A single-decker bus or rigid is a

bus A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport. It is most commonly used ...

that has a single deck for

passenger A passenger is a person who travels in a vehicle, but does not bear any responsibility for the tasks required for that vehicle to arrive at its destination or otherwise operate the vehicle, and is not a steward. The vehicles may be bicycles, ...

s. Normally the use of the term ''single-decker'' refers to a standard two-

axle An axle or axletree is a central shaft for a rotation, rotating wheel and axle, wheel or gear. On wheeled vehicles, the axle may be fixed to the wheels, rotating with them, or fixed to the vehicle, with the wheels rotating around the axle. In ...

d rigid bus, in direct contrast to the use of the term

double-decker bus A double-decker bus is a bus that has two storeys or decks. Double-deckers are used primarily for commuter transport, but open-top models are used as sightseeing buses for tourists, and there are coaches too for long-distance travel. They app ...

, which is essentially a bus with two passenger decks and a staircase. These types of single-deckers may feature one or more doors, and varying

internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine (ICE or IC engine) is a heat engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber that is an integral part of the working fluid flow circuit. In an internal comb ...

positions. The majority of single-deckers have a length of up to , although some exceptions of longer buses exist. They also typically weigh between . In regions where double-deckers are not common, the term ''single-decker'' may lack common usage, as in one sense, all other main types of bus have a single deck. Also, the term may become synonymous with the name

transit bus 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 in public transport bus services. Several configurations are used, including low-floo ...

or related terms, which can correctly be applied to double-deckers too. With the exception of regions of major double deck or

articulated bus An articulated bus, also referred to as a slinky bus, bendy bus, tandem bus, vestibule bus, stretch bus, or an accordion bus, is an articulated vehicle, typically a motor bus or trolleybus, used in public transportation. It is usually a ...

operation, usually major

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s such as

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

, cities in

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and

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, the single decker is the standard mode of

public transport Public transport (also known as public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) are forms of transport available to the general public. It typically uses a fixed schedule, route and charges a fixed fare. There is no rigid definition of whic ...

bus travel, increasingly with

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features. With their origins in van chassis,

minibus A minibus, microbus, or minicoach 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. In the United Kingdom, the word "minibus" is us ...

es are not usually considered ''single-deckers'', although modern minibus designs blur this distinction.

Midibus A midibus is a classification of single-decker minibuses which are generally larger than a traditional minibus but smaller than a full-size single decker and can be anywhere between and long. While used in many parts of the world, the mi ...

es can also be regarded as both included with and separate from standard single-deckers, in terms of ''full size'' length and vehicle weights, although again design developments have seen this distinction blurred. Some coach style buses that do not have underfloor luggage space can also be correctly termed as single-deckers, with some sharing standard bus chassis designs, such as the

Volvo B10M The Volvo B10M is a mid-engine design, mid-engined city bus and coach (bus), coach chassis manufactured by Volvo Buses, Volvo between 1978 and 2003. It succeeded the Volvo B58, B58 and was equipped with the same 9.6-litre horizontally mounted Vo ...

, with a different body style applied.

Notable examples of single-deck buses (excluding coaches, trolleybuses and minibuses)

Alexander Dennis Enviro200 The Alexander Dennis Enviro200 (previously known as the TransBus Enviro200) is a midibus that was manufactured by TransBus International and later Alexander Dennis between 2003 and 2018. The original TransBus Enviro200 design was innovative but ...

Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC The Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC, also marketed as the Alexander Dennis Enviro200, is a single-decker city bus produced by Alexander Dennis since 2014 as the successor to the Alexander Dennis Enviro200, Enviro200 midibus and Alexander Dennis E ...

* Alexander Dennis Enviro200EV *

Alexander Dennis Enviro300 The Alexander Dennis Enviro300 (previously known as the TransBus Enviro300) is a light-weight full-size single-decker bus that was built by Alexander Dennis and its predecessor TransBus International between 2001 and 2015. The design was the fi ...

* Alexander Dennis Enviro350H * BYD K8 *

BYD K9 The BYD K series bus (sometimes just referred to as the BYD ebus or BYD electric bus) are a line of battery electric buses manufactured by the China, Chinese automaker BYD Auto, BYD, powered with its self-developed lithium iron phosphate battery ...

* BYD B10 * BYD B12A * BYD B12A03/BC12A04 (3-Door) * Daewoo BC212MA * Daewoo BS105 * DAC 112UDM * DAF SB220 *

Dennis Dart The Dennis Dart is a Rear-engine design, rear-engined single-decker bus, single-decker midibus chassis that was introduced by Dennis Specialist Vehicles, Dennis of Guildford, England, in 1989, replacing the Dennis Domino. Initially built as a ...

Dennis Falcon The Dennis Falcon was a rear-engined single-decker bus, double-decker bus and coach chassis manufactured by Dennis between 1981 and 1993. It was mostly built as a single-decker bus, although some express coaches and a small number of double-d ...

* Dennis Lance/Lance SLF * Designline Olympus * Golden Dragon XML6105JEVD0C1 * Hino Blue Ribbon * Hino Rainbow * Huanghai DD6118S11 * Huanghai DD6118K30 * Huanghai DD6129S06 *

Ikarus 260 The Ikarus 260 is a high-floor, three-door bus for city and suburban transportation purposes. It was made from 1971 to 2002 by the Hungarian bus manufacturer Ikarus (Hungarian company), Ikarus, making it the longest manufactured, largest quantity ...

