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

A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, 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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Everett Station is an Amtrak train station serving the city of Everett, Washington, United States. The station has provided service to the Cascades and Empire Builder routes since its opening in 2002, replacing an earlier station near the Port of Everett. The four-story building also houses social service programs and is the center of a 10-acre (4 ha) complex that includes parking lots and a large bus station used primarily by Community Transit, Everett Transit, and Sound Transit Express. The station has served as the northern terminus of the Sounder N Line since 2003 and the Swift Blue Line since 2009. It consists of two side platforms, one serving Amtrak and the other serving Sounder commuter trains. Everett Station also functions as a park and ride, with 1,067 short-term parking spaces located in lots around the station after it was expanded by Sound Transit in 2009. (Full article...)

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

Image 1A Community Transit double-decker bus in Downtown Seattle, Washington (from Double-decker bus)
Image 2Armoured buses in Israel (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 3A Hino Rainbow midibus (from Midibus)
Image 4Pole bases with springs and pneumatic pole lowering cylinders (from Trolleybus)
Image 5Bristol Lodekka FS6G – the first British alternative to the lowbridge design (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 6Volgren Optimus bodied Volvo B8RLEA of Transperth (from Articulated bus)
Image 7Cikupa manhauler (from Combination bus)
Image 8Star 200 truck with passengers bodywork for the Milicja in Poland. (from Combination bus)
Image 9Iveco Daily minibus in the UK (from Minibus)
Image 10Trolleybus on tunnel line in Tateyama (from Trolleybus)
Image 11Irisbus Crealis Neo, an optically guided TEOR bus in Rouen (from Guided bus)
Image 12Schematic of an articulated bus, showing four passenger doors and two powertrain configurations. (from Articulated bus)
Image 13Modern Tiyulit (Hebrew for "trip truck") in Israel used for transporting IDF soldiers in open non-paved terrain. (from Combination bus)
Image 14A Toronto Transit Commission bus system trolleybus in Toronto (from Bus)
Image 15Volkswagen Type 2 "microbus" (from Minibus)
Image 16A bi-articulated Van Hool ExquiCity 24 on Mettis services at Metz, France (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 17Amédée Bollée's L'Obéissante steam bus photographed in 1875 (from Steam bus)
Image 18An Indonesian intercity bus, Rosalia Indah Scania K360IB bus travelling across Java, connecting Surabaya, Solo and Jakarta. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 19Many low-floor buses feature extendable ramps. (from Low-floor bus)
Image 20The kerb guide wheel of a guided bus in Mannheim, Germany (from Guided bus)
Image 21High-floor bus with wheelchair ramp extended (from Bus)
Image 22US school bus (from Bus)
Image 23Plaxton-bodied Volvo B9R operated by National Express (from Coach (bus))
Image 24A bi-articulated bus on the RIT bus rapid transit system in Curitiba, Brazil (from Public transport bus service)
Image 25On this articulated Beijing trolleybus, the operator uses ropes to guide the trolley poles to contact the overhead wires. (from Trolleybus)
Image 26An historical Brixton to Clapham horse-drawn bus on display at the London Bus Museum. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 27Interior of the Alexander ALX500 bodywork as applied to the three-axle Volvo Super Olympian (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 28A low-entry bus of Volgren Optimus bodied Volvo B7RLE in Australia. (from Low-floor bus)
Image 29A preserved 1951 Kenworth bruck displayed at the Whitefish Depot (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 30Ikarus 280 buses in Budapest traffic (1975) (from Articulated bus)
Image 31A shuttle bus service in Sydney (from Public transport bus service)
Image 32Iveco Indcar Mago 2 midibus in Jyväskylä, Finland (from Midibus)
Image 33Double-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 34A CNG powered MAN 18.310 bus operated by Transport for Brisbane. (from Public transport bus service)
