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

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

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

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Q11, Q21, and Q52 buses on Woodhaven Blvd. The Q53 (with a Laguardia Link scheme) is at Woodside, getting ready to start its trip.

The Q11, Q21, Q52, and Q53 bus routes constitute a public transit corridor running along Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards in Queens, New York City. The corridor extends primarily along the length of the two boulevards through "mainland" Queens, a distance of 6 miles (9.7 km) between Elmhurst and the Jamaica Bay shore in Howard Beach. The Q52 and Q53 buses, which provide Select Bus Service along the corridor, continue south across Jamaica Bay to the Rockaway peninsula, one of the few public transit options between the peninsula and the rest of the city.

The Q11 and Q21 were formerly privately operated by Green Bus Lines, and the Q53 was formerly operated by Triboro Coach, under subsidized franchises with the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT). The Q11 and Q21 started service along the corridor in 1918 and 1923, respectively. These routes came under the control of Green Bus Lines in the 1930s when the borough's bus system was divided into four lettered "zones", with "Zone C" including Woodhaven, Richmond Hill, Ozone Park, Howard Beach, and the Rockaways operated by Green Lines. An additional route along the corridor, the Q53, was added in 1950, to replace the Long Island Rail Road's Rockaway Beach Branch service to the Rockaways, which was shut down due to a trestle fire. This service was operated by Triboro Coach. (Full article...)

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The Mercedes-Benz Citaro is a single-decker, rigid or articulated bus manufactured by Mercedes-Benz/EvoBus. Introduced in 1997, the Citaro is available in a range of configurations, and is in widespread use throughout Europe and parts of Asia, with more than 55,000 produced by December 2019. (

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Image 1A New Routemaster bus operating in London (from Double-decker bus)
Image 2A Kowloon Motor Bus Alexander Dennis Enviro400 in Hong Kong (from Double-decker bus)
Image 3A Marcopolo Torino Express 2014 Bi-articulated Transmetro in Guatemala City (from Public transport bus service)
Image 4Mercedes Benz Sprinter minibus in Zihuatanejo (from Minibus)
Image 5A bus in Finland in the early 20th century with the cargo area totally separated from the bus body (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 6MU ZiU-9 in Soviet Union, 1987 (from Trolleybus)
Image 7Cross-sectional diagram of the parallel direction curbs of the bus lane in Essen, Germany (from Guided bus)
Image 8Setra mid-size coach (from Coach (bus))
Image 9Police bus in Taipei, Taiwan (2014) (from Bus)
Image 10Barton's unique Dennis Loline, 861 (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 11A Titan double decker bus built by Ashok Leyland in Dhaka, Bangladesh (from Double-decker bus)
Image 12A Foton BJ6128SHEVCA-5 plug-in hybrid double-decker bus in Beijing Bus service (from Double-decker bus)
Image 13Intercity coach at Liuliqiao, connecting Beijing with Youyu. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 14Insulated poles, contact shoes, and pull–ropes (from Trolleybus)
Image 15An early horse-drawn omnibus from mid-nineteenth century (from Bus)
Image 16Electric minibus in China (from Minibus)
Image 17A typical transit bus in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The floor at the forward section of the vehicle is low to allow for easy entry and egress. (from Transit bus)
Image 18Amédée Bollée's L'Obéissante steam bus photographed in 1875 (from Steam bus)
Image 19An 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 20Trolleybus in Malatya (from Trolleybus)
Image 211999 New Flyer D40LF in the Aurora Village Transit Center in Shoreline in June 2010. (from Low-floor bus)
Image 22Scania K320UA articulated bus operating for SouthLink (from Articulated bus)
Image 23Chevrolet AK Series shift bus (from Combination bus)
