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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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Everett Station is a train station serving the city of Everett, Washington, United States. The station has been served by Cascades and Empire Builder since opening in 2002, replacing an earlier station near the Port of Everett. The four-story building also houses social service programs and is the center of a 10-acre (4 ha) complex that includes parking lots and a large bus station used primarily by Community Transit, Everett Transit, and Sound Transit Express. The station has served as the northern terminus of the Sounder N Line since 2003 and the Swift Blue Line since 2009. It consists of two side platforms, one serving Amtrak and the other serving Sounder commuter trains. Everett Station also functions as a park and ride, with 1,067 short-term parking spaces located in lots around the station after it was expanded by Sound Transit in 2009. (Full article...)

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The Mercedes-Benz Citaro is a low-floor single-decker, rigid or articulated bus manufactured by Mercedes-Benz/EvoBus. Introduced in 1997, the Citaro is available in a range of configurations, and is in widespread use throughout Europe and parts of Asia, with more than 55,000 produced by December 2019. (

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Image 1The 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 2A Van Hool US-specification double-decker bus in New York City, US (from Double-decker bus)
Image 3A Titan double decker bus built by Ashok Leyland in Dhaka, Bangladesh (from Double-decker bus)
Image 4Minibus vehicle from Suzuki Carry used as public transportation of Transjakarta in Indonesia (from Minibus)
Image 5Two Optare Solo midibuses (from Midibus)
Image 6A Brisbane Metro fully electric bus in Australia (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 7A postbus in St. Moritz (from Public transport bus service)
Image 8GAZ combination bus (from Combination bus)
Image 9Barton's unique Dennis Loline, 861 (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 10Föli double-decker coach bus in Turku, Finland (from Double-decker bus)
Image 11Geumgang Express Hyundai Universe in South Korea. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 12MAN Lion's coach L (from Coach (bus))
Image 13A 19-seat low-floor green minibus (from Public light bus)
Image 14An articulated Wright Eclipse Fusion, bending as it drives round a corner at the University of Bath, England, May 2008 (from Articulated bus)
Image 15Interior of a wheelchair-accessible transit bus, with bucket seats and smart-card readers at the exit. (from Transit bus)
Image 16The first ever internal combustion omnibus, introduced in 1895 (Siegen to Netphen) (from Bus)
Image 17MAN A95 double decker on route X25 running in Dubai, UAE in 2023 (from Double-decker bus)
Image 18Trolleybus wire switch (Type Soviet Union) (from Trolleybus)
Image 19A Nishitetsu public bus in Fukuoka, Japan (from Bus)
Image 20In many cities, traditional bus service is being augmented by Bus rapid transit, like the Viva service in Toronto's northern suburbs. (from Transit bus)
Image 21Underground trolleybus at Kurobe Dam Station (from Trolleybus)
Image 22Opel Blitz combination bus (from Combination bus)
Image 23Solaris trolleybus in Landskrona, Sweden (from Trolleybus)
Image 24A double-decker bus of Pabama Transport in Bukidnon (from Double-decker bus)
Image 25An omnibus of the Compagnie générale des omnibus [fr] company (from Horsebus)
Image 26Interiors of coaches include many features not found in buses intended for shorter travel. (from Coach (bus))
Image 27An AutoTram Extra Grand (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 28Caetano Levante 3 bodied Scania K410EB6 operated by National Express (from Coach (bus))
Image 29A low-entry bus of Volgren Optimus bodied Volvo B7RLE in Australia (from Low-floor bus)
Image 30Solaris Trollino 18 in Salzburg (from Trolleybus)
Image 31Transjakarta location in Jakarta is the longest BRT line in the world (from Public transport bus service)
Image 32A switch in parallel overhead lines (from Trolleybus)
Image 33Interior of an articulated bus in Los Angeles (from Bus)
Image 34MAX bus system in Las Vegas (from Guided bus)
