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:''Not to be confused with a Train-replacement bus service A railbus is a very lightweight type passenger rail vehicle (typically non-articulated or rigid frame) that shares many aspects of its construction with a bus, usually having a bus, or modified bus, body and having four wheels on a fixed base, instead of on bogies. These railbuses, a design developed in the 1930s, have evolved into larger dimensions, performance and characteristics similar in appearance to a light railcar, and today the terms railcar and railbus are often used interchangeably. Railbuses designed for use specifically on little-used railway lines were commonly employed in countries such as Germany, Italy, France, the United Kingdom and Sweden.〔(Hilding Carlsson and his Railcar Company ) - Retrieved on 2010-04-20〕 Today railbuses are being replaced by modern light DMU railcar designs. ==British Rail railbuses== (詳細はBritish Rail produced a variety of railbuses as a means both of building new rolling stock cheaply, and to provide services on lightly used lines economically. A variety of railbus known as Pacers, which were constructed in the 1980s, are still in common use today, although they are being gradually replaced. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「railbus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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