Image 35Optare Alero integral low floor minibus (from Minibus)
Image 36A dual-mode bus operating as a trolleybus in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel, in 1990 (from Trolleybus)
Image 371960 Scania-Vabis L75 bodied by Kristiansund Lettmetall, carrying six passengers (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 38Insulated poles, contact shoes, and pull–ropes (from Trolleybus)
Image 391983 Repstad-bodied Volvo B10M, converted for transport of racing horses (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 40A double-decker bus on its first day of operation in Mombasa, Kenya (from Double-decker bus)
Image 41A 1986 van-derived Ford Transit minibus bodied by Carlyle (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 42Greyhound Lines MCI 102DL3 Coach bus (from Coach (bus))
Image 43An articulated Wright Eclipse Fusion, bending as it drives round a corner. (from Articulated bus)
Image 44Double-deck bus in Porto, Portugal (from Double-decker bus)
Image 45Cross-sectional diagram of the parallel direction curbs of the bus lane in Essen, Germany (from Guided bus)
Image 46AEC Routemaster in Sri Lanka (from Double-decker bus)
Image 47MAN SD200 on route T-4 in Saint-Petersburg in 2000s (from Double-decker bus)
Image 48Arriva Southend Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart SLF (from Low-floor bus)
Image 49Phileas bus (from Guided bus)
Image 50Trolleybus wire switch (Type Soviet Union) (from Trolleybus)
Image 51A rebuilt East Lancs Greenway (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 52Winnipeg Transit New Flyer D60LF on Route 77 (from Articulated bus)
Image 53A switch in parallel overhead lines (from Trolleybus)
Image 54The Vancouver trolleybus system completed the transition to an exclusively low-floor fleet in 2009. (from Trolleybus)
Image 55Early LGOC B-type (from Bus)
Image 56A Foton BJ6128SHEVCA-5 plug-in hybrid double-decker bus in Beijing Bus service (from Double-decker bus)
Image 57A Chevrolet bus of Nepal Transport Service in 1961. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 58The earliest public light buses. At the front are (left to right) Commer, Isuzu Elf and Morris (from Public light bus)
Image 59Minibus vehicle from Suzuki Carry used as public transportation in Indonesia (from Minibus)
Image 60Torquay & District Motor Omnibus Co Ltd service to Chelston from 1903 with a 14-seat Chelmsford Steam bus (from Steam bus)
Image 612003 Helmark-bodied Scania K124EB double-decker bruck in Östersund (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 62A trolleybus in Qingdao, China (from Trolleybus)
Image 63Busscar trolleybus in São Paulo, Brazil (from Trolleybus)
Image 64Chevrolet AK Series shift bus (from Combination bus)
Image 65Fuso 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 66An Irizar i6 built on a MAN chassis (from Coach (bus))
Image 67Bi-articulated bus in Guatemala City, Guatemala (from Articulated bus)
Image 68An example of a private bus operating for BusWest in Perth (from Bus)
Image 69Crown-Ikarus 286 for TriMet (1993) (from Articulated bus)
Image 70Ausden Clark Executive Scania Irizar i6 coach in black and pink livery (from Coach (bus))
Image 71Trolleybus with battery pack and full dual-mode capability on the streets of Brest, Belarus (from Trolleybus)
Image 72A double-decker bus of Pabama Transport in Bukidnon (from Double-decker bus)
Image 73Double-decker bus in Baghdad, Iraq. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 74Transmac YL01, a Yutong ZK6180HGH articulated bus in Macau. (from Articulated bus)
Image 75Hino S'elega in Tokyo, Japan (from Coach (bus))
Image 76A double decker bus in Dhaka, Bangladesh (from Double-decker bus)
Image 77Toyota Coaster LPG green public minibus in Hong Kong (from Minibus)
Image 78Trolleybus in Castellón de la Plana (from Trolleybus)
Image 79John Scott Russell's Steam carriage in 1834 (from Steam bus)
Image 80A 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 81Bus station in rural Russia (from Public transport bus service)
Image 82VDL Synergy double-decker bus in Norrtälje, Sweden (from Double-decker bus)
Image 83MAN A39 in Berlin, Germany (from Double-decker bus)
Image 84A bus in Finland in the early 20th century with the cargo area totally separated from the bus body (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 85A 19-seat low-floor green minibus (from Public light bus)
