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Welcome to the Buses WikiProject, a collaboration area and group of editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of buses.

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Goals

• To cover bus routes in major cities and their history, including streetcar lines. Note that minor routes do not need to have a separate article, but can simply be mentioned in a list.
• To cover bus models and their history.
• To determine which routes are suitable for a separate article rather than as part af a list.
• To create a common format for articles and lists of bus routes.

Scope

• Anything related to buses and bus routes, including trackless trolleys, mostly in relation to public transport.

• /Bus route list guide
• /Bus route article guide

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Buses: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2022-02-02 Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Bee Line, Incorporated (Nassau County, New York), Brooklyn Bus Corporation, Bucks County Transportation Management Association, Fahslabend trolleybus switch, Hino Grand View, Kings Coach Company (Brooklyn, NYC), Isle Coaches, Missouri Pacific Stages, Safeway Lines, Incorporated, Santa Fe Trails Transportation Company, San Francisco Municipal Railway bus fleet (split from existing San Francisco Municipal Railway fleet article), SEPTA Bus Operations bus fleet, List of Toronto Transit Commission buses Assess : these articles Expand : Mitsubishi Fuso Aero King, Portal:Bus, Isle of Wight Bus & Coach Museum Photo : these articles Stubs : Nissan Diesel Space Dream, Citrus Connection, Escambia County Area Transit, Space Coast Area Transit, Winter Haven Area Transit, Chicken bus, Neoplan Megaliner, Fredericksburg Regional Transit, AEC Reliance Verify : Bus garage, Bus lane, Bus priority, Bus rapid transit, Bus terminus, Hail and ride, Implementation of bus rapid transit, these articles Other : Represent a worldwide view of Coach (vehicle), Recognize Redirect-class WPBus articles  • Add {{Portal|Buses}} to relevant articles, which creates the portal link:

