First motorized postal and coach service in Germany

  • Date
    2 October 1898
  • Description
    A Daimler motor omnibus with seating for ten passengers and powered by a 10 hp / 7.4 kW, two-cylinder engine, goes into service between Künzelsau and Mergentheim (Württemberg). The private omnibus service is also commissioned to deliver post along its 30-km route. Thus it becomes the first motorised postal service in Germany, although the service is suspended in July 1899.
Daimler 10 hp-omnibus, with a 2.2 litre two-cylinder Phoenix engine with 10 hp/7.4 kW, seating ten passengers.
With this first postal omnibus in the world, the Bad Mergentheim to Künzelsau postal bus line is opened on 2 October 1898.
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Daimler 10 hp-omnibus
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