A Double-decker train in Sydney

Double-decker buses were reintroduced to Lahore after 20 years

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• a bus, fixed-wing aircraft, train, tram, ferry or any public transit vehicle that has two levels for passengers, one deck above the other;
• a sandwich with three layers of bread and two layers of filling;
• a road and bridge that has one roadway above another.

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Bus

Main article: Double-decker bus

A double-decker bus (left) and a single-decker bus (right) in Hong Kong, China

A double-decker bus in São Paulo, Brazil.

Double-decker buses are taller than other buses. They are extensively used in the United Kingdom, where perhaps the most famous was the London Routemaster, removed from normal service in December 2005 (although they still operate on heritage routes). Elsewhere in Europe, double-deckers are used throughout the Dublin Bus network and some Bus Éireann routes in Ireland, where they are making a comeback on Dublin's outer suburban routes (e.g. Dublin-Navan) and in Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford. They are a common sight in Berlin, where the BVG makes extensive use of them. Double-decker long-distance coaches are in widespread use throughout Europe. A London AEC Routemaster, RML 2473 (JJD 473D), on route 7 approaching Ladbroke Grove tube station in April 2002. ... ImageMetadata File history File links HongKongBuses. ... ImageMetadata File history File links HongKongBuses. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article is about the city. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... First London AEC Routemaster, RML 2473 (JJD 473D), on route 7 towards Ladbroke Grove tube station, April 2002. ... Dublin Bus (Irish: ) is a public transport operator in the Republic of Ireland. ... Bus Éireann, or Irish Bus, provides bus services in the Republic of Ireland with the exception of those operated entirely within the Dublin Region, which are provided by Dublin Bus. ... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... The Berlin U-Bahn train type A3L92 The Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (German: Berlin Transportation Company), often abbreviated the BVG, manages the Berlin U-Bahn, the Berlin Straßenbahn, and the Berlin bus network, as well as several ferry lines. ...

Most buses in Hong Kong and about half in Singapore are double-deckers. The only areas in North America that use double-decker buses for public transport are the western Canadian province of British Columbia, United States cities of Las Vegas and Seattle. They are currently being tested in Ottawa on the express routes. Since 1968 Unitrans, affiliated with the University of California, Davis, has used vintage double-decker buses for public transport in the city of Davis, California, in the United States. Davis is also home to the first vintage double-decker bus converted from diesel gasoline to run on CNG. On the Las Vegas Strip, The Deuce operates an all-double-decker fleet, and Citizens Area Transit runs double deckers on two local routes. The city of Victoria, BC, Kelowna, BC and a couple of others use Dennis Tridents. A few are also used as tour buses, especially in New York. Double-deckers have been used in Mumbai since 1937. Motto: Splendor sine occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor Steven Point Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 36 Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area  Ranked 5th Total 944... For further information, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ... Seattle redirects here. ... This article is about the capital city of Canada. ... Unitrans is the name for the transit system which operates in Davis, California. ... The University of California, Davis, commonly known as UC Davis, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, and was established as the University Farm in 1905. ... The south end of The Strip; approximately one third of the entire Strip is represented here. ... A Deuce bus loading passengers at the downtown terminal. ... A typical CAT bus The Downtown Transportation Center Citizens Area Transit (or CAT) is the name of the bus system in the Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada area. ... Victorias Inner Harbour with the Provincial Legislature in the background. ... Kelowna (2005 Population 105,621, Metropolitan Area 165,221) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. ... KMBs 12m Trident 3 (ATR5) with Alexander ALX500 body. ... This article is about the state. ... , Bombay redirects here. ...

In Brazil, where buses are sometimes the only interstate transport, some companies use double-decker buses, like those that Viação Cometa uses in the route between Campinas and Rio de Janeiro. Double-decker buses are in widespread use in India, notably in Mumbai, where they are operated by Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST). Most of these buses are local derivatives of either Roadmaster or Leyland. Nickname: Motto: Labore virtute civitas floret(Latin) Labour and virtue make the city blossom Location of Campinas Country Brazil State São Paulo Government  - Mayor Hélio de Oliveira Santos (Democrat Labour Party (Brazil)) Area  - City 797. ... This article is about the Brazilian city. ... , Bombay redirects here. ... The BEST (Marathi: बृहन्मुंबई विद्युतपुरवठा आणि परिवहन उपक्रम / बेस्ट) or the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport is Mumbais public transport service and electricity provider. ...

Some double-decker buses have an open upper deck, with no roof and shallow sides. These are popular for sightseeing tours.