Image 24Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC double-decker bus on Mexico City Metrobús' new line 7 running along Calzada de los Misterios (from Double-decker bus)
Image 25Early version of a midibus, the Bedford JJL (from Midibus)
Image 262003 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 27Solaris trolleybus in Landskrona, Sweden (from Trolleybus)
Image 28A preserved Leyland Titan TD1 of Glasgow Corporation at the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 29A Neoplan Megaliner arrived at Osaka station as "Seishun Mega Dream" in Japan (from Double-decker bus)
Image 30A double-decker bus in Alexandria, Egypt (from Double-decker bus)
Image 31National Express Caetano Levante bodied Scania K340EB 6x2 with wheelchair lift at Metrocentre bus rally in May 2009 (from Low-floor bus)
Image 32MAZ-251 in Minsk, Belarus (from Coach (bus))
Image 33Bristol Lodekka FS6G – the first British alternative to the lowbridge design (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 34Transmac YL01, a Yutong ZK6180HGH articulated bus in Macau. (from Articulated bus)
Image 35A Rocar DAC 217E articulated trolleybus in Bucharest, Romania, in April 2007 (from Trolleybus)
Image 36An Arriva Southern Counties Volvo B7TL with TransBus ALX400 bodywork in England (from Double-decker bus)
Image 37Winnipeg Transit New Flyer D60LF on Route 77 (from Articulated bus)
Image 38Leyland Titan double decker bus in Sydney, Australia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 39John Scott Russell's Steam carriage in 1834 (from Steam bus)
Image 40A double-deck trolleybus in Reading, England, 1966 (from Trolleybus)
Image 41CT Transit Nova Bus LFS articulated at Waterbury, CT (from Articulated bus)
Image 42Ikarus 280 in Hungary (1975) (from Articulated bus)
Image 43A 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 44Monument to Crimean Trolleybus (from Trolleybus)
Image 45Schematic of an articulated bus, showing four passenger doors and two powertrain configurations. (from Articulated bus)
Image 46An Alexander Dennis Enviro500 equipped with bike rack, servicing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 47Amédée Bollée's L'Obéissante (1875) (from Bus)
Image 48Irisbus Cristalis in Limoges (from Trolleybus)
Image 49Nissan Civilian minibus in Pathumthani, Thailand (Thanyaburi Transport CO.,LTD.) (from Minibus)
Image 50Busscar trolleybus in São Paulo, Brazil (from Trolleybus)
Image 51A typical transit bus in Madrid, Spain. (from Transit bus)
Image 52Knight Bus (from Double-decker bus)
Image 53The 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 54Underground trolleybus at Kurobe Dam Station (from Trolleybus)
Image 55The Vancouver trolleybus system completed the transition to an exclusively low-floor fleet in 2009. (from Trolleybus)
Image 56Greyhound Lines intercity bus in New York City (from Intercity bus service)
Image 57An articulated Wright Eclipse Fusion, bending as it drives round a corner at Bath of University, England, May 2008 (from Articulated bus)
Image 58A double-decker Neoplan Jumbocruiser (from Coach (bus))
Image 59Kerb-guided track and adjacent multi-user path along a disused rail line, on the Leigh-Salford-Manchester Bus Rapid Transit (from Guided bus)
Image 60A 1986 van-derived Ford Transit minibus bodied by Carlyle (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 61A modern purpose-built open top sightseeing bus in France (from Open top bus)
Image 62Greyhound Lines MCI 102DL3 Coach bus (from Coach (bus))
Image 63Horsebus in Copenhagen, 1907 (from Horsebus)
Image 64A Low floor Bus in Kolkata (from Low-floor bus)
Image 65The "Elektromote", the world's first trolleybus, in Berlin, Germany, 1882 (from Trolleybus)
Image 66Electric buses are becoming common in some places. Pictured is an example from Toronto. (from Transit bus)
Image 67Yutong City Master in Skopje, North Macedonia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 68LAZ-699 in Lviv, Ukraine (from Coach (bus))
