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A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for charter purposes, or through private ownership. Although the average bus carries between 30 and 100 passengers, some buses have a capacity of up to 300 passengers. The most common type is the single-deck rigid bus, with double-decker and articulated buses carrying larger loads, and midibuses and minibuses carrying smaller loads. Coaches are used for longer-distance services. Many types of buses, such as city transit buses and inter-city coaches, charge a fare. Other types, such as elementary or secondary school buses or shuttle buses within a post-secondary education campus, are free. In many jurisdictions, bus drivers require a special large vehicle licence above and beyond a regular driving license.

Buses may be used for scheduled bus transport, scheduled coach transport, school transport, private hire, or tourism; promotional buses may be used for political campaigns and others are privately operated for a wide range of purposes, including rock and pop band tour vehicles.

Horse-drawn buses were used from the 1820s, followed by steam buses in the 1830s, and electric trolleybuses in 1882. The first internal combustion engine buses, or motor buses, were used in 1895. Recently, interest has been growing in hybrid electric buses, fuel cell buses, and electric buses, as well as buses powered by compressed natural gas or biodiesel. As of the 2010s, bus manufacturing is increasingly globalised, with the same designs appearing around the world. (Full article...)

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Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC at Shudehill Interchange in September 2024

The Witch Way is the branding for long-standing English bus route X43, which runs between Burnley and Manchester. The service is currently operated by The Burnley Bus Company.

The route has operated continuously since 1948. It was previously operated by Ribble Motor Services, Stagecoach North West and Burnley & Pendle, while GM Buses briefly competed with Stagecoach on the route. During its history it has served several places no longer on the present route, including Bury and the Trafford Centre. (Full article...)

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The O-Bahn Busway is a guided busway that is part of the bus rapid transit system servicing the northeastern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. The O-Bahn system was conceived by Daimler-Benz to enable buses to avoid traffic congestion by sharing tram tunnels in the German city of Essen.

Adelaide's O-Bahn was introduced in 1986 to service the city's rapidly expanding north-eastern suburbs, replacing an earlier plan for a tramway extension. The O-Bahn provides specially built track, combining elements of both bus and rail systems. The track is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) long and includes three interchanges at Klemzig, Paradise and Tea Tree Plaza. Interchanges allow buses to enter and exit the busway and to continue on suburban routes, avoiding the need for passengers to transfer to another bus to continue their journey. Buses can travel at a maximum speed of 100 km/h (60 mph), but are restricted to 90 km/h (55 mph). As of 2015^[update], the busway carried approximately 31,000 people per weekday. An additional section including a 670-metre (2,200 ft) tunnel opened in 2017 at the city end to reduce the number of congested intersections buses must traverse to enter the Adelaide city centre.

The development of the O-Bahn busway led to the development of the Torrens Linear Park from a run-down urban drain into an attractive public open space. It has also triggered urban development around the north-eastern terminus at Modbury. (

