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A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for charter purposes, or through private ownership. Although the average bus carries between 30 and 100 passengers, some buses have a capacity of up to 300 passengers. The most common type is the single-deck rigid bus, with double-decker and articulated buses carrying larger loads, and midibuses and minibuses carrying smaller loads. Coaches are used for longer-distance services. Many types of buses, such as city transit buses and inter-city coaches, charge a fare. Other types, such as elementary or secondary school buses or shuttle buses within a post-secondary education campus, are free. In many jurisdictions, bus drivers require a special large vehicle licence above and beyond a regular driving license.

Buses may be used for scheduled bus transport, scheduled coach transport, school transport, private hire, or tourism; promotional buses may be used for political campaigns and others are privately operated for a wide range of purposes, including rock and pop band tour vehicles.

Horse-drawn buses were used from the 1820s, followed by steam buses in the 1830s, and electric trolleybuses in 1882. The first internal combustion engine buses, or motor buses, were used in 1895. Recently, interest has been growing in hybrid electric buses, fuel cell buses, and electric buses, as well as buses powered by compressed natural gas or biodiesel. As of the 2010s, bus manufacturing is increasingly globalised, with the same designs appearing around the world. (Full article...)

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Lothian Buses is a major bus operator based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the largest municipal bus company in the United Kingdom: the City of Edinburgh Council (through Transport for Edinburgh) owns 91%, Midlothian Council 5%, East Lothian Council 3% and West Lothian Council 1%.

Lothian operates the majority of bus services in Edinburgh, and is a significant operator in East Lothian, Midlothian and most recently West Lothian. It operates a comprehensive night bus network, three routes to Edinburgh Airport, and owns the subsidiary companies Lothian Country, East Coast Buses, Edinburgh Bus Tours, Lothian Motorcoaches and Eve Coaches. (Full article...)

