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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 southbound Blue Line bus at Wetmore Avenue Station in downtown Everett

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 three routes that total over 40 miles (64 km) in length and cover urban portions of the county. The Blue Line, opened in 2009, runs on the State Route 99 corridor between Everett and Shoreline. The Green Line opened in 2019 and runs from the Boeing Everett Factory to Mill Creek and Bothell via State Route 527. It was followed by the Orange Line, which connects Lynnwood to Mill Creek, in 2024. The lines intersect at several points and also have stations that serve other transit systems, such as Link light rail and Sounder commuter rail.

Swift has the highest ridership of any Community Transit service, at 4.3 million in 2025. 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. The network's stations and vehicles are accessible, featuring improved boarding for wheelchair users, and have designated bicycle parking inside buses. (Full article...)

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The Flxible Metro is a transit bus that was assembled and manufactured by the Flxible Corporation from 1983 until 1995. From 1978 until early-1983, when Flxible was owned by Grumman, the model was known as the Grumman 870, with a Grumman nameplate. The earlier model 870 experienced a large number of major design defects and deficiencies, some of which led to the filing of lawsuits against the company by purchasers, and the successor "Metro" model addressed those defective design issues.

Over the combined 17-year production history, a total of 14,456 were built, of which 4,642 were model 870 and 9,814 were Metros. (

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General images

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Image 1Leyland B45 (prototype of the Olympian) on route 10 in Gibraltar (from Double-decker bus)
Image 2Armoured buses in Israel (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 3Horsebus in Copenhagen, 1907 (from Horsebus)
Image 4Horse-drawn omnibus in London, 1902 (from Horsebus)
Image 5New Routemaster double-decker bus in London, United Kingdom (from Bus)
Image 6Bus rapid transit (from Public transport bus service)
Image 7A double-decker bus in Alexandria, Egypt (from Double-decker bus)
Image 8Bimodal Bus-tram and Barota in Sejong City, South Korea (from Guided bus)
Image 9A Van Hool bi-articulated bus in Hamburg, Germany (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 10Los Angeles Metro bus with bike rack fitted to front of bus (from Public transport bus service)
Image 11MU ZiU-9 in Leningrad, Soviet Union, 1987 (from Trolleybus)
Image 12Crown-Ikarus 286 for TriMet (1993) (from Articulated bus)
Image 13A Hino Rainbow midibus (from Midibus)
Image 14Transit bus (from Public transport bus service)
Image 15YaTB-3 trolleybus on Leningradskoye Highway in Moscow, 1930s (from Double-decker bus)
Image 16Countries with double-decker buses as a form of public transport (from Double-decker bus)
Image 17Setra mid-size coach (from Coach (bus))
Image 18Bus bunching caused by misaligned bus timetables (from Public transport bus service)
Image 19Early coach drawn by horses (from Coach (bus))
Image 20Two Optare Solo midibuses (from Midibus)
Image 21A double-deck trolleybus in Reading, England, 1966 (from Trolleybus)
Image 22Medium-sized Isuzu Songthaew (truck bus) as seen in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. (from Combination bus)
Image 23Amédée Bollée's L'Obéissante (1875) (from Bus)
Image 24Battery electric buses are in widespread service across the world. Pictured is a Yutong E12 in Zhengzhou. (from Transit bus)
Image 25Spokane Transit Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC double-decker bus at Eastern Washington University (from Double-decker bus)
Image 26A private omnibus or "station bus" (from Horsebus)
Image 27Stagecoach Yorkshire Enviro400EV electric double-decker in Chesterfield in May 2025 (from Double-decker bus)
Image 28CT Transit Nova Bus LFS articulated in Waterbury, CT (from Articulated bus)
Image 29Schematic of an articulated bus, showing four passenger doors and two powertrain configurations. (from Articulated bus)
Image 30Feeder bus service (from Public transport bus service)
Image 31Youngman articulated bus in Ürümqi, China (from Bus)
