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New Routemaster double-decker bus in London, United Kingdom

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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A 2009 Orion VII NG HEV Spectrum (4267) on the Q100, and a 2024 XD40 (9274) on the Q69 to Long Island City, both at the Queensboro Plaza subway station

The Q69 and Q100 Limited bus routes constitute a public transit line in western Queens, New York City. Beginning at Queens Plaza in Long Island City, the routes run primarily along 21st Street through the neighborhoods of Long Island City and Astoria. The Q69 makes all local stops, while the Q100 makes four limited stops along the shared corridor between Queens Plaza and Ditmars Boulevard. At Ditmars Boulevard, the Q69 turns east towards Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst near LaGuardia Airport. The Q100, meanwhile, continues north of Queens across Bowery Bay to the city jail complex on Rikers Island in the Bronx, providing the only public transit service to the island.

The Q69 (originally the Q19A) was formerly privately operated by the Triboro Coach Corporation, and the Q100 (formerly the Q101R) by the Queens Surface Corporation, under subsidized franchises with the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT). The Q19A itself was a merger of two bus routes, an older Q19A route and the Q51 (originally the Q33A), which were combined into a single route by 1960. The older Q19A was established in the 1920s and ran from the Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard station to Queens Plaza along 21st Street, while the Q51 was established in the late 1930s and ran from the Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard station east to Jackson Heights along Ditmars Boulevard. The Q101R, meanwhile, was created in the 1980s to replace the Q101 service to Rikers Island, and originally ran non-stop between 21st Street–Queensbridge and Rikers Island. From 2005 to 2006, the routes were taken over by MTA Regional Bus Operations under the MTA Bus Company brand, and relabeled to their current designations in 2008. Since then, limited stops were added to the now-Q100 route to improve service along 21st Street. On August 31, 2025, Q69 service to Court Square was discontinued. (Full article...)

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A destination sign (North American English) or destination indicator/destination blind (British English) is a sign mounted on the front, side or rear of a public transport vehicle, such as a bus, tram/streetcar or light rail vehicle, that displays the vehicle's route number and destination, or the route's number and name on transit systems using route names. The main such sign, mounted on the front of the vehicle, usually located above (or at the top of) the windshield, is often called the headsign, most likely from the fact that these signs are located on the front, or head, end of the vehicle. Depending on the type of the sign, it might also display intermediate points on the current route, or a road that comprises a significant amount of the route, especially if the route is particularly long and its final terminus by itself is not very helpful in determining where the vehicle is going. (

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Image 1Electric buses are becoming common in some places. Pictured is an example from Toronto. (from Transit bus)
Image 2Arriva Southern Counties Volvo B7TL with TransBus ALX400 bodywork in England (from Double-decker bus)
Image 3An 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 4Évéole bus in Douai (from Guided bus)
Image 5Trolleybus in Malatya (from Trolleybus)
Image 6An 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 7BYD B12C01 double-decker bus operating in Santiago, Chile (from Double-decker bus)
Image 8New Routemaster double-decker bus in London, United Kingdom (from Bus)
Image 9A public transport timetable for bus services in England in the 1940s and 1950s (from Public transport bus service)
Image 10SmartRider card for Transperth (from Transit bus)
