedes van, or something like this, because I simply hate those Bogdan buses which are generally used there - I haven’t seen any of these. Nice and funny, anyhow.)
Is the “Cafe Kosmos”, that ugly tin shack still there? snicker
Actually there is a sign - “Ritual services”, that`s not airport shuttle bus.
Offtop: Bogdan buses are the hateable stuff.
ahhh….
Scot, i`m watchin` for ya, бэйби. }:-}
OMG how much of a dick would you feel having to ride on that piece of shit
duall-purpose truck.
quite ordinary for any small town in any contry.
2 days ago was returning back from Ukraine and airplane made a stop in Odessa. There was a small house and field inside the airport terrace, between secondary airways and old man taking care of his garden waived at us, as we were taxing!! That’s the most weird things I’ve seen in airports in my life!
I am going to odessa in july, i would love a ride on the bus!
Russian airports have much nicer shuttle buses!
My tummy hurts and I feel gassy. Should I light those farts ? No smell then…
This seems to be some kind of soviet thing… cause in Cuba the public buses, or city buses are like this one. Although they have bought some nice urban buses like the ones in europe a while a go.
I saw those used as airport shuttles in Krasnodar back in the 1980s…
omg…it’s really horrible…poor Ukraine, its government - only thiefs in main with fucking Uschenko. If they will live like that, they miss their sovereignty. Its government doesn’t know anything honour in their dirty daylight robbery.
fh
Miss India, Odessa is in Ukraine not Russia
Miss India is a retarded troll.
In Ukraine, airport shuttle rides YOU.
Such a sophisticated mean of transportation would duly dignify the spirits of Soviet citizenry. Now it is time for Ukraine to present this true miracle back to Russia as a token of recognition of the former’s technological superiority.
(1) It beats walking, especially in poor weather.
(2) Back when only U.S. Sailors and Castro hated Guantanamo Bay or even knew where it was, there was a similar style of shuttle there. It was based on U.S. truck products but it was made the same shape. We called them ‘cattle-cars’ too, but a bus is a bus. One waits for it, rides it, and walks away. How the engine and controls relate to the passenger compartment–doesn’t matter a lot. It’s still just a bus. Best regards.
A couple of afterthoughts:
(1) Cattle-car buses are no worse a ride for the passengers, unless a passenger feels entitled to “supervise” the driver. For this reason, it would be less challenging to recruit and to retain good drivers, as they don’t have to play Confessor, Whipping-boy, & Baby-sitter roles as well as drive.
(2) The tractor & trailer portions are 2 separate maintenance issues. Both are likely to be manageable with fewer specialized pieces of shop equipment. So the cost of keeping such a bus safely running will be less than it is, for some stylish bus whose engine is hidden away underneath. If the tractor for one of these cattle-car buses needs maintenance, you just uncouple it and hitch up another. So the whole bus needn’t be removed from service.
If you’re riding public transportation, your ride isn’t part of your fashion-statement anyway. Best regards.
It is old APPA-4, low-floor airport shuttle. They used 20 years back, or more. A driver sits separately on considering airport safety - bus can not be taken. There were not places for a seat. Passengers rode only upright. Apparently, considered that this comfort is enough for a 3-minute journey.
Now this shuttle works on a city cemetery!
And it is a next model
http://www.abw.by/archive/417/Zil-bus_1.jpg
http://www.abw.by/archive/417/Zil-bus_2.jpg
Thank you. Those newer ones are not bad looking. The concern over hijacking the bus, unfortunately, makes sense in today’s market. If a passenger comes in a wheel-chair, in an all-standing bus it should not be a problem. Best regards.
Hell yeah, many years ago i enjoyed a short journey from airport to a plane in this beauty
This is bullshit !!! It doesn’t look like odesa at all !!!
It is some undertaking´s car…
I’m from Odessa.
This one bus is for carrying people on cemetery area. There is church and graves on foto.