Pottendorf has a bus stop but until now, no suitable bus, it needed to be smaller than the usual 50+ seat monster, if only because it needs to in proportion to both the small station and the local lanes.
The answer is the little bus from Ulm, it was debuted by Setra at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1955. For the first time, the company offered the smallest bus that had ever left its production lines, the Setra S 6 was a truly tiny vehicle with a length of just 6.70m, it could accommodate 25 passengers in comfort, it was referred to as a “Midibus”.
The little Setra was very popular with both operators and passengers, it was manufactured in Ulm for nine years and 1,172 left the production line at Kässbohrerstraße in Ulm.
Having acquired a suitable 'local' bus. a bus-stop is needed? In addition, the other essentials of a rural station forecourt.
The 'communications hub' of telephone kiosk, post box and mechanical stamp machine, beside the bus-stop sign plus the unseen rusting bicycle rack.
The telephone kiosk in the above image is a FH53/55 suitable for the mid '50s onwards but there were the '30s vintage FH32 still around which had survived WW2, a lovely example is to be found in Lübars on the edge of West Berlin.
Thankfully Brawa offer a ready to plonk
example, at a price. The rest of the post office hardware is available, it is a simple matter of 'who sells what'
Post box+stamp machine - Kotol.de
Bike rack and bus stop sign- Auhagen 99030C + 11419
Kiosk - Brawa 5447 -
Bus shelter - Model Scene
Tim
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