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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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Two deadheading Community Transit buses in Seattle: an articulated bus and a "Double Tall" double-decker bus

Community Transit (CT) is the public transit authority of Snohomish County, Washington, United States, in the Seattle metropolitan area. It operates local bus, paratransit and vanpool service within Snohomish County, excluding the city of Everett. CT is publicly funded, financed through sales taxes, federal grants, and farebox revenue, with an annual operating budget of $248.6 million as of 2025. In 2024, the system had a ridership of 8,433,900, or about 31,100 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2025, placing it third among transit agencies in the Puget Sound region. The city of Everett, which serves as the county seat, is served by Everett Transit, a municipal transit system.

The system, officially the Snohomish County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation (SCPTBA), operates a fleet of 257 accessible transit buses, 52 paratransit vehicles, and 333 vanpool vans, maintained at two bus bases in Everett. Service is provided year-round at over 1,600 stops on 33 routes throughout the county public transportation benefit area (PTBA). These include three Swift Bus Rapid Transit lines, local and commuter routes that connect with Link light rail, and service to regional Sound Transit facilities. CT also operates several Sound Transit Express routes that serve Snohomish County, Downtown Seattle, and the Interstate 405 corridor. The agency's microtransit service, Zip Shuttle, operates in four cities. (Full article...)

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Aerocoach (full name General American Aerocoach Corporation) was a bus and coach manufacturer based in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States and was popular in the 1940s. The company existed between 1939 and 1952 when it went out of business. Its first manager was Harry Alphonse Fitzjohn, co-founder of the FitzJohn-Erwin Manufacturing Company. (

