Transport Fever 3 Buses: All 25 Buses With Stats

Buses are the cheapest way to put a passenger line on the road in Transport Fever 3, and they are currently the only vehicle category the official Wiki documents with a full stats table. All 25 buses are listed below with availability years, power, top speed, weight, capacity and load speed, transcribed from the official Wiki's vehicle manual and re-verified against the live page on October 10, 2026.

A scope note before the table: Transport Fever 3 ships with more than 300 vehicles across rail, road, trams, ships and aircraft, but the official Wiki has so far published row-level stats only for the bus category. Treat this page as the verified core of the road-passenger fleet, not the whole roster.

All 25 buses with stats

Bus	Availability	Power	Top speed	Weight	Capacity	Load speed
Droshky	1892 - 1915	4	17	1	4	2
Stagecoach	1896 - 1925	8	20	1	6	3
L'Obéissante	1905 - 1935	15	25	2	6	2
Postbus ET 13	1913 - 1945	20	30	4	8	2.5
Daimler Deck Seat Car	1919 - 1965	35	35	5	12	1.5
Yellow Coach Model W	1925 - 1970	67	40	8	10	2
Mitsubishi Fuso B46	1932 - 1975	80	50	10	8	3
Saurer Tüscher	1939 - 1975	80	50	8	10	2
Scania-Vabis H15	1945 - 1990	132	50	11	13	3
AEC Routemaster	1954 - 2000	86	60	7.5	25	4
Citroën U55 Cityrama	1956 - 1980	63	50	7.5	15	3
GM New Look Fishbowl	1959 - 2005	160	70	8	10	4
Isuzu BU10P	1963 - 2010	120	60	10	15	1.5
Shinjin Microbus	from 1970	100	65	12	15	2.5
Mercedes-Benz O303	1974 - 2010	213	90	15	15	3
Beijing BK670	1976 - 2010	210	70	16	20	2
Mercedes-Benz O405 G	1985 - 2020	184	80	15	24	4
New Flyer D40	from 1990	190	90	12	17	2.5
Mercedes-Benz Citaro G1	from 1997	220	80	15	28	5
Irisbus Crossway LE	from 2007	243	120	15	20	3
Wright StreetCar	from 2008	220	70	22	28	4
Zuhai GTQ	from 2017	160	60	17	30	4.5
Mercedes-Benz eCitaro	from 2019	150	70	14	20	2.5
Rampini Eltron	from 2025	210	80	12	12	3
King Long Merry Combo	from 2029	480	120	18	22	2.5

How to pick between two buses

Capacity and load speed decide line economics more than top speed on town routes. A bus that loads passengers faster spends less time at each stop, which matters once a line serves four or five stops in a city core; top speed mostly matters on intercity shuttles where the run between stops is long. Availability years are the other filter — early-era maps lock you out of the modern entries at the bottom of the table, so a "best bus" answer that ignores your start year is wrong by definition.

If you are choosing between a bus line and a tram line for the same corridor, the honest answer is that the official Wiki does not yet publish tram stats to compare against — that comparison opens up once the remaining vehicle tables are documented. What is already verifiable: buses run on ordinary roads (no track investment), which is why they are the standard first passenger service.

Stop placement: the part that actually breaks bus lines

Player consensus this month converges on one rule: keep stops off the main road. A bus paused at a stop on a single-carriageway main road blocks every vehicle behind it, and early-game maps are full of exactly those roads (creator demonstration plus player reports, October 2026 — evidence note below). The companion mistakes are placing both directions of a stop on the same curb and under-provisioning the road before densifying a line. Our tips page collects the station-sizing and one-way patterns that pair with this.

FAQ

What is the best bus in Transport Fever 3?

There is no single best: the table above sorts by era, not rank. In practical terms, take the highest-capacity bus your availability window allows for busy town circuits, and prefer higher load speed for short-hop lines with many stops. If two buses tie on capacity, the cheaper running cost wins — the Wiki table records capacity and speed, and in-game running costs fill the last column of the decision.

Are buses better than trams in Transport Fever 3?

Buses need no track, so they are strictly the cheaper first line; trams carry more per vehicle on corridors you expect to keep for the whole game. Because the official Wiki has not published tram stats yet, a numbers-based comparison is not possible today — this page will link one as soon as the data exists.

Why is my bus not picking up passengers?

Check three things in order: the stop is connected to a destination that wants passengers, the line actually includes both stops, and the stop is not placed where traffic jams prevent buses from reaching it. Stop placement on main roads is the most common cause — see the section above.

Related guides

Pair the table with the stop-placement patterns in tips and tricks, the cargo-side fleet reference in cargo types, the rail-side network mechanics in the trains guide, and the platform decision in the mods guide if you intend to add vehicle mods to your fleet.

Version and evidence notes

• Bus stats table (25 rows): official Wiki vehicle manual, re-verified against the live page October 10, 2026.
• Vehicle total (300+): official launch materials, checked October 10, 2026.
• Stop-placement guidance: creator demonstration plus player reports, October 2026 — player-community reports, verify in your own city before restructuring a line.
• Checked against Steam stable build 40420 (October 8, 2026).