Author: Matt Cooper
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398111198
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Previously unpublished photographs documenting the Oxford and South Midland bus scene. Photographs included here were captured between 1986 and 2010 and feature numerous vehicle types, liveries and operators.
Oxford and South Midland Buses
Author: Matt Cooper
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398111198
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Previously unpublished photographs documenting the Oxford and South Midland bus scene. Photographs included here were captured between 1986 and 2010 and feature numerous vehicle types, liveries and operators.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398111198
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Previously unpublished photographs documenting the Oxford and South Midland bus scene. Photographs included here were captured between 1986 and 2010 and feature numerous vehicle types, liveries and operators.
Oxfordshire Buses
Author: John Law
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445646730
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
This fascinating selection of photographs gives an interesting insight into the history Oxfordshire's buses.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445646730
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
This fascinating selection of photographs gives an interesting insight into the history Oxfordshire's buses.
National Bus Company Dual Purpose Vehicles
Author: Michael Hitchen
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445686384
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Previously unpublished photographs documenting this fascinating and overlooked part of NBC vehicle history.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445686384
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Previously unpublished photographs documenting this fascinating and overlooked part of NBC vehicle history.
National Bus Company Service Vehicles 1972-1986
Author: Michael Hitchen
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 144567906X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
A revealing pictorial history of the service vehicles used by the iconic National Bus Company between 1972-1986.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 144567906X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
A revealing pictorial history of the service vehicles used by the iconic National Bus Company between 1972-1986.
National Bus Company Service Vehicles 1972-1986: Another Look
Author: Michael Hitchen
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398115045
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
A follow-up to the popular first volume, looking at service vehicles in the golden age of the National Bus Company.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398115045
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
A follow-up to the popular first volume, looking at service vehicles in the golden age of the National Bus Company.
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.
B.E.T Group Bus Fleets
Author: Jim Blake
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473857260
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
This book looks at the wonderful variety of buses and coaches operated by British Electric Traction group fleets in the 1960s, featuring previously unpublished photographs from Jim Blake's extensive archives. Not only did these fleets, which served most of England and Wales, have a splendid variety of British-built buses and coaches with chassis manufactured by the likes of AEC, Crossley, Daimler, Dennis, Guy and Leyland with bodywork by such firms as Park Royal, Weymann, Metro-Cammell, East Lancs, Northern Counties, Roe, Duple, Plaxton, Willowbrook and Leyland again but they also had an array of distinctive liveries. Many dated back to the early part of the century when the operators first started bus operation. The smart maroon and cream of East Kent, the dark green and cream of Maidstone & District or the light green and cream of Southdown, for example, were supplemented by ornate fleet-names, often in gold lettering. These three fleets were just a few of those that served seaside towns, and will remind readers of holidays they spent in the 1950s and '60s. Sadly, the years covered by this book are the final years of the BET group, which was taken over by the nationalised Transport Holding Company in late 1967, as a prelude to the creation of the National Bus Company, under which the distinctive liveries of the BET group fleets, and even some of the operators themselves, would disappear. The 1960s also saw the demise of many traditional types of bus that these fleets operated, owing to the introduction of rear-engined double-deckers, such as the Leyland Atlantean and Daimler Fleetline, as well as the spread of one-man operation. Many of the photographs featured in this book show the older types in their final days pure nostalgia for the transport enthusiast!
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473857260
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
This book looks at the wonderful variety of buses and coaches operated by British Electric Traction group fleets in the 1960s, featuring previously unpublished photographs from Jim Blake's extensive archives. Not only did these fleets, which served most of England and Wales, have a splendid variety of British-built buses and coaches with chassis manufactured by the likes of AEC, Crossley, Daimler, Dennis, Guy and Leyland with bodywork by such firms as Park Royal, Weymann, Metro-Cammell, East Lancs, Northern Counties, Roe, Duple, Plaxton, Willowbrook and Leyland again but they also had an array of distinctive liveries. Many dated back to the early part of the century when the operators first started bus operation. The smart maroon and cream of East Kent, the dark green and cream of Maidstone & District or the light green and cream of Southdown, for example, were supplemented by ornate fleet-names, often in gold lettering. These three fleets were just a few of those that served seaside towns, and will remind readers of holidays they spent in the 1950s and '60s. Sadly, the years covered by this book are the final years of the BET group, which was taken over by the nationalised Transport Holding Company in late 1967, as a prelude to the creation of the National Bus Company, under which the distinctive liveries of the BET group fleets, and even some of the operators themselves, would disappear. The 1960s also saw the demise of many traditional types of bus that these fleets operated, owing to the introduction of rear-engined double-deckers, such as the Leyland Atlantean and Daimler Fleetline, as well as the spread of one-man operation. Many of the photographs featured in this book show the older types in their final days pure nostalgia for the transport enthusiast!
Milton Keynes Buses
Author: Gary Seamarks
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445686759
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Previously unpublished images of buses in Milton Keynes. Designated as a new town some fifty years ago, Milton Keynes was designed for the car owner, but public transport has provided a vital link to many.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445686759
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Previously unpublished images of buses in Milton Keynes. Designated as a new town some fifty years ago, Milton Keynes was designed for the car owner, but public transport has provided a vital link to many.
The Commercial Motor
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Commercial
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Commercial
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
National Bus Company: The Early Years
Author: Kevin Lane
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445694484
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
An evocative collection of black and white images covering the National Bus Company across England and Wales in its early years from 1969 to 1975.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445694484
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
An evocative collection of black and white images covering the National Bus Company across England and Wales in its early years from 1969 to 1975.