The design of the ÜSTRA vehicles

In 1997 the British Designer Jasper Morrison developed together with Professor Herbert Lindinger the TW 2000, which due to its silver shell had soon the name „Silberpfeil“ (Silver Arrow). The TW 2000 is characterised by its generous size. The doors have an inside diameter of 1,30 metres. Even more space is generated by the longitudinal arrangement of a part of the seats.

Since March 2015 the new TW 3000 rail is in service. Despite its spacious interior, the TW 3000 doesn't look lofty, when it slides through the city. The high windows and the green colour are contributing factors. At the same time he looks inviting and friendly. The design covers as well wishes and ideas of passengers – in particular of those with reduced mobility – and ÜSTRA drivers. The ambient lighting is a novelty in railway construction. It generates different lighting atmospheres inside the vehicle depending on the time of day and the weather.

The MAN solo buses are hybrid buses and run mainly on the so-called "Erlebnislinie" ("Adventure Line") 100/200. Due to the large windows, the Lion’s City model of MAN offers passengers a premium view.

The ÜSTRA bus fleet was relieved in 2006 and 2007 with a total of 22 new vehicles of the type Urbino 12 by the Polish manufacturer Solaris. The Hanoverians like the bus especially because of its laughing front: Due to a quite asymmetric windshield, small headlights and dividing lines, the bus instantly makes a friendly impression. The Faculty of Design and Media Studies at the Fachhochschule Hanover was responsible for the colour design. For the outside section it went back to the tried-and-tested colours silver, green and orange and designed the interior in the colours orange and grey.

The articulated buses of MAN run with state-of-the-art diesel technology in the typical ÜSTRA design.