In 2025, South Wales-based Edwards Coaches celebrates 100 years since its founders formally ventured into public transport. Today, Edwards operates around 250 vehicles on a diverse portfolio of work which includes local bus services, home-to-school t...Daugiau...
Essex is a diverse county ranging from the urban areas in the south, such as Brentwood, Basildon and the huge Southend conurbation, to the less built-up central and northern areas, which include interesting places such as Chelmsford, Braintree, Halst...Daugiau...
Between 1972 and 1986 the roads of England and Wales were served by the countrys own National Bus Company, carrying a corporate livery introduced to bring the thirty-six or so companies together and help the public see it owned its bus services. At...Daugiau...
Having inherited various fleets in Essex and Kent, Arriva serve a number of locations throughout these two counties. They also operate out of the former London Transport garage in Harlow and own the former municipal businesses of Colchester and South...Daugiau...
The long-haul overland run to the old Soviet Union, prior to Perestroika, Glasnost and the collapse of communism under Gorbachov back in the 1980s and 90s, has never really been documented in a book. Other than an occasional tale of the difficulties...Daugiau...
The long-haul overland run to the old Soviet Union, prior to Perestroika, Glasnost and the collapse of communism under Gorbachov back in the 1980s and 90s, has never really been documented in a book. Other than an occasional tale of the difficulties...Daugiau...
Philip Wallis visited South and West Wales several times with his camera between 1961 and 1963 and captured on film a great variety of bus operators in that part of the country. Civic pride was strong and no less than seven municipal undertakings ran...Daugiau...
For seventy years, Duple was one of the two best-known names in coachbuilding in Britain. Formed in Hornsey, London, in 1919 before moving north to Blackpool, Duple grew to be one of the most popular suppliers of luxury coach bodies for the British m...Daugiau...
Initially operating on contract work, CT Plus Yorkshire had a huge impact during its last decade of significant expansion before closure in summer 2022. From its core network of school and accessible transport work, the company was responsible for ke...Daugiau...
Nowadays, the European coach market is dominated by a few manufacturers whose products are sold across the Continent and beyond. It wasnt always like this. From the end of the Second World War until the late 1960s, virtually all buses and coaches bo...Daugiau...
The history of affordable public transport in the Yorkshire city of Leeds began in 1871, when horses began pulling trams around the city. Leeds Corporation purchased the network in 1893 and electrification followed soon afterwards. The system expande...Daugiau...
JIM BLAKES latest book on Londons buses may come as a surprise, since he usually concentrated on older vehicles in the fleet. However, the unpopular, unsuccessful DMs and DMSs were still part of London Transports history, so he recorded them too,...Daugiau...
JIM BLAKES latest book on Londons buses may come as a surprise, since he usually concentrated on older vehicles in the fleet. However, the unpopular, unsuccessful DMs and DMSs were still part of London Transports history, so he recorded them too,...Daugiau...
Following on from his volume focusing on the final years of half-cab buses in the Midlands, Mike Rhodes looks at the major bus fleets employing half-cab buses in North-West England in the 1970s, including those located around Manchester, Liverpool an...Daugiau...
Tours are a common part of the itinerary of holidaymakers in the UK. There are long-distance tours, using the most modern coaches fitted with the latest seating and features for both passenger and driver comfort and relaxation, and local tours using...Daugiau...
For seventy years, Duple was one of the two best-known names in coachbuilding in Britain. Formed in Hornsey, London, in 1919 before moving north to Blackpool, Duple grew to be one of the most popular suppliers of luxury coach bodies for the UK market...Daugiau...
In 1983, Plaxton of Scarborough addressed the threat to their market dominance from Continental coachbuilders with the Paramount, a range of luxury coach bodies which included the first purpose-built British double-deck coach body. Over its lifespan,...Daugiau...
Public transport in London in the 1980s presented a very different face to today. London Regional Transport still oversaw much of the public transport network, before Transport for London took over in 2000, while the national rail network in the capi...Daugiau...
The Plaxton Supreme was the epitome of classic British coachbuilding and was the most popular British-built coach body of the 1970s and 1980s. Its high-floor cousin, the Viewmaster, was the first high-floor coach produced by a British coachbuilder an...Daugiau...
In this series, Richard Stubbings traces the changing, ever-evolving nature of bus scenes around south-west and south-east England. This book, comprising previously unpublished photographs, offers a nostalgic tour of Devon and Cornwall, from the earl...Daugiau...
Formed in 1969, four years later in 1972 the state-owned National Bus Company introduced a corporate livery and identity for all its subsidiary companies and continued as such until the early 1980s, except within the Tyne & Wear and West Yorkshire PT...Daugiau...
PURCHASED to replace London Transports ageing RT-type fleet, and also to ease staff shortages by extending one-man operation, the MB-types were not only a disappointment, but an unmitigated disaster! Their successors, the SM-types, were if anything...Daugiau...
PURCHASED to replace London Transports ageing RT-type fleet, and also to ease staff shortages by extending one-man operation, the MB-types were not only a disappointment, but an unmitigated disaster! Their successors, the SM-types, were if anything...Daugiau...