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1. Doc Dimaus (talk · contribs) (Ukrainian and Soviet buses and trolleybuses)
2. MaynardClark (talk · contribs) (The emergence of the electric bus and trucks, and of electrified transportation and distributed drycharging infrastructure)
3. Mingyu Tang (talk · contribs) (Buses in Germany and in the rest of Europe, sometimes in China)
4. MTATransitFan (talk · contribs) (Buses in NYC and the surrounding areas. Occasionally different buses.
5. NE2 (talk · contribs) (New York City, and sometimes other cities)
6. Alansohn (talk · contribs) (New Jersey, New York City, Long Island)
7. The Port of Authority (talk · contribs) (New York City and various North American cities)
8. Sebwite (talk · contribs) (Baltimore, and occasionally Washington, DC area)
9. Kneiphof (talk · contribs) (primary buses in former Soviet Union and trolleybuses everywhere)
10. Sparrowman980 (talk · contribs) (Worldwide buses)
11. Trulystand700 (talk · contribs) (New York City Buses)
12. Lamborghini man (talk · contribs) (MTA Maryland)
13. Bluegoblin7 (London Buses)
14. Dudleybus (talk · contribs) (Working on West Midlands stuff, plus anything to do with Rotala)
15. Simply south (talk · contribs) UK Buses but generally London
16. DocRushing (talk · contribs) [Greyhound and Trailways in the USA; local transit in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; I grew up at Greyhound; I'm a native of Nashville, a retired professor of business, a motor-coach historian, and a one-time second-generation Greyhound coach operator, long ago, based in Nashville and in Orlando, Florida, USA.]
17. SteveCof00 (talk · contribs) (School buses in the United States and Canada, and school bus models and school bus manufacturers)
18. MetroFan2009 (talk · contribs) Bi-State Development AgencyinSt. Louis
19. JoelRussell - Talk Contribs I'm in Poole, Dorset, England. If anyone from outside my area needs an article improving in dorset, tell me on my Talk Page
20. Folklore1 (talk · contribs) (MTA Maryland and Washington DC Metrobus)
21. Welshleprechaun (talk · contribs) Cardiff and Newcastle upon Tyne
22. Colonel Warden (talk · contribs)
23. Hanjie (talk · contribs) Pittsburgh Buses
24. Useddenim (talk · contribs) Toronto, London, bus manufacturers
25. Triglav 2000 (talk · contribs) Bus service in Slovenia
26. Rcsprinter123 (talk · contribs) England bus services
27. SmrtBusesLuver (talk · contribs) Singapore Buses (SMRT & SBS Transit)
28. Mark999 (talk · contribs), Bristol UK
29. Checkmatechamp137 (talk · contribs), New York City, NY and surrounding suburbs
30. Orsd (talk · contribs), NFI, Orion Ind.,Novabus,Vancouver (Translink),Orange County (OCTA),LA Metro, West Vancouver Blue Bus
31. Adam mugliston (talk · contribs) (UK, lists of bus routes)
32. Wilbysuffolk (talk · contribs) Any East Anglian pages
33. Davey2010 (talk · contribs) Generally buses in England / Kent
34. WWGB (talk · contribs) Sydney, Australia
35. Coachcapt (talk · contribs) Queensland, Australia
36. Stephen Allcroft (talk · contribs) UK bus manufacturing and imports into the UK (not routes) and especially now-defunct manufacturers and coachbuilders.
37. Packerfan386 (talk · contribs) Midwest, lists of bus routes
38. Kiewii (talk · contribs) Dundee and Angus buses
39. WikiLeon (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) Bay Area based bus routes specializing in Solano and Napa counties.
40. DJ MC CJ (talk · contribs) (Florida buses including bus models and numbers.)
41. C16sh (talk · contribs) NYC and DC metro areas
42. Ibadibam (talk · contribs) Seattle, Washington, interested in bus rapid transit creep
43. SBS9834C (talk · contribs) Singapore and Hong Kong buses in general. Also interested with London and Australia urban buses
44. Sni56996 (talk · contribs) (Anything about Singapore bus network.)
45. Bren Harding (talk · contribs) (Buses in England, Essex)
46. Balablitz (talk · contribs) (Bus transport in Tamil Nadu and elsewhere)
47. BFerson (talk · contribs) (Arriva Northumbria buses)
48. Drumlineramos (talk · contribs) (Bus Services in New Mexico, mostly ABQ RIDE, but working on the rest of the state too)
49. KevinCuddeback (talk · contribs) US Passenger Buses
50. SounderBruce (talk · contribs) Seattle-area transit
51. Arbustum (talk · contribs) Polish buses including Solaris, including writing Solaris Urbino 18 Hybrid from the very beginning.
52. TwilightKing81 (talk · contribs) Connecticut-area buses (they're essential for the area economy to work), including CTtransit and CTfastrak.
53. Æthelred (talk · contribs) (England & Wales buses, mostly West Midlands)
54. Ryan 868 (talk · contribs) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Happy to know that there are other freaks like me out there. Also, I am the 50th member :)
55. RES2773 (talk · contribs) I do bus list and company page edits in New York City, Nassau County, Suffolk County, and Westchester County, all in New York.
56. Bergenga (talk · contribs) Bus/coach and chassis models from the Nordic countries and Germany, with a worldwide perspective
57. Class455fan1 (talk · contribs) British Buses, mainly London Buses
58. Pianist4 (talk · contribs) Canberra and Sydney buses
59. KU (talk · contribs) Kansai region and Tokyo, Japan
60. Buttons0603 (talk · contribs) Sheffield and surrounding areas, and UK bus and coach models and manufacturers
61. TJH2018 (talk · contribs) Greater Los Angeles area, and anything involving the LACMTA
62. Imahesh3847 (talk · contribs) Andhra Pradesh and Telangana regions.
63. Bumbl loid (talk · contribs) Proud member of Pinoy Bus Fanatic, the largest bus enthusiast group in the Philippines
64. Cnvery (talk · contribs) Malaysia
65. Kew Gardens 613 (talk · contribs) NYC area buses
66. Toreightyone (talk · contribs) - Brampton Transit, Miway, TTC, and other Golden Horseshoe agencies
67. DreamLinker (talk · contribs) Bus transport in Delhi but also other places as required at AfD
68. Commyguy (talk · contribs) Bus transport in the UK, in particular Stagecoach and Stagecoach Gold services as well as transport around the Oxfordshire area
69. Vanstrat (talk · contribs) Covers Edmonton Alberta Canada bus routes operated by Edmonton Transit
70. Saltn'Pepper (talk · contribs) Public transportation in Canada, especially in Vancouver.
71. MediKron (talk · contribs) Hungarian buses, mostly Ikarus.
72. Map Collector (talk · contribs) Indian and UK Buses, specially Double - Deckers.
73. Schoolbus777 (talk · contribs) School buses, as evidenced by my username.
74. Central Corridor (talk · contribs) Twin Cities and Minnesota, Chicago
75. SBS2828S (talk · contribs) Singapore bus enthusiast
76. Grandtubetrains (talk · contribs) England bus services
77. Exodus662 (talk · contribs) Bus routes in London and Cumbria, also bus types in the UK
78. Vkem (talk · contribs) Bus routes in Finland
79. Hullian111 (talk · contribs) General clean-up of bus-realted articles in UK, though my special focus is on buses in the Hull, East Yorkshire and perhaps greater East Midlands area.
80. Caleb M1 (talk · contribs) Bus Routes in the Midwest
81. BOO109 (talk · contribs) No Description Avalible
82. DMJames98 (talk · contribs) Bus transport in the UK, particularly in the West Midlands.
83. Quoll662 (talk) 11:51, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
84. DestinationFearFan (talk) 17:00, 21 January 2021 (UTC) - Bus Transport in China and Japan.[reply]
85. User:Jon Alten US municipal bus systems
86. SK2242 (talk) 10:35, 29 January 2021 (UTC) - UK related bus articles[reply]
87. User: AirFan19 Mainly buses in Singapore, occasionally Shanghai
88. Berrely (talk · contribs) almost exclusively London buses!
89. Geof Sheppard (talk · contribs) South West England and UK open top services
90. TheTransitFanNY (talk · contribs) Tri-State area (NYC) and North America in general.
91. MJ9674 (talk · contribs) South East England, particular focus on Sussex.
92. عُثمان (talk · contribs) buses in Baltimore and their parent streetcar lines but interested in anything and everywhere
93. NotOrrio (talk · contribs) buses in Melbourne and other parts of Australia
94. 296cherry (talk · contribs) DART bus system and other systems in general
95. TheWiki93 (talk · contribs) Bus services in the New York metropolitan areaofNew York.
96. S5A-0043 (talk · contribs) Shanghai, Wuhan & Singapore based
97. Mwsmith20 (talk · contribs) UK, using book collection to add refs/citations and expand articles
98. Transitsylveonkpop (talk · contribs) (New York City, and surrounding areas)

