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B.E.T Group Bus Fleets

Author : Jim Blake
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473857260
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book B.E.T Group Bus Fleets written by Jim Blake and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-10-19 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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variety of buses and coaches operated by British Electric Traction group fleets in the 1960s, featuring previously unpublished photographs from Jim Blake's extensive archives.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!

Wessex Buses 1970-1985: Mainland National Bus Company Fleets

Author : Malcolm Batten
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445694883
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Wessex Buses 1970-1985: Mainland National Bus Company Fleets written by Malcolm Batten and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With rare and previously unpublished images of the mainland national bus company fleets around Wessex.

British Buses 1967

Author : Jim Blake
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473827175
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book British Buses 1967 written by Jim Blake and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-08-30 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at an important turning point in the history of the bus industry in Britain. 1967 was the penultimate year to the end of an era, when private and semi-nationalized company's operated the bus networks in this country.??After 1967 the network was never the same again, with the formation of the National Bus Company in 1968.??The NBC was a very bland organization compared to the colourful bus companies that had existed before nationalization, and many small municipal fleets amalgamated to form Passenger Transport Executives.??This comprehensive volume covers a large number of the bus companies throughout the country in 1967 and also has a good readable narrative describing Jim Blake's journeys travelling on these services across Britain.

National Bus Company: The Early Years

Author : Kevin Lane
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445694484
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book National Bus Company: The Early Years written by Kevin Lane and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Crosville: A National Bus Company

Author : Michael Hitchen
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445692724
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Book Synopsis Crosville: A National Bus Company by : Michael Hitchen

Download or read book Crosville: A National Bus Company written by Michael Hitchen and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With previously unpublished photographs documenting this famous and much-loved Crosville bus company.

West and East Yorkshire Buses and Trolleybuses in 1962

Author : Philip Wallis
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1398109134
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book West and East Yorkshire Buses and Trolleybuses in 1962 written by Philip Wallis and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2022-04-15 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring previously unpublished images, Philip Wallis looks back sixty years at the fascinating bus scene of Yorkshire of 1962.

British Buses in Colour

Author : Gavin Booth
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445694603
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book British Buses in Colour written by Gavin Booth and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An all-colour illustrated book that tells the story of the buses that served Britain between 1950 and 1986.

The British Transport Commission Group

Author : Jim Blake
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473857236
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book The British Transport Commission Group written by Jim Blake and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2018-05-30 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating and informative book looks at the Tilling Group of bus companies during the 1960s. These operated approximately half of the inter-urban and rural bus services in England and Wales, and were nationalized by Clement Attlee's Labour Government in 1948 under the control of the British Transport Commission. Ownership passed to the Transport Holding Company Ltd in 1963, though the fleets remained under Tilling Group control.During the period covered by this book, the operators within the group had very standardized fleets, with the vast majority of their buses and coaches having Bristol chassis and Eastern Coachworks (ECW) bodywork. This was a result of these manufacturers also having been nationalized and controlled by the BTC and THC.However, some Tilling Group operators still had earlier vehicles with, for instance, AEC or Leyland chassis, which were acquired prior to the requirement for them to buy only Bristol products, whilst some also had coaches with Bedford or Ford Thames chassis built in the 1950s and 1960s.Unlike the BET fleets throughout England and Wales, most Tilling fleets also had highly standardized liveries, either of red with cream relief, or green with cream relief for their stage carriage buses, or the reverse of this for their coaches. There were some exceptions, though. The most obvious ones were Midland General and Notts & Derby with an attractive dark blue and cream, as well as the Royal Blue coaches of Southern and Western National, and the maroon and cream coaches of Thames Valley subsidiary South Midland.All Tilling Group companies became part of the National Bus Company in early 1969, and before long their traditional liveries became just a memory when the NBC imposed standard red or green liveries.Throughout most of the 1960s, Jim Blake travelled to these operators and photographed their vehicles, and spent many summer Saturdays at London's Victoria Coach Station, where their service buses as well as express coaches could be seen. He was fortunate to capture much of this changing transport scene on film, and presents some of these photographs in this volume. Many have never been published before.

Midland Red Single-Deckers

Author : David Harvey
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445667975
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Midland Red Single-Deckers written by David Harvey and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the history of each type of single-decker and offers a fascinating insight into the history of these captivating, iconic buses.