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

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Image 1A Community Transit double-decker bus in Downtown Seattle, Washington (from Double-decker bus)
Image 2A 56-passenger Prevost coach in Canada (from Coach (bus))
Image 3New Flyer trolleybus in Toronto, Canada (from Bus)
Image 4The MAN A95 is one of the newest double-decker buses purchased for the Bus Contracting Model. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 5Lear Steam bus on display in Michigan in 1972 (from Steam bus)
Image 6Setra mid-size coach (from Coach (bus))
Image 7New Flyer DE60LF diesel-electric hybrid in Albuquerque, New Mexico, US. (from Articulated bus)
Image 8A Kowloon Motor Bus Alexander Dennis Enviro400 in Hong Kong (from Double-decker bus)
Image 9Trailer bus in Havana (2006) (from Bus)
Image 10A low-entry bus of Volgren CR228L bodied Mercedes-Benz OC500LE in Darwin, Australia (from Low-floor bus)
Image 11A 1911 LGOC B-type (from Bus)
Image 12A Mercedes-Benz O405 integral bus (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 13Nottingham City Transport Optare Solo M995 in July 2025 (from Low-floor bus)
Image 14Interior of an articulated bus in Los Angeles (from Bus)
Image 15Early version of a midibus, the Bedford JJL (from Midibus)
Image 16Volvo B5LH single-decker bus in Singapore (from Bus)
Image 17Citroën Jumper minibus in France (from Minibus)
Image 18Japanese low-entry bus "omnibus" in Hamamatsu (from Low-floor bus)
Image 19A Neoplan Megaliner at Osaka station as "Seishun Mega Dream" in Japan (from Double-decker bus)
Image 20Many low-floor buses feature extendable ramps. (from Low-floor bus)
Image 21A 1965 Mercedes-Benz LPO 322 Bruck in Karlskrona, Sweden (2005) (from Bus)
Image 2214.5-metre 1991 Delta Star 501 on Volvo B10M with cantilever tail lift (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 23An ACTION Renault PR180.2, an example of an articulated bus with a pusher system (from Articulated bus)
Image 24Advertisement on a bus in Hong Kong (2018) (from Bus)
Image 25Curitiba 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 26Cacciamali Urby (built on Iveco Daily chassis) in Rijeka, Croatia (from Minibus)
Image 27A double-decker bus in Alexandria, Egypt (from Double-decker bus)
Image 28An East Lancs Olympus body with a tree-protection bull-bar protecting the large upper-deck front window (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 29Van Hool Exquicity 18T in Parma (from Trolleybus)
Image 30A Ringtrambus hybrid bus in Belgium (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 31An AT Metro double decker Northern Busway bus at Albany busway station (from Double-decker bus)
Image 32Iveco Indcar Mago 2 midibus in Jyväskylä, Finland (from Midibus)
Image 33Bus bunching caused by misaligned bus timetables (from Public transport bus service)
Image 34A Nishitetsu public bus in Fukuoka, Japan (from Bus)
Image 35Interior of the Alexander ALX500 bodywork as applied to the three-axle Volvo Super Olympian (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 36A Mitsubishi Fuso Aero King at Tokyo station as "Dream-go" in Japan (from Double-decker bus)
Image 37Kerb-guided track and adjacent multi-user path along a disused rail line, on the Leigh-Salford-Manchester Bus Rapid Transit (from Guided bus)
Image 38A double-decker bus of Pabama Transport in Bukidnon (from Double-decker bus)
Image 39Ausden Clark Executive Scania Irizar i6 coach in black and pink livery (from Coach (bus))
Image 40Chelmsford (1905) (from Steam bus)
Image 41The Vancouver trolleybus system completed the transition to an exclusively low-floor fleet in 2009. (from Trolleybus)
Image 42Bus timetable in Tamil Nadu, India. (from Public transport bus service)
Image 43A 19-seat low-floor green minibus (from Public light bus)
Image 44A Škoda 30 Tr trolleybus in Prague, which uses In-Motion Charging technology. (from Trolleybus)
Image 45An articulated Wright Eclipse Fusion, bending as it drives round a corner at the University of Bath, England, May 2008 (from Articulated bus)
Image 46An example of a private bus operating for BusWest in Perth (2018) (from Bus)
Image 47Volvo B7RLE low floor bus in Brazil (from Low-floor bus)
Image 48Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC double-decker bus on Mexico City Metrobús' new line 7 running along Calzada de los Misterios (from Double-decker bus)