Image 35A Community Transit double-decker bus in Downtown Seattle, Washington (from Double-decker bus)
Image 361937 Chevrolet bodied by Anco in Trondheim with an open cargo area integrated with the body (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 37A modern purpose-built open top sightseeing bus in France (from Open top bus)
Image 38Preserved 1857 horse bus in Copenhagen, 1986 (from Horsebus)
Image 39Passengers on board an old Leyland Titan open-top bus view the scenery in Devon. (from Open top bus)
Image 40A Scania TransJakarta bus in Harmoni Central Busway Station, Jakarta. (from Articulated bus)
Image 41French steam bus (from Steam bus)
Image 42Behind time, anonymous engraving of a stagecoach in England. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 43A 1986 van-derived Ford Transit minibus bodied by Carlyle (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 44A typical North American model in Sherbrooke, Quebec: the Nova Bus LFS with a bicycle rack at the front. (from Transit bus)
Image 45Portland, Oregon TriMet high-floor bus with wheelchair lift extended and lowered to the sidewalk/pavement (2010) (from Bus)
Image 46A 1911 LGOC B-type (from Bus)
Image 47Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC double-decker bus on Mexico City Metrobús' new line 7 running along Calzada de los Misterios (from Double-decker bus)
Image 48MAN SD200 on route T-4 in Saint-Petersburg in 2000s (from Double-decker bus)
Image 49Knight Bus (from Double-decker bus)
Image 50A bus in Finland in the early 20th century with the cargo area totally separated from the bus body (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 51Oxford Tube bodied double-decker Neoplan Skyliners (from Coach (bus))
Image 52The chassis of an Alexander Dennis Enviro500 double-decker bus on display in Hong Kong (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 53Medium-sized Hino Songthaew (truck bus) as seen in Sakon Nakhon, Thailand. (from Combination bus)
Image 54A preserved Leyland Titan TD1 of Glasgow Corporation at the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 55Busscar trolleybus in São Paulo, Brazil (from Trolleybus)
Image 562009 Volvo 9700HD NG bruck coach from Bussring. In service for Riksteatret, outside their headquarters in Nydalen, Oslo. (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 57A New Routemaster double-decker bus in London (from Double-decker bus)
Image 58A BMTC UD SLF bus (from Low-floor bus)
Image 59Solaris Vacanza 13, A 3-axle Solaris coach manufactured between 2001 and 2010 in San Sebastian, Spain (from Coach (bus))
Image 60Armoured buses in Israel (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 61The MAN A95 is one of the newest double-decker buses purchased for the Bus Contracting Model. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 62AEC Routemaster in Sri Lanka (from Double-decker bus)
Image 63An articulated bus in Tel Aviv. (from Articulated bus)
Image 64LibertyBus in Jersey (from Double-decker bus)
Image 65An AT Metro double decker Northern Busway bus at Albany busway station (from Double-decker bus)
Image 66Gillett & Co Steam bus licensed by the Metropolitan Police on 21 Jan 1899 (from Steam bus)
Image 67An historical Brixton to Clapham horse-drawn bus on display at the London Bus Museum (from Double-decker bus)
Image 68Youngman JNP6183BEV in Beijing (from Trolleybus)
Image 69A retired bus is used for an ambulance bus in Toronto (2014) (from Bus)
Image 70Irisbus Cristalis in Limoges (from Trolleybus)
Image 71Dublin Bus Volvo B9TL (from Double-decker bus)
Image 72Gothenburg - Bi-articulated Volvo bus (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 73AC Transit XMC-77 (from Articulated bus)
Image 74Ikarus 280 in Hungary (1975) (from Articulated bus)
Image 75Horsebus in Copenhagen, 1907 (from Horsebus)
Image 76Medium-sized Isuzu Songthaew (truck bus) as seen in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. (from Combination bus)
Image 771902 Thornycroft Steam bus used by London Road car Co Ltd (from Steam bus)
Image 78Scania L94UB chassis bus at the Central Square in Tampere, Finland (from Transit bus)
Image 79Youngman articulated bus in Ürümqi, China (from Bus)
Image 80Phileas bus (from Guided bus)
Image 81An Alexander Dennis Enviro500 equipped with bike rack, servicing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (from Double-decker bus)
