Skänetrafiken (Swedish Bus)

Now when its time to go back to India, I would like to recollect everything different as well as appreciating about Sweden.
Amazing traffic sense i have already mentioned in one of my previous posts.. Now adding further to it... Lets talk about buses over here Skänetrafiken is the bus service.
Buses are all Mercedes Buses and when they move on the roads you can almost wonder are they actually made up of metal or rubber!! :D The reason being they are so much flexible, may be you can say because of very effective shockers, that it doesn't matter if road is slightly rough.. you wil just feel comfort as well as the flexibility of bus while sitting inside.. very comfortable.

The buses are all fitted with GPS and automataic display to guide you about the next stop coming, and with every seat of bus is attached a Stannar which when pressed, indicates to the driver that somebody wants to move out from bus at the next stop.

People with their babies in parambulator are also allowed to board in, and their is special section of bus where the parambulator can be placed comfortably..

There is no conductor in buses as you see in india, there is just the driver who also does the duty of a conductor too.. Just by his side is fitted electronic machine which accepts Rebate card, montly card and other such bus cards. If you don't have any card, you can purchase the ticket directly from driver as he has ticket issueing machine also with him.
Just one thing hurts you, is the cost! Travelling is really very expensive.. 15SEK (almost 100 rupees) for 1 hour journey... no matter how many stops or how may times you board in it!!

Drivers are dressed really as gentlemen, and sometimes you see ladies too driving :-)
WHenever they see zebra crossing, they give preference to pedasterians regardless of the time it takes... Hats off!! Also when there is a senior citizen OR person with baby in perambulator, they will tilt the bus (using shockers) so that steps of bus are just in alignment with the ground.. and the passengeres can board in/out very comfortably...

It is not possible to borad in the bus at any point on the road... :P you can only board into the bus at the bus stops. And once they close the door of the bus, they won't open it again for you if you are late and running after the bus to catch it, so don't try it ! :D

Thats it for now, really liked the traffic sense of people over here...! :-)