Aircraft

Airbus A380 double decker airliner

Many early seaplane airliners, such as the Boeing 314 Clipper and Short Sandringham, had two decks for passengers. Following World War II the Stratocruiser, a double-decked derivative of the B-29 Superfortress, became popular with airlines around the world. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, four-engine airliner manufactured by the European corporation Airbus, an EADS subsidiary. ... A DeHavilland Single Otter floatplane in Harbour Air livery. ... The Boeing 314 Clipper was a long-range flying boat produced by Boeing from 1938 to 1941. ... The Short Sandringham was an airliner derivative of the Short Sunderland military flying boat. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was airliner version of the 367 Boeing Stratofreighter, which in turn was the transport version of B-29 Superfortress. ... The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was a four-engine heavy bomber propeller aircraft flown by the United States Army Air Forces in World War II and other military organizations afterwards. ...

The first double-deck jet airliner was the Boeing 747, with the top deck smaller than the main level. The new Airbus A380 has two decks extending the full length of the fuselage. Singapore Airlines took delivery of the first A380-800 in a ceremony in Toulouse, France. SIA had fitted them with 12 private luxury suites and two double beds. ^[1]. The Boeing 747, sometimes nicknamed the Jumbo Jet,[4][5] is a long-haul, widebody commercial airliner manufactured by Boeing in the United States. ... The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, four-engine airliner manufactured by the European corporation Airbus, an EADS subsidiary. ... Singapore Airlines Limited (Abbreviation: SIA; Chinese: ; pinyin: , abbreviated ; Malay: ; Tamil: ) (SGX: S55) is the national airline of Singapore. ...

Train

Main article: Bilevel car

Double-deck rail car operated by GO Transit, Ontario, Canada

Because of the height of tunnels and overhead power wires, many double-deck trains set the bottom deck low down, between the bogies. Usually the entrance doors are above the bogies, and there is only one deck at the entrance area. From there one can go upstairs or downstairs. For example, for the DD-IRM (see below) it is one step up from the station platform to the entrance, and from there seven steps up or four steps down. Some double-decker trains have their entrance doors on the lower level and no steps are needed to get to the lower deck. Double-deck rail car operated by GO Transit, Ontario, Canada Bilevel car is a clever design to solve the problem of increasing passenger capacity on railcars, without squeezing more (smaller) seats into the same space and/or decreasing the pitch (distance between seats). ... Go Train This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Go Train This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... // GO Transit (AAR reporting marks GOT), officially known as the Greater Toronto Transit Authority (GTTA), is Canadas first, and Ontarios only, interregional public transit system, established to link Toronto with the surrounding regions of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). ... A disused railway tunnel now converted to pedestrian and bicycle use, near Houyet, Belgium A tunnel is an underground passage. ... A bogie is a wheeled wagon or trolley. ... Stairs, staircase, stairway, flight of stairs are all names for a construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances, called steps. ... A railway platform is a section of pathway, alongside rail tracks at a train station, metro station or tram stop, at which passengers may board or alight from trains or trams. ...

Other double-deck cars do not have a full upper deck but have a gallery on each side, each with a row of single seats. An example is the bilevel cars provided and leased in the U.S. by Metra in and around Chicago. They are of a design proven in service and steadily refined since their introduction in the 1950s. These "bilevel gallery cars" are among the most successful designs developed, and are in daily use in Chicago, San Francisco, and Montreal (Agence métropolitaine de transport). They provide high capacity (155 to 169 passengers each) and use standard, off-the-shelf components, without relying on proprietary, expensive and hard-to-get replacement parts. Chicago's commuter rail system, Metra, is currently receiving new versions of these cars and Caltrain, the San Francisco area commuter rail authority, has recently overhauled its fleet. NJ Transit has recently introduced bilevel trains. One common model in the United States is the Bombardier BiLevel Coach. Bilevel cars were a clever design to solve the problem of increasing passenger capacity on railcars, without squeezing more (smaller) seats into the same space and/or decreasing the pitch (distance between seats). ... A Metra Train Metra (Officially known as the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation) is a regional rail that serves the city of Chicago, Illinois, and surrounding cities, many of them Chicago suburbs. ... Nickname: Motto: Concordia Salus (well-being through harmony) Coordinates: , Country Province Region Montréal Founded 1642 Established 1832 Government  - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1][2][3]  - Total 365. ... The Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) or (English: Metropolitan Transportation Agency) (AAR reporting marks AMT) is the umbrella organization that plans, integrates, and coordinates public transportation services across Canadas Greater Montreal Region, including the Island of Montreal, Laval (ÃŽle Jésus), and communities along both the North Shore... A Metra Train Metra (Officially known as the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation) is a regional rail that serves the city of Chicago, Illinois, and surrounding cities, many of them Chicago suburbs. ... Caltrain is a commuter rail line on the San Francisco Peninsula and the Santa Clara Valley in the United States. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... A Connex commuter train stands by the platform in Melbourne, Australia Regional rail systems, or commuter rail systems, usually provide a rail service through a central business district area into suburbs or other locations that draw large numbers of people on a daily basis. ... New Jersey Transit Arrow III at West Windsor, NJ Hudson-Bergen Light Rail vehicle at 2nd Street station New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit) is a statewide public transportation system serving the U.S. state of New Jersey. ... A BiLevel coach in service with Torontos GO Transit. ...