Image 82Double-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 83An Indonesian intercity bus, Sinar Jaya double decker Mercedes-Benz OC 500 RF 2542 bus travelling across Java, connecting Surabaya and Jakarta (from Intercity bus service)
Image 842003 Helmark-bodied Scania K124EB double-decker bruck in Östersund (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 85A 1912 Daimler CC Bus, one of five (English) Daimler Company buses exported to Australia (from Bus)
Image 86Hino S'elega in Tokyo, Japan (from Coach (bus))
Image 87An 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 88Double-decker in Vienna, 1979 (from Double-decker bus)
Image 89Trolleybus in Malatya (from Trolleybus)
Image 90YaTB-3 trolleybus on Leningradskoye Highway in Moscow, 1930s (from Double-decker bus)
Image 91The Vancouver trolleybus system completed the transition to an exclusively low-floor fleet in 2009. (from Trolleybus)
Image 92Stagecoach Yorkshire Enviro400EV electric double-decker in Chesterfield in May 2025 (from Double-decker bus)
Image 93ExpressBus Savonlinja Volvo B7R / 9700S (no. 792, AAI-840, 2006) at Jyväskylä bus station (from Coach (bus))
Image 94Yutong City Master in Skopje, North Macedonia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 95Bristol Lodekka FS6G – the first British alternative to the lowbridge design (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 96Van Hool Exquicity 18T in Parma (from Trolleybus)
Image 97A Mitsubishi Fuso Aero King at Tokyo station as "Dream-go" in Japan (from Double-decker bus)
Image 98GMC New Design truckbus (from Combination bus)
Image 99A coach operated by Megabus (from Intercity bus service)
Image 100New Flyer trolleybus in Toronto, Canada (from Bus)
Image 101MAZ-251 in Minsk, Belarus (from Coach (bus))
Image 102A 1992 (redesigned) Neoplan Jumbocruiser (from Articulated bus)
Image 103Airport Limousine Bus. Mitsubishi Fuso Aero Ace in Tokyo, Japan (from Coach (bus))
Image 104A IC Bus CE school bus with an International 3300 chassis in America (from Public transport bus service)
Image 105Preserved 1965 AEC Regal VI formerly operated by the Metropolitan Transport Trust in Perth, Australia (from Bus)
Image 106A New Flyer XDE60 articulated bus in Seattle (from Public transport bus service)
Image 107One of GO Transit's 3.9-metre height (12 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Super-Lo double-decker buses (from Double-decker bus)
Image 108Setra S 417 HDH in Mannheim (from Coach (bus))
Image 109Yutong GT12 operated by FlixBus (from Coach (bus))
Image 110A Paris omnibus in 1828 (from Horsebus)
Image 111BYD B12C01 double-decker bus operating in Santiago, Chile (from Double-decker bus)
Image 112Irisbus Crealis Neo, an optically guided TEOR bus in Rouen (from Guided bus)
Image 1132006 Volvo 9700HD with walk-in cargo compartment from Savonlinja in Lahti (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 114Electric buses are becoming common in some places. Pictured is an example from Toronto. (from Transit bus)
Image 115Articulated trolleybus in Arnhem (from Articulated bus)
Image 116A double-decker bus in Alexandria, Egypt (from Double-decker bus)
Image 117The London Booster moving sculpture
Image 118Cikupa manhauler (from Combination bus)
Image 119Trolleybus with battery pack and full dual-mode capability on the streets of Brest, Belarus (from Trolleybus)
Image 120Monument to Crimean Trolleybus (from Trolleybus)
Image 121MU ZiU-9 in Soviet Union, 1987 (from Trolleybus)
Image 122Berlin horsebus (from Horsebus)
Image 123New Flyer XT60 in Seattle (from Trolleybus)
Image 124Leyland Titan double decker bus in Sydney, Australia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 125MAN A39 in Berlin, Germany (from Double-decker bus)
Image 126Replica of the Jinghua BK670, a 1970s-1980s front-engined articulated bus model based on Huanghe JN150 trucks, in Beijing (from Articulated bus)
Image 127Ausden Clark Executive Scania Irizar i6 coach in black and pink livery (from Coach (bus))
Image 128A 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 129Low floor buses in Seoul (from Low-floor bus)
Image 130The earliest public light buses. At the front are (left to right) Commer, Isuzu Elf and Morris (from Public light bus)