Image 49Feeder bus service (from Public transport bus service)
Image 50ExpressBus Savonlinja Volvo B7R / 9700S (no. 792, AAI-840, 2006) at Jyväskylä bus station (from Coach (bus))
Image 51National Express Caetano Levante bodied Scania K340EB 6x2 with wheelchair lift at Metrocentre bus rally in May 2009 (from Low-floor bus)
Image 52Irisbus Cristalis in Limoges (from Trolleybus)
Image 53LibertyBus in Jersey (from Double-decker bus)
Image 54Scania K320UA articulated bus operating for SouthLink (from Articulated bus)
Image 55 Almazora bodied Fuso Canter Modern PUV, Philippines (from Combination bus)
Image 56An historical Brixton to Clapham horse-drawn bus on display at the London Bus Museum (from Double-decker bus)
Image 57Bristol Lodekka FS6G – the first British alternative to the lowbridge design (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 58A Van Hool bi-articulated bus in Hamburg, Germany (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 59GAZ combination bus (from Combination bus)
Image 60A typical North American model in Toronto: the Nova Bus LFS with a bicycle rack at the front. (from Transit bus)
Image 61New Flyer XT60 in Seattle (from Trolleybus)
Image 62Gillett & Co Steam bus licensed by the Metropolitan Police on 21 Jan 1899 (from Steam bus)
Image 63GMC New Design truckbus (from Combination bus)
Image 64Berlin horsebus (from Horsebus)
Image 65Electric bus Hyundai Elec City in Goyang (from Double-decker bus)
Image 66Interiors of coaches include many features not found in buses intended for shorter travel. (from Coach (bus))
Image 67Bus stop with timetable attached (from Public transport bus service)
Image 68Barton's unique Dennis Loline, 861 (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 69Bangkok double-decker bus. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 70Johannesburg Metrobus (from Double-decker bus)
Image 71Solaris Vacanza 13, A 3-axle Solaris coach manufactured between 2001 and 2010 in San Sebastian, Spain (from Coach (bus))
Image 72ZIL-131 shift bus (from Combination bus)
Image 73The Perth Central Area Transit operates as a zero-fare basis for passengers in the Perth central business district (from Public transport bus service)
Image 74MAZ-251 in Minsk, Belarus (from Coach (bus))
Image 75Scania K94UB double decker bus operating in Hong Kong (from Public transport bus service)
Image 76Volgren Optimus bodied Volvo B8RLEA of Transperth, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, November 2018 (from Articulated bus)
Image 77Caetano Levante 3 bodied Scania K410EB6 operated by National Express (from Coach (bus))
Image 78The 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 79An Alexander Dennis Enviro500 equipped with bike rack, servicing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (from Double-decker bus)
Image 80Medium-sized Hino Songthaew (truck bus) as seen in Sakon Nakhon, Thailand. (from Combination bus)
Image 81A rebuilt East Lancs Greenway (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 82A retired bus is used for an ambulance bus in Toronto (2014) (from Bus)
Image 83Armoured buses in Israel (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 84A Sunwin trolleybus in Shanghai, on the world's oldest operating trolleybus system (from Trolleybus)
Image 85An Irizar i6 built on a MAN chassis (from Coach (bus))
Image 86A TheBus with destination marquee indicating "Express" service to Village Park on the H-1 Freeway. (from Public transport bus service)
Image 87Gothenburg - Bi-articulated Volvo bus (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 88A bi-articulated bus used on the Brisbane Metro (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 89Crown-Ikarus 286 for TriMet (1993) (from Articulated bus)
Image 90Intercity coach at Liuliqiao, connecting Beijing with Youyu. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 91MU ZiU-9 in Leningrad, Soviet Union, 1987 (from Trolleybus)
Image 92Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation Ashok Leyland (from Double-decker bus)
Image 93An AEC Routemaster, a pioneering 1950s bus design (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 94Iveco Urbanway (from Articulated bus)
Image 95First appearing in London in 1947, the AEC Regent III RT (pictured) was the predecessor to the AEC Routemaster. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 96Intercity coaches from GO and Megabus seen in Niagara Falls, Ontario (from Intercity bus service)