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Image 1Hyundai County minibus being used as a city bus in Seoul, South Korea. (from Transit bus)
Image 2Phileas bus (from Guided bus)
Image 3Mercedes Benz Sprinter minibus in Zihuatanejo, loading passengers for Petatlan and points in between (from Minibus)
Image 4A private omnibus or "station bus" (from Horsebus)
Image 5ZIL-131 shift bus (from Combination bus)
Image 6Toyota Coaster LPG green public minibus in Hong Kong (from Minibus)
Image 7NefAZ-4208/4951 shift bus based on a KamAZ-44108. (from Combination bus)
Image 8A San Francisco Muni trolleybus (ETI 14TrSF) climbing Nob Hill (from Trolleybus)
Image 9The Hyde Park Gate in London, erected by the Kensington Turnpike Trust. These trusts helped to stimulate a sustained period of road improvement in the 18th century. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 10The Perth Central Area Transit operates as a zero-fare basis for passengers in the Perth CBD. (from Public transport bus service)
Image 11Preserved 1965 AEC Regal VI formerly operated by the Metropolitan Transport Trust in Perth (from Bus)
Image 12Iveco 316 minibus in Genoa, Italy (from Minibus)
Image 13Berlin horsebus (from Horsebus)
Image 14Nissan Civilian minibus in Pathumthani, Thailand (Thanyaburi Transport CO.,LTD.) (from Minibus)
Image 15Underground trolleybus at Kurobe Dam Station (from Trolleybus)
Image 16An example of a private bus operating for BusWest in Perth (2018) (from Bus)
Image 17Isuzu QKR Modern Jeepney in Manila, Philippines, with Almazora bodywork. (from Minibus)
Image 18GAZ combination bus (from Combination bus)
Image 19A typical transit bus in Madrid, Spain. (from Transit bus)
Image 20MU ZiU-9 in Soviet Union, 1987 (from Trolleybus)
Image 21Armoured buses in Israel (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 22MAZ-251 in Minsk, Belarus (from Coach (bus))
Image 23Scania L94UB chassis bus at the Central Square in Tampere, Finland (from Transit bus)
Image 24A double-decker bus in Alexandria, Egypt (from Double-decker bus)
Image 252006 Volvo 9700HD with walk-in cargo compartment from Savonlinja in Lahti (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 26The London Booster moving sculpture
Image 27Mitsubishi Fuso Aero Midi ME low floor minibus (from Minibus)
Image 28Kerb-guided track and adjacent multi-user path along a disused rail line, on the Leigh-Salford-Manchester Bus Rapid Transit (from Guided bus)
Image 29Leyland B45 (prototype of the Olympian) on route 10 in Gibraltar (from Double-decker bus)
Image 30A Ringtrambus hybrid bus in Belgium (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 31The Vancouver trolleybus system completed the transition to an exclusively low-floor fleet in 2009. (from Trolleybus)
Image 32A Hino Rainbow midibus (from Midibus)
Image 33The Shanghai trolleybus system is currently the oldest in the world. (from Trolleybus)
Image 34Chevrolet AK Series shift bus (from Combination bus)
Image 35Metroline Volvo B5LH diesel-electric hybrid bus in London (from Double-decker bus)
Image 36An historical Brixton to Clapham horse-drawn bus on display at the London Bus Museum. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 37Jakarta double-decker city tour bus passing through landmarks and points of interest in Jakarta, Indonesia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 38DAC 117UD articulated bus in Uzinelor, Romania, June 2008 (from Articulated bus)
Image 39Double-decker Neoplans operating the Oxford to London coach route (from Coach (bus))
Image 40Police bus in Taipei, Taiwan (2014) (from Bus)
Image 41New Routemaster in London, United Kingdom (from Double-decker bus)
Image 421965 Mercedes-Benz LPO322 from Sweden, a typical "skvader" (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 43A Mercedes-Benz O405 integral bus (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 44A Mitsubishi Fuso Aero King arrived at Tokyo station as "Dream-go" in Japan (from Double-decker bus)
Image 45Gothenburg - Bi-articulated Volvo bus (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 46An East Lancs Olympus body with a tree-protection bull-bar protecting the large upper-deck front window (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 47Föli double-decker coach bus in Turku, Finland (from Double-decker bus)
Image 48Irisbus Cristalis in Limoges (from Trolleybus)
Image 49LAZ-699 in Lviv, Ukraine (from Coach (bus))
Image 50Star 200 truck with passengers bodywork for the Milicja in Poland. (from Combination bus)
Image 51Solaris Trollino 18 in Salzburg (from Trolleybus)
Image 52A Titan double decker bus built by Ashok Leyland in Dhaka, Bangladesh (from Double-decker bus)
Image 53A double-decker Neoplan Jumbocruiser (from Coach (bus))
Image 54A bendy bus operated by Tower Transit Singapore (from Articulated bus)
Image 55A low-entry bus of Volgren Optimus bodied Volvo B7RLE in Australia. (from Low-floor bus)
Image 56An early horse-drawn omnibus from mid-nineteenth century (from Bus)
Image 57A preserved Leyland Titan TD1 of Glasgow Corporation at the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 58MAN NG 313 F articulated bus, bodied by Castrosua (CS 40) in TMB, Barcelona. (from Articulated bus)
Image 59Modern Tiyulit (Hebrew for "trip truck") in Israel used for transporting IDF soldiers in open non-paved terrain. (from Combination bus)
Image 60A IC Bus CE with International 3300 chassis school bus in America (from Public transport bus service)
