A rigid bus (either a motor bus or trolleybus ) is a vehicle used in public transportation services with a single, rigid chassis. A bus of this type is to be contrasted with an articulated or bi-articulated bus , which will have two or more rigid sections linked by a pivoting joint , also with a trailer bus , which is formed out of a bus bodied semi-trailer pulled by a conventional tractor unit .
4-612: The DAF SB220 was a full-size single-decker bus chassis produced by DAF Bus International from 1985. Initially only built in left hand drive, in 1988 a right hand drive version was launched for the United Kingdom market. An articulated version was also manufactured. It was superseded by the DAF/VDL SB200 and SB250 . Makes and models of bodywork were fitted to the SB220 full-size single-decker bus chassis include
8-742: A uniform bus design developed for and by a number of European bus manufacturers, in two model generations, between the 1960s and the end of the 20th century. The German VöV-Standard-Bus includes the Mercedes-Benz O305 and the Mercedes-Benz O405 types, each of which, in both rigid and articulated forms, was widely acquired and used by bus operators in English-speaking countries outside North America. Rigid buses may be of either single-deck or double-deck design, and may have either two axles or multi-axles . However,
12-532: The following: [REDACTED] Media related to DAF SB220 at Wikimedia Commons Rigid bus The term "rigid bus" is used mainly in British English and Australian English and usually only when distinguishing such buses from articulated buses, such as describing a fleet that includes both types. In the case of two-axle buses, which must be single-chassis, rigid vehicles, British English often refers to such vehicles as "two-axle" buses, only using
16-491: The term "rigid" when referring to vehicles with three or more axles, which can be either rigid or articulated. The term "rigid bus" is not used in American English , where the distinction is commonly made using the term "non-articulated" bus or, when the context is clear, "standard bus". However, the term "standard bus" can be confusing, because it is sometimes used, in other English-speaking countries, referring to
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