Image 11MAN A95 double decker on route X25 running in Dubai, UAE in 2023 (from Double-decker bus)
Image 12A transit bus operated by First Bus London. (from Public transport bus service)
Image 13A 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 142003 Helmark-bodied Scania K124EB double-decker bruck in Östersund (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 15An early horse-drawn omnibus from mid-nineteenth century (from Bus)
Image 16Oxford Tube bodied double-decker Neoplan Skyliners (from Coach (bus))
Image 17Irisbus Cristalis in Limoges (from Trolleybus)
Image 18Intercity coach at Liuliqiao, connecting Beijing with Youyu. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 19Horsebus in Copenhagen, 1907 (from Horsebus)
Image 20MAN NG 313 F articulated bus, bodied by Castrosua (CS 40) in TMB, Barcelona. (from Articulated bus)
Image 21Airport Limousine Bus. Mitsubishi Fuso Aero Ace in Tokyo, Japan (from Coach (bus))
Image 22School buses operated by U-go Mobility in Sydney, NSW (from Bus)
Image 23Amédée Bollée's L'Obéissante steam bus photographed in 1875 (from Steam bus)
Image 24Solaris Urbino 18 in Warsaw, Poland (2018) (from Articulated bus)
Image 25DAC 117UD articulated bus in Uzinelor, Romania, June 2008 (from Articulated bus)
Image 26Red open-top double decker bus in Cape Town, South Africa (from Double-decker bus)
Image 27Amédée Bollée's L'Obéissante (1875) (from Bus)
Image 28A coach operated by Megabus (from Intercity bus service)
Image 29Hess LighTram trolleybus in St. Gallen (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 30Scania L94UB chassis bus at the Central Square in Tampere, Finland (from Transit bus)
Image 31A Volvo BZL battery-electric bus in Manchester (from Public transport bus service)
Image 32Preserved 1857 horse bus in Copenhagen, 1986 (from Horsebus)
Image 33ZIL-131 shift bus (from Combination bus)
Image 34Transjakarta location in Jakarta is the longest BRT line in the world (from Public transport bus service)
Image 35A Community Transit double-decker bus in Downtown Seattle, Washington (from Double-decker bus)
Image 36A typical transit bus in Madrid, Spain. (from Transit bus)
Image 371965 Mercedes-Benz LPO322 from Sweden, a typical "skvader" (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 38A bi-articulated Van Hool ExquiCity 24 on Mettis services at Metz, France (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 39Yibin ART System, Yibin, China (from Guided bus)
Image 40Youngman JNP6183BEV in Beijing (from Trolleybus)
Image 41Low floor buses in Seoul (from Low-floor bus)
Image 42An AEC Routemaster, a pioneering 1950s bus design (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 43A 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 44Tour bus being used in France (2015) (from Bus)
Image 45Schematic of an articulated bus, showing four passenger doors and two powertrain configurations. (from Articulated bus)
Image 46A Chevrolet bus of Nepal Transport Service in 1961. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 47Coal 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 48Curitiba 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 49LiAZ-6213 in Tyumen (from Low-floor bus)
Image 50An historical Brixton to Clapham horse-drawn bus on display at the London Bus Museum (from Double-decker bus)
Image 51A Kia Granbird Silkroad from 2015 at the Seoul Motor Show (from Coach (bus))
Image 52Chevrolet AK Series shift bus (from Combination bus)
Image 53A 1912 Daimler CC Bus, one of five (English) Daimler Company buses exported to Australia (from Bus)
Image 541902 Thornycroft Steam bus used by London Road car Co Ltd (from Steam bus)
Image 55VinBus electric bus at VOP (from Public transport bus service)
Image 56US school bus (2007 IC CE) (from Bus)
Image 57An 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 58Setra mid-size coach (from Coach (bus))
Image 59MAZ-251 in Minsk, Belarus (from Coach (bus))
Image 60Föli double-decker coach bus in Turku, Finland (from Double-decker bus)
Image 61YaTB-3 trolleybus on Leningradskoye Highway in Moscow, 1930s (from Double-decker bus)
Image 62A double-decker bus has more seating capacity than a single-decker bus of equivalent length. (from Transit bus)
