16 Aug 2023 (JLS4)

Wednesday 16 August 2023 – Mercedes-Benz Intouro bus seen in Via Stazione, Dobbiaco/Toblach, South Tirol, Italy. (Dobbiaco in the Italian language/Toblach in German).

In this north eastern region of Italy, which abuts neighbouring Austria – the border is about 13km/8 miles to the east) the main spoken languages are Italian and German together with Ladin.

Services in the region are organised by ‘sta’ which has a name in the three languages – südtirolmobil; alto adige mobilità; südtirolmubiltà all carried with a partial ‘M’ logo on the vehicles. Destination displays are shown in the two main languages.

This bus would more than likely be operated by a contractor on behalf of sta – quite possibly Cortina Express based in Cortina Anpezzo.

It was working service 445 bound for Cortina Anpezzo, a journey taking 50 minutes operating six times a day. Destination displays are bi-lingual. It just so happens that the destination for this bus is the same in both languages so is shown twice!

The building in the background is the Hotel Union just a short walk from the railway station which is behind the camera.

(Photo courtesy of Jane Slater)