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What do Brits call a bus?

In Britain, a comfortable bus that carries passengers on long journeys is called a coach. The coach leaves Cardiff at twenty to eight. In America, a vehicle designed for long journeys is usually called a bus.



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Deriving the name from horse-drawn carriages and stagecoaches that carried passengers, luggage, and mail, modern motor coaches are almost always high-floor buses, with separate luggage hold mounted below the passenger compartment.

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What the British call transport – travel by rail, plane, coach, bus, ferry, metro and tram – is called transportation by the Americans.

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A double-decker bus or double-deck bus is a bus that has two storeys or decks. They are used for mass transport in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Europe, Asia and also in cities such as Sydney; the best-known example is the red London bus, namely the AEC Routemaster.

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The name London General was replaced by London Transport, which became synonymous with the red London bus.

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noun. l'autobus masc. the bus driver le conducteur d'autobus.

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Motorcoach. Motorcoaches are the largest and most luxurious buses in a charter company's fleet. They typically have reclining seats, onboard restrooms, DVD players, and other amenities to make your ride comfortable.

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BorisBus (Based on The New Routemaster) is originally referred to as the New Bus for London it's short name is the NBFL and popularly known as the Boris Bus or Borismaster (a portmanteau of the name of the former Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, who drove their introduction, and that of the AEC Routemaster that they ...

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The reason behind their colour dates to the early 1900s, when the transport system was operated by different rival companies. London General Omnibus Company (or L.G.O.C.) owned most of the buses and in 1907 painted its entire fleet red to stand out from competitors.

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Paris Metro (Metro de Paris) is a rapid transit metro system serving the capital city of Paris within Île-de-France.

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London Underground, also called the Tube, underground railway system that services the London metropolitan area.

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