Image 63A 1986 van-derived Ford Transit minibus bodied by Carlyle (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 64A Rapid KL Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC during a test run in Cheras, Malaysia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 65Iveco Indcar Mago 2 midibus in Jyväskylä, Finland (from Midibus)
Image 66Hino S'elega in Tokyo, Japan (from Coach (bus))
Image 67New Flyer trolleybus in San Francisco (from Trolleybus)
Image 68A retired bus is used for an ambulance bus in Toronto (2014) (from Bus)
Image 69Phileas bus (from Guided bus)
Image 70The Elektromote, the world's first trolleybus, in Berlin, Germany, 1882 (from Trolleybus)
Image 71ExpressBus Savonlinja Volvo B7R / 9700S (no. 792, AAI-840, 2006) at Jyväskylä bus station (from Coach (bus))
Image 72Ural-375D 'truckbus' in Tajikistan. (from Combination bus)
Image 73A preserved Leyland Titan TD1 of Glasgow Corporation at the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 74Double-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 75Trolleybus in Castellón de la Plana (from Trolleybus)
Image 76AC Transit XMC-77 (from Articulated bus)
Image 77A 1965 Mercedes-Benz LPO 322 Bruck in Karlskrona, Sweden (2005) (from Bus)
Image 78GMC New Design truckbus (from Combination bus)
Image 791999 New Flyer D40LF in the Aurora Village Transit Center in Shoreline in June 2010. (from Low-floor bus)
Image 80Ikarus 280 in Hungary (1975) (from Articulated bus)
Image 81Arriva Southend Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart SLF (from Low-floor bus)
Image 82An Irizar i6 built on a MAN chassis (from Coach (bus))
Image 83A Ringtrambus hybrid bus in Belgium (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 84Modern Switch Mobility EiV 22 double-decker bus operated by KSRTC in Kerala, India (from Double-decker bus)
Image 851960 Scania-Vabis L75 bodied by Kristiansund Lettmetall, carrying six passengers (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 86An omnibus of the Compagnie générale des omnibus [fr] company (from Horsebus)
Image 87A dual-mode bus operating as a trolleybus in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel in 1990 (from Trolleybus)
Image 88A Scania TransJakarta bus in Harmoni Central Busway Station, Jakarta. (from Articulated bus)
Image 89An articulated bus in Tel Aviv. (from Articulated bus)
Image 90Nottingham City Transport Optare Solo M995 in July 2025 (from Low-floor bus)
Image 91LibertyBus in Jersey (from Double-decker bus)
Image 92An East Lancs Olympus body with a tree-protection bull-bar protecting the large upper-deck front window (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 93Two Optare Solo midibuses (from Midibus)
Image 94A 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 95 Almazora bodied Fuso Canter Modern PUV, Philippines (from Combination bus)
Image 96Scania K320UA articulated bus operating for SouthLink (from Articulated bus)
Image 97Police bus in Taipei, Taiwan (2014) (from Bus)
Image 98Crown-Ikarus 286 for TriMet (1993) (from Articulated bus)
Image 99Ikarus 280 buses in Budapest traffic (1975) (from Articulated bus)
Image 100New Flyer trolleybus in Toronto, Canada (from Bus)
Image 101Yutong GT12 operated by FlixBus (from Coach (bus))
Image 1022009 Volvo 9700HD NG bruck coach from Bussring. In service for Riksteatret, outside their headquarters in Nydalen, Oslo. (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 103Van Hool Exquicity 18T in Parma (from Trolleybus)
Image 104Horse-drawn omnibus in London, 1902 (from Horsebus)
Image 105Russian Police Ural-572060 also known as VM-4320 (from Combination bus)
Image 106A New Routemaster double-decker bus in London (from Double-decker bus)
Image 107Kerb-guided track and adjacent multi-user path along a disused rail line, on the Leigh-Salford-Manchester Bus Rapid Transit (from Guided bus)
Image 108Citroën Jumper minibus in France (from Minibus)
Image 109A double-decker bus in Alexandria, Egypt (from Double-decker bus)
Image 110Pole bases with springs and pneumatic pole lowering cylinders (from Trolleybus)