Image 32A low-entry bus of Volgren CR228L bodied Mercedes-Benz OC500LE in Darwin, Australia (from Low-floor bus)
Image 33Kerb guided busway guide wheel Mannheim, Germany (from Guided bus)
Image 34A Low floor Bus in Kolkata (from Low-floor bus)
Image 35Pole bases with springs and pneumatic pole lowering cylinders (from Trolleybus)
Image 36Bus timetable in Tamil Nadu, India. (from Public transport bus service)
Image 37A coach operated by Megabus (from Intercity bus service)
Image 38An 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 39Park and ride (from Public transport bus service)
Image 40An Irizar i6 built on a MAN chassis (from Coach (bus))
Image 41The MAN A95 is one of the newest double-decker buses purchased for the Bus Contracting Model. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 42VDL Synergy double-decker bus in Norrtälje, Sweden (from Double-decker bus)
Image 43Preserved 1857 horse bus in Copenhagen, 1986 (from Horsebus)
Image 44MAN A95 double decker on route X25 running in Dubai, UAE in 2023 (from Double-decker bus)
Image 45The Vancouver trolleybus system completed the transition to an exclusively low-floor fleet in 2009. (from Trolleybus)
Image 46Guided omnibus from Manchester (from Guided bus)
Image 47One of the NAW/Hess articulated trolleybuses delivered to Geneva in 1992, which were among the first production-series low-floor trolleybuses (from Trolleybus)
Image 48Egged Neoplan N122 Skyliner (from Double-decker bus)
Image 49Caetano Levante 3 bodied Scania K410EB6 operated by National Express (from Coach (bus))
Image 50Bangkok double-decker bus. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 51A public transport timetable for bus services in England in the 1940s and 1950s (from Public transport bus service)
Image 522006 Volvo 9700HD with walk-in cargo compartment from Savonlinja in Lahti (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 53Jakarta double-decker city tour bus passing through landmarks and points of interest in Jakarta, Indonesia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 54A Sunwin trolleybus in Shanghai, on the world's oldest operating trolleybus system (from Trolleybus)
Image 551960 Scania-Vabis L75 bodied by Kristiansund Lettmetall, carrying six passengers (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 56Volvo B7RLE low floor bus in Brazil (from Low-floor bus)
Image 57Volgren Optimus bodied Volvo B8RLEA of Transperth, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, November 2018 (from Articulated bus)
Image 58Bus stop with timetable attached (from Public transport bus service)
Image 59Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation Ashok Leyland (from Double-decker bus)
Image 60Amédée Bollée's L'Obéissante steam bus photographed in 1875 (from Steam bus)
Image 61Torquay & District Motor Omnibus Co Ltd service to Chelston from 1903 with a 14-seat Chelmsford Steam bus (from Steam bus)
Image 62 Almazora bodied Fuso Canter Modern PUV, Philippines (from Combination bus)
Image 63A bi-articulated bus used on the Brisbane Metro (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 641965 Mercedes-Benz LPO322 from Sweden, a typical "skvader" (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 65BYD B12C01 double-decker bus operating in Santiago, Chile (from Double-decker bus)
Image 66A bi-articulated Van Hool ExquiCity 24 on Mettis services at Metz, France (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 67Yutong City Master in Skopje, North Macedonia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 68A 1965 Mercedes-Benz LPO 322 Bruck in Karlskrona, Sweden (2005) (from Bus)
Image 69A Foton BJ6128SHEVCA-5 plug-in hybrid double-decker bus in Beijing Bus service (from Double-decker bus)
Image 70Modern Tiyulit (Hebrew for "trip truck") in Israel used for transporting IDF soldiers in open non-paved terrain. (from Combination bus)
Image 712009 Volvo 9700HD NG bruck coach from Bussring. In service for Riksteatret, outside their headquarters in Nydalen, Oslo. (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 72Interior of a wheelchair-accessible transit bus, with bucket seats and smart-card readers at the exit. (from Transit bus)
Image 73An intercity coach operated by Woods Coaches (from Public transport bus service)
Image 74AKSM-420 Vitovt in Minsk (from Trolleybus)