Image 131An operator livery complementing the bodywork features (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 132Arriva Southend Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart SLF (from Low-floor bus)
Image 133Early coach drawn by horses (from Coach (bus))
Image 134A Low floor Bus in Kolkata (from Low-floor bus)
Image 135Bimodal Bus-tram(Ko) and Barota (BRT System)(Ko) in Sejong City, South Korea (from Guided bus)
Image 136Ikarus 280 buses in Budapest traffic (1975) (from Articulated bus)
Image 137A Ringtrambus hybrid bus in Belgium (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 138A TheBus with destination marquee indicating "Express" service to Village Park on the H-1 Freeway. (from Public transport bus service)
Image 139US school bus (2007 IC CE) (from Bus)
Image 140A double-decker bus has more seating capacity than a single-decker bus of equivalent length. (from Transit bus)
Image 141A dual-mode bus operating as a trolleybus in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel, in 1990 (from Trolleybus)
Image 1421983 Repstad-bodied Volvo B10M, converted for transport of racing horses (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 143Countries with double-decker buses as a form of public transport (from Double-decker bus)
Image 144The 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 145Guided omnibus from Manchester (from Guided bus)
Image 146A Chevrolet bus of Nepal Transport Service in 1961. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 147A typical transit bus in Eindhoven. The floor between the doors is low to allow for easy entry and egress. (from Transit bus)
Image 148VinBus electric bus at VOP (from Public transport bus service)
Image 149Guided trolleybus in Castellón de la Plana, Spain (from Guided bus)
Image 150Horse-drawn omnibus in London, 1902 (from Horsebus)
Image 151A 56-passenger Prevost coach in Canada (from Coach (bus))
Image 152Solaris Urbino 18 in Warsaw, Poland (2018) (from Articulated bus)
Image 153MAN A39 double-deck bus on route 500 in Porto, Portugal (from Double-decker bus)
Image 154Bi-articulated bus in Guatemala City, Guatemala (from Articulated bus)
Image 1552003 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 156A Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TL in April 2024. (from Low-floor bus)
Image 157A typical transit bus in Madrid, Spain. (from Transit bus)
Image 158A 1965 Mercedes-Benz LPO 322 Bruck in Karlskrona, Sweden (2005) (from Bus)
Image 159A BYD Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV battery-electric double-decker bus in London (from Public transport bus service)
Image 160VDL Synergy double-decker bus in Norrtälje, Sweden (from Double-decker bus)
Image 161A Greyhound bus in 1939. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 1621999 New Flyer D40LF in the Aurora Village Transit Center in Shoreline in June 2010. (from Low-floor bus)
Image 163The Perth Central Area Transit operates as a zero-fare basis for passengers in the Perth CBD. (from Public transport bus service)
Image 164Cross-sectional diagram of the parallel direction curbs of the bus lane in Essen, Germany (from Guided bus)
Image 165Amédée Bollée's L'Obéissante steam bus photographed in 1875 (from Steam bus)
Image 166 Almazora bodied Fuso Canter Modern PUV, Philippines (from Combination bus)
Image 167Jakarta double-decker city tour bus passing through landmarks and points of interest in Jakarta, Indonesia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 16814.5-metre 1991 Delta Star 501 on Volvo B10M with cantilever tail lift (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 169Winnipeg Transit New Flyer D60LF on Route 77 (from Articulated bus)
Image 1701965 Mercedes-Benz LPO322 from Sweden, a typical "skvader" (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 171School buses operated by U-go Mobility in Sydney, NSW (from Bus)
Image 172National Steam car Co Ltd ran steam buses in London from 2 Nov 1909 to 18 Nov 1919 (from Steam bus)
Image 173Trailer bus in Havana (2006) (from Bus)
Image 174A Mercedes-Benz Tourismo in Berlin, Germany (from Coach (bus))
Image 175Leyland B45 (prototype of the Olympian) on route 10 in Gibraltar (from Double-decker bus)
Image 176Red open-top double decker bus in Cape Town, South Africa (from Double-decker bus)