Image 111A rebuilt East Lancs Greenway (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 112A Kowloon Motor Bus Alexander Dennis Enviro400 in Hong Kong (from Double-decker bus)
Image 113A Sunwin trolleybus in Shanghai, on the world's oldest operating trolleybus system (from Trolleybus)
Image 114Interior of the Alexander ALX500 bodywork as applied to the three-axle Volvo Super Olympian (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 115Double-decker in Vienna, 1979 (from Double-decker bus)
Image 1162006 Volvo 9700HD with walk-in cargo compartment from Savonlinja in Lahti (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 117Intercity coaches from GO and Megabus seen in Niagara Falls, Ontario (from Intercity bus service)
Image 118The earliest public light buses. At the front are (left to right) Commer, Isuzu Elf and Morris (from Public light bus)
Image 119An Alexander Dennis Enviro500 equipped with bike rack, servicing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (from Double-decker bus)
Image 120The chassis of an Alexander Dennis Enviro500 double-decker bus on display in Hong Kong (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 121A Paris omnibus in 1828 (from Horsebus)
Image 122Greyhound Lines MCI 102DL3 Coach bus (from Coach (bus))
Image 123Youngman articulated bus in Ürümqi, China (from Bus)
Image 124Articulated trolleybus in Arnhem (from Articulated bus)
Image 125Hino Coach Bus in RMUTT (Pathumthani, Thailand) (from Coach (bus))
Image 126A 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 127A bus in Finland in the early 20th century with the cargo area totally separated from the bus body (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 128A BMTC UD SLF bus (from Low-floor bus)
Image 129BEX intercity double-decker coach connecting Dresden and Berlin. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 130A Mercedes-Benz Tourismo in Berlin, Germany (from Coach (bus))
Image 131New Flyer XT60 in Seattle (from Trolleybus)
Image 13214.5-metre 1991 Delta Star 501 on Volvo B10M with cantilever tail lift (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 133Trolleybus wire switch (Type Soviet Union) (from Trolleybus)
Image 134Volgren Optimus bodied Volvo B8RLEA of Transperth, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, November 2018 (from Articulated bus)
Image 135A Transit Systems Scania K280UB at Westfield Miranda (from Bus)
Image 136MU ZiU-9 in Leningrad, Soviet Union, 1987 (from Trolleybus)
Image 137Underground trolleybus at Kurobe Dam Station (from Trolleybus)
Image 138Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC double-decker bus on Mexico City Metrobús' new line 7 running along Calzada de los Misterios (from Double-decker bus)
Image 139Leyland B45 (prototype of the Olympian) on route 10 in Gibraltar (from Double-decker bus)
Image 140Winnipeg Transit New Flyer D60LF on Route 77 (from Articulated bus)
Image 141Medium-sized Hino Songthaew (truck bus) as seen in Sakon Nakhon, Thailand. (from Combination bus)
Image 142A Van Hool bi-articulated bus in Hamburg, Germany (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 143A typical transit bus in Eindhoven. The floor between the doors is low to allow for easy entry and egress. (from Transit bus)
Image 144Ausden Clark Executive Scania Irizar i6 coach in black and pink livery (from Coach (bus))
Image 145A IC Bus CE school bus with an International 3300 chassis in America (from Public transport bus service)
Image 146A 56-passenger Prevost coach in Canada (from Coach (bus))
Image 147CT Transit Nova Bus LFS articulated in Waterbury, CT (from Articulated bus)
Image 148George Shillibeer's first London omnibus, 1829 (from Horsebus)
Image 149A low-entry bus of Volgren Optimus bodied Volvo B7RLE in Australia (from Low-floor bus)
Image 150An example of a private bus operating for BusWest in Perth (2018) (from Bus)
Image 151Advertisement on a bus in Hong Kong (2018) (from Bus)
Image 152National Express Caetano Levante bodied Scania K340EB 6x2 with wheelchair lift at Metrocentre bus rally in May 2009 (from Low-floor bus)
Image 153Left, double-decker bus Schneider Brillié P2; Centre, double decker horse-drawn omnibus in Paris, France (from Double-decker bus)
