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A New Routemaster double-decker bus, operating for Arriva London on London Buses route 73

A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van. 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 licence.

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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Swift Bus Rapid Transit (stylized Swift, in italics) is a bus rapid transit system operated by Community Transit in Snohomish County, Washington, part of the Seattle metropolitan area. Swift consists of two routes: the Blue Line, which runs 16.7 miles (26.9 km) on the State Route 99 corridor between Everett and Shoreline; and the Green Line from the Boeing Everett Factory to Mill Creek and Bothell.

Swift has the highest ridership of any Community Transit service, carrying over 1.6 million total passengers on the Blue Line in 2015. The service also has the highest frequency out of all Community Transit routes, ranging from 10 minutes on weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., to 20 minutes during early mornings, late nights, and weekends. (Full article...)

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The Mercedes-Benz Citaro is a 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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General images

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

Image 1AKSM-420 Vitovt in Minsk. (from Trolleybus)
Image 2A double-deck trolleybus in Reading, England, 1966. (from Trolleybus)
Image 3A public transport timetable for bus services in England in the 1940s and 1950s (from Public transport bus service)
Image 4Interior of the Alexander ALX500 bodywork as applied to the 3-axle Volvo Super Olympian (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 5An Arriva Southern Counties Volvo B7TL with Alexander ALX400 bodywork in England (from Double-decker bus)
Image 6George Shillibeer's first London omnibus, 1829 (from Horsebus)
Image 7A bi-articulated Van Hool ExquiCity 24 on Mettis services at Metz, France (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 8Intercity coach at Liuliqiao, connecting Beijing with Youyu. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 9Toyota Coaster LPG green public minibus in Hong Kong (from Minibus)
Image 10AC Transit XMC-77 (from Articulated bus)
Image 11A trolleybus in Qingdao, China. (from Trolleybus)
Image 12A typical transit bus in Madrid, Spain. (from Transit bus)
Image 13Medium-sized Isuzu Songthaew (truck bus) as seen in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. (from Combination bus)
Image 141983 Repstad bodied Volvo B10M, converted for transport of racing horses. (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 15A double-decker bus in Alexandria, Egypt (from Double-decker bus)
Image 16A section of track used for testing O-Bahn Busway buses (from Guided bus)
Image 17Mitsubishi Fuso Aero Midi ME low floor minibus (from Minibus)
Image 18Red double decker bus in Cape Town, South Africa (from Double-decker bus)
Image 19Two Optare Solo midibuses (from Midibus)
Image 20Amédée Bollée's L'Obéissante steam bus photographed in 1875 (from Steam bus)
Image 21Smartrider card for Transperth (from Transit bus)
Image 22A Toronto Transit Commission bus system trolleybus in Toronto (from Bus)
Image 23Monument to Crimean Trolleybus. (from Trolleybus)
Image 24On this articulated Beijing trolleybus, the operator uses ropes to guide the trolley poles to contact the overhead wires. (from Trolleybus)
Image 25Gillett & Co Steam bus licensed by the Metropolitan Police on 21 Jan 1899 (from Steam bus)
Image 26Ikarus 280 buses in Budapest traffic (1975) (from Articulated bus)
Image 27The kerb guide wheel of a guided bus in Mannheim, Germany (from Guided bus)
Image 28The 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 29A 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 30Knight Bus (from Double-decker bus)
Image 31Early LGOC B-type (from Bus)
Image 32Ausden Clark Executive Scania Irizar i6 Coach in Black and Pink Livery (from Coach (bus))
Image 33Horse-drawn omnibus in London, 1902 (from Horsebus)
Image 34A Mitsubishi Fuso Aero King arrived at Tokyo station as "Dream-go" in Japan (from Double-decker bus)
Image 35Double-deck bus in Porto, Portugal (from Double-decker bus)
Image 36Irisbus Crealis Neo, an optically guided TEOR bus in Rouen (from Guided bus)
Image 37Russian GAZelle marshrutka with sliding access doors (from Minibus)
Image 38Trolleybus on tunnel line in Tateyama. (from Trolleybus)
Image 39Iveco Daily minibus in the UK (from Minibus)
Image 40A typical transit bus in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The floor at the forward section of the vehicle is low to allow for easy entry and egress. (from Transit bus)
Image 41Solaris Trollino 18 in Salzburg. (from Trolleybus)
Image 42Schematic of an articulated bus, showing four passenger doors and two powertrain configurations. (from Articulated bus)