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General images

The following are images from various bus-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1A preserved Leyland Titan TD1 of Glasgow Corporation at the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 2A typical transit bus in Madrid, Spain. (from Transit bus)
Image 3New Flyer trolleybus in San Francisco (from Trolleybus)
Image 4A typical transit bus in Eindhoven. The floor between the doors is low to allow for easy entry and egress. (from Transit bus)
Image 5A 56-passenger Prevost coach in Canada (from Coach (bus))
Image 6ZIL-131 shift bus (from Combination bus)
Image 7Volvo B5LH single-decker bus in Singapore (from Bus)
Image 8A Mitsubishi Fuso Aero King at Tokyo station as "Dream-go" in Japan (from Double-decker bus)
Image 9School buses operated by U-go Mobility in Sydney, NSW (from Bus)
Image 10MAN NG 313 F articulated bus, bodied by Castrosua (CS 40) in TMB, Barcelona. (from Articulated bus)
Image 11Early coach drawn by horses (from Coach (bus))
Image 12Cross-sectional diagram of the parallel direction curbs of the bus lane in Essen, Germany (from Guided bus)
Image 13A public transport timetable for bus services in England in the 1940s and 1950s (from Public transport bus service)
Image 14Japanese low-entry bus "omnibus" in Hamamatsu (from Low-floor bus)
Image 15A retired bus is used for an ambulance bus in Toronto (2014) (from Bus)
Image 16A 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 17Yutong City Master in Skopje, North Macedonia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 18Trolleybus in Malatya (from Trolleybus)
Image 19A 1965 Mercedes-Benz LPO 322 Bruck in Karlskrona, Sweden (2005) (from Bus)
Image 20Crown-Ikarus 286 for TriMet (1993) (from Articulated bus)
Image 21Spokane Transit Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC double-decker bus at Eastern Washington University (from Double-decker bus)
Image 22An omnibus of the Compagnie générale des omnibus company (from Horsebus)
Image 23Setra S 417 HDH in Mannheim (from Coach (bus))
Image 24Lear Steam bus on display in Michigan in 1972 (from Steam bus)
Image 25A New Flyer XDE60 articulated bus in Seattle (from Public transport bus service)
Image 26Articulated trolleybus in Arnhem (from Articulated bus)
Image 272003 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 28A bi-articulated Van Hool ExquiCity 24 on Mettis services at Metz, France (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 29A postbus in St. Moritz (from Public transport bus service)
Image 302006 Volvo 9700HD with walk-in cargo compartment from Savonlinja in Lahti (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 31Airport Limousine Bus. Mitsubishi Fuso Aero Ace in Tokyo, Japan (from Coach (bus))
Image 32Leyland Titan double decker bus in Sydney, Australia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 33National Steam car Co Ltd ran steam buses in London from 2 Nov 1909 to 18 Nov 1919 (from Steam bus)
Image 34A 1912 Daimler CC Bus, one of five (English) Daimler Company buses exported to Australia (from Bus)
Image 35A San Francisco Muni trolleybus (ETI 14TrSF) climbing Nob Hill (from Trolleybus)
Image 36MU ZiU-9 in Soviet Union, 1987 (from Trolleybus)
Image 37Advertisement on a bus in Hong Kong (2018) (from Bus)
Image 381937 Chevrolet bodied by Anco in Trondheim with an open cargo area integrated with the body (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 39Bustech bodied double decker in Sydney, Australia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 40Monument to Crimean Trolleybus (from Trolleybus)
Image 41Stagecoach Yorkshire Enviro400EV electric double-decker in Chesterfield in May 2025 (from Double-decker bus)
Image 42Yibin ART System, Yibin, China (from Guided bus)
Image 43Torquay & District Motor Omnibus Co Ltd service to Chelston from 1903 with a 14-seat Chelmsford Steam bus (from Steam bus)
Image 44An Iveco Bus (Irisbus) Magelys at Busworld 2007 (from Coach (bus))
Image 45Bus station in rural Russia (from Public transport bus service)
Image 46One of GO Transit's 3.9-metre height (12 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Super-Lo double-decker buses (from Double-decker bus)
Image 47BYD B12C01 double-decker bus operating in Santiago, Chile (from Double-decker bus)
Image 48MAN A39 in Berlin, Germany (from Double-decker bus)
Image 49Trolleybus wire switch (Type Soviet Union) (from Trolleybus)