Image 154Dublin Bus Volvo B9TL (from Double-decker bus)
Image 155The 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 156MAX bus system in Las Vegas (from Guided bus)
Image 157Setra S 417 HDH in Mannheim (from Coach (bus))
Image 158An Iveco Bus (Irisbus) Magelys at Busworld 2007 (from Coach (bus))
Image 159Double-decker bus in Baghdad, Iraq in 2016 (from Double-decker bus)
Image 160NefAZ-4208/4951 shift bus based on a KamAZ-44108. (from Combination bus)
Image 161One of GO Transit's 3.9-metre height (12 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Super-Lo double-decker buses (from Double-decker bus)
Image 162The 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 163A Foton BJ6128SHEVCA-5 plug-in hybrid double-decker bus in Beijing Bus service (from Double-decker bus)
Image 164Interior of an articulated bus in Los Angeles (from Bus)
Image 165Berlin horsebus (from Horsebus)
Image 166Modern Tiyulit (Hebrew for "trip truck") in Israel used for transporting IDF soldiers in open non-paved terrain. (from Combination bus)
Image 167A Rocar DAC 217E articulated trolleybus in Bucharest, Romania, in April 2007 (from Trolleybus)
Image 168A Nishitetsu public bus in Fukuoka, Japan (from Bus)
Image 169An intercity coach operated by Flixbus (from Public transport bus service)
Image 170GAZ combination bus (from Combination bus)
Image 171Spokane Transit Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC double-decker bus at Eastern Washington University (from Double-decker bus)
Image 1721983 Repstad-bodied Volvo B10M, converted for transport of racing horses (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 173A Mitsubishi Fuso Aero King at Tokyo station as "Dream-go" in Japan (from Double-decker bus)
Image 174Insulated poles, contact shoes, and pull–ropes (from Trolleybus)
Image 175Yutong City Master in Skopje, North Macedonia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 176A MAN Lion's City A24 articulated bus operated by Tower Transit Singapore (from Articulated bus)
Image 177A Greyhound bus in 1939. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 178MAN A39 double-deck bus on route 500 in Porto, Portugal (from Double-decker bus)
Image 179A Volvo B9TL double-decker bus operating in Hong Kong (from Public transport bus service)
Image 180A TheBus with destination marquee indicating "Express" service to Village Park on the H-1 Freeway. (from Public transport bus service)
Image 181Early coach drawn by horses (from Coach (bus))
Image 182A Taichung BRT Bus (from Articulated bus)
Image 183Opel Blitz combination bus (from Combination bus)
Image 184A preserved 1951 Kenworth bruck displayed at the Whitefish Depot (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 185World's first trolleybus, Berlin 1882 (from Bus)
Image 186Electric bus Hyundai Elec City in Goyang (from Double-decker bus)
Image 187An AT Metro double decker Northern Busway bus at Albany busway station (from Double-decker bus)
Image 188Bristol Lodekka FS6G – the first British alternative to the lowbridge design (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 189An articulated Wright Eclipse Fusion, bending as it drives round a corner at the University of Bath, England, May 2008 (from Articulated bus)
Image 190MAN SD200 on route T-4 in Saint-Petersburg in 2000s (from Double-decker bus)
Image 191Bus station in rural Russia (from Public transport bus service)
Image 192Interior of a wheelchair-accessible transit bus, with bucket seats and smart-card readers at the exit. (from Transit bus)
Image 193Preserved 1965 AEC Regal VI formerly operated by the Metropolitan Transport Trust in Perth, Australia (from Bus)
Image 194Irisbus Crealis Neo, an optically guided TEOR bus in Rouen (from Guided bus)
Image 195Many low-floor buses feature extendable ramps. (from Low-floor bus)
Image 196Barton's unique Dennis Loline, 861 (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 197A New Flyer XDE60 articulated bus in Seattle (from Public transport bus service)
Image 198Diagram of a 1947-built Pullman Standard model 800 trolleybus, a type that operated in Valparaíso (Chile) until 2023 (from Trolleybus)