Image 69Jakarta double-decker city tour bus passing through landmarks and points of interest in Jakarta, Indonesia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 70An AEC Routemaster, a pioneering 1950s bus design (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 71Pole bases with springs and pneumatic pole lowering cylinders (from Trolleybus)
Image 72A postbus in St. Moritz (from Public transport bus service)
Image 73A double-decker bus on its first day of operation in Mombasa, Kenya (from Double-decker bus)
Image 74ExpressBus Savonlinja Volvo B7R / 9700S (no. 792, AAI-840, 2006) at Jyväskylä bus station (from Coach (bus))
Image 75An AutoTram Extra Grand (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 76A low-entry bus of Volgren Optimus bodied Volvo B7RLE in Australia. (from Low-floor bus)
Image 77A Community Transit double-decker bus in Downtown Seattle, Washington (from Double-decker bus)
Image 78A Greyhound bus in 1939. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 79A Van Hool US-specification double-decker bus in New York City, US (from Double-decker bus)
Image 80Russian Police Ural-572060 also known as VM-4320 (from Combination bus)
Image 81Solaris Trollino 18 in Salzburg (from Trolleybus)
Image 82Arriva Southend Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart SLF (from Low-floor bus)
Image 83US school bus (2007) (from Bus)
Image 84Föli double-decker coach bus in Turku, Finland (from Double-decker bus)
Image 85Trolleybus with battery pack and full dual-mode capability on the streets of Brest, Belarus (from Trolleybus)
Image 86Preserved 1857 horse bus in Copenhagen (from Horsebus)
Image 87Double-decker bus in Baghdad, Iraq in 2016. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 88Dublin Bus Volvo B9TL (from Double-decker bus)
Image 89Iveco 316 minibus in Genoa, Italy (from Minibus)
Image 90A semi-open top sightseeing bus in Kaohsiung,Taiwan (from Open top bus)
Image 91A Mercedes-Benz Tourismo in Berlin, Germany (from Coach (bus))
Image 92An operator livery complementing the bodywork features (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 93Mitsubishi Fuso Aero Midi ME low floor minibus (from Minibus)
Image 94A bi-articulated Van Hool ExquiCity 24 on Mettis services at Metz, France (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 95A New Routemaster double-decker bus, operating for Arriva London on London Buses route 73 (2015) (from Bus)
Image 96The first ever internal combustion omnibus, introduced in 1895 (Siegen to Netphen) (from Bus)
Image 97A preserved 1951 Kenworth bruck displayed at the Whitefish Depot (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 98Van Hool Exquicity 18T in Parma (from Trolleybus)
Image 99Countries with double-decker buses as a form of public transport (from Double-decker bus)
Image 100A 19-seat low-floor green minibus (from Public light bus)
Image 1011960 Scania-Vabis L75 bodied by Kristiansund Lettmetall, carrying six passengers (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 102AKSM-420 Vitovt in Minsk (from Trolleybus)
Image 103VinBus electric bus at VOP (from Public transport bus service)
Image 104MAN A95 double decker on route X25 running in Dubai, UAE in 2023 (from Double-decker bus)
Image 105A CNG powered MAN 18.310 bus operated by Transport for Brisbane. (from Public transport bus service)
Image 106Hyundai County minibus being used as a city bus in Seoul, South Korea. (from Transit bus)
Image 107Volgren Optimus bodied Volvo B8RLEA of Transperth, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, November 2018 (from Articulated bus)
Image 10814.5-metre 1991 Delta Star 501 on Volvo B10M with cantilever tail lift (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 109A Volkswagen Crafter minibus (from Minibus)
Image 110One of the NAW/Hess articulated trolleybuses delivered to Geneva in 1992, which were among the first production-series low-floor trolleybuses (from Trolleybus)
Image 111The MAN A95 is one of the newest double-decker buses purchased for the Bus Contracting Model. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 112A IC Bus CE with International 3300 chassis school bus in America (from Public transport bus service)
Image 1131965 Mercedes-Benz LPO322 from Sweden, a typical "skvader" (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 114Two Optare Solo midibuses (from Midibus)