Image 43Double-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 44Plaxton Beaver 2 bodied Mercedes-Benz Vario in Norwich, UK (from Minibus)
Image 45World's first trolleybus, Berlin 1882 (from Bus)
Image 46A low-entry bus of Volgren Optimus bodied Volvo B7RLE in Australia. (from Low-floor bus)
Image 47Early version of a midibus, the Bedford JJL (from Midibus)
Image 48Bus station in rural Russia (from Public transport bus service)
Image 49Hino Coach Bus in RMUTT (Pathumthani, Thailand) (from Coach (bus))
Image 50Russian Police Ural-572060 also known as VM-4320 (from Combination bus)
Image 51A Foton BJ6128SHEVCA-5 plug-in hybrid double-decker bus in Beijing Bus service (from Double-decker bus)
Image 52A double-decker Neoplan Jumbocruiser (from Coach (bus))
Image 53CT Transit Nova Bus LFS articulated at Waterbury, CT (from Articulated bus)
Image 54Bustech bodied double decker in Sydney, Australia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 55A Mercedes-Benz Tourismo in Berlin, Germany (from Coach (bus))
Image 561999 New Flyer D40LF in the Aurora Village Transit Center in Shoreline in June 2010. (from Low-floor bus)
Image 57Föli double-decker bus in Turku, Finland (from Double-decker bus)
Image 58Interiors of coaches include many features not found in buses intended for shorter travel (from Coach (bus))
Image 59A switch in parallel overhead lines (from Trolleybus)
Image 60The "Elektromote", the world's first trolleybus, in Berlin, Germany, 1882. (from Trolleybus)
Image 61A CNG AC Bus operated by DTC in Delhi (from Public transport bus service)
Image 62A Chevrolet bus of Nepal Transport Service in 1961. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 63Scania K320UA articulated bus operating for SouthLink (from Articulated bus)
Image 64A Ashok Leyland double decker bus. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 652009 Volvo 9700HD NG bruck coach from Bussring. In service for Riksteatret, outside their headquarters in Nydalen, Oslo. (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 66Citroen Jumper minibus in France (from Minibus)
Image 67An AutoTram Extra Grand (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 682003 Helmark bodied Scania K124EB double-decker bruck in Östersund. (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 691960 Scania-Vabis L75 bodied by Kristiansund Lettmetall, carrying six passengers. (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 70The sharply-arched Beverley Bar necessitated a special bus design (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 71One of the NAW/Hess articulated trolleybuses delivered to Geneva in 1992, which were among the first production-series low-floor trolleybuses. (from Trolleybus)
Image 72Trolleybus in Castellón de la Plana. (from Trolleybus)
Image 73Cikupa manhauler (from Combination bus)
Image 74Advertisement on a bus (from Bus)
Image 75In some cities, such as in Singapore, double-decker buses are used, which have more seating capacity than a single-decker bus of equivalent length. (from Transit bus)
Image 76A preserved Leyland Titan TD1 of Glasgow Corporation at the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 77An 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 78A low-floor bus provides accessibility for wheelchair users.
Image 79Diagram of a 1947-built Pullman Standard model 800 trolleybus, a type still running in Valparaíso (Chile). (from Trolleybus)
Image 80Nissan Diesel RN partially low floor light bus (from Minibus)
Image 81VDL Synergy double-decker bus in Norrtälje, Sweden (from Double-decker bus)
Image 821902 Thornycroft Steam bus used by London Road car Co Ltd (from Steam bus)
Image 83A Van Hool bi-articulated bus in Hamburg, Germany (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 84A Kia Granbird Silkroad from 2015 at the Seoul Motor Show (from Coach (bus))
Image 85Level-boarding onto a double-decker bus on the Leigh-Salford-Manchester Bus Rapid Transit (from Guided bus)
Image 86MU ZiU-9 in Soviet Union, 1987 (from Trolleybus)
Image 87Volkswagen Type 2 "microbus" (from Minibus)
Image 88A double-decker bus on its first day of operation in Mombasa, Kenya (from Double-decker bus)
Image 8914.5-metres 1991 Delta Star 501 on Volvo B10M with cantilever tail lift. (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 90Mercedes-Benz Sprinter minibus in Germany (from Minibus)
Image 91Modern Tiyulit (Hebrew for "trip truck") in Israel used for transporting IDF soldiers in open non-paved terrain. (from Combination bus)
Image 92National Express Caetano Levante bodied Scania K340EB 6x2 with wheelchair lift at Metrocentre bus rally in May 2009 (from Low-floor bus)
Image 93Tour bus being used in France (from Bus)
Image 94An operator livery complementing the bodywork features (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 95A double-decker bus of Pabama Transport in Bukidnon (from Double-decker bus)
Image 96An example of a private bus operating for BusWest in Perth (from Bus)
Image 97Underground trolleybus in Kurobe Dam. (from Trolleybus)