Image 199A double-decker bus on its first day of operation in Mombasa, Kenya (from Double-decker bus)
Image 200Torquay & District Motor Omnibus Co Ltd service to Chelston from 1903 with a 14-seat Chelmsford Steam bus (from Steam bus)
Image 201Behind time, anonymous engraving of a stagecoach in England. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 202The MAN A95 is one of the newest double-decker buses purchased for the Bus Contracting Model. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 203Minibus vehicle from Suzuki Carry used as public transportation of Transjakarta in Indonesia (from Minibus)
Image 204A Low floor Bus in Kolkata (from Low-floor bus)
Image 205A typical North American model in Sherbrooke, Quebec: the Nova Bus LFS with a bicycle rack at the front. (from Transit bus)
Image 206A bi-articulated bus used on the Brisbane Metro (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 207Star 200 truck with passengers bodywork for the Milicja in Poland. (from Combination bus)
Image 208AKSM-420 Vitovt in Minsk (from Trolleybus)
Image 209A Van Hool US-specification double-decker bus in New York City, US (from Double-decker bus)
Image 210Trolleybus on tunnel line in Tateyama (from Trolleybus)
Image 211National Steam car Co Ltd ran steam buses in London from 2 Nov 1909 to 18 Nov 1919 (from Steam bus)
Image 212Bimodal Bus-tram [ko] and Barota [ko] in Sejong City, South Korea (from Guided bus)
Image 213Kerb guided busway guide wheel Mannheim, Germany (from Guided bus)
Image 214Hyundai County minibus being used as a city bus in Seoul, South Korea. (from Transit bus)
Image 215The London Booster moving sculpture
Image 216MAN A39 in Berlin, Germany (from Double-decker bus)
Image 217Chelmsford (1905) (from Steam bus)
Image 218A shuttle bus service in Sydney (from Public transport bus service)
Image 219A Neoplan Megaliner at Osaka station as "Seishun Mega Dream" in Japan (from Double-decker bus)
Image 220Solaris Trollino 18 in Salzburg (from Trolleybus)
Image 221A San Francisco Muni trolleybus (ETI 14TrSF) climbing Nob Hill (from Trolleybus)
Image 222A postbus in St. Moritz (from Public transport bus service)
Image 223VDL Synergy double-decker bus in Norrtälje, Sweden (from Double-decker bus)
Image 224Monument to Crimean Trolleybus (from Trolleybus)
Image 225Gothenburg - Bi-articulated Volvo bus (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 226Portland, Oregon TriMet high-floor bus with wheelchair lift extended and lowered to the sidewalk/pavement (2010) (from Bus)
Image 227a New Flyer XD60 for CDTA (from Articulated bus)
Image 228Replica of the Jinghua BK670, a 1970s-1980s front-engined articulated bus model based on Huanghe JN150 trucks, in Beijing (from Articulated bus)
Image 229Bustech bodied double decker in Sydney, Australia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 230The first ever internal combustion omnibus, introduced in 1895 (Siegen to Netphen) (from Bus)
Image 231Guided omnibus from Manchester (from Guided bus)
Image 232A Škoda 30 Tr trolleybus in Prague, which uses In-Motion Charging technology. (from Trolleybus)
Image 233Johannesburg Metrobus (from Double-decker bus)
Image 234Gillett & Co Steam bus licensed by the Metropolitan Police on 21 Jan 1899 (from Steam bus)
Image 235Solaris trolleybus on the Arnhem trolleybus system in the Netherlands (from Trolleybus)
Image 236Stagecoach Yorkshire Enviro400EV electric double-decker in Chesterfield in May 2025 (from Double-decker bus)
Image 237Countries with double-decker buses as a form of public transport (from Double-decker bus)
Image 238Interiors of coaches include many features not found in buses intended for shorter travel. (from Coach (bus))
Image 239Lear Steam bus on display in Michigan in 1972 (from Steam bus)
Image 240The Vancouver trolleybus system completed the transition to an exclusively low-floor fleet in 2009. (from Trolleybus)
Image 241Japanese low-entry bus "omnibus" in Hamamatsu (from Low-floor bus)
Image 242A 1911 LGOC B-type (from Bus)
Image 243A Mercedes-Benz O405 integral bus (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 244A Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TL in April 2024. (from Low-floor bus)
