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Höfe

English translation: depot(s) or garage(s) (bus, tram etc.)


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German term or phrase:Hof/ Höfe
English translation:depot(s) or garage(s) (bus, tram etc.)
Entered by: David Moore
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10:23 Mar 29, 2008
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Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Bahn
German term or phrase: Höfe
im Zusammenhang mit betriebshofübergreifender Prozessbetrachtung infolge
- zunehmender Komplexität der Betriebsleitung und verstärkten Integration der Überwachung und Steuerun der Fahrzeuge im Liniennetz und in den Betriebshöfen
- erfolgversprechender Optimierung zwischen Höfen und Werkstätten
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Local time: 10:42
depot(s) or garage(s)
Explanation:
is what I would call the facility where buses are kept; there is usually a vast expanse of concrete, on which buses are parked outside an actual garage, where the buses are kept under cover. Not all bus depots have more than rudimentary repair facilities, and when buses are overhauled, they would need to go a repair workshop, as in London all buses used to be repaired either at Chiswick or Aldenham - but that's decades ago now....
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Hof/Höfe
depot(s) or garage(s)


Explanation:
is what I would call the facility where buses are kept; there is usually a vast expanse of concrete, on which buses are parked outside an actual garage, where the buses are kept under cover. Not all bus depots have more than rudimentary repair facilities, and when buses are overhauled, they would need to go a repair workshop, as in London all buses used to be repaired either at Chiswick or Aldenham - but that's decades ago now....

David Moore
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agree  Richard Stephen: I like depot(s)
11 mins
  -> Thanks, Richard; I think I prefer it too, as "garage" does suggest that all the accommodation is under cover, which "Hof" doesn't necessarily.

agree  Ingeborg Gowans: depot would be my preference, too
3 hrs
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Changes made by editors
Apr 12, 2008 - Changes made by David Moore:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term
Apr 1, 2008 - Changes made by Steffen Walter:
Field (specific)Telecom(munications) => Transport / Transportation / Shipping
Mar 29, 2008:
Kudoz queueIn queue => Public


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