Image 97NefAZ-4208/4951 shift bus based on a KamAZ-44108. (from Combination bus)
Image 98An early horse-drawn omnibus from mid-nineteenth century (from Bus)
Image 99A 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 100Hino S'elega in Tokyo, Japan (from Coach (bus))
Image 101Cross-sectional diagram of the parallel direction curbs of the bus lane in Essen, Germany (from Guided bus)
Image 102A semi-open top sightseeing bus in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (from Open top bus)
Image 103National Steam car Co Ltd ran steam buses in London from 2 Nov 1909 to 18 Nov 1919 (from Steam bus)
Image 104A preserved Leyland Titan TD1 of Glasgow Corporation at the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 105Arriva Southend Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart SLF (from Low-floor bus)
Image 106Passengers on board an old Leyland Titan open-top bus view the scenery in Devon. (from Open top bus)
Image 107A bi-articulated Van Hool ExquiCity 24 on Mettis services at Metz, France (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 108A 1986 van-derived Ford Transit minibus bodied by Carlyle (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 109Yutong City Master in Skopje, North Macedonia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 110Amédée Bollée's L'Obéissante steam bus photographed in 1875 (from Steam bus)
Image 111Hino Dutro 110SD 12-seater microbus in Indonesia (from Minibus)
Image 112Diagram of a 1947-built Pullman Standard model 800 trolleybus, a type that operated in Valparaíso (Chile) until 2023 (from Trolleybus)
Image 113Articulated trolleybus in Arnhem (from Articulated bus)
Image 114A preserved 1951 Kenworth bruck displayed at the Whitefish Depot (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 115Föli double-decker coach bus in Turku, Finland (from Double-decker 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 117Opel Blitz combination bus (from Combination bus)
Image 118A coach operated by Megabus (from Intercity bus service)
Image 1192006 Volvo 9700HD with walk-in cargo compartment from Savonlinja in Lahti (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 1202009 Volvo 9700HD NG bruck coach from Bussring. In service for Riksteatret, outside their headquarters in Nydalen, Oslo. (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 121A 1912 Daimler CC Bus, one of five (English) Daimler Company buses exported to Australia (from Bus)
Image 1221983 Repstad-bodied Volvo B10M, converted for transport of racing horses (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 123Spokane Transit Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC double-decker bus at Eastern Washington University (from Double-decker bus)
Image 124A New Routemaster double-decker bus in London (from Double-decker bus)
Image 125A MAN Lion's City A24 articulated bus operated by Tower Transit Singapore (from Articulated bus)
Image 126George Shillibeer's first London omnibus, 1829 (from Horsebus)
Image 127Hino Coach Bus in RMUTT (Pathumthani, Thailand) (from Coach (bus))
Image 128A switch in parallel overhead lines (from Trolleybus)
Image 129An 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 130A Mercedes-Benz Tourismo in Berlin, Germany (from Coach (bus))
Image 131Leyland B45 (prototype of the Olympian) on route 10 in Gibraltar (from Double-decker bus)
Image 132Star 200 truck with passengers bodywork for the Milicja in Poland. (from Combination bus)
Image 133A double-decker bus on its first day of operation in Mombasa, Kenya (from Double-decker bus)
Image 134A 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 135An Iveco Bus (Irisbus) Magelys at Busworld 2007 (from Coach (bus))
Image 136Oxford Tube bodied double-decker Neoplan Skyliners (from Coach (bus))
Image 137A public transport timetable for bus services in England in the 1940s and 1950s (from Public transport bus service)
Image 138MAN A95 double decker on route X25 running in Dubai, UAE in 2023 (from Double-decker bus)
Image 139YaTB-3 trolleybus on Leningradskoye Highway in Moscow, 1930s (from Double-decker bus)
Image 140A double-deck trolleybus in Reading, England, 1966 (from Trolleybus)
Image 141Two Optare Solo midibuses (from Midibus)
