Expand your bus empire to feature a school bus service, be sure not to miss pick ups and drop offs, or you’ll have a lot of angry parent emails to answer to!
Paderborn, Germany, 10th December 2025: PeDePe and Aerosoft are proud to share the release of City Bus Manager’s newest DLC,School Bus & Student Transportation, available now on PC via Steam for only €9.99 (inclusive of a 20% launch discount).
City Bus Manager made an instant impact in Early Access, inspiring players worldwide to recreate and improve the bus networks they use every day, expanding coverage, designing smarter routes, and building the transport systems they always wished existed.
With the new “School Bus & Student Transportation” DLC, players can take their networks further by adding a complete, highly realistic school transport ecosystem to their cities. Starting today, players can add 10 new school bus models from different regions, plan dedicated school routes with morning pickup and afternoon drop-off lines, and tune schedules to authentic, country-specific school timetables. New features like a Student Pass ticket type, school satisfaction ratings, punctuality tracking, and fresh stats make every route a test of reliability and safety, especially as student numbers shift by district, residential zones, and time of day.
Main Features of the School Bus & Student Transportation DLC Include:
- Ten new school bus models: from compact regional buses to classic long-body school vehicles
- New line type: Create school-only bus routes, adapting to student numbers and home locations
- Timetable integration: Match your schedules to real-world school hours based on each country
- New ticket type: Introduce Student Passes for dedicated school routes
- Detailed statistics: School satisfaction ratings, punctuality scores and comprehensive feedback
- New scenarios and challenges reflecting the daily demands of running a city’s school transport network
Buy, maintain, clean and schedule buses, manage your staff, and turn your company into a thriving transport empire. The “School Bus & Student Transportation” DLC for City Bus Manager is available now for PC via Steam.
About Aerosoft – HOUSE OF SIMULATION
Aerosoft GmbH was founded in 1991 at Paderborn/Lippstadt Airport and develops add-on software for Microsoft Flight Simulator. From 2002 onwards, add-ons for Train Simulator were also developed. Since 2007, Aerosoft has expanded its spectrum to include a wide range of transport and professional simulation titles including On the Road, OMSI 2, Autobahn Police Simulator and City Bus Manager. In 2016, Aerosoft published the successful Fernbus Coach Simulator in cooperation with FlixBus, as well as Emergency Call 112 – The Fire Fighting Simulation. Aerosoft also acts as the exclusive European distributor for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 and XPlane 12. With over 40 employees, Aerosoft is one of the leading publishers in the world of transport simulation.
About PeDePe:
PeDePe GbR was founded in 2015 in a small town by Lake Constance, Germany, when three brothers decided to turn their shared passion into a professional game development studio. As experienced software engineers and architects, they combined their expertise to create realistic economic systems for bus simulation games, beginning with popular OMSI 2 add-ons such as Bus Company Simulator, OmniNavigation and Control Centre Simulation. In 2022, PeDePe released their first full game, City Bus Manager, which quickly became a fan favourite. Today, the team expands the world of CBM once again with the release of the “School Bus & Student Transportation” DLC on Steam for PC.