Image 177BEX intercity double-decker coach connecting Dresden and Berlin. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 178Ural-375D 'truckbus' in Tajikistan. (from Combination bus)
Image 179Volgren Optimus bodied Volvo B8RLEA of Transperth, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, November 2018 (from Articulated bus)
Image 180National Express Caetano Levante bodied Scania K340EB 6x2 with wheelchair lift at Metrocentre bus rally in May 2009 (from Low-floor bus)
Image 181Citroën Jumper minibus in France (from Minibus)
Image 182A private omnibus or "station bus" (from Horsebus)
Image 183Many low-floor buses feature extendable ramps. (from Low-floor bus)
Image 184A bi-articulated Van Hool ExquiCity 24 on Mettis services at Metz, France (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 185A 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 186Diagram of a 1947-built Pullman Standard model 800 trolleybus, a type that operated in Valparaíso (Chile) until 2023 (from Trolleybus)
Image 187Star 200 truck with passengers bodywork for the Milicja in Poland. (from Combination bus)
Image 188An 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 189Hess LighTram trolleybus in St. Gallen (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 190A Transit Systems Scania K280UB at Westfield Miranda (from Bus)
Image 191Setra mid-size coach (from Coach (bus))
Image 192John Scott Russell's Steam carriage in 1834 (from Steam bus)
Image 193Torquay & District Motor Omnibus Co Ltd service to Chelston from 1903 with a 14-seat Chelmsford Steam bus (from Steam bus)
Image 194Arriva Southern Counties Volvo B7TL with TransBus ALX400 bodywork in England (from Double-decker bus)
Image 195An AEC Routemaster, a pioneering 1950s bus design (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 1961960 Scania-Vabis L75 bodied by Kristiansund Lettmetall, carrying six passengers (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 197ZIL-131 shift bus (from Combination bus)
Image 198Insulated poles, contact shoes, and pull–ropes (from Trolleybus)
Image 199Lear Steam bus on display in Michigan in 1972 (from Steam bus)
Image 200Early version of a midibus, the Bedford JJL (from Midibus)
Image 201A Neoplan Megaliner at Osaka station as "Seishun Mega Dream" in Japan (from Double-decker bus)
Image 202Greyhound Lines MCI 102DL3 Coach bus (from Coach (bus))
Image 203Nottingham City Transport Optare Solo M995 in July 2025 (from Low-floor bus)
Image 204Johannesburg Metrobus (from Double-decker bus)
Image 205A Van Hool bi-articulated bus in Hamburg, Germany (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 206A semi-open top sightseeing bus in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (from Open top bus)
Image 207A Kowloon Motor Bus Alexander Dennis Enviro400 in Hong Kong (from Double-decker bus)
Image 208A double-decker bus in Marrakesh, Morocco (from Double-decker bus)
Image 209A Rapid KL Alexander Dennis Enviro500 during a test run in Cheras, Malaysia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 210An early horse-drawn omnibus from mid-nineteenth century (from Bus)
Image 211Yibin ART System, Yibin, China (from Guided bus)
Image 212Police bus in Taipei, Taiwan (2014) (from Bus)
Image 213Spokane Transit Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC double-decker bus at Eastern Washington University (from Double-decker bus)
Image 214A shuttle bus service in Sydney (from Public transport bus service)
Image 215Kerb-guided track and adjacent multi-user path along a disused rail line, on the Leigh-Salford-Manchester Bus Rapid Transit (from Guided bus)
Image 216Japanese low-entry bus "omnibus" in Hamamatsu (from Low-floor bus)
Image 217Crown-Ikarus 286 for TriMet (1993) (from Articulated bus)
Image 218A double-decker bus on its first day of operation in Mombasa, Kenya (from Double-decker bus)
Image 219An Irizar i6 built on a MAN chassis (from Coach (bus))
Image 220A Foton BJ6128SHEVCA-5 plug-in hybrid double-decker bus in Beijing Bus service (from Double-decker bus)
Image 221NefAZ-4208/4951 shift bus based on a KamAZ-44108. (from Combination bus)
Image 222One of the NAW/Hess articulated trolleybuses delivered to Geneva in 1992, which were among the first production-series low-floor trolleybuses (from Trolleybus)
Image 223Iveco Indcar Mago 2 midibus in Jyväskylä, Finland (from Midibus)
