Description

Bus ticket – a ticket good for a ride on a bus. ticket – a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment)

1. bus service – a public utility providing local transportation. bus company. transportation company – a company providing transportation. public utility, public utility company, public-service corporation, utility – a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation.

A ticket, or travel document, in the context of passenger transport industry, is a token that proves that an individual has acquired the right to use a service of public transportation such as bus, train, ferry etc., according to terms agreed between the service provider and the passenger.

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) has launched online bus booking on its official website: www.bus.irctc.co.in.

The History of Bus
The word bus is short for omnibus, which means “for everyone.” Bus was first used in this sense in the 1830s, its “everyone” meaning referencing the fact that anyone could join the coach along its route, unlike with stagecoaches, which had to be pre-booked.