Image 86A 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 87Manufacturers badge of a Leyland Leopard bus (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 88A postbus in St. Moritz (from Public transport bus service)
Image 89Trolleybus in Malatya (from Trolleybus)
Image 90Leyland Titan double decker bus in Sydney, Australia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 91A Kia Granbird Silkroad from 2015 at the Seoul Motor Show (from Coach (bus))
Image 92A Rapid KL Alexander Dennis Enviro500 during a test run in Cheras, Malaysia. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 93Mercedes-Benz Vario minibus in Kostelec nad Černými lesy, Czech Republic (from Minibus)
Image 94An early horse-drawn omnibus from mid-nineteenth century (from Bus)
Image 95Mercedes Benz Sprinter minibus in Zihuatanejo (from Minibus)
Image 96Solaris Urbino 18 in Warsaw, Poland (2018) (from Articulated bus)
Image 97A preserved Leyland Titan TD1 of Glasgow Corporation at the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 98Ikarus 280 in Hungary (1975) (from Articulated bus)
Image 99Retired bus in Israel used as a tow truck (from Bus)
Image 10014.5-metre 1991 Delta Star 501 on Volvo B10M with cantilever tail lift (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 101Scania L94UB chassis bus at the Central Square in Tampere, Finland (from Transit bus)
Image 102ExpressBus Savonlinja Volvo B7R / 9700S (no. 792, AAI-840, 2006) at Jyväskylä bus station. (from Coach (bus))
Image 103CT Transit Nova Bus LFS articulated at Waterbury, CT (from Articulated bus)
Image 104Bustech bodied double decker in Sydney, Australia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 105Red double decker bus in Cape Town, South Africa (from Double-decker bus)
Image 106A Neoplan Megaliner arrived at Osaka station as "Seishun Mega Dream" in Japan (from Double-decker bus)
Image 107A 56-passenger Prevost coach in Canada (from Coach (bus))
Image 108Föli double-decker bus in Turku, Finland (from Double-decker bus)
Image 109A Volvo B10M chassis, bodied worldwide as a single-decker bus, articulated bus, double-decker bus, and coach (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 110GAZ combination bus (from Combination bus)
Image 111Hyundai County minibus being used as a city bus in Seoul, South Korea. (from Transit bus)
Image 112BEX intercity double-decker coach connecting Dresden and Berlin. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 113Passengers on board an old Leyland Titan open-top bus view the scenery in Devon. (from Open top bus)
Image 1142009 Volvo 9700HD NG bruck coach from Bussring. In service for Riksteatret, outside their headquarters in Nydalen, Oslo. (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 115VinBus electric bus at VOP (from Public transport bus service)
Image 116Yutong City Master in Skopje, North Macedonia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 117The 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 118An Arriva London Wright Gemini 2 HEV at London Bridge railway station in June 2009 (from Double-decker bus)
Image 119A Low floor Bus in Kolkata (from Low-floor bus)
Image 120Left, double-decker bus Schneider Brillié P2; Centre, double decker horse-drawn omnibus in Paris, France. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 121A Marcopolo Torino Express 2014 Bi-articulated Transmetro in Guatemala City (from Public transport bus service)
Image 122An Alexander Dennis Enviro500 equipped with bike rack, servicing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 123An 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 124Electric minibus in China (from Minibus)
Image 125MAN Lion's coach L (from Coach (bus))
Image 1261965 Mercedes-Benz LPO322 from Sweden, a typical "skvader" (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 127A New Routemaster double-decker bus, operating for Arriva London on London Buses route 73 (from Bus)
Image 128Russian Police Ural-572060 also known as VM-4320 (from Combination bus)
Image 129A Van Hool bi-articulated bus in Hamburg, Germany (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 130An AutoTram Extra Grand (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 131Berlin horsebus (from Horsebus)
Image 132Trailer bus (from Bus)
Image 133A Paris omnibus in 1828 (from Horsebus)
Image 134Medium-sized Hino Songthaew (truck bus) as seen in Sakon Nakhon, Thailand. (from Combination bus)