Image 75Barton's unique Dennis Loline, 861 (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 76A Kowloon Motor Bus Alexander Dennis Enviro400 in Hong Kong (from Double-decker bus)
Image 77A 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 78Interiors of coaches include many features not found in buses intended for shorter travel. (from Coach (bus))
Image 79Cross-sectional diagram of the parallel direction curbs of the bus lane in Essen, Germany (from Guided bus)
Image 80Intercity coach at Liuliqiao, connecting Beijing with Youyu. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 81Johannesburg Metrobus (from Double-decker bus)
Image 82ZIL-131 shift bus (from Combination bus)
Image 83A double-decker bus in Marrakesh, Morocco (from Double-decker bus)
Image 84Youngman JNP6183BEV in Beijing (from Trolleybus)
Image 85The Elektromote, the world's first trolleybus, in Berlin, Germany, 1882 (from Trolleybus)
Image 86Trailer bus in Havana (2006) (from Bus)
Image 87Föli double-decker coach bus in Turku, Finland (from Double-decker bus)
Image 88Leyland Titan double decker bus in Sydney, Australia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 89A bus in Finland in the early 20th century with the cargo area totally separated from the bus body (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 90MAN A39 double-deck bus on route 500 in Porto, Portugal (from Double-decker bus)
Image 91Articulated trolleybus in Arnhem (from Articulated bus)
Image 9214.5-metre 1991 Delta Star 501 on Volvo B10M with cantilever tail lift (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 93Portland, Oregon TriMet high-floor bus with wheelchair lift extended and lowered to the sidewalk/pavement (2010) (from Bus)
Image 94The chassis of an Alexander Dennis Enviro500 double-decker bus on display in Hong Kong (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 95New Flyer trolleybus in Toronto, Canada (from Bus)
Image 96A Transit Systems Scania K280UB at Westfield Miranda (from Bus)
Image 97Left, double-decker bus Schneider Brillié P2; Centre, double decker horse-drawn omnibus in Paris, France (from Double-decker bus)
Image 98A Rapid KL Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC during a test run in Cheras, Malaysia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 99Hess LighTram trolleybus in St. Gallen (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 100Scania K320UA articulated bus operating for SouthLink (from Articulated bus)
Image 101An Iveco Bus (Irisbus) Magelys at Busworld 2007 (from Coach (bus))
Image 102GMC New Design truckbus (from Combination bus)
Image 103A Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TL (from Low-floor bus)
Image 104An early horse-drawn omnibus from mid-nineteenth century (from Bus)
Image 105Police bus in Taipei, Taiwan (2014) (from Bus)
Image 106BEX intercity double-decker coach connecting Dresden and Berlin. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 107Bus stop in Shirley, New Zealand. (from Public transport bus service)
Image 108An AutoTram Extra Grand (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 109National Steam car Co Ltd ran steam buses in London from 2 Nov 1909 to 18 Nov 1919 (from Steam bus)
Image 110Electric bus Hyundai Elec City in Goyang (from Double-decker bus)
Image 111LibertyBus in Jersey (from Double-decker bus)
Image 112An East Lancs Olympus body with a tree-protection bull-bar protecting the large upper-deck front window (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 113Intercity coaches from GO and Megabus seen in Niagara Falls, Ontario (from Intercity bus service)
Image 114Trolleybus wire switch (Type Soviet Union) (from Trolleybus)
Image 115Russian Police Ural-572060 also known as VM-4320 (from Combination bus)
Image 116An 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 117A Taichung BRT Bus (from Articulated bus)
Image 118Arriva Southern Counties Volvo B7TL with TransBus ALX400 bodywork in England (from Double-decker bus)
Image 119Diagram of a 1947-built Pullman Standard model 800 trolleybus, a type that operated in Valparaíso (Chile) until 2023 (from Trolleybus)
Image 120MAN Lion's coach L (from Coach (bus))
Image 121The Perth Central Area Transit operates as a zero-fare basis for passengers in the Perth central business district (from Public transport bus service)
Image 122A double-decker bus on its first day of operation in Mombasa, Kenya (from Double-decker bus)