Image 1152009 Volvo 9700HD NG bruck coach from Bussring. In service for Riksteatret, outside their headquarters in Nydalen, Oslo. (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 116An Indonesian intercity bus, Rosalia Indah Scania K360IB bus travelling across Java, connecting Surabaya, Solo and Jakarta. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 117Optare Alero integral low floor minibus (from Minibus)
Image 118Toyota Coaster LPG green public minibus in Hong Kong (from Minibus)
Image 119Seen here in Sherbrooke, Quebec, the Nova Bus LFS is a common North American model. It has a bicycle rack over the front bumper. (from Transit bus)
Image 120An 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 121Plaxton-bodied Volvo B9R operated by National Express (from Coach (bus))
Image 122World's first trolleybus, Berlin 1882 (from Bus)
Image 123Electric bus in Jakarta (from Public transport bus service)
Image 124A rebuilt East Lancs Greenway (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 125Setra S 417 HDH in Mannheim (from Coach (bus))
Image 126Cikupa manhauler (from Combination bus)
Image 127Van converted minibuses as light transit buses (from Minibus)
Image 128Cacciamali Urby (built on Iveco Daily chassis) operating in Zagreb, Croatia (from Minibus)
Image 129National Steam car Co Ltd ran steam buses in London from 2 Nov 1909 to 18 Nov 1919 (from Steam bus)
Image 130The London Booster moving sculpture
Image 131Fuso Canter Modern PUV, Philippines (Cab is separate and can be tipped over, unlike most conversions which weld it to the bus box) (from Combination bus)
Image 132A New Flyer trolleybus operated by the Toronto Transit Commission in 1987 (from Bus)
Image 133A public transport timetable for bus services in England in the 1940s and 1950s (from Public transport bus service)
Image 134A private omnibus or "station bus" (from Horsebus)
Image 135Double-decker in Vienna, 1979 (from Double-decker bus)
Image 136Isuzu QKR Modern Jeepney in Manila, Philippines, with Almazora bodywork. (from Minibus)
Image 137LiAZ-6213 in Tyumen (from Low-floor bus)
Image 138French steam bus (from Steam bus)
Image 139Torquay & District Motor Omnibus Co Ltd service to Chelston from 1903 with a 14-seat Chelmsford Steam bus (from Steam bus)
Image 140An Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC transit bus operating in Warwickshire, England (from Public transport bus service)
Image 141A Rapid KL Alexander Dennis Enviro500 during a test run in Cheras, Malaysia. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 142A TheBus with destination marquee indicating "Express" service to Village Park on the H-1 Freeway. (from Public transport bus service)
Image 143On this articulated Beijing trolleybus, the operator uses ropes to guide the trolley poles to contact the overhead wires. (from Trolleybus)
Image 144Scania L94UB chassis bus at the Central Square in Tampere, Finland (from Transit bus)
Image 145One of GO Transit's 3.9-metre height (12 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Super-Lo double-decker buses (from Double-decker bus)
Image 146Some coal mines also operate separate trolleybus systems to serve workers. Wuyang Coal Mine in Xiangyuan, Changzhi, Shanxi has the last remaining mine trolleybus system in China. (from Trolleybus)
Image 147A Volvo B10M chassis, bodied worldwide as a single-decker bus, articulated bus, double-decker bus, and coach (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 148A Mercedes-Benz O405 integral bus (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 149A Chevrolet bus of Nepal Transport Service in 1961. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 150Step equipped van on a converted Toyota HiAce minibus (from Minibus)
Image 151Minibus vehicle from Suzuki Carry used as public transportation in Indonesia (from Minibus)
Image 152Trolleybus wire switch (Type Soviet Union) (from Trolleybus)
Image 153A San Francisco Muni trolleybus (ETI 14TrSF) climbing Nob Hill (from Trolleybus)
Image 154A Mitsubishi Fuso Aero King arrived at Tokyo station as "Dream-go" in Japan (from Double-decker bus)