Image 98Bristol Lodekka FS6G – the first British alternative to the lowbridge design (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 99Left, double-decker bus Schneider Brillié P2; Centre, double decker horse-drawn omnibus in Paris, France. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 100Opel Blitz combination bus (from Combination bus)
Image 101A double decker bus in Dhaka, Bangladesh (from Double-decker bus)
Image 102An East Lancs Olympus body with a tree protection bull-bar protecting the large upper deck front window (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 103Lear Steam bus on display in Michigan in 1972 (from Steam bus)
Image 104A Neoplan Megaliner arrived at Osaka station as "Seishun Mega Dream" in Japan (from Double-decker bus)
Image 105A Rocar DAC 217E articulated trolleybus in Bucharest, Romania, in April 2007. (from Trolleybus)
Image 106Toyota Coaster B50 in Pathumthani, Thailand (Thep U-Thong Khonsong CO.,LTD) (from Minibus)
Image 107Seen here in Sherbrooke, Quebec, the Nova Bus LFS is a common North American model. It has a bicycle rack over the front bumper. (from Transit bus)
Image 108LAZ-699 in Lviv, Ukraine (from Coach (bus))
Image 109High-Floor bus with wheelchair lift extended (from Bus)
Image 110DAC 117UD articulated bus in Uzinelor, Romania (from Articulated bus)
Image 111Daimler CC Bus 1912. One of five (English) Daimler Company buses exported to Australia (from Bus)
Image 112A transit bus operating in Warwickshire, England (from Public transport bus service)
Image 113National Steam car Co Ltd ran steam buses in London from 2 Nov 1909 to 18 Nov 1919 (from Steam bus)
Image 114A dual-mode bus operating as a trolleybus in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel, in 1990. (from Trolleybus)
Image 115A TheBus with destination marquee indicating "Express" service to Village Park on the H-1 Freeway. (from Public transport bus service)
Image 116A retired bus is used for an ambulance bus in Toronto (from Bus)
Image 117A Volkswagen Crafter minibus (from Minibus)
Image 118A IC Bus CE with International 3300 chassis school bus in America (from Public transport bus service)
Image 119Retired bus in Israel used as a tow truck (from Bus)
Image 120Japanese low-entry bus "omnibus" in Hamamatsu (from Low-floor bus)
Image 121An AT Metro double decker Northern Busway bus at Albany busway station (from Double-decker bus)
Image 122Manufacturers badge of a Leyland Leopard bus (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 123Torquay & District Motor Omnibus Co Ltd service to Chelston from 1903 with a 14 seat Chelmsford Steam bus (from Steam bus)
Image 124Irisbus Cristalis in Limoges. (from Trolleybus)
Image 125GAZ combination bus (from Combination bus)
Image 126Ural-375D 'truckbus' in Tajikistan. (from Combination bus)
Image 127Step equipped van on a converted Toyota HiAce minibus (from Minibus)
Image 128A New Routemaster double-decker bus, operating for Arriva London on London Buses route 73 (from Bus)
Image 129Hino S'elega in Tokyo, Japan (from Coach (bus))
Image 130New Flyer XT60 in Seattle. (from Trolleybus)
Image 131A bi-articulated bus on the RIT bus rapid transit system in Curitiba, Brazil (from Public transport bus service)
Image 132Transmac YL01, a Yutong ZK6180HGH articulated bus in Macau. (from Articulated bus)
Image 133A Greyhound bus in 1939. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 134An AEC Routemaster, a pioneering 1950s bus design (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 135Amédée Bollée's L'Obéissante (1875) (from Bus)
Image 136Greyhound Lines intercity bus in New York City (from Intercity bus service)
Image 137Ikarus 280 in Hungary (1975) (from Articulated bus)
Image 138Dublin Bus Volvo B9TL (from Double-decker bus)
Image 139Medium-sized Hino Songthaew (truck bus) as seen in Sakon Nakhon, Thailand. (from Combination bus)
Image 140Busscar trolleybus in São Paulo, Brazil (from Trolleybus)
Image 141Star 200 truck with passengers bodywork for the Milicja in Poland. (from Combination bus)
Image 142Double-decker bus in Baghdad, Iraq. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 143A Paris omnibus in 1828 (from Horsebus)
Image 144Passengers on board an old Leyland Titan open-top bus view the scenery in Devon. (from Open top bus)
Image 145A Scania TransJakarta bus in Harmoni Central Busway Station, Jakarta. (from Articulated bus)
Image 146BMTC Buses (from Low-floor bus)
Image 147RH Transport Services Optare Solo 880 in April 2007 (from Low-floor bus)
Image 148Cacciamali Urby (built on Iveco Daily chassis) operating in Zagreb, Croatia (from Minibus)
Image 149The London Booster moving sculpture
Image 150A CNG powered MAN 18.310 bus operated by Transport for Brisbane. (from Public transport bus service)
Image 151Police bus in Taipei, Taiwan. (from Bus)
Image 152North American School minibus based on a Chevrolet Express van chassis. Body is a Blue Bird Micro Bird MB-II by Girardin (from Minibus)