Image 245An operator livery complementing the bodywork features (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 246Passengers on board an old Leyland Titan open-top bus view the scenery in Devon. (from Open top bus)
Image 247The Perth Central Area Transit operates as a zero-fare basis for passengers in the Perth central business district (from Public transport bus service)
Image 248A private omnibus or "station bus" (from Horsebus)
Image 249A double-deck trolleybus in Reading, England, 1966 (from Trolleybus)
Image 250Solaris Vacanza 13, A 3-axle Solaris coach manufactured between 2001 and 2010 in San Sebastian, Spain (from Coach (bus))
Image 251A 1992 (redesigned) Neoplan Jumbocruiser (from Articulated bus)
Image 2521937 Chevrolet bodied by Anco in Trondheim with an open cargo area integrated with the body (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 253A Hino Rainbow midibus (from Midibus)
Image 254A double-decker bus of Pabama Transport in Bukidnon (from Double-decker bus)
Image 255In 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 256An AutoTram Extra Grand (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 257Geumgang Express Hyundai Universe in South Korea. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 258Cross-sectional diagram of the parallel direction curbs of the bus lane in Essen, Germany (from Guided bus)
Image 259Medium-sized Isuzu Songthaew (truck bus) as seen in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. (from Combination bus)
Image 260Trailer bus in Havana (2006) (from Bus)
Image 261Jakarta double-decker city tour bus passing through landmarks and points of interest in Jakarta, Indonesia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 262A double-decker bus in Marrakesh, Morocco (from Double-decker bus)
Image 263Early version of a midibus, the Bedford JJL (from Midibus)
Image 264Cacciamali Urby (built on Iveco Daily chassis) in Rijeka, Croatia (from Minibus)
Image 265Knight Bus (from Double-decker bus)
Image 266Leyland Titan double decker bus in Sydney, Australia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 267First appearing in London in 1947, the AEC Regent III RT (pictured) was the predecessor to the AEC Routemaster. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 268A semi-open top sightseeing bus in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (from Open top bus)
Image 269MAN Lion's coach L (from Coach (bus))
Image 270A switch in parallel overhead lines (from Trolleybus)
Image 271John Scott Russell's Steam carriage in 1834 (from Steam bus)
Image 272Retired bus in Israel used as a tow truck (2008) (from Bus)
Image 273Hino Dutro 110SD 12-seater microbus in Indonesia (from Minibus)
Image 274French steam bus (from Steam bus)
Image 275A modern purpose-built open top sightseeing bus in France (from Open top bus)
Image 276Armoured buses in Israel (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 277One of the NAW/Hess articulated trolleybuses delivered to Geneva in 1992, which were among the first production-series low-floor trolleybuses (from Trolleybus)
Image 278Volvo B5LH single-decker bus in Singapore (from Bus)
Image 2792003 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 280AEC Routemaster in Sri Lanka (from Double-decker bus)
Image 281Bi-articulated bus in Guatemala City, Guatemala (from Articulated bus)
Image 282Caetano Levante 3 bodied Scania K410EB6 operated by National Express (from Coach (bus))
Image 283Guided trolleybus in Castellón de la Plana, Spain (from Guided bus)
Image 284A Volvo B10M chassis, bodied worldwide as a single-decker bus, articulated bus, double-decker bus, and coach (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 285Cikupa manhauler (from Combination bus)
Image 286A 19-seat low-floor green minibus (from Public light bus)
Image 287New Flyer DE60LF diesel-electric hybrid in Albuquerque, New Mexico, US. (from Articulated bus)

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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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)