Public Transportation

The North of England has long been an area of immense interest to bus enthusiasts. In Urban Buses in Northern England: A Second View, Peter Tucker presents another fine selection of photographs representing the area's urban bus scene between the 1990s...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854144225Author Mick WebberFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854144430Author Matthew WharmbyFormat PaperbackImprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing

Londoners, and London-bound commuters, rely heavily on the railways, the London Underground and Docklands Light Railway to get around. This means there is a constant need for maintenance, and sections of lines are often closed at weekends for track work...

Each year, 1.2 million people die from traffic fatalities, highlighting the need to design streets that offer safe and enticing travel choices for all people. Cities around the world are facing the same challenges as cities in the US, and many of these...

In 2018, five gas buses using Scania NU280D chassis with stylish AD E40D MMC City bodywork were presented by Nottingham City Council. Then 2019 saw the arrival of another sixty-seven new gas buses, working a variety of routes around the city. The 120...

This book continues the story of the erstwhile Western SMT company. Stagecoach West Scotland operates in west central and south-west Scotland, in an area bounded by Greenock and Braehead to the north, Hamilton to the east, Carlisle to the south and the...

The North East is a region of great geographic, economic and social contrasts. Peter Tucker presents a fascinating photographic survey of the region's current bus and coach scene. From the urban streets of Billingham, Blyth, Darlington, Philadelphia and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840337037Author Richard BuckleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Adhering to what is considered statutory Outer London, this collection of images covers various vehicle types, operators and locations in Outer London since 1990. This book covers the final few years of London Buses plus various independent operators...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840334364Author Richard BuckleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingWeight(grams) 840gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802583830Author Peter WallerFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited

Bedford Buses and Coaches provides a detailed review of the entire range of purpose-built Public Service Vehicle (PSV) bus and coach chassis that carried the Bedford name from 1931 until production ceased in 1986. Bedfords were once a familiar sight on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854144607Author James WhitingFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing

Based in Renfrewshire, Clydeside Scottish was a member of the Scottish Bus Group and was created from the northern part of Western SMT's area. Covering the Clyde coast from Largs in Ayrshire into Renfrewshire and Glasgow, its distinctive yellow and red...

Like the railway industry in the nineteenth century, Britain was a major player in supplying the world with buses, particularly double-deckers. The principal contributors in the mid-twentieth century were AEC, Daimler and Leyland Motors. Buses were...

A dynamically written visual history of the world's largest transit system in all its intriguing, colorful, and even seedy glory packed with compelling information, as well as fascinating graphics and illustrations.New York wouldn't be New York without...

Midland Red Style is the first book in a new series looking at design in all its aspects in some of Britain's best loved bus companies. The reader is able to follow the visual developments in vehicle, infrastructure and printed publicity design up to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857944570Author Henry ConnFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

The bus scene around Southampton and its surrounding towns in the 1970s and early 1980s was one of change. The National Bus Company had been set up in 1970 as part of the 1968 Transport Act. This brought together the former nationalised Transport Holding...

Unlike other parts of the world, Britain was slow to start operating bendy buses and, despite the first ones appearing in service in Sheffield in 1978, it was not until 1985 that the next examples made their appearance, again in Sheffield. Somewhat...

The transport scene in Northampton was dominated for many decades by Corporation-owned Northampton Transport. In August 1993 privatisation took place and the largely standardised fleet of red and cream buses began to change. By the end of the 1990s, the...

Luton & District was formed in 1986 to operate the former southern depots of United Counties; it was sold by NBC to its employees in 1987 (a first), then sold again in 1994 to British Bus. It now forms part of Arriva, acquiring various local companies on...

In 1959 there were twenty-seven Corporation Transport systems in the Red Rose County. These were significantly reduced in 1969 with the creation of the Passenger Transport Executives in Manchester and Liverpool and further reduced in 1974 following the...

Keen to quickly expand during the 1980s, Stagecoach purchased three former National Bus Company subsidiaries during its sell-off in 1986/7 to give it a foothold in the English bus market. Finding this move to be successful, the company then set about a...

How many of us grew up saying they wanted to be a bus driver? How many of us actually did it? Peter Findlay can answer yes to both questions. This book reflects the author's interest in Northern Scottish and its predecessor, from childhood through to...

Even though it is nearly forty years since the last vehicles left the Southall factory, the products of the Associated Equipment Company, more commonly known as AEC, are still synonymous with quality and reliability. In this, the first of a series of two...

Roaring through the millennium into the twenty-first century we find the Transport Act 2000 that allows for increased cooperation between local authorities and operators, something that had not been allowed previously under competition legislation...

Preston Corporation Tramways was formed in 1904, later becoming Preston Corporation Transport Department. Electric trams, the majority of which were built in Preston, were operated until1935. The first buses entered service in January 1922. The...

As Britain entered the 1990s, the character of East London was changing rapidly. The docks, once the mainstay of the area, had closed and the London Docklands Development Corporation was building a vast new financial district on the Isle of Dogs -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854144188Author Mick WebberFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing

In the sixty years since the birth of the bus and coach preservation movement, the number of vehicles saved for present and future generations to admire has grown from a tiny handful to more than 3,000. From a small acorn has grown a massive oak, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840336610Author Richard BuckleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingWeight(grams) 469gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854144454Author Mick WebberFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854144843Author Laurie AkehurstFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing

PURCHASED to replace London Transport's 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...

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...

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 the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840339376Author Stuart EmmettFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing

`Cincinnati Streetcar Heritage' is a photographic essay of the Cincinnati, Ohio, streetcar system. Cincinnati's first electric streetcar line was the conversion of the Mt. Adams & Eden Park Inclined Railway Company cable car line to electric operation in...