Image 142Interior of a wheelchair-accessible transit bus, with bucket seats and smart-card readers at the exit. (from Transit bus)
Image 143Russian Police Ural-572060 also known as VM-4320 (from Combination bus)
Image 144A San Francisco Muni trolleybus (ETI 14TrSF) climbing Nob Hill (from Trolleybus)
Image 145MAN A39 double-deck bus on route 500 in Porto, Portugal (from Double-decker bus)
Image 146School buses operated by U-go Mobility in Sydney, NSW (from Bus)
Image 147Egged Neoplan N122 Skyliner (from Double-decker bus)
Image 148MAN SD200 on route T-4 in Saint-Petersburg in 2000s (from Double-decker bus)
Image 149Underground trolleybus at Kurobe Dam Station (from Trolleybus)
Image 150BYD B12C01 double-decker bus operating in Santiago, Chile (from Double-decker bus)
Image 151LiAZ-6213 in Tyumen (from Low-floor bus)
Image 1521965 Mercedes-Benz LPO322 from Sweden, a typical "skvader" (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 153Preserved 1965 AEC Regal VI formerly operated by the Metropolitan Transport Trust in Perth, Australia (from Bus)
Image 154Trolleybus wire switch (Type Soviet Union) (from Trolleybus)
Image 155Knight Bus (from Double-decker bus)
Image 156The Elektromote, the world's first trolleybus, in Berlin, Germany, 1882 (from Trolleybus)
Image 157A Kia Granbird Silkroad from 2015 at the Seoul Motor Show (from Coach (bus))
Image 158Arriva Southern Counties Volvo B7TL with TransBus ALX400 bodywork in England (from Double-decker bus)
Image 159Bus stop in Shirley, New Zealand. (from Public transport bus service)
Image 160Kerb guided busway guide wheel Mannheim, Germany (from Guided bus)
Image 161Solaris Trollino 18 in Salzburg (from Trolleybus)
Image 162a New Flyer XD60 for CDTA (from Articulated bus)
Image 163Portland, Oregon TriMet high-floor bus with wheelchair lift extended and lowered to the sidewalk/pavement (2010) (from Bus)
Image 164An articulated bus in Tel Aviv. (from Articulated bus)
Image 165A Foton BJ6128SHEVCA-5 plug-in hybrid double-decker bus in Beijing Bus service (from Double-decker bus)
Image 166CT Transit Nova Bus LFS articulated in Waterbury, CT (from Articulated bus)
Image 167Stagecoach Yorkshire Enviro400EV electric double-decker in Chesterfield in May 2025 (from Double-decker bus)
Image 168Guided omnibus from Manchester (from Guided bus)
Image 169Solaris trolleybus on the Arnhem trolleybus system in the Netherlands (from Trolleybus)
Image 170Yutong GT12 operated by FlixBus (from Coach (bus))
Image 171New Flyer trolleybus in San Francisco (from Trolleybus)
Image 172World's first trolleybus, Berlin 1882 (from Bus)
Image 173US school bus (2007 IC CE) (from Bus)
Image 1742003 Helmark-bodied Scania K124EB double-decker bruck in Östersund (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 175Trolleybus on tunnel line in Tateyama (from Trolleybus)
Image 176Tour bus being used in France (2015) (from Bus)
Image 177A BMTC UD SLF bus (from Low-floor bus)
Image 178Preserved 1857 horse bus in Copenhagen, 1986 (from Horsebus)
Image 1791902 Thornycroft Steam bus used by London Road car Co Ltd (from Steam bus)
Image 180Schematic of an articulated bus, showing four passenger doors and two powertrain configurations. (from Articulated bus)
Image 181Insulated poles, contact shoes, and pull–ropes (from Trolleybus)
Image 182Behind time, anonymous engraving of a stagecoach in England. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 183MAN Lion's coach L (from Coach (bus))
Image 184A 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 185Setra S 417 HDH in Mannheim (from Coach (bus))
Image 186Leyland Titan double decker bus in Sydney, Australia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 187Ikarus 280 in Hungary (from Articulated bus)
Image 188A Chevrolet bus of Nepal Transport Service in 1961. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 189Torquay & District Motor Omnibus Co Ltd service to Chelston from 1903 with a 14-seat Chelmsford Steam bus (from Steam bus)
Image 1901937 Chevrolet bodied by Anco in Trondheim with an open cargo area integrated with the body (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 191Trolleybus in Castellón de la Plana (from Trolleybus)
Image 192AEC Routemaster in Sri Lanka (from Double-decker bus)
Image 193A Paris omnibus in 1828 (from Horsebus)
Image 194MAX bus system in Las Vegas (from Guided bus)
Image 195Battery electric buses are in widespread service across the world. Pictured is a Yutong E12 in Zhengzhou. (from Transit bus)
