Uppsala celebrates 100 years of organised public transport

i had seen little posters in buses whilst going to sch abt some bus exhibition. and then whilst on the way home around that time, we saw an old style bus plying the streets so on the 16th of sept h and i went to see what the fuss was about.

a 'poster' of some sort in the first bus we boarded en route to the exhibition. it listed some of the highlights, which included rides on veteran buses.

this was the makeshift boarding place for the veteran bus from the town center.
(note the skirt which i made meself out of some nice green fabric and a pair of h's cast-off old pair of jeans. :))






from the bus we were taken to a short tram ride, which was rather popular in the early days. i've lived long enough in sweden to realise that things last longer here (well, at least metal) but i was impressed that the tram still worked.

h was amused abt the swastika-like logo of the tram manufacturer and postulated that this was probably made before the 2nd world war.













the tram ride lasted only abt 5-7mins, and then we took yet another old bus to the main depot.


the interior of the first bus we took. the way the seats were positioned fascinated me greatly.








i didn't take any pics of the depot with its modern fleet and the smallish exhibition, but perhaps i should have just for comparison's sake. we were treated to a 'free-for-all' saft (water with flavoured syrup) and/or coffee, cookies and bananas. towards lunchtime, they served cous-cous with some sort of meat curry with veggies (an oldish recipe), and tried to promote a recipe book catalouging 'bus driver lunches' throughout the years.

we stayed maybe half an hour, and then decided to go home. going back the way we came ie, by tram, would cost 20kr/ person ( that's abt SG$4. one-way rides were free); but they did provide free service for the ride back to town.

this was the bus back to town. we had to board from the back, despite it having doors near the driver.


the interior of the red and beige bus. h looks tired already!






and this is why we boarded from the back.when they still ran this bus, the ticketing officer sat in the back!




this isn't the best of pictures, but you can sort of see the old bus next to the modern one (in green, to the left).






and that's all for now :) ~ m!