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A single deck Arriva Low floor Mercedes-Benz Citaro.

A single deck Stagecoach Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart SLF.

A single deck First Hampshire & Dorset Wright Eclipse Urban bodied Volvo B7RLE.

A single-decker bus or single-decker is a bus that has a single deck for passengers. Normally the use of the term single-decker refers to a standard two-axled rigid bus, in direct contrast to the use of the term double-decker bus, which is essentially a bus with two passengers decks and a staircase. These types of single-deckers may feature one or more doors, and varying internal combustion engine positions.

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 or related terms, which can correctly be applied to double-deckers too.

With the exception of regions of major double deck or articulated bus operation, usually urban areas, the single decker is the standard mode of public transport bus travel, increasingly with low floor features.

With their origins in van chassis, minibuses are not usually considered single-deckers, although modern minibus designs blur this distinction. Midibuses 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, with a different body style applied.

Examples of single-decker buses (excluding coaches, midibuses and minibuses)

• Alexander Dennis Enviro300


• Alexander Dennis Enviro350H


• DAF SB220


• Dennis Falcon


• Dennis Lance/Lance SLF


• Irisbus Agoraline


• MAN NL262


• MAN NLxx3F


• Mercedes-Benz Citaro


• Mercedes-Benz O305


• Mercedes-Benz O405


• Mercedes-Benz O500M/U


• Mercedes-Benz OC 500 LE


• Mercedes-Benz OF-OH


• Optare Excel


• Optare Tempo


• Scania Citywide


• Scania K UB


• Scania L113


• Scania L94UB


• Scania N UB


• Scania N113


• Scania N94UB


• Scania OmniCity


• VDL SB200


• VDL SB250


• Volvo B7RLE


• Volvo B10B


• Volvo B10BLE


• Volvo B10M


• Volvo B12BLE

See also

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• Tram


• Bus rapid transit


• List of buses

References