Soviet bus: ZiS-155. Made in 1954. Power: 95 HP. Moscow transport museum
ZIS-155 (from June 26, 1956 – ZIL-155) – a Soviet bus, mass-produced in 1949-1957 and replacing the ZIS-154 bus. It has become easier to manufacture, but less spacious (length – 8 meters). The design used elements of the ZIS-154 body and units of the ZIS-150 truck. It was on the ZIS-155 that an alternating current generator was introduced for the first time in the Soviet automobile industry. The bus could carry 50 passengers (28 seats). Engine ZIS-124 had a capacity of 95 HP and accelerated the vehicle with a gross weight of 9.9 tons to 65 km / h.
A long-distance version of the ZIS-155 was also produced, equipped with 15 aircraft-type seats. Such vehicles served passengers on the Moscow-Simferopol line (1399 km). With an intermediate four-hour stop in Kharkov, the bus covered this distance in 38 hours. In Moscow, for some time, road trains were operated as part of the ZIS-155 with trailers made from old decommissioned bodies. In addition, the first Soviet mobile television stations (PTS) were produced on the basis of the ZIS-155.
