Bucuresti, Romania
<br><i>R.A.T.B. (Regia Autonoma de Transport Bucuresti)</i>
<br>Dac 317 E <b>#7440</b>
<br>These are the last pictures with this trolleybus, taken inside "Berceni" Yard. This is the condition of the trolleybus when it was sent to URAC for scrapping: 100% complete and functional! They just wanted to get rid of all articulated trolleybuses. #7440 was used mainly on route 76, where the interval between 2 articulated vehicles was 2 minutes. Now the interval is 4 minutes and the trolleybuses are 12m long... but a street was widened, so everybody who has a car and a driver licence is free to use it (or to use the buses & trolleybuses, if there's enough room inside). That is the trend in most of Romania's cities: use the private car, public transit is only for those who can't afford using a car, therefore it is not reliable at all.
<p>ALL Dac trolleybuses in Bucharest were scrapped between 2006 and 2008. <a href="http://transportbucuresti.trei.ro/troleibuze/Parc_Tr.htm">List of trolleybuses in Bucharest.</a>
<p>Photo by Dr2005 - transportbucuresti.trei(a)gmail.com - <a href="http://www.transportbucuresti.trei.ro">www.transportbucuresti.trei.ro</a>.