Thread: Which bus has the steepest climb?
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Default Which bus has the steepest climb?
On 31.05.16 21:19, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 13:31:56
on Tue, 31 May 2016, remarked:
A while ago I got on a bus which went to Mill Hill East. It went
up and
up and up and up.

But which bus route has the highest vertical climb?

The road from Anerley to Crystal Palace Parade is one of the
steepest.

I used to often take the 249, which includes the steep climb past the
Rookery, between Streatham and Crown Point. Some buses strain a bit
going up that.

Dog Kennel Hill was famous for the special arrangements for the trams to
cope with the steep gradient. But there seem to be no special
arrangements
since the trams were replaced by buses.

The steepest hills I've seen trams operating on are in Lisbon. Some of
them are simply amazing.
Those are essentially fuiculars, are they not?

Has anybody even been on Tram Opicina, in Trieste?
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