page_title: Double-decker bus
section_title: Russia
hierarchical_section_title: Double-decker bus / Europe / Russia
caption_attribution_description: English: MAN SD200 double-decker on the route T-4 in Saint-Petersburg,Russia
context_page_description: A double-decker bus is a bus that has two storeys or decks. Double-decker buses are used for mass transport in the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia and many former European possessions, the most iconic example being the red London bus, namely the AEC Routemaster.
  Early double-deckers put the driver in a separate cab. Passenger access was via an open platform at the rear, and a bus conductor would collect fares. Modern double-deckers have a main entrance door at the front, and the driver takes fares, thus halving the number of bus workers aboard, but slowing the boarding process. The rear open platform, popular with passengers, was abandoned for safety reasons, as there was a risk of passengers falling when running and jumping onto the bus.
  Double-deckers are primarily for commuter transport but open-top models are used as sight-seeing buses for tourists. William Gladstone, speaking of London's double-deck horse-drawn omnibuses, once observed that "...the best way to see London is from the top of a bus".
context_section_description: Until 2011 double-decker buses were operating in the city of Barnaul. The double-decker fleet consisted of 7 MAN SD200 and MAN SD202 second hand buses imported from Berlin. Those buses were used on routes 3, 10 and 17.
  In the mid-1990s, some double-deckers were operated briefly in Saint Petersburg.
caption: MAN SD200 on route T-4 in Saint-Petersburg in 2000s
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