Image 135An AT Metro double decker Northern Busway bus at Albany busway station (from Double-decker bus)
Image 136Van conversion Iveco Daily minibus with full height entrance door (from Minibus)
Image 137Mitsubishi Fuso Aero Midi ME low floor minibus (from Minibus)
Image 138A BMTC UD SLF bus (from Low-floor bus)
Image 139A private omnibus or "station bus" (from Horsebus)
Image 140Tour bus being used in France (from Bus)
Image 141Knight Bus (from Double-decker bus)
Image 142A Kowloon Motor Bus Alexander Dennis Enviro400 in Hong Kong (from Double-decker bus)
Image 143Advertisement on a bus (from Bus)
Image 144Interiors of coaches include many features not found in buses intended for shorter travel. (from Coach (bus))
Image 145Youngman JNP6183BEV in Beijing (from Trolleybus)
Image 146A Volkswagen Crafter minibus (from Minibus)
Image 1472006 Volvo 9700HD with walk-in cargo compartment from Savonlinja in Lahti (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 148Jakarta double-decker city tour bus passing through landmarks and points of interest in Jakarta, Indonesia (from Double-decker bus)
Image 149Japanese low-entry bus "omnibus" in Hamamatsu (from Low-floor bus)
Image 150LAZ-699 in Lviv, Ukraine (from Coach (bus))
Image 151MAZ-251 in Minsk, Belarus (from Coach (bus))
Image 152A TheBus with destination marquee indicating "Express" service to Village Park on the H-1 Freeway. (from Public transport bus service)
Image 153Van converted minibuses as light transit buses (from Minibus)
Image 154Van Hool Exquicity 18T in Parma (from Trolleybus)
Image 155Intercity coach at Liuliqiao, connecting Beijing with Youyu. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 156Monument to Crimean Trolleybus (from Trolleybus)
Image 157A 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 158A Ringtrambus hybrid bus in Belgium (from Bi-articulated bus)
Image 159Mercedes-Benz Sprinter minibus in Germany (from Minibus)
Image 160A modern purpose-built open top sightseeing bus in France (from Open top bus)
Image 1612003 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 162Solaris Trollino 18 in Salzburg (from Trolleybus)
Image 163A double decker bus in Angamaly, India (from Double-decker bus)
Image 164Iveco 316 minibus in Genoa, Italy (from Minibus)
Image 165Horse-drawn omnibus in London, 1902 (from Horsebus)
Image 166Seen 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 167GMC New Design truckbus (from Combination bus)
Image 168An AEC Routemaster, a pioneering 1950s bus design (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 169A San Francisco Muni trolleybus (ETI 14TrSF) climbing Nob Hill (from Trolleybus)
Image 170Curitiba 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 171Barton's unique Dennis Loline, 861 (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 172Horsebus in Copenhagen, 1907 (from Horsebus)
Image 173A bendy bus operated by Tower Transit Singapore (from Articulated bus)
Image 174Greyhound Lines intercity bus in New York City (from Intercity bus service)
Image 1751999 New Flyer D40LF in the Aurora Village Transit Center in Shoreline in June 2010. (from Low-floor bus)
Image 176Cacciamali Urby (built on Iveco Daily chassis) operating in Zagreb, Croatia (from Minibus)
Image 177The sharply-arched Beverley Bar necessitated a special bus design. A preserved East Yorkshire Motor Services bus with an arched roof passes under the Bar in August 2022. (from Lowbridge double-deck bus)
Image 178National Express Caetano Levante bodied Scania K340EB 6x2 with wheelchair lift at Metrocentre bus rally in May 2009 (from Low-floor bus)
Image 179Underground trolleybus at Kurobe Dam Station (from Trolleybus)
Image 180French steam bus (from Steam bus)
Image 181Double-decker Neoplans operating the Oxford to London coach route (from Coach (bus))
Image 182The "Elektromote", the world's first trolleybus, in Berlin, Germany, 1882 (from Trolleybus)
Image 183SmartRider card for Transperth (from Transit bus)
Image 1841937 Chevrolet bodied by Anco in Trondheim with an open cargo area integrated with the body (from Bruck (vehicle))
Image 185In 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 186North American School minibus based on a Chevrolet Express van chassis. Body is a Blue Bird Micro Bird MB-II by Girardin (from Minibus)
Image 187Preserved 1857 horse bus in Copenhagen (from Horsebus)