Image 50A 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 51A BMTC UD SLF bus (from Low-floor bus)
Image 52A MAN Lion's City A24 articulated bus operated by Tower Transit Singapore (from Articulated bus)
Image 53A Sunwin trolleybus in Shanghai, on the world's oldest operating trolleybus system (from Trolleybus)
Image 54A Neoplan Megaliner at Osaka station as "Seishun Mega Dream" in Japan (from Double-decker bus)
Image 55A double-decker bus in Marrakesh, Morocco (from Double-decker bus)
Image 56George Shillibeer's first London omnibus, 1829 (from Horsebus)
Image 57New Flyer XT60 in Seattle (from Trolleybus)
Image 58A preserved 1951 Kenworth bruck displayed at the Whitefish Depot (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 59Geumgang Express Hyundai Universe in South Korea. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 60Ural-375D 'truckbus' in Tajikistan. (from Combination bus)
Image 61Ikarus 280 in Hungary (1975) (from Articulated bus)
Image 62Replica of the Jinghua BK670, a 1970s-1980s front-engined articulated bus model based on Huanghe JN150 trucks, in Beijing (from Articulated bus)
Image 63Early version of a midibus, the Bedford JJL (from Midibus)
Image 64A IC Bus CE school bus with an International 3300 chassis in America (from Public transport bus service)
Image 65Double-decker in Vienna, 1979 (from Double-decker bus)
Image 66Modern Tiyulit (Hebrew for "trip truck") in Israel used for transporting IDF soldiers in open non-paved terrain. (from Combination bus)
Image 67A dual-mode bus operating as a trolleybus in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel in 1990. (from Trolleybus)
Image 68A modern purpose-built open top sightseeing bus in France (from Open top bus)
Image 69An articulated Wright Eclipse Fusion, bending as it drives round a corner at the University of Bath, England, May 2008 (from Articulated bus)
Image 70MAN Lion's coach L (from Coach (bus))
Image 71An AT Metro double decker Northern Busway bus at Albany busway station (from Double-decker bus)
Image 72A coach operated by Megabus (from Intercity bus service)
Image 73Left, double-decker bus Schneider Brillié P2; Centre, double decker horse-drawn omnibus in Paris, France (from Double-decker bus)
Image 74Many low-floor buses feature extendable ramps. (from Low-floor bus)
Image 75The Vancouver trolleybus system completed the transition to an exclusively low-floor fleet in 2009. (from Trolleybus)
Image 76Oxford Tube bodied double-decker Neoplan Skyliners (from Coach (bus))
Image 77Cikupa manhauler (from Combination bus)
Image 78Kerb-guided track and adjacent multi-user path along a disused rail line, on the Leigh-Salford-Manchester Bus Rapid Transit (from Guided bus)
Image 79A Titan double decker bus built by Ashok Leyland in Dhaka, Bangladesh (from Double-decker bus)
Image 80US school bus (2007 IC CE) (from Bus)
Image 81Setra mid-size coach (from Coach (bus))
Image 82A Greyhound bus in 1939. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 83Amédée Bollée's L'Obéissante (1875) (from Bus)
Image 84Kerb guided busway guide wheel Mannheim, Germany (from Guided bus)
Image 85A Transit Systems Scania K280UB at Westfield Miranda (from Bus)
Image 86A Foton BJ6128SHEVCA-5 plug-in hybrid double-decker bus in Beijing Bus service (from Double-decker bus)
Image 87Winnipeg Transit New Flyer D60LF on Route 77 (from Articulated bus)
Image 88An AEC Routemaster, a pioneering 1950s bus design (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 892009 Volvo 9700HD NG bruck coach from Bussring. In service for Riksteatret, outside their headquarters in Nydalen, Oslo. (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 90Underground trolleybus at Kurobe Dam Station (from Trolleybus)
Image 91SmartRider card for Transperth (from Transit bus)
Image 92Leyland B45 (prototype of the Olympian) on route 10 in Gibraltar (from Double-decker bus)
Image 93Scania K320UA articulated bus operating for SouthLink (from Articulated bus)
Image 94Johannesburg Metrobus (from Double-decker bus)
Image 95Portland, Oregon TriMet high-floor bus with wheelchair lift extended and lowered to the sidewalk/pavement (2010) (from Bus)
Image 96Irisbus Cristalis in Limoges (from Trolleybus)
Image 97A Ringtrambus hybrid bus in Belgium (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 98Horsebus in Copenhagen, 1907 (from Horsebus)
Image 99The Elektromote, the world's first trolleybus, in Berlin, Germany, 1882 (from Trolleybus)
