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A bus trailer may be:
  • A trailer
    Trailer (vehicle)
    A Trailer is generally an unpowered vehicle pulled by a powered vehicle. Commonly, the term trailer refers to such vehicles used for transport of goods and materials....

     attached to a bus
    Bus
    A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus seats a maximum of 8 to 300 passengers...

     or coach
    Coach (vehicle)
    In British and Australian English, the term coach is used to refer to a large motor vehicle for conveying passengers. To differentiate from other types of bus, a coach has a luggage hold separate from the passenger cabin...

    , usually for extra luggage space, or batteries for an electric bus
    Electric bus
    An electric bus is a bus powered by electricity.There are two main electric bus categories:* The trolleybus is a type of electric bus powered by two overhead electric wires, with electricity being drawn from one wire and returned via the other wire, using two roof-mounted trolley poles.* The...

  • the rear portions of an articulated bus
    Articulated bus
    Articulated buses , are articulated single-decker buses comprising two rigid parts linked together by a pivoting joint. This arrangement allows a longer legal length and thus a higher passenger capacity than rigid single decker buses, while still allowing the bus to be turned within the limitations...

    , permanently attached
  • a passenger carrying trailer, attached by a drawbar (haulage)
    Drawbar (haulage)
    A drawbar is a solid coupling between a hauling vehicle and its hauled load. Drawbars are in common use with rail transport, road trailers, both large and small, industrial and recreational, and with agricultural equipment.-Agriculture:...

     to a bus
  • a passenger carrying semi-trailer
    Semi-trailer
    In American English a semi-trailer is a trailer without a front axle. A large proportion of its weight is supported either by a road tractor or by a detachable front axle assembly known as a dolly or by the tail of another trailer...

    , as in a trailer bus
    Trailer bus
    A Trailer bus or articulated trailer bus is a bus formed out of a bus bodied semi-trailer pulled by a conventional tractor unit in the same way as a conventional articulated Semi-trailer truck....