Image 155A double-decker bus used for public transit in Kerala, India (2011) (from Bus)
Image 156A Scania TransJakarta bus in Harmoni Central Busway Station, Jakarta. (from Articulated bus)
Image 157A 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 158Iveco Daily minibus in the UK (from Minibus)
Image 159A section of track used for testing O-Bahn Busway buses (from Guided bus)
Image 160An Irizar i6 built on a MAN chassis (from Coach (bus))
Image 161The Perth Central Area Transit operates as a zero-fare basis for passengers in the Perth CBD. (from Public transport bus service)
Image 162NefAZ-4208/4951 shift bus based on a KamAZ-44108. (from Combination bus)
Image 163Lear Steam bus on display in Michigan in 1972 (from Steam bus)
Image 164Left, double-decker bus Schneider Brillié P2; Centre, double decker horse-drawn omnibus in Paris, France. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 165Solaris Urbino 18 in Warsaw, Poland (2018) (from Articulated bus)
Image 166A retired bus is used for an ambulance bus in Toronto (2014) (from Bus)
Image 167A 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 168The Shanghai trolleybus system is currently the oldest in the world. (from Trolleybus)
Image 169MAN A39 in Berlin, Germany (from Double-decker bus)
Image 170MAN NG 313 F articulated bus, bodied by Castrosua (CS 40) in TMB, Barcelona. (from Articulated bus)
Image 171A switch in parallel overhead lines (from Trolleybus)
Image 172A double-decker bus of Pabama Transport in Bukidnon (from Double-decker bus)
Image 173A 56-passenger Prevost coach in Canada (from Coach (bus))
Image 174Hino S'elega in Tokyo, Japan (from Coach (bus))
Image 175MAN Lion's coach L (from Coach (bus))
Image 176Bi-articulated bus in Guatemala City, Guatemala (from Articulated bus)
Image 177Tour bus being used in France (2015) (from 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 179A bendy bus operated by Tower Transit Singapore (from Articulated bus)
Image 180The earliest public light buses. At the front are (left to right) Commer, Isuzu Elf and Morris (from Public light bus)
Image 181Level-boarding onto a double-decker bus on the Leigh-Salford-Manchester Bus Rapid Transit (from Guided bus)
Image 182Armoured buses in Israel (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 183A 1912 Daimler CC Bus, one of five (English) Daimler Company buses exported to Australia (from Bus)
Image 184Horse-drawn omnibus in London, 1902 (from Horsebus)
Image 185GMC New Design truckbus (from Combination bus)
Image 186Youngman JNP6183BEV in Beijing (from Trolleybus)
Image 187Crown-Ikarus 286 for TriMet (1993) (from Articulated bus)
Image 188Japanese low-entry bus "omnibus" in Hamamatsu (from Low-floor bus)
Image 1891937 Chevrolet bodied by Anco in Trondheim with an open cargo area integrated with the body (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 190A Hino Rainbow midibus (from Midibus)
Image 191New Flyer XT60 in Seattle (from Trolleybus)
Image 192Portland, Oregon TriMet high-floor bus with wheelchair ramp extended (2010) (from Bus)
Image 193Phileas bus (from Guided bus)
Image 194Medium-sized Isuzu Songthaew (truck bus) as seen in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. (from Combination bus)
Image 195A Paris omnibus in 1828 (from Horsebus)
Image 196An AT Metro double decker Northern Busway bus at Albany busway station (from Double-decker bus)
Image 197Red open-top double decker bus in Cape Town, South Africa (from Double-decker bus)
Image 198Russian GAZelle marshrutka with sliding access doors (from Minibus)
Image 199GAZ combination bus (from Combination bus)
Image 200A Ringtrambus hybrid bus in Belgium (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 2012003 Helmark-bodied Scania K124EB double-decker bruck in Östersund (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 202AC Transit XMC-77 (from Articulated bus)
Image 203A shuttle bus service in Sydney (from Public transport bus service)
Image 204SmartRider card for Transperth (from Transit bus)
Image 205MAN A39 double-deck bus on route 500 in Porto, Portugal (from Double-decker bus)
