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FRANCE 849-OJ-203 FRANCE
375 725 PQL 75 Vo B7L-59 YV3R7J4173A001531 EL O55/32D 46303 7/03
376 737 PXC 75 Vo B7L-59 EL O55/32D 2004
377 742 PXC 75 Vo B7L-59 EL O55/32D 2004
378 745 PXC 75 Vo B7L-59 EL O55/32D 2004
563 QGP 75 Vo B7L YV3R7G???5A105502 As O??/??D 7/05
595 QGP 75 Vo B7L YV3R7G???5A105501 As O??/??D 7/05
Previous operator: 321-335 Wiener Linien, Vienna [A], new 1977/8 (possibly not direct).
Vehicles reregistered: 368 (738 PCH 75) to AH-531-LK, 12/09
Vehicle withdrawn: by7/03 321-35
Disposals: 321-25, 327/8/31 gone by2006
326 SVTU, Versailles [78] ????, as 853 BQS 78 (and later written-off in
an accident)
329/30/32/33 City Sightseeing Oslo A/S, Oslo [N] by5/06
334/5 Open Top Sightseeing, Hyattsville [USA] by9/07
General
Les Cars Rouge claim to have commenced 7/91 with four LPG-fuelled ex-Vienna ÖAF (MAN) DDH200 / G&S
deckers. More of these vehicles were added to the fleet over the years but it’s unclear if they were acquired at
those times or if they had been stockpiled earlier and registered when needed. Early operations ran under the
name ‘Paris Bus’. Until 1999 the fleet was garaged with Société Versaillaise de Transports Urbains (SVTU), the
municipal operator for Versailles, and appropriate Département 78 registrations were carried – 321-30 carried
4800 VQ 78, 3719 WR 78, 3226 XE 78, 1918 XS 78, 8794 XX 78, 5100 XZ 78, 9120 YP 78, 9118 YP 78, 3774
YR 78, 2086 ZW 78 respectively. In 1999 the domicile moved to Paris and 321-30 were re-registered with the
‘75’ plates noted above. As the modern open-toppers arrived the ÖAF were quickly stored and the last are
reported to have run in early 2003.
321-335 are believed to have retained their original seating arrangements and operated as closed-top, although
some or all had a small sunroof with canvas cover added to give some ‘wind in the hair’ feel.
A fifth ÖAF went to City Sightseeing Oslo A/S, chassis number 809-0036, which is likely to have been 331.
357 operated the ‘Versailles Tour’ for SVTU in 2005, carrying SVTU fleetnumber 998.
376-378 have chassis numbers YV3R7G4174A001644-6 and EL body numbers 48301-3, order unknown.
A number of the Vo B7L EL went on loan to the associated Trambus Open in Rome – see 810-OJ-161.
There have been no known sightings at all of 563 QGP 75 or 595 QGP 75 (807-OJ-83) in Paris and it is not
known where these buses have operated but it is possible that these were diverted when new to Trambus Open
in Rome where they would carry Italian plates (see 810-OJ-161).
Les Cars Rouge is associated with Open Top Sightseeing Inc which has operations in the USA at Las Vegas,
San Francisco and Washington DC.
Paris Low Cost (Foxity Sightseeing Tour), Paris
New vehicles
AW-017-GL Vo B9TL Unvi CO??/??D 7/10
AW-084-GL Vo B9TL Unvi CO??/??D 7/10
AW-690-HQ Vo B9TL Unvi CO??/??D 7/10
General
This is a low-cost non-stop tour that commenced 7/10. Vehicles are in an orange and white livery.
RATP, Paris
New vehicles (including additional information)
411 Hz GX117 VJ1GX586H1C000164 Hz B--D 58600164 2/01
412 Hz GX117 VJ1GX586H4C000240 Hz B--D 58600240 12/01
431 710 QES 75 Hz GX117 VJ1GX586H4C000622 Hz B--D 58600622 4/05
432 712 QES 75 Hz GX117 VJ1GX586H4C000623 Hz B--D 58600623 4/05
433 715 QES 75 Hz GX117 VJ1GX586H4C000624 Hz B--D 58600624 4/05
758/9/62/4 ?? Gr Microbus Gr B--F 9-11/09
3473-9 ?? Ibs Citelis Line Ibs B--D 9-11/09
3581-617 ?? Ibs Citelis Line Ibs B--D 9-11/09
4441 Rt Agora L VF6PU07A100000097 Rt AB41T 1/98