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ZIL-131 truck bus

ZiL-131 of Tambov OMON units in Nizhny Novgorod with a "truck-bus" on a ZIL-130 chassis 24 April 2007.

A combination bus, also called a truck bus or shift bus, is a purpose-built truck with a "passenger container" fulfilling the role of a bus. Such vehicles used to be common in Communist Bloc countries and in developing countries. AN alternative can be a passenger/cargo container mounted on a truck chassis or a bus with a large open or closed in cargo area.

Truck buses were mainly used by the military, the police anti-riot units, as school buses, and by state owned companies on short routes for employees.

Construction

Combination buses are built by installing a complete box body by putting equipped for transporting people onto a truck chassis. The body is independent and separate from the driver. There is usually no passage between the cab and box body. The body is equipped with windows, a separate internal lighting and heating or air conditioning sytems. Related bodies are different types of mobile workshops or specialized military superstructure. Comfort for passengers is minimal.

Israeli Tiyulit used to transport IDF soldiers

Some companies did manufacture truckbuses by installing a psuedo bus body on an all wheel drive truck chassis.

Usage

Due to the minimum of comfort provided by the combination bus, they are suitable for transport over short distances only. Specifically, the distribution of workers in large workplaces under the open sky such as a large construction site, agricultural labor, quarries or surface mines. Often these vehicles built on chassis off-road vehicles. These vehicles are encountered as well as the intervention of different cars of police, commandos and anti-terrorism units.

Gallery

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  Swedish bus with taillift for transporting goods and peopl
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  Mercedes-Benz LPO 322
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  Star 200 truck with passengers bodywork for Milicja Obywatelska in Poland.
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  Modern Tiyulit truck bus in Israel used for transporting IDF soldiers in open non-paved terrain

See also

• bus truck
• List of buses