Author: Mike Rhodes
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398100374
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Fascinating unpublished shots of the UK's extensive network of bus depots. Bus garages, or depots if that is your preferred nomenclature, come in all shapes and sizes.
British Bus Garages
Author: Mike Rhodes
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398100374
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Fascinating unpublished shots of the UK's extensive network of bus depots. Bus garages, or depots if that is your preferred nomenclature, come in all shapes and sizes.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398100374
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Fascinating unpublished shots of the UK's extensive network of bus depots. Bus garages, or depots if that is your preferred nomenclature, come in all shapes and sizes.
British Buses, 1967
Author: Jim Blake
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473842786
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
This book looks at an important turning point in the history of the bus industry in Britain. 1967 was the penultimate year to the end of an era, when private and semi-nationalized company's operated the bus networks in this country.After 1967 the network was never the same again, with the formation of the National Bus Company in 1968.The NBC was a very bland organization compared to the colourful bus companies that had existed before nationalization, and many small municipal fleets amalgamated to form Passenger Transport Executives.This comprehensive volume covers a large number of the bus companies throughout the country in 1967 and also has a good readable narrative describing Jim Blake's journeys travelling on these services across Britain.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473842786
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
This book looks at an important turning point in the history of the bus industry in Britain. 1967 was the penultimate year to the end of an era, when private and semi-nationalized company's operated the bus networks in this country.After 1967 the network was never the same again, with the formation of the National Bus Company in 1968.The NBC was a very bland organization compared to the colourful bus companies that had existed before nationalization, and many small municipal fleets amalgamated to form Passenger Transport Executives.This comprehensive volume covers a large number of the bus companies throughout the country in 1967 and also has a good readable narrative describing Jim Blake's journeys travelling on these services across Britain.
The Bus We Loved
Author: Travis Elborough
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Published to coincide with the withdrawal of the last Routemaster bus in London
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Published to coincide with the withdrawal of the last Routemaster bus in London
British Buses in Colour
Author: Gavin Booth
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445694603
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
An all-colour illustrated book that tells the story of the buses that served Britain between 1950 and 1986.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445694603
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
An all-colour illustrated book that tells the story of the buses that served Britain between 1950 and 1986.
Fulwell - Home to Trams, Trolleys and Buses
Author: Bryan Woodriff
Publisher: Middleton Press (MD)
ISBN: 9781904474111
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Fulwell - Home to Trams, Trolleys and Buses
Publisher: Middleton Press (MD)
ISBN: 9781904474111
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Fulwell - Home to Trams, Trolleys and Buses
Brutalism
Author: Billy Reading
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445675536
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
No style has divided opinion more than brutalism. But now, fifty years since the heyday of the style, Brutalist buildings are more popular than they have ever been. This is the perfect introduction to Britain’s Brutalist monuments.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445675536
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
No style has divided opinion more than brutalism. But now, fifty years since the heyday of the style, Brutalist buildings are more popular than they have ever been. This is the perfect introduction to Britain’s Brutalist monuments.
The Maintenance of Headway
Author: Magnus Mills
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1632860376
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
From the Booker-shortlisted author acclaimed as having "no literary precedent" (Independent) comes a gently absurd examination of the systems that trap and frustrate us daily. Fans of dry humor will enjoy this tale of mishap and folly, told from the point of view of a bus driver who's been charged to maintain a precise distance between himself and other buses--a directive that leads him to ignore the very passengers he's meant to serve. Witty, allegorical, and intelligent, this is a novel for all those who have ever run for a bus, only to have it pull away as they reach its doors. Showcasing all of Mills' strengths, it is the perfect reintroduction for American readers to an incomparable talent.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1632860376
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
From the Booker-shortlisted author acclaimed as having "no literary precedent" (Independent) comes a gently absurd examination of the systems that trap and frustrate us daily. Fans of dry humor will enjoy this tale of mishap and folly, told from the point of view of a bus driver who's been charged to maintain a precise distance between himself and other buses--a directive that leads him to ignore the very passengers he's meant to serve. Witty, allegorical, and intelligent, this is a novel for all those who have ever run for a bus, only to have it pull away as they reach its doors. Showcasing all of Mills' strengths, it is the perfect reintroduction for American readers to an incomparable talent.
