150 Years Of Londons Buses
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Author | : London Transport Executive |
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Total Pages | : 16 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Bus lines |
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A short history with description of horse-drawn bus service from Baker St. and London zoo, 9 July - 30 Sept. 1979, to celebrate anniversary.
Author | : London Transport Executive |
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Total Pages | : 4 |
Release | : 1979 |
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Author | : Andrew Bartlett |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword Transport |
Total Pages | : 478 |
Release | : 2022-03-10 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1526755475 |
In 1979, fresh from its general election victory, the Conservative government began formulating plans to deregulate bus services and privatise the companies operating them in England, Scotland and Wales. London was not to be excluded, so from the outset, London Buses was broken up into several areas and from 1985, a tendering system was introduced which permitted other operators to bid for the routes. Opposition from the Labour group at the Greater London Council had to be dealt with – eventually achieved by abolishing it in 1986. However, as each subsequent year passed, promises that deregulation was coming were not met. In late 1992, the privatisation timetable was set, and was ultimately completed at the end of 1994. The issue of deregulation never resurfaced. Copiously illustrated with over 270 photographs, virtually all of which are being published for the first time, this is the story of London Buses over those sixteen tumultuous years. To give greater context to the narrative, annual vehicle acquisition listings show how purchasing policy changed over the period; important route changes, tendering gains and losses and a fleet list for the entire period are also included.
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Total Pages | : 16 |
Release | : 1979 |
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Author | : Matthew Wharmby |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2017-11-30 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1473872960 |
The 1970s were among London Transports most troubled years. Prohibited from designing its own buses for the gruelling conditions of the capital, LT was compelled to embark upon mass orders for the broadly standard products of national manufacturers, which for one reason or another proved to be disastrous failures in the capital and were disposed of prematurely at a great loss. Despite a continuing spares shortage combined with industrial action, the old organisation kept going somehow, with the venerable RT and Routemaster families still at the forefront of operations.At the same time, the green buses of the Country Area were taken over by the National Bus Company as London Country Bus Services. Little by little, and not without problems of their own, the mostly elderly but standard inherited buses gave way to a variety of diverted orders, some successful others far from so, until by the end of the decade we could see a mostly NBC-standard fleet of one-man-operated buses in corporate leaf green.
Author | : Oliver Green |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2019-09-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1445691043 |
The red double-decker bus is part of London’s personality, and is famous all round the world as an icon of a great city. Tracing nearly 200 years of history this book places the classic Routemaster in its context.
Author | : Graham Smith |
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Release | : 2017-08-24 |
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ISBN | : 9781857944754 |
Author | : William D. Ward |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Bus lines |
ISBN | : 9781871829228 |
In November every year, on Remembrance Sunday, representatives of the whole nation parade past the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London. The last section to pass is always a group of London transport staff. For decades they marched in the company of a very special vehicle, a bright red open-topped double-decker London bus. This was B-type bus number B43. ... [This] is the story of B43 Ole Bill, and the other London buses that went to war."--Back cover.
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Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1933 |
Genre | : Bus lines |
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Author | : Reiss O'Neill |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword Transport |
Total Pages | : 580 |
Release | : 2021-04-28 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1473869552 |
Filled with color photos, a look at the variety of London’s buses in recent years. Today's London Buses covers the London bus scene of recent years, including pictures of bus types used in the capital on its major services. This volume looks at various routes across London during this period and the variety of vehicles that have been used in that time frame. Some of the services depicted in this book have already changed, or ceased to operate, during the period covered. The author has set out to illustrate, in broad terms, the color and variety of London bus operation during this time of great change to bus services.