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This work includes the results of the chemical analysis of the composition of snow\u2013mud samples taken from the selected bus route and the results of laboratory tests performed on samples with various anti-corrosion coatings. Four types of samples made of S235JR steel with a zinc coating deposited by thermo-diffusion, electroplating, hot-dip zinc galvanization, and the cataphoresis method were tested. Both non-destructive tests\u2014NDTs (the measurement of coating thickness and roughness, microscopic observations)\u2014and destructive tests\u2014DTs (scratch tests, salt chamber tests)\u2014were performed. 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