Image 123A 1992 (redesigned) Neoplan Jumbocruiser (from Articulated bus)
Image 124MAX bus system in Las Vegas (from Guided bus)
Image 125Share taxi bus service (from Public transport bus service)
Image 1261902 Thornycroft Steam bus used by London Road car Co Ltd (from Steam bus)
Image 127Setra S 417 HDH in Mannheim (from Coach (bus))
Image 128Irisbus Crealis Neo, an optically guided TEOR bus in Rouen (from Guided bus)
Image 129Irisbus Cristalis in Limoges (from Trolleybus)
Image 130Retired bus in Israel used as a tow truck (2008) (from Bus)
Image 131A San Francisco Muni trolleybus (ETI 14TrSF) climbing Nob Hill (from Trolleybus)
Image 132A semi-open top sightseeing bus in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (from Open top bus)
Image 133An omnibus of the Compagnie générale des omnibus company (from Horsebus)
Image 134Interior of an articulated bus in Los Angeles (from Bus)
Image 135Arriva Southend Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart SLF (from Low-floor bus)
Image 136Cacciamali Urby (built on Iveco Daily chassis) in Rijeka, Croatia (from Minibus)
Image 137Many low-floor buses feature extendable ramps. (from Low-floor bus)
Image 138A dual-mode bus operating as a trolleybus in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel in 1990 (from Trolleybus)
Image 1392003 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 140School buses operated by U-go Mobility in Sydney, NSW (from Bus)
Image 141Solaris Vacanza 13, A 3-axle Solaris coach manufactured between 2001 and 2010 in San Sebastian, Spain (from Coach (bus))
Image 142A Nishitetsu public bus in Fukuoka, Japan (from Bus)
Image 143An AT Metro double decker Northern Busway bus at Albany busway station (from Double-decker bus)
Image 144NefAZ-4208/4951 shift bus based on a KamAZ-44108. (from Combination bus)
Image 145Yutong GT12 operated by FlixBus (from Coach (bus))
Image 146World's first trolleybus, Berlin 1882 (from Bus)
Image 147An example of a private bus operating for BusWest in Perth (2018) (from Bus)
Image 148Passengers on board an old Leyland Titan open-top bus view the scenery in Devon. (from Open top bus)
Image 149A MAN Lion's City A24 articulated bus operated by Tower Transit Singapore (from Articulated bus)
Image 150First appearing in London in 1947, the AEC Regent III RT (pictured) was the predecessor to the AEC Routemaster. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 151SmartRider card for Transperth (from Transit bus)
Image 152Bustech bodied double decker in Sydney, Australia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 153Solaris Trollino 18 in Salzburg (from Trolleybus)
Image 154MAZ-251 in Minsk, Belarus (from Coach (bus))
Image 155George Shillibeer's first London omnibus, 1829 (from Horsebus)
Image 156Metrobus liveried Mercedes-Benz O 500 LE CNG (from Low-floor bus)
Image 157Gillett & Co Steam bus licensed by the Metropolitan Police on 21 Jan 1899 (from Steam bus)
Image 158GAZ combination bus (from Combination bus)
Image 159Évéole bus in Douai (from Guided bus)
Image 160Star 200 truck with passengers bodywork for the Milicja in Poland. (from Combination bus)
Image 161Ikarus 280 in Hungary (from Articulated bus)
Image 162Chevrolet AK Series shift bus (from Combination bus)
Image 163Double-decker Neoplan Skyliners with Oxford Tube bodies (from Coach (bus))
Image 164A New Routemaster double-decker bus in London (from Double-decker bus)
Image 165MCI 102DL3 operated by Greyhound Lines (from Coach (bus))
Image 166An Alexander Dennis Enviro500 equipped with bike rack, servicing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (from Double-decker bus)
Image 167A preserved 1951 Kenworth bruck displayed at the Whitefish Depot (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 168Berlin horsebus (from Horsebus)
Image 169Bristol Lodekka FS6G – the first British alternative to the lowbridge design (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 170A Greyhound bus in 1939. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 171A Volvo B10M chassis, bodied worldwide as a single-decker bus, articulated bus, double-decker bus, and coach (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 172The earliest public light buses. At the front are (left to right) Commer, Isuzu Elf and Morris (from Public light bus)
Image 173Articulated trolleybus in São Paulo (from Trolleybus)
Image 174French steam bus (from Steam bus)
