Bruck (vehicle)

This article is about buses that carry both passengers and goods. For trucks with passenger "containers", see Combination bus.
A bus in Finland in the early 20th century with the cargo area totally separated from the bus body
1937 Chevrolet bodied by Anco in Trondheim with an open cargo area integrated with the body
A preserved 1951 Kenworth bruck displayed at the Whitefish Depot
1960 Scania-Vabis L75 bodied by Kristiansund Lettmetall, carrying six passengers
1965 Mercedes-Benz LPO322 from Sweden, a typical "skvader"
1983 Repstad-bodied Volvo B10M, converted for transport of racing horses
14.5-metre 1991 Delta Star 501 on Volvo B10M with cantilever tail lift
2003 Volvo 9700S on B12M from Telemark Bilruter, with all doors open. Manual pallet jack is standard equipment for single-person operation.
2003 Helmark-bodied Scania K124EB double-decker bruck in Östersund
2006 Volvo 9700HD with walk-in cargo compartment from Savonlinja in Lahti
2009 Volvo 9700HD NG bruck coach from Bussring. In service for Riksteatret, outside their headquarters in Nydalen, Oslo.

A bruck (blended from the words bus and truck) is a type of bus or coach built to combine goods and passenger transport where it is most profitable or most convenient compared to separate vehicles. The word bruck was used in North America. In Australia they were known as passenger-freighters. In Europe they are known as Kombinationsbus (German), seka-auto (Finnish), kombibuss (Norwegian) and godsbuss (Swedish), with even the nickname skvader. They have for practical reasons mostly been built on front- or mid-engined chassis. In North America and Australia this type of bus was introduced in the late 1940s as a replacement for unprofitable railway lines, while in Europe they have been around since the first buses.