Line 6 (permanently out of service): RADNICE - Pavlovice - Stráž nad Nisou - Růžodol I - RADNICE

ROUTE FUNCTION
Between 1932 and 1933 line 6 served Františkov and Janův Důl, and for a short time was joined with line 5 to Harcov. From 1942 the number was briefly assigned to a circular line serving Pavlovice, Stráž nad Nisou and Růžodol.

LIST OF STOPS
  • RADNICE
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  • Pavlovice křižovatka
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  • Stráž nad Nisou
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  • Růžodol I
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  • RADNICE

In 1932, after five years, a new city line was introduced for the first time. Until then only line 4 from the town hall to Ruprechtice had operated. On 15 May line no. 5 (Radnice - Harcov) was also introduced, and right afterwards, on 10 June, line no. 6 (Radnice - Janův Důl kostel). Until the completion of the tram link between the viaduct and the railway station, the line ran via Soukenné náměstí and the station, and afterwards directly along Františkovská street. In 1933, during the difficult situation of the harshly impacting global economic crisis, however, a radical curtailment of operation began. Neither line 5 nor line 6 was profitable, so they were first merged into one. Even that did not help, and so on 11 September it was decided to discontinue their operation. In the following years bus operation was provided exclusively by private operators.

Bus lines reappeared in the city's hands only in 1939. From the beginning of 1940 the number 6 was given to a circular line from the town hall to Pavlovice, Stráž nad Nisou and back via Růžodol I. The changes after the end of the Second World War eventually led to lines being marked with letters, which definitively ended the era of bus line 6. The line to Pavlovice continued under the designation C, and line B ran to Stráž. Since then no line has borne the designation 6.

Unfortunately, no driver is known who could share their experience, and no video recording of this line is known either. If you can share any of this, I would be glad if you got in touch.
For the local-geography sketch of the old lines to Pavlovice and Stráž, take a look at lines B and C.
Unfortunately, no photographs of this line are known. If you have any and can share them, please get in touch.

Contributors: Boveraclub (historical records), Liberecká podniková (videos, proofreading), Tomáš Krupička Sr. (local facts) and others.
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