Image 206Passengers on board an old Leyland Titan open-top bus view the scenery in Devon. (from Open top bus)
Image 207BEX intercity double-decker coach connecting Dresden and Berlin. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 208The chassis of an Alexander Dennis Enviro500 double-decker bus on display in Hong Kong (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 209Behind time, anonymous engraving of a stagecoach in England. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 210Modern Tiyulit (Hebrew for "trip truck") in Israel used for transporting IDF soldiers in open non-paved terrain. (from Combination bus)
Image 211Bustech bodied double decker in Sydney, Australia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 212George Shillibeer's first London omnibus, 1829 (from Horsebus)
Image 213BYD B12C01 double-decker bus operating in Santiago, Chile (from Double-decker bus)
Image 214Advertisement on a bus in Hong Kong (2018) (from Bus)
Image 215Bus station in rural Russia (from Public transport bus service)
Image 216Nissan Diesel RN partially low floor light bus (from Minibus)
Image 217MAN SD200 on route T-4 in Saint-Petersburg in 2000s (from Double-decker bus)
Image 218DAC 117UD articulated bus in Uzinelor, Romania, June 2008 (from Articulated bus)
Image 2191902 Thornycroft Steam bus used by London Road car Co Ltd (from Steam bus)
Image 220VDL Synergy double-decker bus in Norrtälje, Sweden (from Double-decker bus)
Image 221Retired bus in Israel used as a tow truck (2008) (from Bus)
Image 222Opel Blitz combination bus (from Combination bus)
Image 223Ausden Clark Executive Scania Irizar i6 coach in black and pink livery (from Coach (bus))
Image 224In some cities, such as in Singapore, double-decker buses are used, which have more seating capacity than a single-decker bus of equivalent length. (from Transit bus)
Image 225A First Glasgow Alexander Dennis Enviro400 double-decker bus in Glasgow, Scotland (from Double-decker bus)
Image 2261983 Repstad-bodied Volvo B10M, converted for transport of racing horses (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 227An articulated bus in Tel Aviv. (from Articulated bus)
Image 228AEC Routemaster in Sri Lanka (from Double-decker bus)
Image 229Curitiba 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 230Early coach drawn by horses (from Coach (bus))
Image 231A Van Hool bi-articulated bus in Hamburg, Germany (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 232A 1911 LGOC B-type (from Bus)
Image 233Diagram of a 1947-built Pullman Standard model 800 trolleybus, a type still running in Valparaíso (Chile) (from Trolleybus)
Image 234The kerb guide wheel of a guided bus in Mannheim, Germany (from Guided bus)
Image 235Ikarus 280 buses in Budapest traffic (1975) (from Articulated bus)
Image 236Ural-375D 'truckbus' in Tajikistan. (from Combination bus)
Image 237Gillett & Co Steam bus licensed by the Metropolitan Police on 21 Jan 1899 (from Steam bus)
Image 238Citroën Jumper minibus in France (from Minibus)
Image 239LibertyBus in Jersey (from Double-decker bus)
Image 240Hino Coach Bus in RMUTT (Pathumthani, Thailand) (from Coach (bus))
Image 241An East Lancs Olympus body with a tree-protection bull-bar protecting the large upper-deck front window (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 242Interior of the Alexander ALX500 bodywork as applied to the three-axle Volvo Super Olympian (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 243Volkswagen Type 2 "microbus" (from Minibus)
Image 244Many low-floor buses feature extendable ramps. (from Low-floor bus)
Image 245Mercedes-Benz Vario minibus in Kostelec nad Černými lesy, Czech Republic (from Minibus)
Image 246Leyland B45 (prototype of the Olympian) on route 10 in Gibraltar (from Double-decker bus)
Image 247Preserved 1965 AEC Regal VI formerly operated by the Metropolitan Transport Trust in Perth (from Bus)
Image 248First appearing in London in 1947, the AEC Regent III RT (pictured) is the predecessor to the AEC Routemaster (from Double-decker bus)
Image 249Van conversion Iveco Daily minibus with full height entrance door (from Minibus)
Image 250Ashok Leyland Titan double decker bus in Angamaly, India (from Double-decker bus)
