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Until 1980, articulated buses were illegal on the UK's roads. A 1979 experiment by South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive with buses manufactured by MAN and Leyland-DAB led to a change in the law, but the experiment was abandoned in 1981 because double-decker buses were generally considered less expensive both to purchase and to operate ...
A bi-articulated bus or double-articulated bus and sometimes train-bus, tram-bus, trackless tram or double bendy bus is a type of high-capacity articulated bus with an extra axle and a second articulation joint, as well as extended length.
Articulated buses, colloquially known as "bendy buses", were rarely used in the United Kingdom compared to other countries, until the turn of the millennium. [ according to whom? ] This was due to a preference for the double-decker bus for use on high capacity routes.
Articulated buses, popularly called "bendy buses," were introduced to London in October 2001 when two Wright Eclipse Fusion bodied Volvo B7LAs were hired from First Hampshire & Dorset, one of which was repainted into First London's red livery, and six Wright Fusion bodied Volvo B10LAs from First Glasgow for a trial on route 207 between Shepherd ...
A primary school has been given planning permission to install a double-decker bus within its grounds to be used as a library. Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School in Tollgate, Bretton ...
The Neoplan Jumbocruiser was an articulated double-deck multi-axle city coach built by Neoplan Bus GmbH between 1975 and 1992. At 18 metres (59 ft) in length, 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) wide and 4 m (13 ft) in height, [ 2 ] it has a capacity for 170 passengers.
Dozens of people have been injured after a double-decker bus taking 70 workers to Hinkley Point C power station overturned in “treacherous” freezing conditions.
It was also the only Volvo B10M Mark I acquired by Singapore Bus Services and it was sold to an operator in New Zealand by the end of the 1990s. [9] SBS purchased a grand total of 977 B10M Mark 2, 3 and 4 units between 1989 and 1998, making up a large part of its single-decker bus fleet. This was the third-largest fleet of any single bus model ...