Templates for discussion

• 18 Jul 2024 – Template:London Buses route SL8 (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Gonnym (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 18 Jul 2024 – Template:London Buses route 207 (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Gonnym (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Requested moves

• 22 Jul 2024 – MAX (Utah Transit Authority) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to BRT (Utah Transit Authority)byNebula3lem123 (t · c); see discussion
• 21 Jul 2024 – Transbay Transit Center (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Salesforce Transit CenterbyTallneil (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 17 Jun 2024 – Sunbus Townsville (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to SunbusbyWhiltshinx (t · c); see discussion
• 17 Jun 2024 – Sunbus Sunshine Coast (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to SunbusbyWhiltshinx (t · c); see discussion
• 17 Jun 2024 – Sunbus Rockhampton (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to SunbusbyWhiltshinx (t · c); see discussion
• 17 Jun 2024 – Sunbus Cairns (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to SunbusbyWhiltshinx (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Apr 2024 – Thameside (bus company) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to East London (bus company)byHullian111 (t · c); see discussion
• 19 Feb 2024 – B69 (New York City bus) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to B67 (New York City bus)byEx696 (t · c); see discussion
• 01 Jan 2024 – CityLink Red (BaltimoreLink) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Route 48 (MTA Maryland)byKlbrain (t · c); see discussion
• 09 Dec 2023 – Route 48 (MTA Maryland) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to CityLink Red (BaltimoreLink)byAVplum (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 29 Jun 2024 – London Country North East (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Hullian111 (t · c); see discussion
• 18 May 2024 – SEPTA Suburban Division bus routes (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Triphora (t · c); see discussion
• 18 May 2024 – SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Triphora (t · c); see discussion
• 17 Mar 2024 – Bus bulb (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 123.1.232.138 (t · c); see discussion
• 27 Jan 2023 – Tour bus service (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Darrelljon (t · c); see discussion
• 11 Nov 2021 – Paratransit (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Darrelljon (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 27 Jun 2024 – Draft:Yutong U11DD (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Hullian111 (t · c)
• 06 Jul 2024 – Draft:Tengah Bus Interchange (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by DragonWL (t · c) was moved to Tengah Bus Interchange (talk · edit · hist)byWLTransit 100 (t · c) (author) on 22 Jul 2024

• O-Bahn Busway
• Kelvin Scottish
• London Country North East
• Tillingbourne Bus Company

A selection of bus-related Did you know articles may be viewed at Portal:Buses/Did you know.