In 2022, Volvo Bus UK celebrated fifty years of trading in the UK and Ireland. The first right-hand drive B58 chassis arrived on these shores at the end of 1971. The double deck front engine Ailsa came in 1973. Over the next fifty years, the various...Daugiau...
In 2022, Volvo Bus UK celebrated fifty years of trading in the UK and Ireland. The first right-hand drive B58 chassis arrived on these shores at the end of 1971. The double deck front engine Ailsa came in 1973. Over the next fifty years, the various...Daugiau...
Southdown Motor Services was formed in 1915 and went on to become the well-known and highly respected operator of green-and-cream buses and coaches seen along the south coast of Sussex and Hampshire. Fast forward to today and there are over a hundred...Daugiau...
The Mercedes-Benz Citaro first entered service in London during 2002, in both rigid and articulated forms. Over the coming years, the articulated type was used to convert a number of central London services from Routemaster and doubledeck operation....Daugiau...
Despite all the current hype making people believe that electric and hybrid vehicles are a staggering present-day breakthrough in the quest for a carbon-zero future, both are, in fact, old technology introduced over 100 years ago that has been refine...Daugiau...
Stagecoach came to Merseyside in 2005 when they purchased the independent operations of Glenvale Transport, acquiring Gillmoss depot and an aging second-hand fleet of buses. Very quickly the Stagecoach livery became an established sight, particularly...Daugiau...
For many years, bus and coach operators have experimented with vehicle types to find the vehicles that best fit their requirements. By borrowing buses and coaches from manufacturers and other operators, they can assess the pros and cons of new and ex...Daugiau...
The Routemaster bus has become synonymous with London and is recognised the world over. Although fewer were built than of the preceding RT type, their uniqueness and longevity made them instantly identifiable as the typical London bus. First conceive...Daugiau...
The London to Brighton Historic Commercial Vehicle run is one of the premier events in the calendar for preserved commercial vehicle owners and enthusiasts alike. First held in 1962, this annual event has continued to feature every year since. Until...Daugiau...
Ribble Motor Services emerged from humble beginnings but expanded rapidly through the 1920s and 1930s before becoming part of the British Electric Traction group (BET) in 1942 and being nationalised in 1969. Over the years, the fleet expanded to over...Daugiau...
The city of Edinburgh has always been innovative in its provision of transport ranging from the end of the 19th century when it leased land for the creation of a cable tramway network through operating the same when the lease ended in June 1919 to th...Daugiau...
The city of Edinburgh has always been innovative in its provision of transport ranging from the end of the 19th century when it leased land for the creation of a cable tramway network through operating the same when the lease ended in June 1919 to th...Daugiau...
London Passenger Transport Board inherited a number of small buses from various independent operators during the early 1930s, followed by the introduction of the Leyland Cub around the same period. The introduction of the big-bus policy saw many of t...Daugiau...
London Passenger Transport Board inherited a number of small buses from various independent operators during the early 1930s, followed by the introduction of the Leyland Cub around the same period. The introduction of the big-bus policy saw many of t...Daugiau...
Am 8. August 2024 feiert die Berliner S-Bahn das 100-jƤhrige JubilƤum der EinfĆ¼hrung des elektrischen Betriebs. Die Umstellung von DampfzĆ¼gen auf Elektrotriebwagen ist ein Meilenstein in der Historie des Personennahverkehrs in Deutschland. Das au...Daugiau...
Following the deregulation of the bus industry in 1986, the transport scene in Northampton didnt alter as drastically as in some other UK towns and cities. There was, however, a series of gradual changes as the green buses of Northamptonshire grad...Daugiau...
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 se...Daugiau...
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 se...Daugiau...
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 se...Daugiau...
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 se...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 16-Apr-2024, EPUB+DRM, Leidėjas: University of Pennsylvania Press, ISBN-13: 9781512825718)
In Equality and the City, Enrique Penalosa Londono draws on his experience as mayor of Bogota, Colombia, as well as his many years of international work as a lecturer and consultant, to share his perspective on the issues facing developing cities, es...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 16-Apr-2024, PDF+DRM, Leidėjas: University of Pennsylvania Press, ISBN-13: 9781512825718)
In Equality and the City, Enrique Penalosa Londono draws on his experience as mayor of Bogota, Colombia, as well as his many years of international work as a lecturer and consultant, to share his perspective on the issues facing developing cities, es...Daugiau...
The days of the fairground operating with steam traction engines have long since gone - the next vehicles to enter the tobers were the internal combustion engine, lorries with both petrol and diesel engines being used. As time went on these old vehic...Daugiau...
Like so many others, the author used to take for granted how as a boy he would be taken on a trolleybus or a tram to visit relatives or during the holidays he might travel on the steam train and a paddle steamer doon the water to Dunoon, or some ot...Daugiau...
The merging of Bristol-based Badgerline and Scottish-based GRT Holding saw the creation of FirstBus in West Yorkshire. After the corporate logo was introduced, local liveries arrived. However, by 1998 First were pushing for its Willow Leaf livery a...Daugiau...
Wrightbus of Ballymena built its first double-deck body in 2001, naming it the Eclipse Gemini. Unlike its rivals, it was available on the DAF/VDL and Volvo chassis. Arriva London was a big customer for the type, taking stock of both the Volvo B7TL an...Daugiau...
