Will that be one deck or two?
In Ireland for travelling around a city, we tend to prefer two decks, when it comes to buses – the double decker type. You might have thought they’ve gotta be green, green, green. It’s Ireland, afterall! But you would be wrong. Most of our Dublin Bus buses, at any rate, are yellow and blue!
In Canada, city buses are typically single-tiered affairs and in Toronto they are run by the TTC and are red and white (how patriotic is that!). Do not be led in to thinking that the double-decker is exclusive territory of the Irish and British isles – the GO buses, the Greater Toronto Transit Authority, which connect Toronto with nearby suburbs and cities, are of the double-decker variety, and are green and white.
When it comes to intercity travel, the Irish tend to travel on Bus Eireann, and this like the Canadian Greyhound, is a single deck experience.
The Go buses connect Toronto and nearby suburbs and towns/cities.
Dublin Bus runs the buses that serve Dublin city. Like in Canada, advertisements often get plastered on much of a bus' real estate. We're reminded to bin our gum or face heavy fines.
This is one of the TTC buses which serves the city of Toronto.
Bus Eireann is Ireland's inter city bus service.