MAN ND 202

The MAN ND 202 is a low-floor double-decker bus built for city service in Berlin, with MAN supplying the chassis components and ABB Henschel, the former Waggon Union, building the body. After production of the MAN SD 202 ended in 1992 the Berlin transport authority BVG looked for a low-floor successor, and a prototype was delivered in 1994. It was the first low-floor double-decker for city traffic and brought a third inward swinging door behind the rear axle, liquid crystal passenger information displays, an aluminium body and the new sun yellow BVG livery. Series delivery in 1995 comprised only 86 buses. Its height of 4.12 metres limited the lines it could serve, and the diesel engine of 157 kilowatts with a Voith automatic gearbox, the same engine as in the MAN NL 202, was noisy on the lower deck. The last day of service in Berlin was 12 February 2010, after which many ran as sightseeing buses.