Image 61Gillett & Co Steam bus licensed by the Metropolitan Police on 21 Jan 1899 (from Steam bus)
Image 62One of GO Transit's 3.9-metre height (12 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Super-Lo double-decker buses (from Double-decker bus)
Image 63New Routemaster double-decker bus in London, United Kingdom (from Bus)
Image 64A Rapid KL Alexander Dennis Enviro500 during a test run in Cheras, Malaysia. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 65Winnipeg Transit New Flyer D60LF on Route 77 (from Articulated bus)
Image 66Passengers on board an old Leyland Titan open-top bus view the scenery in Devon. (from Open top bus)
Image 67LiAZ-6213 in Tyumen (from Low-floor bus)
Image 68Replica of the Jinghua BK670, a 1970s-1980s front-engined articulated bus model based on Huanghe JN150 trucks, in Beijing (from Articulated bus)
Image 69A 1965 Mercedes-Benz LPO 322 Bruck in Karlskrona, Sweden (2005) (from Bus)
Image 70Ural-375D 'truckbus' in Tajikistan. (from Combination bus)
Image 71A retired bus is used for an ambulance bus in Toronto (2014) (from Bus)
Image 72Youngman JNP6183BEV in Beijing (from Trolleybus)
Image 73An AutoTram Extra Grand (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 74Diagram of a 1947-built Pullman Standard model 800 trolleybus, a type still running in Valparaíso (Chile) (from Trolleybus)
Image 75Mercedes-Benz Vario minibus in Kostelec nad Černými lesy, Czech Republic (from Minibus)
Image 76Yutong City Master in Skopje, North Macedonia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 77Crown-Ikarus 286 for TriMet (1993) (from Articulated bus)
Image 78Early version of a midibus, the Bedford JJL (from Midibus)
Image 79A 1986 van-derived Ford Transit minibus bodied by Carlyle (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 80Knight Bus (from Double-decker bus)
Image 81A 1912 Daimler CC Bus, one of five (English) Daimler Company buses exported to Australia (from Bus)
Image 82A double-decker bus on its first day of operation in Mombasa, Kenya (from Double-decker bus)
Image 83GMC New Design truckbus (from Combination bus)
Image 84A bus in Finland in the early 20th century with the cargo area totally separated from the bus body (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 85A bi-articulated bus on the RIT bus rapid transit system in Curitiba, Brazil (from Public transport bus service)
Image 86Retired bus in Israel used as a tow truck (2008) (from Bus)
Image 87World's first trolleybus, Berlin 1882 (from Bus)
Image 88SmartRider card for Transperth (from Transit bus)
Image 89Schematic of an articulated bus, showing four passenger doors and two powertrain configurations. (from Articulated bus)
Image 90Portland, Oregon TriMet high-floor bus with wheelchair ramp extended (2010) (from Bus)
Image 91Arriva Southend Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart SLF (from Low-floor bus)
Image 92A Kowloon Motor Bus Alexander Dennis Enviro400 in Hong Kong (from Double-decker bus)
Image 93Hino S'elega in Tokyo, Japan (from Coach (bus))
Image 94A Low floor Bus in Kolkata (from Low-floor bus)
Image 95Interior of the Alexander ALX500 bodywork as applied to the three-axle Volvo Super Olympian (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 96LibertyBus in Jersey (from Double-decker bus)
Image 97Medium-sized Isuzu Songthaew (truck bus) as seen in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. (from Combination bus)
Image 98A rebuilt East Lancs Greenway (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 99An articulated Wright Eclipse Fusion, bending as it drives round a corner at the University of Bath, England, May 2008 (from Articulated bus)
Image 100Greyhound Lines MCI 102DL3 Coach bus (from Coach (bus))
Image 101Advertisement on a bus in Hong Kong (2018) (from Bus)
Image 102RH Transport Services Optare Solo M880 in April 2007 (from Low-floor bus)
Image 103First appearing in London in 1947, the AEC Regent III RT (pictured) was the predecessor to the AEC Routemaster (from Double-decker bus)
Image 104Medium-sized Hino Songthaew (truck bus) as seen in Sakon Nakhon, Thailand. (from Combination bus)
Image 105The MAN A95 is one of the newest double-decker buses purchased for the Bus Contracting Model. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 106The chassis of an Alexander Dennis Enviro500 double-decker bus on display in Hong Kong (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 107A Foton BJ6128SHEVCA-5 plug-in hybrid double-decker bus in Beijing Bus service (from Double-decker bus)
Image 108US school bus (2007) (from Bus)
Image 109Trolleybus with battery pack and full dual-mode capability on the streets of Brest, Belarus (from Trolleybus)
Image 110Keumkang Express Hyundai Universe in South Korea. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 111Leyland Titan double decker bus in Sydney, Australia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 1122003 Helmark-bodied Scania K124EB double-decker bruck in Östersund (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 113Step equipped van on a converted Toyota HiAce minibus (from Minibus)
Image 114A modern purpose-built open top sightseeing bus in France (from Open top bus)
Image 115Ausden Clark Executive Scania Irizar i6 coach in black and pink livery (from Coach (bus))
Image 116Amédée Bollée's L'Obéissante steam bus photographed in 1875 (from Steam bus)
Image 117New Flyer XT60 in Seattle (from Trolleybus)
Image 118Johannesburg Metrobus (from Double-decker bus)