Image 175Guided trolleybus in Castellón de la Plana, Spain (from Guided bus)
Image 176Double-decker bus in Baghdad, Iraq in 2016 (from Double-decker bus)
Image 177Volvo B7R / 9700S (no. 792, AAI-840, 2006) operated by ExpressBus Savonlinja at Jyväskylä bus station (from Coach (bus))
Image 178The 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 1791983 Repstad-bodied Volvo B10M, converted for transport of racing horses (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 180Dublin Bus Volvo B9TL (from Double-decker bus)
Image 181A Van Hool US-specification double-decker bus in New York City, US (from Double-decker bus)
Image 182A Ringtrambus hybrid bus in Belgium (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 183A switch in parallel overhead lines (from Trolleybus)
Image 184A BMTC UD SLF bus (from Low-floor bus)
Image 185A 19-seat low-floor green minibus (from Public light bus)
Image 186Early version of a midibus, the Bedford JJL (from Midibus)
Image 1871937 Chevrolet bodied by Anco in Trondheim with an open cargo area integrated with the body (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 188A 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 189Phileas bus (from Guided bus)
Image 190An AEC Routemaster, a pioneering 1950s bus design (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 191Modern Switch Mobility EiV 22 double-decker bus operated by KSRTC in Kerala, India (from Double-decker bus)
Image 192The first ever internal combustion omnibus, introduced in 1895 (Siegen to Netphen) (from Bus)
Image 193A Kia Granbird Silkroad from 2015 at the Seoul Motor Show (from Coach (bus))
Image 1941999 New Flyer D40LF in the Aurora Village Transit Center in Shoreline in June 2010. (from Low-floor bus)
Image 195US school bus (2007 IC CE) (from Bus)
Image 196Behind time, anonymous engraving of a stagecoach in England. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 197Winnipeg Transit New Flyer D60LF on Route 77 (from Articulated bus)
Image 198Advertisement on a bus in Hong Kong (2018) (from Bus)
Image 199Hino Dutro 110SD 12-seater microbus in Indonesia (from Minibus)
Image 200Van Hool Exquicity 18T in Parma (from Trolleybus)
Image 201A typical North American model in Toronto: the hybrid electric Nova Bus LFS with a bicycle rack at the front. (from Transit bus)
Image 202Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC double-decker bus on Mexico City Metrobús' new line 7 running along Calzada de los Misterios (from Double-decker bus)
Image 203Yibin ART System, Yibin, China (from Guided bus)
Image 204New Flyer XT60 in Seattle (from Trolleybus)
Image 205Preserved 1965 AEC Regal VI formerly operated by the Metropolitan Transport Trust in Perth, Australia (from Bus)
Image 206AC Transit XMC-77 (from Articulated bus)
Image 207Hyundai County minibus being used as a city bus in Hoengseong, South Korea. (from Transit bus)
Image 208An 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 209A Scania TransJakarta bus in Harmoni Central Busway Station, Jakarta (from Articulated bus)
Image 210LiAZ-6213 in Tyumen (from Low-floor bus)
Image 211Mitsubishi Fuso Aero Ace used by Airport Limousine Bus in Tokyo, Japan (from Coach (bus))
Image 212Curitiba 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 213Minibus vehicle from Suzuki Carry used as public transportation of Transjakarta in Indonesia (from Minibus)
Image 214The 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 215Japanese low-entry bus "omnibus" in Hamamatsu (from Low-floor bus)
Image 216Trolleybus in Malatya (from Trolleybus)
Image 217An ACTION Renault PR180.2, an example of an articulated bus with a pusher system (from Articulated bus)
Image 218Public transport bus in Auckland, New Zealand in the 1920s (from Public transport bus service)
Image 219Switch Mobility EiV 22 double-decker bus travelling in Marine Drive, Mumbai (from Double-decker bus)
Image 220Iveco Indcar Mago 2 midibus in Jyväskylä, Finland (from Midibus)
Image 221A Mercedes-Benz Tourismo in Berlin, Germany (from Coach (bus))
Image 222A 1911 LGOC B-type (from Bus)
Image 223Scania Irizar i6 coach in black and pink Ausden Clark Executive livery (from Coach (bus))
Image 224Interior of the Alexander ALX500 bodywork as applied to the three-axle Volvo Super Olympian (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 225A double-decker bus of Pabama Transport in Bukidnon (from Double-decker bus)
