Ikarus 180 and 556

Ikarus 200-series

Ikarus 396

Ikarus 543

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For decades the Hungarian Ikarus factory was one of the largest bus builders worldwide, not only delivering buses to what was then the communist "east" but also to other countries. After the fall of the iron curtain it lost its main markets and finally dissappeared. Egypt had its share of Ikarus buses. The very first Ikarus bus in Egypt was a model Tr3.5, delivered in 1949. In 1952 a single model 30 came but only from 1956 onwards more Ikarus buses came. Delivery lists show the following numbers (per cell model, number delivered to Egypt and years of delivery are given):

Old models	"Rockets"	"urban buses"	"200 - series"	"300 - series"	small buses
Ikarus Tr3.5 1 1949	Ikarus 55 5 1956	Ikarus 180 320 1968/1972	Ikarus 255 84 1973/1976	Renault PR14 -Ikarus 396 56 1990/1995	GME -Ikarus 543 939 1985/1991
Ikarus 30 1 1952	Ikarus 66 69 1965/1971	Ikarus 556 266 1970/1972	Ikarus 256 7 1979/1987		GME -Ikarus 506 901 1987/1991
Ikarus 31 36 1956/1957			Ikarus 250 2 1985
Ikarus 311 30 1964/1972			Ikarus 260 1 1987
Ikarus 602 10 1957			Renault PR14 -Ikarus 259.68 52 1989/1990
Ikarus 630 8 1963/1966