The Dennis Dart is a rear-engined single-decker midibus chassis that was introduced by Dennis Specialist Vehicles of Guildford, England in 1989, replacing the Dennis Domino.
( Full article.)Ī First Manchester Dennis Dart SLF 10.7m with Plaxton Pointer body in Heaton Park. GO Transit has been constituted in a variety of public-sector configurations, today existing as an operating division of Metrolinx, a provincial Crown agency with overall responsibility for integrative transportation planning within the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Since then, it has grown from a single train line to seven, and expanded to include complementary bus service.
GO Transit operates diesel-powered double-decker trains and coach buses, on routes that connect with all local transit systems in its service area, as well as Via Rail, Canada's national rail system.Ĭanada's first regional public transit system, GO Transit began regular passenger service on as a part of the Ontario Ministry of Transportation. GO Transit carried 71.7 million passengers in 2018, and its ridership continues to grow. With its hub at Union Station in Toronto, GO Transit's distinctive green and white commuter rail trains and coach-style buses serve a population of more than seven million across an area over 11,000 square kilometres (4,200 sq mi) stretching from Brantford and Kitchener, and since October 2021, to Stratford and London, in the west to Newcastle and Peterborough in the east, and from Barrie in the north to Niagara Falls in the south. GO Transit is a regional public transit system serving the Greater Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario, Canada. As of the 2010s, bus manufacturing is increasingly globalised, with the same designs appearing around the world. 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. The first internal combustion engine buses, or motor buses, were used in 1895. Horse-drawn buses were used from the 1820s, followed by steam buses in the 1830s, and electric trolleybuses in 1882.
In many jurisdictions, bus drivers require a special large vehicle licence above and beyond a regular driving licence.īuses 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. Other types, such as elementary or secondary school buses or shuttle buses within a post-secondary education campus, do not charge a fare. Many types of buses, such as city transit buses and inter-city coaches, charge a fare.
The most common type is the single-deck rigid bus, with larger loads for double-decker and articulated buses, and smaller loads for midibuses and minibuses, while coaches are used for longer-distance services. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers, although the average bus usually carries between 30 to 100. A New Routemaster double-decker bus, operating for Arriva London on London Buses route 73Ī bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a public transport road vehicle designed to carry significantly more passengers than the average cars or vans.