Image 188Citroën Jumper minibus in France (from Minibus)
Image 189The MAN A95 is one of the newest double-decker buses purchased for the Bus Contracting Model. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 190Medium-sized Isuzu Songthaew (truck bus) as seen in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. (from Combination bus)
Image 191A transit bus operating in Warwickshire, England (from Public transport bus service)
Image 192One of the NAW/Hess articulated trolleybuses delivered to Geneva in 1992, which were among the first production-series low-floor trolleybuses (from Trolleybus)
Image 193A Mitsubishi Fuso Aero King arrived at Tokyo station as "Dream-go" in Japan (from Double-decker bus)
Image 194A Ford E450 cutaway chassis design, with more integrated bodywork (from Minibus)
Image 195Ural-375D 'truckbus' in Tajikistan. (from Combination bus)
Image 196Solaris trolleybus in Landskrona, Sweden (from Trolleybus)
Image 197A New Routemaster bus operating in London (from Double-decker bus)
Image 198An Arriva Southern Counties Volvo B7TL with TransBus ALX400 bodywork in England (from Double-decker bus)
Image 199New Flyer XT60 in Seattle (from Trolleybus)
Image 200Ford Transit minibus in County Down, Northern Ireland (from Minibus)
Image 201A retired bus is used for an ambulance bus in Toronto. (from Bus)
Image 202A preserved AEC Regal VI formerly operated by the Metropolitan Transport Trust in Perth (from Bus)
Image 203A public transport timetable for bus services in England in the 1940s and 1950s (from Public transport bus service)
Image 204RH Transport Services Optare Solo 880 in April 2007 (from Low-floor bus)
Image 205Early version of a midibus, the Bedford JJL (from Midibus)
Image 206Diagram of a 1947-built Pullman Standard model 800 trolleybus, a type still running in Valparaíso (Chile) (from Trolleybus)
Image 207Electric bus in Jakarta (from Public transport bus service)
Image 208An Ashok Leyland double decker bus in Mumbai. (from Double-decker bus)
Image 209Daimler CC Bus 1912. One of five (English) Daimler Company buses exported to Australia (from Bus)
Image 210A Scania TransJakarta bus in Harmoni Central Busway Station, Jakarta. (from Articulated bus)
Image 211Nissan Diesel RN partially low floor light bus (from Minibus)
Image 212Dublin Bus Volvo B9TL (from Double-decker bus)
Image 213ZIL-131 shift bus (from Combination bus)
Image 214George Shillibeer's first London omnibus, 1829 (from Horsebus)
Image 215MU ZiU-9 in Soviet Union, 1987 (from Trolleybus)
Image 216AKSM-420 Vitovt in Minsk (from Trolleybus)
Image 217An operator livery complementing the bodywork features (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 218A 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 2191902 Thornycroft Steam bus used by London Road car Co Ltd (from Steam bus)
Image 220The Perth Central Area Transit operates as a zero-fare basis for passengers in the Perth CBD. (from Public transport bus service)
Image 221Countries with double-decker buses as a form of public transport (from Double-decker bus)
Image 222A section of track used for testing O-Bahn Busway buses (from Guided bus)
Image 223Scania K320UA articulated bus operating for SouthLink (from Articulated bus)
Image 224A double-decker bus used for public transit in Kerala, India (from Bus)
Image 225A typical transit bus in Madrid, Spain. (from Transit bus)
Image 226An 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 227A Van Hool US-specification double-decker bus in New York City, US (from Double-decker bus)
Image 228A double-decker bus in Alexandria, Egypt (from Double-decker bus)
Image 229AC Transit XMC-77 (from Articulated bus)
Image 230An East Lancs Olympus body with a tree-protection bull-bar protecting the large upper-deck front window (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 231A 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 232Behind time, anonymous engraving of a stagecoach in England. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 233One of GO Transit's 3.9-metre height (12 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Super-Lo double-decker buses (from Double-decker bus)
Image 234Setra mid-size coach (from Coach (bus))
Image 235Interior of a wheelchair-accessible transit bus, with bucket seats and smart-card readers at the exit. (from Transit bus)