Image 100A double-decker bus of Pabama Transport in Bukidnon (from Double-decker bus)
Image 101ExpressBus Savonlinja Volvo B7R / 9700S (no. 792, AAI-840, 2006) at Jyväskylä bus station (from Coach (bus))
Image 102Solaris trolleybus on the Arnhem trolleybus system in the Netherlands (from Trolleybus)
Image 103A Mercedes-Benz Tourismo in Berlin, Germany (from Coach (bus))
Image 104A Škoda 30 Tr trolleybus in Prague, which uses In-Motion Charging technology. (from Trolleybus)
Image 105An 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 106Bimodal Bus-tram(Ko) and Barota (BRT System)(Ko) in Sejong City, South Korea (from Guided bus)
Image 107Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC double-decker bus on Mexico City Metrobús' new line 7 running along Calzada de los Misterios (from Double-decker bus)
Image 108Preserved 1857 horse bus in Copenhagen, 1986 (from Horsebus)
Image 109BEX intercity double-decker coach connecting Dresden and Berlin. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 110Transjakarta location in Jakarta is the longest BRT line in the world (from Public transport bus service)
Image 111A double-decker bus has more seating capacity than a single-decker bus of equivalent length. (from Transit bus)
Image 112Retired bus in Israel used as a tow truck (2008) (from Bus)
Image 113Interior of a wheelchair-accessible transit bus, with bucket seats and smart-card readers at the exit. (from Transit bus)
Image 114Chevrolet AK Series shift bus (from Combination bus)
Image 115CT Transit Nova Bus LFS articulated in Waterbury, CT (from Articulated bus)
Image 116The first ever internal combustion omnibus, introduced in 1895 (Siegen to Netphen) (from Bus)
Image 117MAZ-251 in Minsk, Belarus (from Coach (bus))
Image 118Passengers on board an old Leyland Titan open-top bus view the scenery in Devon. (from Open top bus)
Image 119Youngman JNP6183BEV in Beijing (from Trolleybus)
Image 1201965 Mercedes-Benz LPO322 from Sweden, a typical "skvader" (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 1211960 Scania-Vabis L75 bodied by Kristiansund Lettmetall, carrying six passengers (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 122Armoured buses in Israel (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 123Red open-top double decker bus in Cape Town, South Africa (from Double-decker bus)
Image 124Solaris Urbino 18 in Warsaw, Poland (2018) (from Articulated bus)
Image 125AKSM-420 Vitovt in Minsk (from Trolleybus)
Image 126Hino Coach Bus in RMUTT (Pathumthani, Thailand) (from Coach (bus))
Image 1272003 Helmark-bodied Scania K124EB double-decker bruck in Östersund (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 128A Mercedes-Benz Citaro transit bus operating in Singapore (from Public transport bus service)
Image 1291983 Repstad-bodied Volvo B10M, converted for transport of racing horses (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 130A 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 131A Mercedes-Benz O405 integral bus (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 132DAC 117UD articulated bus in Uzinelor, Romania, June 2008 (from Articulated bus)
Image 133Opel Blitz combination bus (from Combination bus)
Image 134The 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 135VinBus electric bus at VOP (from Public transport bus service)
Image 136A switch in parallel overhead lines (from Trolleybus)
Image 137Hyundai County minibus being used as a city bus in Seoul, South Korea. (from Transit bus)
Image 138A semi-open top sightseeing bus in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (from Open top bus)
Image 139Nottingham City Transport Optare Solo M995 in July 2025 (from Low-floor bus)
Image 140Greyhound Lines intercity bus in New York City (from Intercity bus service)
Image 141World's first trolleybus, Berlin 1882 (from Bus)
Image 142A rebuilt East Lancs Greenway (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 143Irisbus Crealis Neo, an optically guided TEOR bus in Rouen (from Guided bus)
Image 144LibertyBus in Jersey (from Double-decker bus)
Image 145Intercity coach at Liuliqiao, connecting Beijing with Youyu. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 146Gillett & Co Steam bus licensed by the Metropolitan Police on 21 Jan 1899 (from Steam bus)
Image 147A low-entry bus of Volgren Optimus bodied Volvo B7RLE in Australia (from Low-floor bus)
Image 148Youngman articulated bus in Ürümqi, China (from Bus)
