How the bus has changed!
Have a look at these three pictures.
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| Enlarge Orion bus image | Enlarge Routemaster bus image | Enlarge Mercedes-Benz bus image |
| This is a bus from 1906. It was called a ‘motor omnibus’ and was powered by petrol. Passengers got on board at the back and reached the top deck by a spiral staircase. | This is a bus called a ‘Routemaster’, first used in London in 1956. By this date, the roof, staircase and driver's cab had been covered. | This is a Mercedes-Benz bus, on sale from 1997. It is a single-deck bus that bends in the middle so that it can get round corners. |
See if you can spot the things that are the same and different about two of these buses. Download the Same and Different activity sheet to help you.
