乗合自動車
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Meanings
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bus (on a regular route); transit bus; fixed-route bus
Historical term for a bus that operates on a fixed route, picking up passengers along the way. Now largely replaced by 路線バス (rosen basu) in modern usage.
See also: 路線バス
Before the war, fixed-route buses were the citizens' means of transportation.
Photographs of Taisho-era transit buses are displayed in this museum.