Image 153Behind time, anonymous engraving of a stagecoach in England. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 154Nissan Civilian in Pathumthani, Thailand (Thanyaburi Transport CO.,LTD.) (from Minibus)
Image 155Ford Transit minibus in County Down, Northern Ireland (from Minibus)
Image 156GMC New Design truckbus (from Combination bus)
Image 157A double-decker bus used for public transit in Kerala, India (from Bus)
Image 158A shuttle bus service in Sydney (from Public transport bus service)
Image 159Greyhound Lines MCI 102DL3 Coach bus (from Coach (bus))
Image 160Interior of an articulated bus in Los Angeles (from Bus)
Image 161Yutong City Master in Skopje, North Macedonia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 162Pole bases with springs and pneumatic pole lowering cylinders. (from Trolleybus)
Image 163Horsebus in Copenhagen, 1907 (from Horsebus)
Image 164Scania L94UB chassis bus at the Central Square in Tampere, Finland (from Transit bus)
Image 165A 56-passenger Prevost coach in Canada (from Coach (bus))
Image 166Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC double-decker bus on Mexico City Metrobús' new line 7 running along Calzada de los Misterios (from Double-decker bus)
Image 1672006 Volvo 9700HD with walk-in cargo compartment from Savonlinja in Lahti. (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 168A preserved AEC Regal VI operated formerly by the MTT in Perth (from Bus)
Image 169A New Routemaster bus operating in London (from Double-decker bus)
Image 170Cross-sectional diagram of the parallel direction curbs of the bus lane in Essen, Germany (from Guided bus)
Image 171An historical Brixton to Clapham horse-drawn bus on display at London Bus Museum. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 172Solaris Urbino 18 in Warsaw, Poland (2018) (from Articulated bus)
Image 173Insulated poles, contact shoes, and pull–ropes. (from Trolleybus)
Image 174An Irizar i6 built on a MAN chassis (from Coach (bus))
Image 175A Low floor Bus in Kolkata (from Low-floor bus)
Image 176A Marcopolo Torino Express 2014 Bi-articulated Transmetro in Guatemala City (from Public transport bus service)
Image 177The MAN A95 is one of the newest double-decker buses purchased for the Bus Contracting Model. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 178Chevrolet AK Series shift bus (from Combination bus)
Image 179A 19-seat low-floor green minibus (from Public light bus)
Image 180A Mercedes-Benz O405 integral bus (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 181A Ford E450 cutaway chassis design, with more integrated bodywork (from Minibus)
Image 182Crown-Ikarus 286 for TriMet (1993) (from Articulated bus)
Image 183A modern purpose-built open top sightseeing bus in France (from Open top bus)
Image 184The Perth Central Area Transit operates as a zero-fare basis for passengers in the Perth CBD. (from Public transport bus service)
Image 185Phileas bus (from Guided bus)
Image 186A 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 187A Kowloon Motor Bus Alexander Dennis Enviro400 in Hong Kong (from Double-decker bus)
Image 188Youngman JNP6183BEV in Beijing. (from Trolleybus)
Image 189MAN A39 in Berlin, Germany (from Double-decker bus)
Image 190Barton's unique Dennis Loline, 861 (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 191BEX intercity double-decker coach connecting Dresden and Berlin. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 192An early horse-drawn omnibus (from Bus)
Image 193A Volvo B10M chassis, bodied worldwide as a single decker bus, articulated bus, double decker bus, and coach (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 194NefAZ-4208/4951 shift bus based on a KamAZ-44108. (from Combination bus)
Image 195Jakarta double-decker city tour bus passing through landmarks and points of interest in Jakarta, Indonesia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 196Van Hool Exquicity 18T in Parma. (from Trolleybus)
Image 197Preserved 1857 horse bus in Copenhagen (from Horsebus)
Image 1981965 Mercedes-Benz LPO322 from Sweden, a typical "skvader". (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 199Leyland Titan double decker bus in Sydney, Australia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 200Trolleybus in Malatya. (from Trolleybus)
Image 201Optare Alero integral low floor minibus (from Minibus)
Image 202A bus in Finland in the early 20th century with the cargo area totally separated from the bus body. (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 203Electric buses are becoming common in some places. Pictured is an example from Toronto. (from Transit bus)
Image 204French steam bus (from Steam bus)
Image 205Trolleybus wire switch (Type Soviet Union). (from Trolleybus)
Image 206Van converted minibuses as light transit buses (from Minibus)
Image 207Arriva Southend Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart SLF (from Low-floor bus)
Image 208Volgren Optimus bodied Volvo B8RLEA of Transperth (from Articulated bus)
Image 209MAZ-251 in Minsk, Belarus (from Coach (bus))
Image 210A postbus in St. Moritz (from Public transport bus service)
