Trivia: Highest Altitude Bus Service in the World

[Caboose Class]

Any advance on New Delhi to Leh bus service which reaches 5,328 metres asl at the Taglang La Pass?

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[Darklord8899]

The only one that springs to mind is Swiss PostAuto (Post Bus) Route 682 that crosses Grimsel, Nufenen, Gotthard and Susten passes. I don't have the exact height but definitely over 5000m ASL in points.

 

[dazzler]

The only one that springs to mind is Swiss PostAuto (Post Bus) Route 682 that crosses Grimsel, Nufenen, Gotthard and Susten passes. I don't have the exact height but definitely over 5000m ASL in points.

Erm, none of those are above 2500m, are you perchance thinking in feet instead?

Nufenen - 2480m ASL
Susten 2259m ASL
Grimsel 2165m ASL
Gotthard 2106m ASL

 

[Darklord8899]

Erm, none of those are above 2500m, are you perchance thinking in feet instead?

Nufenen - 2480m ASL
Susten 2259m ASL
Grimsel 2165m ASL
Gotthard 2106m ASL

From Postoauto.ch own website (their English translation from the original German):

Central Alps: Season opening for the longest bus journey in Switzerland

Travel in a Postbus on the four-pass route in the Central Alps on a journey lasting almost nine hours. The longest and most spectacular PostBus route in Switzerland traverses terrain at an altitude of over 5,000 metres. The season starts on 25 June.

www.postauto.ch

Travel in a Postbus on the four-pass route in the Central Alps on a journey lasting almost nine hours. The longest and most spectacular PostBus route in Switzerland traverses terrain at an altitude of over 5,000 metres. The season starts on 25 June.
PostBus route 682 is the direct service connecting the four Central Alps passes of Grimsel, Nufenen, Gotthard and Susten. The round trip from Meiringen lasts 8 hours and 45 minutes, making it the longest public transport direct service in Switzerland. Stops are made to enjoy the scenic landscape and architectural points of interest, and photography is an important part of the journey which takes passengers to an altitude of 5,183 metres. The season starts on Saturday, 25 June and runs until 16 October. The journey can also be shortened by omitting the Gotthard pass: the three-pass route via Susten, Furka and Grimsel lasts “only” five hours. Three-pass routes can begin and end at Meiringen, Airolo and Andermatt.
Alpine pass journeys are normal PostBus routes, with no additional charge payable for GA travelcard holders and 1-day travelpass holders. The season lasts 114 days, or 7,000 hours’ driving time. More than 100,000 passengers use PostBus during this period, some of them to travel the Central Alps routes. 2015 clocked an all-time record, with 116,494 passengers. Seven vehicles are in daily use on the Alpine pass routes, five of which are wheelchair accessible. The first Postbuses traversed the Grimsel and Furka passes in 1921, with Gotthard following a year later. The tourist road over the Susten was completed after the Second World War and opened in 1946. PostBus has been using this route ever since.
The opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel will result in changes to the Gotthard mountain route only from summer 2017. In the coming months, PostBus and its partners will develop the new service together.

I assumed the information to be correct but thinking about it, I'm pretty sure Jungfrau summit is about 4100m ASL with the Jungfraubahn station being around 3400m ASL. So I think the information is indeed wrong, my bad.

 

[duncombec]

From Postoauto.ch own website (their english translation from the original German)

Central Alps: Season opening for the longest bus journey in Switzerland

Travel in a Postbus on the four-pass route in the Central Alps on a journey lasting almost nine hours. The longest and most spectacular PostBus route in Switzerland traverses terrain at an altitude of over 5,000 metres. The season starts on 25 June.

www.postauto.ch

I assumed the information to be correct....
But thinking about it, pretty sure Jungfrau summit is about 4100m ASL with the Jungfraubahn station being around 3400m ASL... so I think the information is indeed wrong, my bad

The German uses the term "Höhenmeter", which has less to do with actual height, but more to do with the height you gain. It's quite a "poetic" term, and I've also seen suggested translations of "elevation". It seems as though if you start 1000m above see level and finish 1500m above sea level, you have gained "500 Höhenmeter", but you "bist in 1500m Höhe" [you are 1500m Above Sea Level... or as the Germans put it, "Normal zero"!]

It sounds as though the PostAuto website has your total climbing as more than 5000m, even though you go down along the way as well.

 

[dazzler]

From Postoauto.ch own website (their English translation from the original German):

Central Alps: Season opening for the longest bus journey in Switzerland

Travel in a Postbus on the four-pass route in the Central Alps on a journey lasting almost nine hours. The longest and most spectacular PostBus route in Switzerland traverses terrain at an altitude of over 5,000 metres. The season starts on 25 June.

www.postauto.ch

I assumed the information to be correct but thinking about it, I'm pretty sure Jungfrau summit is about 4100m ASL with the Jungfraubahn station being around 3400m ASL. So I think the information is indeed wrong, my bad.

No problem, I only picked up on it as I was sure Mont Blanc was only around 4600m ASL and I couldn't work out how a pass in Switzerland could be higher than the highest point in Western Europe!

The German uses the term "Höhenmeter", which has less to do with actual height, but more to do with the height you gain. It's quite a "poetic" term, and I've also seen suggested translations of "elevation". It seems as though if you start 1000m above see level and finish 1500m above sea level, you have gained "500 Höhenmeter", but you "bist in 1500m Höhe" [you are 1500m Above Sea Level... or as the Germans put it, "Normal zero"!]

It sounds as though the PostAuto website has your total climbing as more than 5000m, even though you go down along the way as well.

It certainly makes more sense if one translates it as Total Altitude Gain, rather than absolute altitude above (mean) sea level. For example, crossing 3 passes with altitude gains from bottom to top of 1500m, 2000m and 1500m respectively would give a total altitude gain (or "Höhenmeter") of 5000m.