Image 226John Scott Russell's Steam carriage in 1834 (from Steam bus)
Image 227Medium-sized Hino Songthaew (truck bus) as seen in Sakon Nakhon, Thailand. (from Combination bus)
Image 228An historical Brixton to Clapham horse-drawn bus on display at the London Bus Museum (from Double-decker bus)
Image 229An articulated bus in Tel Aviv (from Articulated bus)
Image 230New Flyer trolleybus in San Francisco (from Trolleybus)
Image 231A preserved Leyland Titan TD1 of Glasgow Corporation at the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 232AEC Routemaster in Sri Lanka (from Double-decker bus)
Image 233A Chevrolet bus of Nepal Transport Service in 1961. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 234Bi-articulated bus in Guatemala City, Guatemala (from Articulated bus)
Image 235A 1986 van-derived Ford Transit minibus bodied by Carlyle (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 236Coal 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 237A 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 238One of GO Transit's 3.9-metre height (12 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Super-Lo double-decker buses (from Double-decker bus)
Image 239A 1912 Daimler CC Bus, one of five (English) Daimler Company buses exported to Australia (from Bus)
Image 240A TheBus with destination marquee indicating "Express" service to Village Park on the H-1 Freeway. (from Public transport bus service)
Image 241Gothenburg - Bi-articulated Volvo bus (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 242Geumgang Express Hyundai Universe in South Korea. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 243Lear Steam bus on display in Michigan in 1972 (from Steam bus)
Image 244Hino Coach Bus in RMUTT (Pathumthani, Thailand) (from Coach (bus))
Image 245A modern purpose-built open top sightseeing bus in France (from Open top bus)
Image 246Monument to Crimean Trolleybus (from Trolleybus)
Image 247A Mercedes-Benz O405 integral bus (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 248Volvo B5LH single-decker bus in Singapore (from Bus)
Image 249A 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 250A Paris omnibus in 1828 (from Horsebus)
Image 251Solaris Trollino 12M in Gdynia (from Trolleybus)
Image 252A 56-passenger Prevost coach in Canada (from Coach (bus))
Image 253Knight Bus (from Double-decker bus)
Image 254MAN A39 in Berlin, Germany (from Double-decker bus)
Image 255An articulated Wright Eclipse Fusion, bending as it drives round a corner at the University of Bath, England, May 2008 (from Articulated bus)
Image 256Scania K94UB double decker bus operating in Hong Kong (from Public transport bus service)
Image 257New Flyer DE60LF diesel-electric hybrid in Albuquerque, New Mexico, US. (from Articulated bus)
Image 258In many cities, traditional bus service is being augmented by bus rapid transit. Pictured is the Brisbane Metro (from Transit bus)
Image 259National Express Caetano Levante bodied Scania K340EB 6x2 with wheelchair lift at Metrocentre bus rally in May 2009 (from Low-floor bus)
Image 260Nottingham City Transport Optare Solo M995 in July 2025 (from Low-floor bus)
Image 261MAN SD200 on route T-4 in Saint-Petersburg in 2000s (from Double-decker bus)
Image 262A Škoda 30 Tr trolleybus in Prague, which uses In-Motion Charging technology. (from Trolleybus)
Image 263Opel Blitz combination bus (from Combination bus)
Image 264Iveco Urbanway (from Articulated bus)
Image 265Chelmsford (1905) (from Steam bus)
Image 266Kerb-guided track and adjacent multi-user path along a disused rail line, on the Leigh-Salford-Manchester Bus Rapid Transit (from Guided bus)
Image 267A retired bus is used for an ambulance bus in Toronto (2014) (from Bus)
Image 268Citroën Jumper minibus in France (from Minibus)
Image 269A rebuilt East Lancs Greenway (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 270Double Decker tour coach in the Netherlands (from Double-decker bus)
Image 271Tour bus being used in France (2015) (from Bus)
Image 272A Rocar DAC 217E articulated trolleybus in Bucharest, Romania, in April 2007 (from Trolleybus)
Image 273A Neoplan Megaliner at Osaka station as "Seishun Mega Dream" in Japan (from Double-decker bus)
Image 274Solaris trolleybus on the Arnhem trolleybus system in the Netherlands (from Trolleybus)
Image 275The London Booster moving sculpture
Image 276Trolleybus in Castellón de la Plana (from Trolleybus)
