Public Transportation

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262546966Author Susan HandyFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 374gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 154mm * 21mm

From humble beginnings, Edwards Coaches has become the largest family owned and independent public transport operator in South Wales. At its base in Llantrisant, it proudly employs around 800 staff and operates in the region of 300 vehicles to fulfil...

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, the...

When Walter Alexander established his coachbuilding business in Falkirk in 1924, he could not have imagined that by 1983 it would be the largest supplier of double-deck bus bodies in the word. Being based in Scotland, a large percentage of Alexander’s...

Although a small number of coach bodies built by continental companies had entered British fleets during the 1970s, deregulation of coach services in 1980 saw a mass influx from across the channel. Vehicles bodied or manufactured by companies such as Van...

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 This book, comprising previously unpublished photographs, offers a nostalgic tour of Kent and East Sussex, from the early...

Nowadays, the European coach market is dominated by a few manufacturers whose products are sold throughout the continent and beyond. It wasn’t always like this. From the end of the Second World War until the late 1960s, virtually all buses and coaches...

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. A...

Following on from his volume looking at 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 and...

For seventy years, Duple were 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...

The Gray family of Clackmannan have been synonymous with transport since the late 1880s. From days of blacksmiths in Clackmannan to the locally famous Gray’s Garage in Lochies Road, rich transport links in both passenger transport and haulage are still...

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...

Tours are 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 passenger and driver comfort and relaxation, and local tours using modern...

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...

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 bus...

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 Hampshire and West Sussex, from the...

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 refined...

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 such until the early 1980s, except within the Tyne & Wear and West Yorkshire PTEs...

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 and...

For seventy years, Duple were 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...

Essex is a very varied county ranging from the urban areas in the south, such as Brentwood, Basildon and the huge Southend conurbation, to the less built up middle and north areas of the county, which themselves include interesting places such as...

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 expanded,...

Buses and Coaches in the West of Scotland is a photographic portrait by Scott Hutchinson of the public road transport scene from Oban into Ayrshire and Inverclyde, as well as Glasgow, in the last two decades. Following deregulation and the break-up of...

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 Southend...

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 early...

Between 1972 and 1986 the roads of England and Wales were served by the country’s 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 the...