Image 119A 19-seat low-floor green minibus (from Public light bus)
Image 120Volkswagen Type 2 "microbus" (from Minibus)
Image 121Lear Steam bus on display in Michigan in 1972 (from Steam bus)
Image 122A Paris omnibus in 1828 (from Horsebus)
Image 123Iveco Indcar Mago 2 midibus in Jyväskylä, Finland (from Midibus)
Image 124A double-deck trolleybus in Reading, England, 1966 (from Trolleybus)
Image 125One of the NAW/Hess articulated trolleybuses delivered to Geneva in 1992, which were among the first production-series low-floor trolleybuses (from Trolleybus)
Image 12614.5-metre 1991 Delta Star 501 on Volvo B10M with cantilever tail lift (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 127A Volkswagen Crafter minibus (from Minibus)
Image 128A 1911 LGOC B-type (from Bus)
Image 129A low-floor bus can provide accessibility for wheelchair users and those on personal mobility devices, often through the use of a wheelchair ramp. (from Low-floor bus)
Image 130An integral bodywork MCI 102DL3, an intercity bus owned by Greyhound Lines, typical of those used in the 1990s and early 2000s. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 131Fuso Canter Modern PUV, Philippines (Cab is separate and can be tipped over, unlike most conversions which weld it to the bus box) (from Combination bus)
Image 132AC Transit XMC-77 (from Articulated bus)
Image 133Ashok Leyland Titan double decker bus in Angamaly, India (from Double-decker bus)
Image 134The kerb guide wheel of a guided bus in Mannheim, Germany (from Guided bus)
Image 135Interiors of coaches include many features not found in buses intended for shorter travel. (from Coach (bus))
Image 136Cacciamali Urby (built on Iveco Daily chassis) operating in Zagreb, Croatia (from Minibus)
Image 137MAN A95 double decker on route X25 running in Dubai, UAE in 2023 (from Double-decker bus)
Image 138Trailer bus in Havana (2006) (from Bus)
Image 139Two Optare Solo midibuses (from Midibus)
Image 140Torquay & District Motor Omnibus Co Ltd service to Chelston from 1903 with a 14-seat Chelmsford Steam bus (from Steam bus)
Image 141A Kia Granbird Silkroad from 2015 at the Seoul Motor Show (from Coach (bus))
Image 142On this articulated Beijing trolleybus, the operator uses ropes to guide the trolley poles to contact the overhead wires. (from Trolleybus)
Image 143MAN SD200 on route T-4 in Saint-Petersburg in 2000s (from Double-decker bus)
Image 1442009 Volvo 9700HD NG bruck coach from Bussring. In service for Riksteatret, outside their headquarters in Nydalen, Oslo. (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 145Cross-sectional diagram of the parallel direction curbs of the bus lane in Essen, Germany (from Guided bus)
Image 146A Scania TransJakarta bus in Harmoni Central Busway Station, Jakarta. (from Articulated bus)
Image 147Cikupa manhauler (from Combination bus)
Image 148A TheBus with destination marquee indicating "Express" service to Village Park on the H-1 Freeway. (from Public transport bus service)
Image 149A bi-articulated Van Hool ExquiCity 24 on Mettis services at Metz, France (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 1501960 Scania-Vabis L75 bodied by Kristiansund Lettmetall, carrying six passengers (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 151Solaris trolleybus in Landskrona, Sweden (from Trolleybus)
Image 152A semi-open top sightseeing bus in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (from Open top bus)
Image 153A Rocar DAC 217E articulated trolleybus in Bucharest, Romania, in April 2007 (from Trolleybus)
Image 154A ZiU-9 trolleybus in service in Piraeus, Greece, on the large Athens-area trolleybus system. The Russian-built ZiU-9 (also known as the ZiU-682), introduced in 1972, is the most numerous trolleybus model in history, with more than 45,000 built. In the 2000s it was effectively rendered obsolete by low-floor designs. (from Trolleybus)
Image 155Trolleybus in Malatya (from Trolleybus)
Image 156Greyhound Lines intercity bus in New York City (from Intercity bus service)
Image 157A double-decker bus of Pabama Transport in Bukidnon (from Double-decker bus)
Image 158New Flyer trolleybus in Toronto, Canada (from Bus)
Image 159Behind time, anonymous engraving of a stagecoach in England. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 160Van converted minibuses as light transit buses (from Minibus)
Image 1612003 Volvo 9700S on B12M from Telemark Bilruter, with all doors open. Manual pallet jack is standard equipment for single-person operation. (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 162A 56-passenger Prevost coach in Canada (from Coach (bus))
Image 163The earliest public light buses. At the front are (left to right) Commer, Isuzu Elf and Morris (from Public light bus)
Image 164Electric minibus in China (from Minibus)
Image 165Bustech bodied double decker in Sydney, Australia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 166Russian Police Ural-572060 also known as VM-4320 (from Combination bus)
Image 1671983 Repstad-bodied Volvo B10M, converted for transport of racing horses (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 168Tour bus being used in France (2015) (from Bus)
Image 169A trolleybus in Bradford in 1970. The Bradford Trolleybus system was the last one to operate in the United Kingdom; closing in 1972. (from Trolleybus)
Image 170An Enviro400EV battery-electric double-decker bus in London (from Public transport bus service)