An advantage of bilevel gallery cars is the relatively low first step of the vestibule entrance to the car, which is 14 5/8" (371 mm) above the head of the rail. The advantage of this is that commuter rail operators do not have to build high-level platforms; a low-level platform is all that is necessary.

Cable Car (Aerial Tramway)

Main article: Aerial tramway

The double-deck Vanoise Express cable car carries 200 people in each cabin at a height of 380 m (1250') over the Ponturin gorge in France. An Aerial tramway in Italy. ... A gorge is a narrow passage between steep mountains or hills. ...

A double-decker "Balloon" tram in Blackpool

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Tram

Main article: double decker tram

Hong Kong Tramways is the only tram company that operates double-deck trams exclusively. A double-decker tram is a tram that has two levels. ... Hong Kong Double-Decker Tram (#120), the only tram in the fleet that retained its 1950s style. ... A modern tram in the Töölö district of Helsinki, Finland A tram (or tramway, trolley, streetcar, tramcar, Straßenbahn) is a railborne vehicle (lighter than a train) for transport of passengers (or, occasionally, freight). ...

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From 1910 to 1964, double-deck trams were in use in Mumbai.

Bridge

"Metrobridge" Vorobyovy Gory (ru:Метромост) double-deck bridge in Moscow.

The term double-decker is also used for bridges, such as the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, with two road levels. Tsing Ma Bridge and Kap Shui Mun Bridge in Hong Kong have six lanes on their upper decks, and on their lower decks there are two lanes and a pair of tracks for MTR metro trains. Some double-decker bridges only use one level for street traffic; the Washington Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis reserves its lower level for automobile traffic and its upper level for pedestrian and bicycle traffic (predominantly students at the University of Minnesota). Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 1275 KB) Original uploaded in Russian Wikipedia at Станция метро Воробьевы горы, ночь 2006. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 1275 KB) Original uploaded in Russian Wikipedia at Станция метро Воробьевы горы, ночь 2006. ... edit Vorobyovy Gory (Russian: ) is a station on the Sokolnicheskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ... This article is about the edifice (including an index to articles on specific bridge types). ... The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge ( ; known locally as the Bay Bridge) is a toll bridge which spans San Francisco Bay and links the California cities of Oakland and San Francisco in the United States, as part of Interstate 80. ... For other uses, see Road (disambiguation). ... Tsing Ma Bridge (青馬大橋) by night Tsing Ma Bridge (Chinese: 青馬大橋; Cantonese: cing1 maa5 daai6 kiu4; Mandarin: Qīngmǎ dàqiáo) (named after two islands of Tsing Yi (青衣島) and Ma Wan (馬灣) in Cantonese), of Hong Kong is the worlds sixth largest suspension bridge (22° 21N, 114° 04 E). ... The Kap Shui Mun Bridge (KSMB)in Hong Kong is the worlds longest cable-stayed bridge carrying both road and railway traffic, with the upper deck for motor vehicles, and the lower deck for both vehicles and the MTR. It has a main span of 430 metres and an... This article is about the metro system in Hong Kong. ... The Washington Avenue Bridge crosses the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota and connects the East Bank and West Bank portions of the University of Minnesotas main campus. ... Minneapolis redirects here. ... This article is about the oldest and largest campus of the University of Minnesota. ...

Robert Stephenson's High Level Bridge across the River Tyne in Newcastle upon Tyne, completed in 1849, is an early example of a double-deck bridge. The upper level carries a railway, and the lower level is used for road traffic. Statue of Robert Stephenson at Euston Station, London Robert Stephenson FRS (October 16, 1803–October 12, 1859) was an English civil engineer. ... The High Level Bridge, towering above the Swing Bridge across the River Tyne; photograph facing Newcastle The High Level Bridge is a notable road and railway bridge spanning the River Tyne between Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, in North East England. ... The Tyne looking west and upstream from the Newcastle bank towards the Gateshead Millennium Bridge The Tyne Bridge across the River Tyne between Newcastle and Gateshead. ... This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ...

Another example is Craigavon Bridge in Derry, Northern Ireland. The Oresund Bridge between Copenhagen and Malmö consists of a four-lane highway on the upper level and a pair of railway tracks at the lower level. The Craigavon Bridge in 2005. ... For other places with similar names, see Derry (disambiguation) and Londonderry (disambiguation). ... Northern Ireland (Irish: , Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a constituent country of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... The Oresund Bridge (Danish Øresundsbroen, Swedish Öresundsbron, joint hybrid name Øresundsbron) is a combined two-track rail and four-lane road bridge across the Oresund strait. ... For other uses, see Copenhagen (disambiguation). ... Motto: FrÃ¥n arbetarstad till kunskapsstad (eng: From industrial city to knowledge city) Location of Malmö in northern Europe Coordinates: , Country  Sweden Municipality Malmö Municipality County SkÃ¥ne County Province Scania (SkÃ¥ne) Charter 13th century Government  - Mayor Illmar Reepalu Area  - City 335. ...

