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Double-decker MANs are becoming a dying breed on the streets of the German capital. It is true that, compared to the Solaris Urbino 18s, which have already been withdrawn, and the Mercedes Citaro after the facelift, which remained in single quantities, quite a lot of Lions have survived, over 150 (these vehicles were purchased in a similar time period), but this state of affairs will probably last for at most a year. Soon, serial deliveries of brand new double-deckers from the British manufacturer, the Alexander Dennis model, will begin. Two of them have already been tested by the company, which allowed for better adaptation of the currently produced serial units to regular use. The driver of the new purchases was the head of BVG himself, who decided that the new generation of double-decker buses for Berlin is really good, and the changes applied in the next units will only be for the sake of improvement. Previously, almost 500 Lion's DD buses were used in Berlin, but as BVG explains, it has been decided to purchase only 200 of these vehicles so far due to the need to withdraw the currently used vehicles, which have already covered over 1.5 million kilometers, and the lack of an electric double-decker bus. The capital of Germany has assumed that only zero-emission buses will be running on its streets by 2030, which is why a delicate approach to purchasing buses with a standard drive is now necessary. The new brand of double-decker buses is ending an era - until now, MAN was the manufacturer of double-deckers for years, but that has changed now. X34 S+U Zoologischer Garten - Kladow, Hottengrund 1. Hertzallee 2. S+U Zoologischer Garten 3. Joachimsthaler Straße/Kantstraße 4. Savignyplatz 5. Schlüterstraße 6. Kantstraße/Leibnizstraße 7. U Wilmersdorfer Straße/Kantstraße 8. Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße/Kantstraße 9. Amtsgerichtsplatz 10. S Messe Nord/ICC 11. U Theodor-Heuss-Platz 12. S Heerstraße 13. Alt-Pichelsdorf 14. Gatower Straße/Heerstraße 15. Sandheideweg 16. Gatower Straße/Weinmeisterhornweg 17. Zur Haveldüne 18. Biberburg 19. Emil-Basdeck-Straße 20. Gatow Kirche 21. Alt-Gatow 22. Helleberge 23. Breitehornweg 24. General-Steinhoff-Kaserne 25. Krankenhaus Havelhöhe 26. Neukladower Allee 27. Finnenhaus-Siedlung 28. Alt-Kladow 29. Parnemannweg 30. Gößweinsteiner Gang 31. Temmeweg 32. Kaserne Hottengrund 33. Hottengrund