Image 171Left, double-decker bus Schneider Brillié P2; Centre, double decker horse-drawn omnibus in Paris, France. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 172National Express Caetano Levante bodied Scania K340EB 6x2 with wheelchair lift at Metrocentre bus rally in May 2009 (from Low-floor bus)
Image 173A Van Hool bi-articulated bus in Hamburg, Germany (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 174Curitiba Neobus bodied bi-articulated Volvo B12M running with 100% biofuel. At 28 metres, it is one of the world's longest buses. Each section features train-like doors for rapid exchange of people. (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 175An operator livery complementing the bodywork features (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 176Some coal mines also operate separate trolleybus systems to serve workers. Wuyang Coal Mine in Xiangyuan, Changzhi, Shanxi has the last remaining mine trolleybus system in China. (from Trolleybus)
Image 177A Mercedes-Benz Citaro transit bus operating in Singapore (from Public transport bus service)
Image 178ExpressBus Savonlinja Volvo B7R / 9700S (no. 792, AAI-840, 2006) at Jyväskylä bus station (from Coach (bus))
Image 179John Scott Russell's Steam carriage in 1834 (from Steam bus)
Image 180A double-decker bus has more seating capacity than a single-decker bus of equivalent length. (from Transit bus)
Image 1811999 New Flyer D40LF in the Aurora Village Transit Center in Shoreline in June 2010. (from Low-floor bus)
Image 182A section of track used for testing O-Bahn Busway buses (from Guided bus)
Image 183Monument to Crimean Trolleybus (from Trolleybus)
Image 184Setra mid-size coach (from Coach (bus))
Image 185Van Hool Exquicity 18T in Parma (from Trolleybus)
Image 186Nissan Diesel RN partially low floor light bus (from Minibus)
Image 187An articulated bus in Tel Aviv. (from Articulated bus)
Image 188A Chevrolet bus of Nepal Transport Service in 1961. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 189A typical transit bus in Eindhoven. The floor between the doors is low to allow for easy entry and egress. (from Transit bus)
Image 190A typical North American model in Sherbrooke, Quebec: the Nova Bus LFS with a bicycle rack at the front. (from Transit bus)
Image 191Volgren Optimus bodied Volvo B8RLEA of Transperth, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, November 2018 (from Articulated bus)
Image 192An ex-SBS Transit Leyland Olympian 3-axle bus as preserved in the UK after its retirement from Singapore in 2013 (from Double-decker bus)
Image 193Bi-articulated bus in Guatemala City, Guatemala (from Articulated bus)
Image 194A Ford E450 cutaway chassis design, with more integrated bodywork (from Minibus)
Image 195An Iveco Bus (Irisbus) Magelys at Busworld 2007 (from Coach (bus))
Image 1961902 Thornycroft Steam bus used by London Road car Co Ltd (from Steam bus)
Image 197Barton's unique Dennis Loline, 861 (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 198Countries with double-decker buses as a form of public transport (from Double-decker bus)
Image 199MAN A39 in Berlin, Germany (from Double-decker bus)
Image 200Busscar trolleybus in São Paulo, Brazil (from Trolleybus)
Image 201A BMTC UD SLF bus (from Low-floor bus)
Image 202A preserved 1951 Kenworth bruck displayed at the Whitefish Depot (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 2031937 Chevrolet bodied by Anco in Trondheim with an open cargo area integrated with the body (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 204Bristol Lodekka FS6G – the first British alternative to the lowbridge design (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 205An AEC Routemaster, a pioneering 1950s bus design (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 206The sharply-arched Beverley Bar necessitated a special bus design. A preserved East Yorkshire Motor Services AEC Bridgemaster with an arched roof passes under the Bar in August 2022. (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 207Transmac YL01, a Yutong ZK6180HGH articulated bus in Macau. (from Articulated bus)
Image 208An AT Metro double decker Northern Busway bus at Albany busway station (from Double-decker bus)
Image 209Volvo B8RLE double-decker bus used on South Korea's metropolitan bus routes. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 210A CNG powered MAN 18.310 bus operated by Transport for Brisbane. (from Public transport bus service)
Image 211National Steam car Co Ltd ran steam buses in London from 2 Nov 1909 to 18 Nov 1919 (from Steam bus)
Image 212Hino Coach Bus in RMUTT (Pathumthani, Thailand) (from Coach (bus))
Image 213Low floor bus vehicles in Seoul (from Low-floor bus)
Image 214Plaxton-bodied Volvo B9R operated by National Express (from Coach (bus))
Image 215MAN A39 double-deck bus on route 500 in Porto, Portugal (from Double-decker bus)
Image 216BEX intercity double-decker coach connecting Dresden and Berlin. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 217Ikarus 280 buses in Budapest traffic (1975) (from Articulated bus)
Image 218Many low-floor buses feature extendable ramps. (from Low-floor bus)
Image 219Russian GAZelle City partially low floor marshrutka (from Minibus)
Image 220Dublin Bus Volvo B9TL (from Double-decker bus)
Image 221Iveco Daily minibus in the UK (from Minibus)
Image 222Red open-top double decker bus in Cape Town, South Africa (from Double-decker bus)
Image 223Irisbus Crealis Neo, an optically guided TEOR bus in Rouen (from Guided bus)