Image 224Scania K320UA articulated bus operating for SouthLink (from Articulated bus)
Image 225Curitiba 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 226New Flyer DE60LF diesel-electric hybrid in Albuquerque, New Mexico, US. (from Articulated bus)
Image 227A Rocar DAC 217E articulated trolleybus in Bucharest, Romania, in April 2007 (from Trolleybus)
Image 228Advertisement on a bus in Hong Kong (2018) (from Bus)
Image 229Hino Dutro 110SD 12-seater microbus in Indonesia (from Minibus)
Image 230LiAZ-6213 in Tyumen (from Low-floor bus)
Image 231The Elektromote, the world's first trolleybus, in Berlin, Germany, 1882 (from Trolleybus)
Image 232MAN NG 313 F articulated bus, bodied by Castrosua (CS 40) in TMB, Barcelona. (from Articulated bus)
Image 233A rebuilt East Lancs Greenway (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 234Intercity coach at Liuliqiao, connecting Beijing with Youyu. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 235A preserved 1951 Kenworth bruck displayed at the Whitefish Depot (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 236The Shanghai trolleybus system is currently the oldest in the world. (from Trolleybus)
Image 237Coal mines also operate trolleybus networks to serve workers. Wuyang Coal Mine in Xiangyuan, Changzhi, Shanxi has the last remaining mine trolleybus system in China. (from Trolleybus)
Image 238A double-deck trolleybus in Reading, England, 1966 (from Trolleybus)
Image 239Kerb guided busway guide wheel Mannheim, Germany (from Guided bus)
Image 240An Iveco Bus (Irisbus) Magelys at Busworld 2007 (from Coach (bus))
Image 241Bustech bodied double decker in Sydney, Australia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 242Double-decker bus in Baghdad, Iraq in 2016 (from Double-decker bus)
Image 243SmartRider card for Transperth (from Transit bus)
Image 244Russian Police Ural-572060 also known as VM-4320 (from Combination bus)
Image 245Bus station in rural Russia (from Public transport bus service)
Image 246Retired bus in Israel used as a tow truck (2008) (from Bus)
Image 247A 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 248George Shillibeer's first London omnibus, 1829 (from Horsebus)
Image 249On this articulated Beijing trolleybus, the operator uses ropes to guide the trolley poles to contact the overhead wires. (from Trolleybus)
Image 250AKSM-420 Vitovt in Minsk (from Trolleybus)
Image 251A Hino Rainbow midibus (from Midibus)
Image 252Interior of the Alexander ALX500 bodywork as applied to the three-axle Volvo Super Olympian (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 253Modern Switch Mobility EiV 22 double-decker bus operated by KSRTC in Kerala, India (from Double-decker bus)
Image 254Intercity coaches from GO and Megabus seen in Niagara Falls, Ontario (from Intercity bus service)
Image 255Évéole bus in Douai (from Guided bus)
Image 256Trolleybus on tunnel line in Tateyama (from Trolleybus)
Image 257New Routemaster double-decker bus in London, United Kingdom (from Bus)
Image 258Amédée Bollée's L'Obéissante (1875) (from Bus)
Image 259A San Francisco Muni trolleybus (ETI 14TrSF) climbing Nob Hill (from Trolleybus)
Image 260An example of a private bus operating for BusWest in Perth (2018) (from Bus)
Image 261Hino Coach Bus in RMUTT (Pathumthani, Thailand) (from Coach (bus))
Image 262Left, double-decker bus Schneider Brillié P2; Centre, double decker horse-drawn omnibus in Paris, France (from Double-decker bus)
Image 263Modern Tiyulit (Hebrew for "trip truck") in Israel used for transporting IDF soldiers in open non-paved terrain. (from Combination bus)
Image 264Tour bus being used in France (2015) (from Bus)
Image 265Volvo B5LH single-decker bus in Singapore (from Bus)
Image 266A MAN Lion's City A24 articulated bus operated by Tower Transit Singapore (from Articulated bus)
Image 267Pole bases with springs and pneumatic pole lowering cylinders (from Trolleybus)
Image 268Schematic of an articulated bus, showing four passenger doors and two powertrain configurations. (from Articulated bus)
Image 269A 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 270An East Lancs Olympus body with a tree-protection bull-bar protecting the large upper-deck front window (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 271A Volvo B10M chassis, bodied worldwide as a single-decker bus, articulated bus, double-decker bus, and coach (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 272CT Transit Nova Bus LFS articulated at Waterbury, CT (from Articulated bus)
