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MANs, mainly double-deckers, were an integral part of BVG's rolling stock for many years - this ended with the withdrawal of the last single-decker articulated buses, as well as the replacement of the double-decker fleet with buses from the British manufacturer. M46 is one of those lines on which it was possible to ride these huge monsters from time to time - currently, Alexandras run here regularly. Lions also ended a certain era in the German capital - since their withdrawal, all buses have been in a new standard, which offers uniform, yellow paint, white direction boards, as well as vehicles meeting the minimum Euro 6 emission standard. However, these are also being withdrawn - this fate has already befallen many VDL Citea, and recently a reduction in the number of articulated Scania Citywides, delivered to the capital since 2014, has also begun. This is of course related to the electrification of the fleet, which can be said to have begun on a large scale. The first of 50 articulated electric Solaris buses ordered by BVG has already been delivered to Berlin, and several hundred of them could be delivered to Berlin if the order is extended. All 50 buses are to be on the lines this year, and almost 300 additional electric buses can be ordered under the framework agreement. However, this also depends on the construction of the necessary infrastructure, in the form of chargers at the end stops and the adaptation of the bus depot, and this is a laborious process, as is the case in Germany. The goal is, however, huge - replacing the entire fleet of 1,600 buses with zero-emission ones by 2030. However, BVG is not overly burdened - it only covers the costs that would be necessary in the case of purchasing ordinary combustion vehicles, and the Federal Ministry of Transport is responsible for the rest. M46 S+U Zoologischer Garten - U Britz-Süd 1. Hertzallee 2. S+U Zoologischer Garten 3. U Kurfürstendamm 4. Europa-Center 5. U Wittenbergplatz 6. An der Urania 7. Motzstraße 8. Hohenstaufenstraße 9. Barbarossastraße 10. Grunewaldstraße 11. Rathaus Schöneberg 12. Dominicusstraße/Hauptstraße 13. S Schöneberg 14. Sportzentrum Schöneberg 15. Sachsendamm/Gotenstraße 16. S Südkreuz 17. Reichartstraße 18. Schöneberger Straße 19. Berlinickeplatz 20.U Alt-Tempelhof 21. Felixstraße 22. Oberlandstraße/Germaniastraße 23. Komturstraße 24. Rohdestraße 25. Bergholzstraße 26. Mariendorfer Weg 27. Haus Bremen 28. Germaniapromenade 29. Wussowstraße 30. Britzer Damm/Gradestraße 31. Fulhamer Allee 32. Paster-Behrens-Straße 33. U Parchimer Allee 34. Buschkrugallee/Parchimer Allee 35. Rudower Straße/Grüner Weg 36. Klinikum Neukölln 37. Rotschwanzweg 38. Kolibriweg 39. Otto-Wels-Ring 40. U Britz-Süd 41. Gutschmidtstraße