Image 211A Hino Rainbow midibus (from Midibus)
Image 2122003 Volvo 9700S on B12M from Telemark Bilruter, with all doors open. Manual pallet jack is standard equipment for one-man operation. (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 213A private omnibus or "station bus" (from Horsebus)
Image 214MAN NG 313 F articulated bus, bodied by Castrosua (CS 40) in TMB, Barcelona. (from Articulated bus)
Image 215National Express Coaches Caetano Levante in the UK (from Coach (bus))
Image 216Urban bus at a stop in Junín, Argentina. (from Transit bus)
Image 217Curitiba 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 218 Arctic bus during the "Armiya 2022" exhibition. (from Combination bus)
Image 219AEC Routemaster in Sri Lanka (from Double-decker bus)
Image 220The first internal combustion omnibus of 1895 (Siegen to Netphen) (from Bus)
Image 221An Alexander Dennis Enviro500 equipped with bike rack, servicing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 222A Rapid KL Alexander Dennis Enviro500 during a test run in Cheras, Malaysia. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 223Iveco Indcar Mago 2 midibus in Jyväskylä, Finland (from Midibus)
Image 224Trailer bus (from Bus)
Image 225ZIL-131 shift bus (from Combination bus)
Image 226Interior of a wheelchair-accessible transit bus, with bucket seats and smart-card readers at the exit. (from Transit bus)
Image 227Kerb-guided track and adjacent multi-user path along a disused rail line, on the Leigh-Salford-Manchester Bus Rapid Transit (from Guided bus)
Image 228Armoured buses in Israel (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 229Setra S 417 HDH in Mannheim (from Coach (bus))
Image 230Double-decker Neoplans operating the Oxford to London coach route (from Coach (bus))
Image 231A Hedingham & Chambers Enviro400 in England (from Double-decker bus)
Image 232The Vancouver trolleybus system completed the transition to an exclusively low-floor fleet in 2009. (from Trolleybus)
Image 233Many low-floor buses feature extendable ramps. (from Low-floor bus)
Image 234An Indonesian intercity bus, Rosalia Indah Scania K360IB bus travelling across Java, connecting Surabaya, Solo and Jakarta. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 235ExpressBus Savonlinja Volvo B7R / 9700S (no. 792, AAI-840, 2006) at Jyväskylä bus station. (from Coach (bus))
Image 236The earliest public light buses. At the front are (left to right) Commer, Isuzu Elf and Morris (from Public light bus)
Image 237Early Coach drawn by Horses (from Coach (bus))
Image 238MAN Lion's coach L (from Coach (bus))
Image 239A Van Hool US-specification double-decker bus in New York City, USA (from Double-decker bus)
Image 240Berlin horsebus (from Horsebus)
Image 241Bi-articulated bus in Guatemala City, Guatemala (from Articulated bus)
Image 242A San Francisco Muni trolleybus (ETI 14TrSF) climbing Nob Hill. (from Trolleybus)
Image 243Higer KLQ6608GC in Pathumthani, Thailand (Kittisoontorn CO.,LTD.) (from Minibus)
Image 244US school bus (from Bus)
Image 245Electric minibus in China (from Minibus)
Image 2461937 Chevrolet bodied by Anco in Trondheim with an open cargo area integrated with the body. (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 247One of GO Transit's 3.9-metre height (12 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Super-Lo double-decker buses (from Double-decker bus)
Image 248An Iveco Bus (Irisbus) Magelys at Busworld 2007 (from Coach (bus))
Image 249An example of MAN A24 Articulated Bus in Singapore (from Articulated bus)
Image 250John Scott Russell's Steam carriage in 1834 (from Steam bus)
Image 251A preserved 1951 Kenworth bruck displayed at the Whitefish Depot. (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 252A double decker bus in Angamaly, India (from Double-decker bus)
Image 253Plaxton-bodied Volvo B9R operated by National Express (from Coach (bus))
Image 254A Community Transit double-decker bus in Downtown Seattle, Washington (from Double-decker bus)
Image 255A 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 256An integral bodywork MCI 102DL3, the most common intercity bus owned by Greyhound Lines, the largest provider of intercity bus service in North America (no later than 2005). Greyhound no longer operates the 102DL3 in this configuration. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 257An articulated Wright Eclipse Fusion, bending as it drives round a corner. (from Articulated bus)
Image 258Countries with Double Decker buses as a form of Public Transport (from Double-decker bus)
Image 259MAN SD200 on route T-4 in Saint-Petersburg in 2000s (from Double-decker bus)
Image 260A rebuilt East Lancs Greenway (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 261A 1986 van derived Ford Transit minibus bodied by Carlyle (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 262Solaris trolleybus in Landskrona, Sweden (from Trolleybus)
Image 263Van conversion Iveco Daily minibus with full height entrance door (from Minibus)