Image 224Level-boarding onto a double-decker bus on the Leigh-Salford-Manchester Bus Rapid Transit (from Guided bus)
Image 225VinBus electric bus at VOP (from Public transport bus service)
Image 226A Van Hool US-specification double-decker bus in New York City, US (from Double-decker bus)
Image 227Intercity coach at Liuliqiao, connecting Beijing with Youyu. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 228Japanese low-entry bus "omnibus" in Hamamatsu (from Low-floor bus)
Image 229A public transport timetable for bus services in England in the 1940s and 1950s (from Public transport bus service)
Image 230Insulated poles, contact shoes, and pull–ropes (from Trolleybus)
Image 231Spurbus Essen guided bus. (from Guided bus)
Image 232MAN Lion's coach L (from Coach (bus))
Image 233French steam bus (from Steam bus)
Image 234A Community Transit double-decker bus in Downtown Seattle, Washington (from Double-decker bus)
Image 235George Shillibeer's first London omnibus, 1829 (from Horsebus)
Image 236Opel Blitz combination bus (from Combination bus)
Image 237A switch in parallel overhead lines (from Trolleybus)
Image 238A Mercedes-Benz Tourismo in Berlin, Germany (from Coach (bus))
Image 239Ikarus 280 in Hungary (1975) (from Articulated bus)
Image 240The first ever internal combustion omnibus, introduced in 1895 (Siegen to Netphen) (from Bus)
Image 241Horse-drawn omnibus in London, 1902 (from Horsebus)
Image 242Interior of a wheelchair-accessible transit bus, with bucket seats and smart-card readers at the exit. (from Transit bus)
Image 243Trolleybus in Castellón de la Plana (from Trolleybus)
Image 244Scania K320UA articulated bus operating for SouthLink (from Articulated bus)
Image 245Horsebus in Copenhagen, 1907 (from Horsebus)
Image 246AKSM-420 Vitovt in Minsk (from Trolleybus)
Image 247Trolleybus on tunnel line in Tateyama (from Trolleybus)
Image 248A postbus in St. Moritz (from Public transport bus service)
Image 249Bus station in rural Russia (from Public transport bus service)
Image 250The "Elektromote", the world's first trolleybus, in Berlin, Germany, 1882 (from Trolleybus)
Image 251A Greyhound bus in 1939. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 252Setra S 417 HDH in Mannheim (from Coach (bus))
Image 253Arriva Southern Counties Volvo B7TL with TransBus ALX400 bodywork in England (from Double-decker bus)
Image 254A Volvo B10M chassis, bodied worldwide as a single-decker bus, articulated bus, double-decker bus, and coach (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 255An Indonesian intercity bus, Rosalia Indah Scania K360IB bus travelling across Java, connecting Surabaya, Solo and Jakarta. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 256Preserved 1857 horse bus in Copenhagen (from Horsebus)
Image 257A Marcopolo Torino Express 2014 Bi-articulated Transmetro in Guatemala City (from Public transport bus service)
Image 258Early coach drawn by horses (from Coach (bus))
Image 259Electric buses are becoming common in some places. Pictured is an example from Toronto. (from Transit bus)
Image 260Solaris Urbino 18 in Warsaw, Poland (2018) (from Articulated bus)
Image 261A First Glasgow Alexander Dennis Enviro400 double-decker bus in Glasgow, Scotland (from Double-decker bus)
Image 262Interior of an articulated bus in Los Angeles (from Bus)
Image 263A Double-decker bus in front of the Presidential Palace in the Historic Center of Quito - World Heritage Site by UNESCO (from Double-decker bus)
Image 264Optare Alero integral low floor minibus (from Minibus)
Image 265Van conversion Iveco Daily minibus with full height entrance door (from Minibus)
Image 266Amédée Bollée's L'Obéissante (1875) (from Bus)
Image 267BYD B12C01 double-decker bus operating in Santiago, Chile (from Double-decker bus)
Image 268A Neoplan Megaliner arrived at Osaka station as "Seishun Mega Dream" in Japan (from Double-decker bus)
Image 269Pole bases with springs and pneumatic pole lowering cylinders (from Trolleybus)
Image 270Minibus vehicle from Suzuki Carry used as public transportation in Indonesia (from Minibus)
Image 271Double-decker bus in Baghdad, Iraq in 2016. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 272Citroën Jumper minibus in France (from Minibus)
Image 273A dual-mode bus operating as a trolleybus in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel, in 1990 (from Trolleybus)
Image 274A shuttle bus service in Sydney (from Public transport bus service)
Image 275AEC Routemaster in Sri Lanka (from Double-decker bus)
Image 276CT Transit Nova Bus LFS articulated at Waterbury, CT (from Articulated bus)
Image 277Trolleybus wire switch (Type Soviet Union) (from Trolleybus)
Image 278VDL Synergy double-decker bus in Norrtälje, Sweden (from Double-decker bus)
Image 279Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC double-decker bus on Mexico City Metrobús' new line 7 running along Calzada de los Misterios (from Double-decker bus)
Image 280An Alexander Dennis Enviro500 equipped with bike rack, servicing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 281A double-decker bus used for public transit in Kerala, India (2011) (from Bus)
Image 282An Irizar i6 built on a MAN chassis (from Coach (bus))
Image 283Double-decker buses may be particularly popular along tourist-friendly routes, such as this First Kernow open-top bus in Cornwall, England (from Double-decker bus)
Image 284Double-decker in Vienna, 1979 (from Double-decker bus)