Border Towns Buses of London Country Transport (North of the Thames) 1969-2019

Author : Malcolm Batten
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1399096125
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)

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Book Synopsis Border Towns Buses of London Country Transport (North of the Thames) 1969-2019 by : Malcolm Batten

Download or read book Border Towns Buses of London Country Transport (North of the Thames) 1969-2019 written by Malcolm Batten and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Buses in the Border Towns of London Country 1969-2019 (South of the Thames)

Author : Malcolm Batten
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1399096249
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Buses in the Border Towns of London Country 1969-2019 (South of the Thames) written by Malcolm Batten and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2024-03-30 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Berkshire, Surrey, Kent etc. In some cases the town was at a node where more than one company worked in. Elsewhere, such as at Guildford 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 privatisation 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, south of the Thames featuring a number of key towns starting at Slough and Windsor and ending at Gravesend, illustrating some of the many changes to bus companies that have occurred.

Thames Valley Region Buses and Coaches in the 1960s and Early 1970s

Author : Philip Wallis
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1398107751
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book Thames Valley Region Buses and Coaches in the 1960s and Early 1970s written by Philip Wallis and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2023-03-15 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously unpublished photographs documenting buses and coaches around the Thames Valley during this interesting period.

Buckinghamshire Buses

Author : R. J. Cook
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1398114383
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book Buckinghamshire Buses written by R. J. Cook and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2023-05-15 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the bus companies in Buckinghamshire from the earliest beginnings to the present day.

Buses and Coaches of Bristol and Eastern Coach Works

Author : Nigel RB Furness
Publisher : Crowood
ISBN 13 : 1847976980
Total Pages : 501 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (479 download)

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Download or read book Buses and Coaches of Bristol and Eastern Coach Works written by Nigel RB Furness and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Buses and Coaches of Bristol and Eastern Coach Works outlines the history of Bristol Commercial Vehicles and Eastern Coach Works (ECW), two manufacturers that together developed some of the most familiar buses and coaches of the twentieth century. The book covers the full production histories and specifications for the standard range of models produced from 1936 to 1983. The variety of engines used to power Bristol-ECW is outlined and a mechanical specification for each chassis is provided, along with a description of the different body styles produced by ECW for each chassis. There is also a chapter on owners' experiences and advice on buying a bus for preservation.Coverage includes the development of Bristol models in the 1930s - J-type single-decker, K-type double-decker and L-type single decker; the engines, including the Bristol petrol and diesel engines, and other manufacturers' engines used in Bristol chassis; the Lodekka - the radical replacement for the Lowbridge double-decker in the 1950s; the single-deckers of the 1950s - The LWL, LS, SC, and MW; the rear-engined era - The RE single-decker and the VR double-decker; the lightweight LH single-decker and the final years of production. Illustrated throughout with 250 colour photographs - many of them previously unpublished.

Midland Red Double-Deckers

Author : David Harvey
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445667878
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Midland Red Double-Deckers written by David Harvey and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Harvey looks at the iconic double-deckers of Midland Red.

History of the Leyland Bus

Author : Ron Phillips
Publisher : Crowood
ISBN 13 : 1847978789
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (479 download)

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Download or read book History of the Leyland Bus written by Ron Phillips and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2015-01-26 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A superbly illustrated history of the Leyland bus, one of the most important British buses of the twentieth century, with full production histories and technical specifications for all the major models. Also covers the evolution of the Leyland Bus company, and tells the full story behind the iconic Leyland badge. Including some previously unseen illustrations, the book gives a full company history - from beginnings as the Lancashire Steam Motor Company in 1886, to the acquisition by Volvo Buses in 1988. Technical details of all the main models are given including the Lion, Titan and Olympic ranges. Gearless buses and rear-engined double-deckers are covered as well as charabancs, trolleybuses, First World War military vehicles and overseas models. This will be an essential guide to these much-treasured vehicles and is beautifully illustrated with some never-before-seen pictures from the Leyland company's archives including 153 black & white photographs and 106 colour and b&w prints.

National Bus Company Dual Purpose Vehicles

Author : Michael Hitchen
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445686384
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book National Bus Company Dual Purpose Vehicles written by Michael Hitchen and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously unpublished photographs documenting this fascinating and overlooked part of NBC vehicle history.