Image 1961999 New Flyer D40LF in the Aurora Village Transit Center in Shoreline in June 2010. (from Low-floor bus)
Image 197Double Decker tour coach in the Netherlands (from Double-decker bus)
Image 1982003 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 199Irisbus Crealis Neo, an optically guided TEOR bus in Rouen (from Guided bus)
Image 200A 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 201An omnibus of the Compagnie générale des omnibus company (from Horsebus)
Image 202Retired bus in Israel used as a tow truck (2008) (from Bus)
Image 203A 1992 (redesigned) Neoplan Jumbocruiser (from Articulated bus)
Image 204Guided trolleybus in Castellón de la Plana, Spain (from Guided bus)
Image 205Left, double-decker bus Schneider Brillié P2; Centre, double decker horse-drawn omnibus in Paris, France (from Double-decker bus)
Image 206The London Booster moving sculpture
Image 207Pole bases with springs and pneumatic pole lowering cylinders (from Trolleybus)
Image 208Bimodal Bus-tram and Barota in Sejong City, South Korea (from Guided bus)
Image 209Trolleybus in Malatya (from Trolleybus)
Image 210Horsebus in Copenhagen, 1907 (from Horsebus)
Image 211An operator livery complementing the bodywork features (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 212French steam bus (from Steam bus)
Image 213A Transit Systems Scania K280UB at Westfield Miranda (from Bus)
Image 214MAN A39 in Berlin, Germany (from Double-decker bus)
Image 215An AutoTram Extra Grand (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 216Geumgang Express Hyundai Universe in South Korea. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 217In many cities, traditional bus service is being augmented by bus rapid transit. Pictured is the Brisbane Metro (from Transit bus)
Image 218Dublin Bus Volvo B9TL (from Double-decker bus)
Image 219A Volvo B10M chassis, bodied worldwide as a single-decker bus, articulated bus, double-decker bus, and coach (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 220Minibus vehicle from Suzuki Carry used as public transportation of Transjakarta in Indonesia (from Minibus)
Image 221BEX intercity double-decker coach connecting Dresden and Berlin. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 222The earliest public light buses. At the front are (left to right) Commer, Isuzu Elf and Morris (from Public light bus)
Image 223Metrobus liveried Mercedes-Benz O 500 LE CNG (from Low-floor bus)
Image 224Modern Tiyulit (Hebrew for "trip truck") in Israel used for transporting IDF soldiers in open non-paved terrain. (from Combination bus)
Image 225Greyhound Lines MCI 102DL3 Coach bus (from Coach (bus))
Image 226Chevrolet AK Series shift bus (from Combination bus)
Image 227One of GO Transit's 3.9-metre height (12 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Super-Lo double-decker buses (from Double-decker bus)
Image 228The 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 229Hyundai County minibus being used as a city bus in Hoengseong, South Korea. (from Transit bus)
Image 230Bustech bodied double decker in Sydney, Australia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 231Double-decker bus in Baghdad, Iraq in 2016 (from Double-decker bus)
Image 232A bus in Finland in the early 20th century with the cargo area totally separated from the bus body (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 233A Taichung BRT Bus (from Articulated bus)
Image 234An intercity coach operated by Woods Coaches (from Public transport bus service)
Image 235Amédée Bollée's L'Obéissante (1875) (from Bus)
Image 236New Routemaster double-decker bus in London, United Kingdom (from Bus)
Image 237Youngman articulated bus in Ürümqi, China (from Bus)
Image 238The chassis of an Alexander Dennis Enviro500 double-decker bus on display in Hong Kong (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 239Horse-drawn omnibus in London, 1902 (from Horsebus)
Image 240Évéole bus in Douai (from Guided bus)
Image 241Monument to Crimean Trolleybus (from Trolleybus)
Image 242Jakarta double-decker city tour bus passing through landmarks and points of interest in Jakarta, Indonesia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 243AKSM-420 Vitovt in Minsk (from Trolleybus)
Image 244A double-decker bus in Marrakesh, Morocco (from Double-decker bus)