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... that trolleybuses in Derby (example pictured) last operated in 1967, but there are still five preserved by collectors?

... that Casper the Commuting Cat is a book about the true story of a cat who was a regular bus commuter in Plymouth, England?

... that MASA, formed in 1959, was the second-largest manufacturer of buses in Mexico when it was acquired in 1998 by Volvo?

... that Nepal's first public bus service was founded in 1959 by Karuna Ratna Tuladhar and his brother?

... that television dramas have portrayed criminals riding around Weston-super-Mare on an open-top bus?

... that the UFO-like Kielce Bus Station (pictured) has been praised as "one of the most valuable" architectural designs of the last decades of the People's Republic of Poland?

... that residents of Motspur Park feel that the London Buses route K5 should be more frequent?

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Image 1A Leyland Olympian, and the Grade II listed Angel Inn
Image 2A KMB bus, in Hong Kong
Image 3A preserved Bristol SUS, which was operated by Western National
Image 4A trolleybus in Brno, Czech Republic
Image 5A Karosa Bus in Olomouc
Image 6Buses in Oslo
Image 7An Iveco Crossway of Blaguss, Vienna
Image 8A bus at the University of Nottingham
Image 9The freight trolley TG-5, Vinnitsa, Ukraine.
Image 10An Irisbus Agora Line vehicle in Avignon, France
Image 11An abandoned bus in the Atacama Desert
Image 12A Dopravní podnik hlavního města Prahy, Karosa B 732 in Prague
Image 13A Setra S 415 NF of the operator BahnBus Hochstift, in Paderborn bus terminal.
Image 14An East Lancs bodied Volvo B10M, owned by Hilton's travel, Newton-Le-Willows
Image 15A Mercedes Citaro O530, of the Oxford Bus Company
Image 16A Connexionsbuses operated Scania Omnidekka, at Thorpe Arch industrial estate, Wetherby.
Image 17View from Slussen towards Gamla stan (Old town) and Riddarholmen. In the background Kungsholmen and Stockholm City Hall.
Image 18The Agora and de l'Assut de l'Or Bridge – Part of the Arts and Science complex in Valencia
Image 19A trolleybus in Novosibirsk, Russia
Image 20A preserved BVG MAN SD200, operating Berlin bus 218
Image 21A MAN Lion's City of BSAG, Bremen Hauptbahnhof
Image 22Trolleybuses outside Salzburg Hbf, Austria

Bus People

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Robert R. Kiley (September 16, 1935 – August 9, 2016) was an American public transit planner and supervisor known for his ability to rehabilitate transit systems experiencing serious problems. From 2001 to 2006 he was the initial commissioner of Transport for London, the public organisation that runs and maintains London's public transport network.

Kiley also worked as a CIA agent, CEO of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, deputy mayor of Boston, chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and president and CEO of the New York City Partnership. He is credited as being the architect of the revival of Boston and New York's ailing public transport systems in the 1970s and 1980s respectively.

Kiley unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Boston in 1983. (Read More)
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Julian Peddle (born November 1954) is an entrepreneur who has worked in the bus industry since the early 1980s, having owned or part-owned numerous bus companies. He spent 11 years as co-owner of Stevensons of Uttoxeter between 1983 and 1994, having previously been its traffic manager. During the late 1990s and early 2000s he ran Status Group, a group of small bus companies spread across England which included BakerBus, Choice Travel and MK Metro. He was a major shareholder in Tellings-Golden Miller and Centrebus Holdings before their sale to Arriva. (Read More)
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John Greenwood (born 1788, died 1851), transport entrepreneur, was the keeper of a toll-gate in Pendleton on the Manchester to Liverpool turnpike. In 1824 he purchased a horse and a cart with several seats and began an omnibus service, probably the first one in the United Kingdom, between Pendleton and Manchester. His pioneering idea was to offer a service where, unlike with a stagecoach, no prior booking was necessary and the driver would pick up or set down passengers anywhere on request. Later on he added daily services to Buxton, Chester, and Sheffield.