Image 149The earliest public light buses. At the front are (left to right) Commer, Isuzu Elf and Morris (from Public light bus)
Image 150Police bus in Taipei, Taiwan (2014) (from Bus)
Image 151A Van Hool US-specification double-decker bus in New York City, US (from Double-decker bus)
Image 152Amédée Bollée's L'Obéissante steam bus photographed in 1875 (from Steam bus)
Image 153Pole bases with springs and pneumatic pole lowering cylinders (from Trolleybus)
Image 154In 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 155GAZ combination bus (from Combination bus)
Image 156Countries with double-decker buses as a form of public transport (from Double-decker bus)
Image 157The chassis of an Alexander Dennis Enviro500 double-decker bus on display in Hong Kong (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 158A bus in Finland in the early 20th century with the cargo area totally separated from the bus body (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 159First appearing in London in 1947, the AEC Regent III RT (pictured) was the predecessor to the AEC Routemaster. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 160Citroën Jumper minibus in France (from Minibus)
Image 161Caetano Levante 3 bodied Scania K410EB6 operated by National Express (from Coach (bus))
Image 162A double-decker bus in Alexandria, Egypt (from Double-decker bus)
Image 163Guided omnibus from Manchester (from Guided bus)
Image 164A BYD Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV battery-electric double-decker bus in London (from Public transport bus service)
Image 165Knight Bus (from Double-decker bus)
Image 166National Express Caetano Levante bodied Scania K340EB 6x2 with wheelchair lift at Metrocentre bus rally in May 2009 (from Low-floor bus)
Image 167Jakarta double-decker city tour bus passing through landmarks and points of interest in Jakarta, Indonesia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 168Double-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 169A Hino Rainbow midibus (from Midibus)
Image 170A New Routemaster double-decker bus in London (from Double-decker bus)
Image 171A double-decker bus on its first day of operation in Mombasa, Kenya (from Double-decker bus)
Image 172Trailer bus in Havana (2006) (from Bus)
Image 173Tour bus being used in France (2015) (from Bus)
Image 174Scania L94UB chassis bus at the Central Square in Tampere, Finland (from Transit bus)
Image 175Hess LighTram trolleybus in St. Gallen (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 176An operator livery complementing the bodywork features (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 177Cacciamali Urby (built on Iveco Daily chassis) in Rijeka, Croatia (from Minibus)
Image 178A 1911 LGOC B-type (from Bus)
Image 179Diagram of a 1947-built Pullman Standard model 800 trolleybus, a type that operated in Valparaíso (Chile) until 2023 (from Trolleybus)
Image 180YaTB-3 trolleybus on Leningradskoye Highway in Moscow, 1930s (from Double-decker bus)
Image 181Minibus vehicle from Suzuki Carry used as public transportation of Transjakarta in Indonesia (from Minibus)
Image 182Trolleybus in Castellón de la Plana (from Trolleybus)
Image 183Solaris Trollino 18 in Salzburg (from Trolleybus)
Image 184Coal 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 185An 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 186A Kowloon Motor Bus Alexander Dennis Enviro400 in Hong Kong (from Double-decker bus)
Image 187VDL Synergy double-decker bus in Norrtälje, Sweden (from Double-decker bus)
Image 188Yutong GT12 operated by FlixBus (from Coach (bus))
Image 1891902 Thornycroft Steam bus used by London Road car Co Ltd (from Steam bus)
Image 190Preserved 1965 AEC Regal VI formerly operated by the Metropolitan Transport Trust in Perth, Australia (from Bus)
Image 191GMC New Design truckbus (from Combination bus)
Image 192Chelmsford (1905) (from Steam bus)
Image 193An AutoTram Extra Grand (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 194Interior of the Alexander ALX500 bodywork as applied to the three-axle Volvo Super Olympian (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 195Ikarus 280 buses in Budapest traffic (1975) (from Articulated bus)
Image 196New Routemaster double-decker bus in London, United Kingdom (from Bus)
Image 197An Irizar i6 built on a MAN chassis (from Coach (bus))
Image 198A Van Hool bi-articulated bus in Hamburg, Germany (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 199Föli double-decker coach bus in Turku, Finland (from Double-decker bus)