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... that public transport in Valparaíso, Chile, includes trolleybuses (pictured) that were built 60 years ago, by Pullman, and were declared a national monument in 2003?

... that the trolleybus system serving Dayton, Ohio, in operation since 1933, is the second-oldest such system in the Western Hemisphere?

... that of more than 300 trolleybus systems currently serving cities worldwide, the 1914-opened trolleybus system in Shanghai is the oldest, and its counterpart in Philadelphia the second-oldest?

... that the bus service Coastliner 700 between Brighton and Southsea on the south coast of England, has been running for more than 35 years?

... that the busiest route of the Weston-super-Mare Tramways ran from an Old Pier to a Sanatorium?

... that the Tietê Bus Terminal in São Paulo, Brazil, is the largest bus terminal in Latin America and the second largest in the world?

... that the November 2010 sale by Silver Star Holidays of its local bus routes around Caernarfon ended nearly ninety years of bus service operation by the company?

... that the bus services in Surat are operated by private partners for the Surat Municipal Corporation under a public–private partnership?

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

Bus People

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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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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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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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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 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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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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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 2020, Gloag and her brother, Sir Brian Souter, are worth £730 million, a decrease of £145 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 disputes the charges. (Read More)
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Robert R. Kiley (September 16, 1935 – August 9, 2016) was an American public transit planner and supervisor, with a reputation of being able to save transit systems experiencing serious problems. From 2001 to 2006 he was the initial Commissioner of Transport for London, the public organisation empowered with running and maintaining London's public transport network.

Kiley also worked as a CIA agent, as the CEO of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the Deputy Mayor of Boston, the chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and as 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. (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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