John Greenwood, and a number of competitors, created a network of omnibus services, often acting as feeders to the railways. When he died in 1851 he left a flourishing business to his son, also named John (II) (b. 12 May 1818, d. 21 March 1886), which in that year became the Manchester Carriage Company.

By gestation, and amalgamation, in 1880, this became the Manchester Carriage and Tramways Company, led by John Greenwood (II). Following the council taking control of passenger transport services, in 1903, the residuary operations became The Manchester Carriage Co. (1903) Ltd, led by John Greenwood (III) (b. 1856).

For how this initial service developed, see Timeline of public passenger transport operations in Manchester. (Read More)
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Dame Ann Heron Gloag DBE (née Souter; born 10 December 1942) is a Scottish businesswoman, activist, and charity campaigner. She is co-founder of the transport company Stagecoach Group.

According to The Sunday Times Rich List in 2024, Gloag and her brother, Sir Brian Souter, are worth £815 million, an increase of £35 million from the previous year.

In January 2023, Gloag, with her husband and two other family members, was charged with criminal offences involving human trafficking. She disputed the charges, which were later dropped. (Read More)
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Werner Wolfgang Heubeck (24 October 1923 – 19 October 2009) was a German–British transport executive, who was managing director of the Northern Ireland transport companies Ulsterbus and Citybus. (Read More)
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Samuel Ledgard (1874–1952) was a Leeds entrepreneur who became a major West Yorkshire Independent bus operator. Following his death in 1952, his executors continued to operate the Samuel Ledgard bus company until 1967, when it was acquired by the West Yorkshire Road Car Company. (Read More)
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Karuna Ratna Tuladhar (Nepali: करुणारत्न तुलाधर) (23 October 1920 – 19 July 2008) was a pioneer of Nepalese public transport. He was proprietor of Nepal Transport Service which he and his brother Lupau Ratna Tuladhar founded in 1959. This was Nepal's first public bus service which linked the capital Kathmandu with the railhead of Amlekhganj, 190 kilometers to the south near the Indian border.

The same year, Nepal Transport Service also started the first local shuttle between Kathmandu and Patan (Lalitpur), one of the three cities in the Kathmandu Valley. (Read More)
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Sir Moir Lockhead OBE DHC (born 25 April 1945 in County Durham, England) is an English businessman. He was Chief Executive and Deputy Chairman of UK transport group FirstGroup. Originally a mechanical engineer, he left school (West Cornforth Secondary Modern) at 15 to become apprentice mechanic in a bus garage in Darlington, before working for a short period as a management trainee with Tarmac. In 1979, he was appointed Chief Engineer of Glasgow City Transport. He joined Grampian Regional Transport in 1985 as General Manager, and went on to lead the successful employee buy-out as GRT Group.

He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1996 for services to the bus industry. He is a past President of the Confederation of Passenger Transport. He was knighted in the 2008 Birthday Honours. In 2009, the University of Aberdeen awarded him a Doctorate honoris causa (DHC). In 2010, he was awarded the VisitScotland Silver Thistle Award for outstanding services to the tourism industry in Scotland.

In 2011, he was appointed Chairman of the Scottish Rugby Union. In 2014, he was re-appointed for a second three-year term. In 2014, he was appointed Chairman of the National Trust for Scotland.

In January 2011, First Great Western powercar 43160 was named Sir Moir Lockhead as was First ScotRail diesel multiple unit 170401 in March 2011. (Read More)
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Kathleen Andrews (née Smith; May 17, 1940 – November 17, 2013) was a British-Canadian bus driver and transport manager. Her pioneering role as the first female Transit Operator, Dispatcher and Manager in Edmonton, Alberta was later commemorated by the city.

Kathleen Smith grew up in Rochdale, Lancashire and migrated to Edmonton aged 14. She graduated from Ross Sheppard Composite High School in 1959. Following a marriage and subsequent divorce, she sought full-time employment to support her family, which led to joining the Edmonton Transit System (ETS) in 1975. She initially fulfilled the role of Bus Information Clerk, before becoming the first female bus driver that May. After three years, she became the first female Bus Dispatcher, and was eventually promoted to manager of Special Service charter buses. She was commended by the council as being the first female in any significant management capacity in the city. She continued to drive school buses after her retirement from ETS in 1998, and died of cancer in November 2013.

In 2014, the city council created the Kathleen Andrews Transit Garage at a cost of $196 million, covering 500,000 square feet of space and accommodating 300 buses and 700 drivers. The garage did not open officially until February 2020. (Read More)