Image 200Solaris Vacanza 13, A 3-axle Solaris coach manufactured between 2001 and 2010 in San Sebastian, Spain (from Coach (bus))
Image 201Bristol Lodekka FS6G – the first British alternative to the lowbridge design (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 202A shuttle bus service in Sydney (from Public transport bus service)
Image 203Dublin Bus Volvo B9TL (from Double-decker bus)
Image 204A 19-seat low-floor green minibus (from Public light bus)
Image 205Évéole bus in Douai (from Guided bus)
Image 206A Brisbane Metro fully electric bus in Australia (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 207An Alexander Dennis Enviro500 equipped with bike rack, servicing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (from Double-decker bus)
Image 208Double-decker bus in Baghdad, Iraq in 2016 (from Double-decker bus)
Image 209A Rocar DAC 217E articulated trolleybus in Bucharest, Romania, in April 2007 (from Trolleybus)
Image 210Insulated poles, contact shoes, and pull–ropes (from Trolleybus)
Image 211One of the NAW/Hess articulated trolleybuses delivered to Geneva in 1992, which were among the first production-series low-floor trolleybuses (from Trolleybus)
Image 212Schematic of an articulated bus, showing four passenger doors and two powertrain configurations. (from Articulated bus)
Image 213Electric buses are becoming common in some places. Pictured is an example from Toronto. (from Transit bus)
Image 214Van Hool Exquicity 18T in Parma (from Trolleybus)
Image 215MAN A95 double decker on route X25 running in Dubai, UAE in 2023 (from Double-decker bus)
Image 216New Flyer trolleybus in Toronto, Canada (from Bus)
Image 217Guided trolleybus in Castellón de la Plana, Spain (from Guided bus)
Image 218A double-deck trolleybus in Reading, England, 1966 (from Trolleybus)
Image 219A Scania TransJakarta bus in Harmoni Central Busway Station, Jakarta. (from Articulated bus)
Image 220A Chevrolet bus of Nepal Transport Service in 1961. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 221An example of a private bus operating for BusWest in Perth (2018) (from Bus)
Image 222Hino Dutro 110SD 12-seater microbus in Indonesia (from Minibus)
Image 223Medium-sized Hino Songthaew (truck bus) as seen in Sakon Nakhon, Thailand. (from Combination bus)
Image 224An early horse-drawn omnibus from mid-nineteenth century (from Bus)
Image 225A 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 226New Flyer DE60LF diesel-electric hybrid in Albuquerque, New Mexico, US. (from Articulated bus)
Image 227Hino S'elega in Tokyo, Japan (from Coach (bus))
Image 228MAN SD200 on route T-4 in Saint-Petersburg in 2000s (from Double-decker bus)
Image 229Low floor buses in Seoul (from Low-floor bus)
Image 230A Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TL in April 2024. (from Low-floor bus)
Image 231A TheBus with destination marquee indicating "Express" service to Village Park on the H-1 Freeway. (from Public transport bus service)
Image 232A 1986 van-derived Ford Transit minibus bodied by Carlyle (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 233Greyhound Lines MCI 102DL3 Coach bus (from Coach (bus))
Image 234Behind time, anonymous engraving of a stagecoach in England. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 235Horse-drawn omnibus in London, 1902 (from Horsebus)
Image 236The Perth Central Area Transit operates as a zero-fare basis for passengers in the Perth CBD. (from Public transport bus service)
Image 237Intercity coaches from GO and Megabus seen in Niagara Falls, Ontario (from Intercity bus service)
Image 238Phileas bus (from Guided bus)
Image 239NefAZ-4208/4951 shift bus based on a KamAZ-44108. (from Combination bus)
Image 240Star 200 truck with passengers bodywork for the Milicja in Poland. (from Combination bus)
Image 241Russian Police Ural-572060 also known as VM-4320 (from Combination bus)
Image 242An historical Brixton to Clapham horse-drawn bus on display at the London Bus Museum (from Double-decker bus)
Image 243John Scott Russell's Steam carriage in 1834 (from Steam bus)
Image 244AEC Routemaster in Sri Lanka (from Double-decker bus)
Image 245 Almazora bodied Fuso Canter Modern PUV, Philippines (from Combination bus)
Image 24614.5-metre 1991 Delta Star 501 on Volvo B10M with cantilever tail lift (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 247The MAN A95 is one of the newest double-decker buses purchased for the Bus Contracting Model. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 248A typical North American model in Sherbrooke, Quebec: the Nova Bus LFS with a bicycle rack at the front. (from Transit bus)