Image 251Star 200 truck with passengers bodywork for the Milicja in Poland. (from Combination bus)
Image 252A Kia Granbird Silkroad from 2015 at the Seoul Motor Show (from Coach (bus))
Image 253Double-decker Neoplans operating the Oxford to London coach route (from Coach (bus))
Image 254Berlin horsebus (from Horsebus)
Image 255A BMTC UD SLF bus (from Low-floor bus)
Image 256Interior of a wheelchair-accessible transit bus, with bucket seats and smart-card readers at the exit. (from Transit bus)
Image 257Medium-sized Hino Songthaew (truck bus) as seen in Sakon Nakhon, Thailand. (from Combination bus)
Image 258Interiors of coaches include many features not found in buses intended for shorter travel. (from Coach (bus))
Image 259A dual-mode bus operating as a trolleybus in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel, in 1990 (from Trolleybus)
Image 260Irisbus Crealis Neo, an optically guided TEOR bus in Rouen (from Guided bus)
Image 261Double-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 262A Ford E450 cutaway chassis design, with more integrated bodywork (from Minibus)
Image 263An historical Brixton to Clapham horse-drawn bus on display at the London Bus Museum. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 264Iveco Indcar Mago 2 midibus in Jyväskylä, Finland (from Midibus)
Image 2652006 Volvo 9700HD with walk-in cargo compartment from Savonlinja in Lahti (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 266Replica of the Jinghua BK670, a 1970s-1980s front-engined articulated bus model based on Huanghe JN150 trucks, in Beijing (from Articulated bus)
Image 267Trolleybus on tunnel line in Tateyama (from Trolleybus)
Image 268A 1965 Mercedes-Benz LPO 322 Bruck in Karlskrona, Sweden (2005) (from Bus)
Image 269A bi-articulated bus on the RIT bus rapid transit system in Curitiba, Brazil (from Public transport bus service)
Image 270Trolleybus in Castellón de la Plana (from Trolleybus)
Image 271Interior of an articulated bus in Los Angeles (from Bus)
Image 272Trailer bus in Havana (2006) (from Bus)
Image 273ZIL-131 shift bus (from Combination bus)
Image 274An Iveco Bus (Irisbus) Magelys at Busworld 2007 (from Coach (bus))
Image 275RH Transport Services Optare Solo 880 in April 2007 (from Low-floor bus)
Image 276An example of a private bus operating for BusWest in Perth (2018) (from Bus)
Image 277A 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Robert R. Kiley (September 16, 1935 – August 9, 2016) was an American public transit planner and supervisor, with a reputation of being able to save transit systems experiencing serious problems. From 2001 to 2006 he was the initial Commissioner of Transport for London, the public organisation empowered with running and maintaining London's public transport network.

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

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

According to The Sunday Times Rich List in 2020, Gloag and her brother, Sir Brian Souter, are worth £730 million, a decrease of £145 million from the previous year.

In January 2023, Gloag, with her husband and two other family members, was charged with criminal offences involving human trafficking. She disputes the charges. (Read More)
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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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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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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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Julian Peddle (born November 1954) is an entrepreneur who has worked in the bus industry since the early 1980s, having owned or part-owned numerous bus companies. He spent 11 years as co-owner of Stevensons of Uttoxeter between 1983 and 1994, having previously been its traffic manager. During the late 1990s and early 2000s he ran Status Group, a group of small bus companies spread across England which included BakerBus, Choice Travel and MK Metro. He was a major shareholder in Tellings-Golden Miller and Centrebus Holdings before their sale to Arriva. (Read More)