These old photos of Suzhou buses, each one is a memory killer

Every city has its own memories, and the buses that travel through the streets and alleys are the most faithful recorders of the city's memories.

Old buses, tickets, stops ......

In the Suzhou bus corporate culture exhibition hall, an old photo, a piece of old objects, recorded the Suzhou bus 60 years of dribs and drabs.

In 1952, Suzhou's earliest bus line 1 opened, which was the main model at that time, modified from the American "Dodge" truck.

Passengers on the bus peeked out of the window, surrounded by people.

Long queues of buses, passengers waiting anxiously

In the 1970s and 1980s, Suzhou winches were the mainstay of the bus fleet, with Suzhou emblazoned across the front.

Passengers waiting at the platform

In the 1990s, Suzhou buses began to implement the unmanned ticketing model, and the main model at that time was the Changjiang brand Leifu Xibao gasoline car.

In December 1998, 68 double-decker buses were officially opened, becoming a beautiful landscape in the city.

"This was the signing room in the 1980s and 1990s, which was mainly used to dispatch the departure time and arrival time of each bus according to the line moment schedule."

The table in the ticket-signing room is decorated with a teapot, a porcelain jar and an old telephone.

Yang Qing, secretary of the Youth League Committee of Suzhou Public **** Transportation Co., Ltd. told a reporter looking at Suzhou, now, Suzhou buses have no such scheduling scene, relying on the centralized scheduling center, the line operation and management from the original "two ends of the pinch" into the whole process of scheduling now.

Into the 21st century, the first generation of Yaxing diesel buses, Suzhou Haige Jinlong diesel buses have been put into operation, behind the North Temple Tower is particularly eye-catching.

Passengers for the bus driver presented a banner

In 2011, natural gas buses, pure electric buses, plug-in gas-electric hybrid buses and other clean energy buses have been put into operation.

In 2015, the bus at your doorstep - community bus lines were opened

In 2019, Suzhou Bus introduced the sixth generation of buses integrating modern communication and network technologies, with a more futuristic appearance and longer range.

In the display cases of the exhibition hall, there are also old objects such as ticket boards, ticket pliers and old tickets, including a fare table that is 64 years old.

"These old objects are provided by our retired staff." Yang Qing said that during the construction of this cultural exhibition hall, they sent their carefully preserved items of many years to the company.

It is understood that Suzhou bus from the initial 7 lines, 27 vehicles, employees 226 people, now has formed a 374 lines, 5125 vehicles, 9633 employees, daily operating mileage of 800,000 kilometers, the daily passenger volume of 1.3 million passengers of the huge bus system.

Suzhou buses carry generations of Suzhou people from children to gray hair, shuttling through the streets and lanes of Suzhou.

What other unforgettable memories do you have about Suzhou public transportation?

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