Assessment

Bus transport articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA			2	1			3
FL				1			1
GA		1	2	59			62
B	3	9	33	68		7	120
C	18	23	91	366		20	518
Start	13	28	143	1,665		273	2,122
Stub		2	44	1,104		250	1,400
List	1	7	25	104	2	2	141
Category					687		687
Disambig					7		7
File					90		90
Portal					1		1
Project					25		25
Redirect	1	1	4	147	415		568
Template				1	318		319
NA					1		1
Other				2	13		15
Assessed	36	71	344	3,518	1,559	552	6,080
Unassessed				1		255	256
Total	36	71	344	3,519	1,559	807	6,336
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 21,566			Ω = 5.10

• Electric bus
• Create and expand Hybrid bus (mainly from diesel-electric).
• The UK bus operator quality drive
• The UK bus route quality drive

• Template:WikiProject Buses for talk pages

Note that new stub templates should be proposed before creation at WP:WSS/P.

Instead of using the standard {{stub}} template, you may want to use one of the following more specific vehicle stub tags, some of which are:

• {{vehicle-stub}} for stubs about general automotive topics. Unfortunately, this category contains many articles, so use of one of the more targeted subcategories is recommended:
  • {{bus-stub}} - for stub articles about buses
    
    
  • {{motorvehicle-company-stub}} - for stub articles about automotive companies
  • {{auto-factory-stub}} - for stub articles about automotive factories
  • {{automotive-part-stub}} - for stub articles about automotive parts or components
  • {{automotive-tech-stub}} - for stub articles about automotive technologies
    
    
  • {{road-stub}} - for stub articles about general road transport

• Category:Bus transport
• Category:Bus routes in England
• Category:Lists of New York (state) bus routes
• Category:Bus Transport Articles in Draft Stage

Note that most of these are not reliable sources, but may be good "starting points" for narrowing down what to look for.

United States

• Chicago Transit & Railfan: histories of bus routes in many cities
• Baltimore Transit Archives
• Philadelphia Trolley Tracks

• Is there a bus-specific infobox? If not, that would be a good addition to have, since the Infobox automobile allows for some information to be displayed, but buses differ from cars in other ways that the automobile one doesn't do a bus justice. SteveCof00 (talk) 09:30, 12 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is one for an overall bus service, Template:Infobox bus transit, and one for individual bus routes, Template:Infobox busline. —Onore Baka Sama^{(speak | stalk)} 13:26, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

While those two are useful for articles about bus routes and services, there are articles being written about the vehicles themselves...Template:Infobox UK Bus is somewhat of a starting point, but it probably isn't used much outside of UK-related bus articles (for obvious reasons), and it seems to be more specific about buses on a specific route than a vehicle type. I was wondering if there was interest in an developing a bus specific infobox or using the automobile one for article like the Gillig Phantom, GM New Look, Blue Bird All American, etc...-SteveCof00 (talk) 22:24, 18 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox UK Bus was moved to Template:Infobox bus, which is now a redirect to Template:Infobox automobile. Template:Infobox bus may be considered the less confusing name to use, now. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 16:53, 29 August 2016 (UTC).[reply]

• Is there any standard format for fleet lists/rosters? (The ones I've seen on different Wikipedia pages seem to be a slap-dash mash-up of the very detailed information that appears on bus-specific web sites.) Useddenim (talk) 21:55, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• (add yours)
• Proposal to add a draft articles section so others can help and give advice to articles which have not yet been created related to bus NotOrrio (talk) 2:15, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

Related WikiProjects: Trains, Transport, Streetcars, Rapid transit, Wikipedia:WikiProject Environment/Green vehicle task force (electric buses); Commons:Commons:WikiProject BSicon.