Image 236DAC 117UD articulated bus in Uzinelor, Romania (from Articulated bus)
Image 237MAN NG 313 F articulated bus, bodied by Castrosua (CS 40) in TMB, Barcelona. (from Articulated bus)
Image 238Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC double-decker bus on Mexico City Metrobús' new line 7 running along Calzada de los Misterios (from Double-decker bus)
Image 239World's first trolleybus, Berlin 1882 (from Bus)
Image 240The London Booster moving sculpture
Image 241Kerb-guided track and adjacent multi-user path along a disused rail line, on the Leigh-Salford-Manchester Bus Rapid Transit (from Guided bus)
Image 242Russian GAZelle marshrutka with sliding access doors (from Minibus)
Image 243Interior of an articulated bus in Los Angeles (from Bus)
Image 244Level-boarding onto a double-decker bus on the Leigh-Salford-Manchester Bus Rapid Transit (from Guided bus)
Image 245A IC Bus CE with International 3300 chassis school bus in America (from Public transport bus service)
Image 246A Mercedes-Benz O405 integral bus (from Bus manufacturing)
Image 247An Iveco Bus (Irisbus) Magelys at Busworld 2007 (from Coach (bus))
Image 248Lear Steam bus on display in Michigan in 1972 (from Steam bus)
Image 249A double-deck trolleybus in Reading, England, 1966 (from Trolleybus)
Image 250Electric buses are becoming common in some places. Pictured is an example from Toronto. (from Transit bus)
Image 251Gillett & Co Steam bus licensed by the Metropolitan Police on 21 Jan 1899 (from Steam bus)
Image 252An articulated bus in Tel Aviv. (from Articulated bus)
Image 253National Steam car Co Ltd ran steam buses in London from 2 Nov 1909 to 18 Nov 1919 (from Steam bus)
Image 254Amédée Bollée's L'Obéissante (1875) (from Bus)
Image 255Opel Blitz combination bus (from Combination bus)
Image 256NefAZ-4208/4951 shift bus based on a KamAZ-44108. (from Combination bus)
Image 257A Greyhound bus in 1939. (from Intercity bus service)
Image 258Early coach drawn by horses (from Coach (bus))
Image 259A Mercedes-Benz Tourismo in Berlin, Germany (from Coach (bus))
Image 260Hino Coach Bus in RMUTT (Pathumthani, Thailand) (from Coach (bus))
Image 261A Rocar DAC 217E articulated trolleybus in Bucharest, Romania, in April 2007 (from Trolleybus)
Image 262The first internal combustion omnibus of 1895 (Siegen to Netphen) (from Bus)
Image 263Step equipped van on a converted Toyota HiAce minibus (from Minibus)
Image 264Nissan Civilian minibus in Pathumthani, Thailand (Thanyaburi Transport CO.,LTD.) (from Minibus)
Image 265Irisbus Cristalis in Limoges (from Trolleybus)
Image 266Plaxton Beaver 2 bodied Mercedes-Benz Vario in Norwich, UK (from Minibus)
Image 267A double-decker Neoplan Jumbocruiser (from Coach (bus))
Image 268Police bus in Taipei, Taiwan (from Bus)
Image 269Two Optare Solo midibuses (from Midibus)
Image 270Setra S 417 HDH in Mannheim (from Coach (bus))

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

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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Julian Peddle (born November 1954) is an entrepreneur who has worked in the bus industry since the early 1980s, having owned or part-owned numerous bus companies. He spent 11 years as co-owner of Stevensons of Uttoxeter between 1983 and 1994, having previously been its traffic manager. During the late 1990s and early 2000s he ran Status Group, a group of small bus companies spread across England which included BakerBus, Choice Travel and MK Metro. He was a major shareholder in Tellings-Golden Miller and Centrebus Holdings before their sale to Arriva. (Read More)
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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)
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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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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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Robert R. Kiley (September 16, 1935 – August 9, 2016) was an American public transit planner and supervisor, with a reputation of being able to save transit systems experiencing serious problems. From 2001 to 2006 he was the initial Commissioner of Transport for London, the public organisation empowered with running and maintaining London's public transport network.

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