* Irisbus Agoraline * Irisbus Citelis *

Isuzu Erga The Isuzu Erga (kana:いすゞ・エルガ) is a heavy-duty single-decker bus produced by Isuzu through the J-Bus joint venture. It is primarily available as a public bus in either a complete bus or a bus chassis. It is built by J-Bus fro ...

* Isuzu Cubic * Iveco TurboCity *

Iveco Iveco S.p.A., an acronym for Industrial Vehicles Corporation, is an Italian multinational transport vehicle manufacturing company with headquarters in Turin, Italy. It designs and builds light, medium, and heavy Commercial vehicle, commercial veh ...

Urbanway * Jinghua BK6118 * Jinghua BK6129K * King Long XMQ6118G * King Long XMQ6121G * King Long XMQ6125G/XMQ6125G1 * King Long XMQ6127G * King Long XMQ6127GH1 * King Long XMQ6106AGBEVM2 * King Long XMQ6106AGBEVL31 * Linkker LM312 ( Gemilang Coachworks) * MAN NL262 * MAN NLxx3F * MAZ-103 *

MAZ-203 The MAZ-203 is a fully low-floor single-decker bus. It is a representative of the second generation of MAZ city buses, being a successor to the MAZ-103. It has been built since 2006, there are over 100 models have been built already. MAZ 203 ...

* Mercedes-Benz O530 Citaro * Mercedes-Benz O305 *

Mercedes-Benz O405 The Mercedes-Benz O405 is a single-decker bus manufactured by Mercedes-Benz buses, Mercedes-Benz from the mid-1980s to the early 2000s as either an Bus manufacturing, integral bus or a bus chassis; it was the last VöV-Standard-Bus, VöV SL-II s ...

* Mercedes-Benz O500M/U * Mercedes-Benz OC500LE * Mercedes-Benz OF-OH * Mitsubishi Fuso Aero Star * Nissan Diesel Space Runner RA *

Nova Bus LFS The Low Floor Series (LFS) is a series of transit buses manufactured by Nova Bus for North American customers since 1996. It is produced in 40' rigid and 62' articulated bus, articulated (nominal) lengths with a variety of powertrains, including co ...

* New Flyer Low Floor * Optare Excel *

Optare Tempo The Optare Tempo is an integral low-floor bus, low-floor, heavy duty, full-size Rigid bus, rigid single-deck bus manufactured by Optare and was launched in late 2004. It is marketed and sold as the replacement for the Optare Excel. It is design ...

* Optare Tempo SR * Orion VII * Renault PR100.2 * Rocar De Simon U412 * Scania Citywide * Scania KUB * Scania L113 * Scania L94UB * Scania NUB * Scania N113 * Scania N94UB *

Scania OmniCity The Scania OmniCity is an integrally constructed Transverse engine, vertically-engined Low-floor bus, low floor city bus that was available from Scania AB, Scania on the European market between 1996 (across Europe)/1997 and 2012. The OmniCity ...

* Scania Fencer * Solaris Urbino 12 * Sunwin iEV10/iEV12 * Thaco TB120CT * VDL SB200 * VDL SB250 *

Volvo B7RLE The Volvo B7RLE is a low-entry single-deck bus chassis manufactured by Volvo. It was superseded by the Volvo B8RLE in 2013, with production of the B7RLE continuing until 2018. Specifications The Volvo B7RLE is similar to its predecessor, the ...

Volvo B8RLE The Volvo B8RLE is a 7.7-litre-engined low-entry bus chassis manufactured by Volvo since 2013 for left-hand drive markets. It was designed as a replacement for the B7RLE and the B9RLE. The right-hand drive version was launched in November 2 ...

Volvo B9L The Volvo B9L (also known as the Volvo 7500, Volvo 7700 or Volvo 7900 for integral models) is a fully low-floor single-decker bus chassis constructed by Volvo Buses from 2005 until 2013, replacing the Volvo B7L and Volvo B10L. An articulated ...

* Volvo B10B *

Volvo B10BLE The Volvo B10BLE is a rear-engined low-entry single-decker bus chassis manufactured by Volvo in Sweden between 1993 and 2004. The first prototypes were built in 1992, but mass production started in 1993, only a year after the high-floor B10B. I ...

Volvo B12BLE The Volvo B12BLE is a low-entry city and suburban bus chassis launched in 2001 with a rear-mounted transverse engine. It superseded the Volvo B10BLE and is used as a base for single-decker buses largely in Continental Europe and the Asia-Paci ...

* Volvo B5LH (

MCV Evora The MCV Evora (stylised as ''eVoRa''; internal designation: MCV C113/C123/C133) is a single-decker bus bodywork produced by Manufacturing Commercial Vehicles (MCV) since 2018, as the successor to the MCV Evolution. The Evora is currently available ...

) * Volvo BZL * Optare Prisma *

Optare Solo The Switch Solo (formerly sold as the Optare Solo) is a low-floor minibus/midibus with one or two doors manufactured by Switch Mobility in the United Kingdom since 1998. The Solo name is a play on its low-floor status, the manufacturer marketin ...

* Optare Solo SR * Optare Solo Plus *

Optare Versa The Optare Versa is a Low-floor bus, low-floor midibus that was manufactured by Optare at its Sherburn-in-Elmet factory. In total 883 were produced between 2007 and 2018.Yutong ZK6126HG * Yutong E10/E12 * Yutong U12 * Zhongtong N10/N12

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