Liberec Routes

Between 1999 and 2001 there was an obligation to mark lines running beyond the municipality of Liberec with three-digit numbers. Services of line 20 continuing to Šimonovice were therefore marked with the number 201. As a point of interest, I include the list of stops valid as of 1 January 2000, including the request stops in force at the time. Line 20 then continued all the way to Ruprechtice sídliště, where it supplemented lines 14 and 25.

Buses marked with the number 201 appear from 1 January 1999, when the obligation to mark lines running beyond the municipality of Liberec with three-digit numbers came into force. The services of line 20 running all the way to Šimonovice were marked this way. The obligation ended at the end of 2001, and so from 2002 this number disappears from Liberec public transport.

Timetable from 2001

Apart from the vehicle fleet, which at that time was based on Karosa 700-series buses, not much has changed since the days this line operated, so I give the same driver's view as for line 20.

Line 20 is quite a pleasant line that takes the driver all the way beyond the southern boundary of the city of Liberec. Between Fügnerova and the Rochlice stop the route is the same as the three-line group 13, 24 and 26, after which it sets off on its own. Several traps await the driver, though, especially beyond the Doubí Obilná stop, where it leaves Hodkovická street. The space stops being so favourable and an encounter with a colleague or a lorry can be tricky. From the level crossing in Minkovice the winter maintenance then ends, which brings further worries. This is visible in the following video, filmed at sunset on a beautiful winter day with a Mercedes-Benz Citaro #434. The lying snow is also the reason for my manoeuvre at the terminus in Šimonovice, where I drove past the alighting stop and pulled straight up to the boarding one. This is advisable whenever the road may be slippery, because the alighting stop is tilted uphill and problems with moving off may then arise.

The section between Pilínkov and Rochlice has one more peculiarity, namely a fairly tight timetable. Any delay can, however, be made up on the next section. On the way back we travel during a November inversion, when in the higher-lying Šimonovice you can see frost on the surrounding vegetation. It was with a Mercedes-Benz Citaro #430.

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