3501: Sprintime arrives in the Tiergarten.

Unlike Britain where the seasons slowly change day by day, in Berlin it can be still snowing at the start of the week and enjoying a heatwave at the end of it. I don't know which is the best but it must be a shock to the system especially when winter comes. That thought was a long way away as passengers boarding BVG 3501 one of three prototype MAN 202 buses built in 1984 as it passes through a sunny Tiergarten. Of course many of these have second lives as sightseeing buses right across Europe but I'm not the only one who must have missed them when they all finished normal service as they had a lot more rugged character than the high-tech deckers like the Lion that followed.