Border Towns Buses of London Country Transport (North of the Thames) 1969-2019
Author: Malcolm Batten
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1399096125
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
London Transport was created in 1933 with monopoly powers. Not only did it have exclusive rights to run bus (and tram and trolleybus) services in the Greater London area, it also ran services in a Country Area all around London. Green Line express services linked the country towns to London and in most cases across to other country towns the other side of the metropolis. This country area extended north as far as Hitchin, east to Brentwood, south to Crawley and west to Windsor. But what of the towns at the edge of the country area? Here the green London Transport buses would meet the bus companies whose operations extended across the rest of the counties of Essex, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire etc. In some cases the town was at a node where more than one company worked in. At Luton there was a municipal fleet. Elsewhere, such as at Aylesbury there were local independent operators who had a share in the town services. It would all change from 1970 when the London Transport Country Area was transferred to the National Bus Company to form a new company named London Country Bus Services. This would later be split into four separate companies. Deregulation in 1985 and privatization in the 1990s led to further changes in the names and ownership of bus companies. Consolidation since then has seen the emergence of national bus groups Stagecoach, First Group, Arriva and Go-Ahead replacing the old names and liveries. But retrenchment by these companies has given an opportunity for new independent companies to fill the gaps. This book takes the form of an anti-clockwise tour around the perimeter of the London Country area, north of the Thames featuring a number of key towns starting at Tilbury and ending at High Wycombe, illustrating some of the many changes to bus companies that have occurred.
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1399096125
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
London Transport was created in 1933 with monopoly powers. Not only did it have exclusive rights to run bus (and tram and trolleybus) services in the Greater London area, it also ran services in a Country Area all around London. Green Line express services linked the country towns to London and in most cases across to other country towns the other side of the metropolis. This country area extended north as far as Hitchin, east to Brentwood, south to Crawley and west to Windsor. But what of the towns at the edge of the country area? Here the green London Transport buses would meet the bus companies whose operations extended across the rest of the counties of Essex, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire etc. In some cases the town was at a node where more than one company worked in. At Luton there was a municipal fleet. Elsewhere, such as at Aylesbury there were local independent operators who had a share in the town services. It would all change from 1970 when the London Transport Country Area was transferred to the National Bus Company to form a new company named London Country Bus Services. This would later be split into four separate companies. Deregulation in 1985 and privatization in the 1990s led to further changes in the names and ownership of bus companies. Consolidation since then has seen the emergence of national bus groups Stagecoach, First Group, Arriva and Go-Ahead replacing the old names and liveries. But retrenchment by these companies has given an opportunity for new independent companies to fill the gaps. This book takes the form of an anti-clockwise tour around the perimeter of the London Country area, north of the Thames featuring a number of key towns starting at Tilbury and ending at High Wycombe, illustrating some of the many changes to bus companies that have occurred.
Bristol RE Buses and Coaches
Author: Robert Appleton
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445695863
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
A nostalgic collection of photographs of this iconic bus illustrating the Bristol RE in service from 1970 to 1994 in England and North Wales.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445695863
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
A nostalgic collection of photographs of this iconic bus illustrating the Bristol RE in service from 1970 to 1994 in England and North Wales.
British Buses and Coaches in the Late 1970s
Author: Stephen Dowle
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445681366
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Stephen Dowle offers up a terrific selection of previously unpublished photographs documenting the British bus and coach scene of the late 1970s.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445681366
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Stephen Dowle offers up a terrific selection of previously unpublished photographs documenting the British bus and coach scene of the late 1970s.