Definition of Bus line

1. Noun. An organization responsible for operating a bus transportation system.

Generic synonyms: Transit Line
Terms within: Fleet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bus Line

bus.
bus bar
bus bridge
bus bridges
bus buddy
bus bulb
bus company
bus depot
bus driver
bus duct
bus fare
bus kanaka
bus kanakas
bus lane
bus lanes
bus line (current term)
bus mastering
bus masterings
bus ministries
bus ministry
bus rapid transit
bus route
bus routes
bus service
bus shelter
bus station
bus stations
bus stop
bus stops
bus terminal

Literary usage of Bus line

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1915)
"The bus line coupler or jumper (Fig. 16) consists of a short section of ... 16—Car bus line Jumper. 16. The bus line fuse is identical with the main fuse. ..."

2. Motor Vehicle Transportation: The Development of the Automobile as a by Henry Clifford Spurr (1922)
"So far as the route south of Second street is concerned, nothing in this case proves that the bus line is a necessity or would be a convenience. ..."

3. Annotated Consolidated Laws of the State of New York: As Amended to January by Clarence Frank Birdseye, Robert Cushing Cumming, Frank Bixby Gilbert, New York (State). (1916)
"One who operates In a city a motor vehicle connected with a bus line, ... A municipal license permitting the licensee to operate a jitney bus line within ..."

4. Electrical Railroading; Or, Electricity as Applied to Railroad Transportation by Sidney Aylmer-Small (1908)
"THE bus line JUNCTION BOX is provided for connecting the ends of the bus line ... THE SHOE FUSE BOX is very similar to the main and bus line fuse boxes, ..."

5. Electric Railway Troubles and how to Find Them: A Comprehensive Treatise on by Paul Emilius Lowe (1909)
"bus line. On third rail equipments a bus line is sometimes installed to supply ... The bus line also insures against failure of current due to sleet on the ..."

6. Department Reports of the State of Ohio: Containing the Decisions, Opinions (1922)
"That, for purchase and sale purposes, the value of sa'd bus line property, composed as aforesaid, is the sum of $15000.00, and That the public will, ..."

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