shuttle bus

See also: shuttlebus

English

A "dollar van" in Union City, New Jersey, USA, operated as a shuttle bus along Bergenline Avenue

A Hertz shuttle bus at the airport in Seattle, Washington, USA, carrying passengers to and from the rented car parking lot

Alternative forms

• shuttle

Noun

shuttle bus (plural shuttle buses)

1. A short-haul minibus, typically privately owned, that shuttles passengers between set locations.

   Synonym: dollar van

Usage notes

In some cases, a shuttle bus operator such as an airport, hotel, or retirement community may offer to take all or certain passengers to a wider range of locations as needed as an additional courtesy. Compare the similar expanded uses of limousine and the more generally variable shared taxi, whose use is usually not limited to a certain establishments' current customers.

Translations

transport service

Chinese: Mandarin: 穿梭客車 / 穿梭客车 (chuānsuō kèchē), 穿梭公車 / 穿梭公车 (chuānsuō gōngchē), 穿梭巴士 (chuānsuō bāshì), 擺渡車 / 摆渡车 (bǎidùchē) Estonian: kutsikas (et) Finnish: sukkulabussi German: Pendelbus m, Shuttlebus m, Zubringerbus m Irish: seirbhís tointeála f (service), tointeálaí m (vehicle) Italian: navetta (it) f Japanese: シャトルバス (ja) (shatorubasu), リムジンバス (ja) (rimujinbasu) Korean: 마을버스 (ko) (ma'eulbeoseu), 셔틀버스 (syeoteulbeoseu) Norwegian: Bokmål: skyttelbuss m Nynorsk: skyttelbuss m Polish: autobus wahadłowy m Russian: маршру́тный авто́бус m (maršrútnyj avtóbus), маршру́тка (ru) f (maršrútka) (marshrutka) Swedish: skyttelbuss (sv) c Thai: รถเวียน (rót-wiian)