Image 273A Mercedes-Benz O405 integral bus (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 274In-Motion Charging additional batteries charging at Palmovka Prague (from Trolleybus)
Image 275A Mercedes-Benz Citaro transit bus operating in Singapore (from Public transport bus service)
Image 276Electric bus Hyundai Elec City in Goyang (from Double-decker bus)
Image 277Chevrolet AK Series shift bus (from Combination bus)
Image 278A Scania bus operated by Transport for Brisbane. (from Public transport bus service)
Image 279Greyhound Lines intercity bus in New York City (from Intercity bus service)
Image 280Hyundai County minibus being used as a city bus in Seoul, South Korea. (from Transit bus)
Image 281Cacciamali Urby (built on Iveco Daily chassis) in Rijeka, Croatia (from Minibus)
Image 282World's first trolleybus, Berlin 1882 (from Bus)
Image 283Trolleybus in Castellón de la Plana (from Trolleybus)
Image 284DAC 117UD articulated bus in Uzinelor, Romania, June 2008 (from Articulated bus)
Image 285A Taichung BRT Bus (from Articulated bus)
Image 286First appearing in London in 1947, the AEC Regent III RT (pictured) was the predecessor to the AEC Routemaster. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 287A public transport timetable for bus services in England in the 1940s and 1950s (from Public transport bus service)
Image 288A Kia Granbird Silkroad from 2015 at the Seoul Motor Show (from Coach (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 trolleybus in Novosibirsk, Russia
Image 2A Connexionsbuses operated Scania Omnidekka, at Thorpe Arch industrial estate, Wetherby.
Image 3A Dopravní podnik hlavního města Prahy, Karosa B 732 in Prague
Image 4A preserved BVG MAN SD200, operating Berlin bus 218
Image 5A Mercedes Citaro O530, of the Oxford Bus Company
Image 6A KMB bus, in Hong Kong
Image 7An East Lancs bodied Volvo B10M, owned by Hilton's travel, Newton-Le-Willows
Image 8A Karosa Bus in Olomouc
Image 9Trolleybuses outside Salzburg Hbf, Austria
Image 10Buses in Oslo
Image 11A MAN Lion's City of BSAG, Bremen Hauptbahnhof
Image 12View from Slussen towards Gamla stan (Old town) and Riddarholmen. In the background Kungsholmen and Stockholm City Hall.
Image 13A trolleybus in Brno, Czech Republic
Image 14A bus at the University of Nottingham
Image 15A preserved Bristol SUS, which was operated by Western National
Image 16A Leyland Olympian, and the Grade II listed Angel Inn
Image 17An Irisbus Agora Line vehicle in Avignon, France
Image 18An abandoned bus in the Atacama Desert
Image 19A Setra S 415 NF of the operator BahnBus Hochstift, in Paderborn bus terminal.
Image 20The freight trolley TG-5, Vinnitsa, Ukraine.
Image 21An Iveco Crossway of Blaguss, Vienna
Image 22The Agora and de l'Assut de l'Or Bridge – Part of the Arts and Science complex in Valencia

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 first 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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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 2023, Gloag put Beaufort Castle, her Category A listed residence in the Scottish Highlands, up for sale at £7.5 million. Located near Kiltarlity, 13 miles west of Inverness, the castle was originally built in the 12th century and then rebuilt in 1880. Gloag purchased the historic estate, which includes a 26-bedroom principal property, a chapel, six residential cottages and 127 acres of land, in 1994 for approximately £1.5 million. (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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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)
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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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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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Julian Henry 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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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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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)