A bus conductor (also referred to as a conductor or clippie) is a person (other than the driver) responsible for collecting fares from bus passengers.
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[ kuhn-duhk-tris ] show ipa. noun. a woman who conducts; a female leader, guide, director, or manager. a woman who is employed as a conductor on a bus, train, or other public conveyance.
Women conductors, known as 'clippies' after the ticket-clipping machine they used, were among the most visible roles in London. Ellen Bulfield was one of the very first female conductors to join the LGOC and was also the last to leave after the end of the war.
A transit bus (also big bus, commuter bus, city bus, town bus, urban bus, stage bus, public bus, public transit bus, or simply bus) is a type of bus used on shorter-distance public transport bus services.
Also, in the musical world the majority of conductors are males. So the prestige of the name “maestrO” is much bigger than the prestige of the word “maestrA”. Therefore, some female conductors prefer to be called maestro, instead of maestra.
The word bus is short for omnibus, which means “for everyone.” Bus was first used in this sense in the 1830s, its everyone meaning referencing the fact that anyone could join the coach along its route, unlike with stagecoaches, which had to be pre-booked.
The early vehicle was called an omnibus, a Latin word meaning “for all,” later abbreviated to bus. In 1895 an eight-passenger bus powered by a four- to six-horsepower, single-cylinder engine was built in Germany. From 1905 to 1962 buses in Berlin pulled trailers that carried additional passengers.
A minibus, microbus, minicoach, or commuter (in Zimbabwe) is a passenger-carrying motor vehicle that is designed to carry more people than a multi-purpose vehicle or minivan, but fewer people than a full-size bus.