Tunnel

Some tunnels are double-deck, for example the Eastern Harbour Crossing in Hong Kong, where roads and rails (the MTR metro) occupy different decks of the tunnel. Entrance to Eastern Harbour Crossing at Cha Kwo Ling with tollgates EHC redirects here. ... This article is about the metro system in Hong Kong. ...

The two major segments of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (completed in 1936) are linked by a double-deck tunnel, once the largest diameter tunnel in the world. At construction this was a combination bidirectional rail and truck pathway on the lower deck with automobiles above, now converted to one-way road vehicle traffic on each deck. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge ( ; known locally as the Bay Bridge) is a toll bridge which spans San Francisco Bay and links the California cities of Oakland and San Francisco in the United States, as part of Interstate 80. ...

A recent double-decke tunnel with both decks for motor vehicles is the Fuxing Road Tunnel in Shanghai, China. Cars travel on the two-lane upper deck and heavier vehicles on the single-lane lower. For other uses, see Shanghai (disambiguation). ...

Double decker trailer

A double-decker trailer is a two-level trailer with living quarters in it, or "travel trailer". When traveling the trailer is only as high as a regular trailer, but when set up it increases in height to two full levels. Built by Jexcar and others, they are often used in motion picture production as portable dressing rooms. Image File history File links JexcarDoubleDecker. ... Utility trailer A Trailer is generally an unpowered vehicle pulled by a powered vehicle. ... A travel trailer or caravan is a trailer towed behind a road vehicle (or even a horse) to provide a place to sleep which is more comfortable, sheltered and protected than a tent (although there are fold-down tent trailers [1]) . It provides the means for people to have their...

Elevator

A double-deck elevator is an elevator with two elevator cars on top of each other. For shuttle elevators the double-deck elevator increases passenger capacity while occupying less building core space. Where used as local elevators the paired stopping requirement frequently serves as a major annoyance to passengers as the elevator stops in response to calls on the deck in which one is not a passenger. The extremely high cost of double-deck elevators must be carefully weighed against the total quantity of "saved" space in the building, since they require double lobbies for loading, which both diminish space in the building and create the need for additional escalators and shuttle elevators to serve the two lobbies. Double-deck elevators at Midland Square, Nagoya, Japan Double-deck elevators are elevators designed such that two elevator cars are attached one on top of the other. ... For other uses, see Elevator (disambiguation). ...

To passengers, unregistered stops (announced by a sign that illuminates "Serving other deck") delay those who are travelling onward. The application of destination controls was originally thought to decrease the quantity of unwanted stops on double-deck local elevators, but actually increases this quantity, as the more sophisticated software works to make each deck more efficient. The annoyance factor, which is not minor (up to 20% of stops occur on one deck only when both are occupied), is mitigated by increasing the number of double-deck local elevators.

Once a sufficient quantity of double-deck local elevators are added to mitigate the unwanted stop problem, the cost of the elevators generally overwhelms the value of saved space.

Food-related meanings

Double Decker is a brand of chocolate bar from Cadbury UK. A Double Decker in its characteristic wrapping. ... Cadbury Schweppes plc (Cadbury Trebor Bassett), (NYSE: CSG) is a confectionery and beverage company with its headquarters in London. ...

The double-decker sandwich, most notably the club sandwich, is a common staple all over the world, consists of two layers of turkey, lettuce, tomato, bacon, and various condiments sandwiched between three pieces of bread. A typical club sandwich A club sandwich, also called a clubhouse sandwich, is a type of sandwich most frequently served as a double-decker, requiring three (rather than two) slices of bread. ...

Also a type of taco from taco bell. They take a burrito and pile refried beans on top. Then they put a taco shell on top of the refried beans and wrap the burrito around the shell. They they take a taco shell put in your choice of meat, then put in cheese, lettuce, and salsa.

Other contexts

Two-storey outhouses have been built and referred to as a "double-decker", which suggests that almost anything configured in that way might get the term in a more generic sense. The double-decker outhouse has been used as an unflattering metaphor for the "Trickle-down theory" of politics or economics.^[2] Outhouse near Crabapple Lake, Washington, United States, with wafer board walls, and a fiberglass ceiling An outhouse, (also known as a privy, kybo, jakes or earth-closet) usually refers to a type of toilet in a small structure separate from the main building which does not have a flush or... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Trickle-down effect. ...

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• List of railroad car manufacturers by country (French)

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