Image 277Ural-375D 'truckbus' in Tajikistan. (from Combination bus)
Image 278An operator livery complementing the bodywork features (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 279A Mitsubishi Fuso Aero King at Tokyo station as "Dream-go" in Japan (from Double-decker bus)
Image 280Cikupa manhauler (from Combination bus)
Image 281Hino S'elega in Tokyo, Japan (from Coach (bus))
Image 282Underground trolleybus at Kurobe Dam Station (from Trolleybus)
Image 283Insulated poles, contact shoes, and pull–ropes (from Trolleybus)
Image 284A Community Transit double-decker bus in Downtown Seattle, Washington (from Double-decker bus)
Image 285a New Flyer XD60 for CDTA (from Articulated bus)
Image 286Trolleybus on tunnel line in Tateyama (from Trolleybus)
Image 2872003 Helmark-bodied Scania K124EB double-decker bruck in Östersund (from Bruck (vehicle))

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 1An Iveco Crossway of Blaguss, Vienna
Image 2An East Lancs bodied Volvo B10M, owned by Hilton's travel, Newton-Le-Willows
Image 3A Connexionsbuses operated Scania Omnidekka, at Thorpe Arch industrial estate, Wetherby.
Image 4A trolleybus in Brno, Czech Republic
Image 5Trolleybuses outside Salzburg Hbf, Austria
Image 6The freight trolley TG-5, Vinnitsa, Ukraine.
Image 7A trolleybus in Novosibirsk, Russia
Image 8A bus at the University of Nottingham
Image 9An abandoned bus in the Atacama Desert
Image 10A preserved BVG MAN SD200, operating Berlin bus 218
Image 11The Agora and de l'Assut de l'Or Bridge – Part of the Arts and Science complex in Valencia
Image 12Buses in Oslo
Image 13View from Slussen towards Gamla stan (Old town) and Riddarholmen. In the background Kungsholmen and Stockholm City Hall.
Image 14A Dopravní podnik hlavního města Prahy, Karosa B 732 in Prague
Image 15A Mercedes Citaro O530, of the Oxford Bus Company
Image 16An Irisbus Agora Line vehicle in Avignon, France
Image 17A Leyland Olympian, and the Grade II listed Angel Inn
Image 18A MAN Lion's City of BSAG, Bremen Hauptbahnhof
Image 19A Karosa Bus in Olomouc
Image 20A Setra S 415 NF of the operator BahnBus Hochstift, in Paderborn bus terminal.
Image 21A KMB bus, in Hong Kong
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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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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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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Robert R. Kiley (September 16, 1935 – August 9, 2016) was an American public transit planner and supervisor known for his ability to rehabilitate transit systems experiencing serious problems. From 2001 to 2006 he was the first commissioner of Transport for London, the public organisation that runs and maintains London's public transport network.

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

Kiley unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Boston in 1983. (Read More)
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Ann Heron Gloag DBE (née Souter; born 10 December 1942) is a Scottish businesswoman, activist, and charity campaigner. She is co-founder of the transport company Stagecoach Group.

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

In 2023, Gloag put Beaufort Castle, her Category A listed residence in the Scottish Highlands, up for sale at £7.5 million. Located near Kiltarlity, 13 miles west of Inverness, the castle was originally built in the 12th century and then rebuilt in 1880. Gloag purchased the historic estate, which includes a 26-bedroom principal property, a chapel, six residential cottages and 127 acres of land, in 1994 for approximately £1.5 million. (Read More)
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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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Werner Wolfgang Heubeck (24 October 1923 – 19 October 2009) was a German–British transport executive who was managing director of the Northern Ireland transport companies Ulsterbus and Citybus. (Read More)
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Samuel Ledgard (1874–1952) was a Leeds entrepreneur who became a major West Yorkshire Independent bus operator. Following his death in 1952, his executors continued to operate the Samuel Ledgard bus company until 1967, when it was acquired by the West Yorkshire Road Car Company. (Read More)