Image 249A Taichung BRT Bus (from Articulated bus)
Image 250A Rapid KL Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC during a test run in Cheras, Malaysia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 251An East Lancs Olympus body with a tree-protection bull-bar protecting the large upper-deck front window (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 252Arriva Southern Counties Volvo B7TL with TransBus ALX400 bodywork in England (from Double-decker bus)
Image 253Curitiba 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 2541999 New Flyer D40LF in the Aurora Village Transit Center in Shoreline in June 2010. (from Low-floor bus)
Image 255Ausden Clark Executive Scania Irizar i6 coach in black and pink livery (from Coach (bus))
Image 256Trolleybus on tunnel line in Tateyama (from Trolleybus)
Image 257Iveco Indcar Mago 2 midibus in Jyväskylä, Finland (from Midibus)
Image 258The London Booster moving sculpture
Image 259Gothenburg - Bi-articulated Volvo bus (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 260A Nishitetsu public bus in Fukuoka, Japan (from Bus)
Image 261A Volvo B10M chassis, bodied worldwide as a single-decker bus, articulated bus, double-decker bus, and coach (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 262An 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 263Medium-sized Isuzu Songthaew (truck bus) as seen in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. (from Combination bus)
Image 264Electric bus Hyundai Elec City in Goyang (from Double-decker bus)
Image 265A Low floor Bus in Kolkata (from Low-floor bus)
Image 266A Community Transit double-decker bus in Downtown Seattle, Washington (from Double-decker bus)
Image 267Modern Switch Mobility EiV 22 double-decker bus operated by KSRTC in Kerala, India (from Double-decker bus)
Image 268Bi-articulated bus in Guatemala City, Guatemala (from Articulated bus)
Image 269A Kia Granbird Silkroad from 2015 at the Seoul Motor Show (from Coach (bus))
Image 270A private omnibus or "station bus" (from Horsebus)
Image 271Volgren Optimus bodied Volvo B8RLEA of Transperth, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, November 2018 (from Articulated bus)
Image 272Interiors of coaches include many features not found in buses intended for shorter travel. (from Coach (bus))
Image 273MAX bus system in Las Vegas (from Guided bus)
Image 274Berlin horsebus (from Horsebus)
Image 275A Paris omnibus in 1828 (from Horsebus)
Image 276Interior of an articulated bus in Los Angeles (from Bus)
Image 277A 1992 (redesigned) Neoplan Jumbocruiser (from Articulated bus)
Image 278The 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 279LiAZ-6213 in Tyumen (from Low-floor bus)
Image 280MAN A39 double-deck bus on route 500 in Porto, Portugal (from Double-decker bus)
Image 281A Scania bus operated by Transport for Brisbane. (from Public transport bus service)
Image 282Barton's unique Dennis Loline, 861 (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 283An articulated bus in Tel Aviv. (from Articulated bus)
Image 284Two Optare Solo midibuses (from Midibus)
Image 285AC Transit XMC-77 (from Articulated bus)
Image 286Arriva Southend Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart SLF (from Low-floor bus)
Image 287French steam bus (from Steam bus)

Did you know? –

... that Cam Winton has held press conferences on a moving Metro Transit bus and in the largest pothole in Minneapolis?

... that the first series of On the Buses, a British sitcom written by Chesney and Wolfe, was rejected by the BBC but accepted by London Weekend Television?

... that Werner Heubeck, the managing director of Ulsterbus during The Troubles, was known for personally removing IRA bombs from buses to keep them running on time?

... that French manufacturer Vétra built trolleybuses (example pictured) for transit systems in 12 countries, on three continents?

... that Newton Corner has at various times been a commuter rail depot, a trolley station, and now a busy bus stop?

... that Peter Stuart, who formed the band Dog's Eye View, toured with Paula Cole by following her tour bus in his rental car?

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

Bus People

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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