Image 245The first ever internal combustion omnibus, introduced in 1895 (Siegen to Netphen) (from Bus)
Image 246Cikupa manhauler (from Combination bus)
Image 247AC Transit XMC-77 (from Articulated bus)
Image 248Winnipeg Transit New Flyer D60LF on Route 77 (from Articulated bus)
Image 249A Van Hool US-specification double-decker bus in New York City, US (from Double-decker bus)
Image 250A Rapid KL Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC during a test run in Cheras, Malaysia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 251Modern Switch Mobility EiV 22 double-decker bus operated by KSRTC in Kerala, India (from Double-decker bus)
Image 252Police bus in Taipei, Taiwan (2014) (from Bus)
Image 253Medium-sized Isuzu Songthaew (truck bus) as seen in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. (from Combination bus)
Image 254Youngman JNP6183BEV in Beijing (from Trolleybus)
Image 255A dual-mode bus operating as a trolleybus in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel in 1990 (from Trolleybus)
Image 256A modern purpose-built open top sightseeing bus in France (from Open top bus)
Image 257A Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TL (from Low-floor bus)
Image 258Phileas bus (from Guided bus)
Image 259Public transport bus in Auckland, New Zealand in the 1920s (from Public transport bus service)
Image 260Hess LighTram trolleybus in St. Gallen (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 261John Scott Russell's Steam carriage in 1834 (from Steam bus)
Image 262A Rocar DAC 217E articulated trolleybus in Bucharest, Romania, in April 2007 (from Trolleybus)
Image 263Yibin ART System, Yibin, China (from Guided bus)
Image 2641960 Scania-Vabis L75 bodied by Kristiansund Lettmetall, carrying six passengers (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 265SmartRider card for Transperth (from Transit bus)
Image 266A Scania TransJakarta bus in Harmoni Central Busway Station, Jakarta. (from Articulated bus)
Image 267Airport Limousine Bus. Mitsubishi Fuso Aero Ace in Tokyo, Japan (from Coach (bus))
Image 268A Greyhound bus in 1939. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 269Bi-articulated bus in Guatemala City, Guatemala (from Articulated bus)
Image 270Early coach drawn by horses (from Coach (bus))
Image 271A Hino Rainbow midibus (from Midibus)
Image 272A Low floor Bus in Kolkata (from Low-floor bus)
Image 273ACTION bus with bike rack fitted to front of bus (from Public transport bus service)
Image 274Countries with double-decker buses as a form of public transport (from Double-decker bus)
Image 275One of the NAW/Hess articulated trolleybuses delivered to Geneva in 1992, which were among the first production-series low-floor trolleybuses (from Trolleybus)
Image 276VDL Synergy double-decker bus in Norrtälje, Sweden (from Double-decker bus)
Image 277Replica of the Jinghua BK670, a 1970s-1980s front-engined articulated bus model based on Huanghe JN150 trucks, in Beijing (from Articulated bus)
Image 278A private omnibus or "station bus" (from Horsebus)
Image 279Coal 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 280An 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 281Ural-375D 'truckbus' in Tajikistan. (from Combination bus)

Did you know? –

... that Sir Richard Paget encouraged his daughter to fall from the open platform (pictured) of a London bus, to demonstrate his theory that a person could do so safely due to air currents?

... that to film her role on the Glee episode "Choke", Whoopi Goldberg traveled by bus from New York to Los Angeles?

... that the go bus is a system of bus rapid transit in New Jersey?

... that Gerhard C. Kallevig was a pioneer in establishing bus routes in Norway?

... that the coaches of 2012 Paralympic swimmer Richard Eliason advised him to take the bus until the end of the Paralympic Games?

... that the Millennium Park Bus Depot in Delhi overtook the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv to become the largest bus station in the world?

... that Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's proposed Skybus rapid transit system became an issue in the 1969 mayoral campaign?

... that Umeå Energi set up lamps in bus shelters to avoid people getting SAD?

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

Bus People

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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