>>1635466>>1635089For some time there was also a one-way section in Mannheim, where busses used the track bed to circumvent a street section that is very prone to traffic jams, but it also got discontinued in 2005. Pic related.
Looking at the responsible company for the local service also highlights another problem, which is simply the width of busses. Both systems in Essen and Mannheim exclusively used busses built by mercedes. With the replacement of the bus generation at that time and introduction of gen 1 MB Citaros, they had to adjust the tracks since the new bus generation was wider than the predecessing one based on the MB O405 plattform, which is also the reason why Mannheim gave up their track section. Essen however went through the hassle of adjusting all remaining lines for the new busses at that time.
