London Buses In The 1970s
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London Buses In The 1970s
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Author : Jim Blake
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2018-05-30
London Buses In The 1970s written by Jim Blake and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-30 with Transportation categories.
Using photographs from Jim Blake's extensive archives, this book examines the turbulent period in the history of London's buses immediately after London Transport lost its Country Buses and Green Line Coaches to the recently-formed National Bus Company, under their new subsidiary company, London Country Bus Services Ltd.The new entity inherited a largely elderly fleet of buses from London Transport, notably almost 500 RT-class AEC Regent double-deckers, of which replacement was already under way in the shape of new AEC MB and SM class Swift single-deckers.London Transport itself was in the throes of replacing a much larger fleet of these. At the time of the split, it was already apparent that the 36ft-long MB class single-deckers were not suitable for London conditions, particularly in negotiating suburban streets cluttered with cars, and were also mechanically unreliable. The shorter SM class superseded them but they were equally unreliable. January 1971 saw the appearance of London Transport's first purpose-built one-man operated double-decker, the DMS class. All manner of problems plagued these, too.Both operators were also plagued with a shortage of spare parts for their vehicles, made worse by the three-day week imposed by the Heath regime in 1973-4. London Transport and London Country were still closely related, with the latter's buses continuing to be overhauled at LT's Aldenham Works. Such were the problems with the MB, SM, and DMS types that LT not only had to resurrect elderly RTs to keep services going, but even repurchased some from London Country! In turn, the latter operator hired a number of MB-types from LT, now abandoned as useless, from 1974 onwards in an effort to cover their own vehicle shortages. Things looked bleak for both operators in the mid-1970s.This book contains a variety of interesting and often unusual photographs illustrating all of this, most of which have never been published before.
London Buses 1970 1980
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Author : Matthew Wharmby
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2017-11-30
London Buses 1970 1980 written by Matthew Wharmby and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-30 with Transportation categories.
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.
London Buses 1970 1980 A Decade Of London Transport And London Country Operations
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Author : Matthew Wharmby
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
London Buses 1970 1980 A Decade Of London Transport And London Country Operations written by Matthew Wharmby and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with categories.
East London Buses 1970s 1980s
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Author : Malcolm Batten
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2018-03-15
East London Buses 1970s 1980s written by Malcolm Batten and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-15 with Transportation categories.
A terrific range of previously unpublished images of East London buses, including Routemasters, during the 1970s-1980s.
London Buses In The 1970s
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Author : Jim Blake
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2019-06-30
London Buses In The 1970s written by Jim Blake and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-30 with Transportation categories.
“A compilation of photos taken in the difficult period . . . when LT and London Country were plagued with maintenance problems. A valuable record.” —West Somerset Railway Association Continuing with images from transport photographer Jim Blake’s extensive archives, this book examines the second half of the 1970s, when both London Transport and London Country were still struggling to keep services going. This resulted both from being plagued by a shortage of spare parts for their vehicles and having a number of vehicle types which were unreliable—the MB, SM and DMS classes. In 1975, both operators had to hire buses from other companies, so desperate were they. Many came from the seaside towns of Southend, Bournemouth and Eastbourne. This continued until the spares shortage began to abate later in the decade, particularly with London Country. As the decade progressed, the two fleets began to lose their “ancestral” vehicle types. London Country rapidly became “just another National Bus Company fleet,” buying Leyland Atlanteans and Nationals common to most others throughout the country. Having virtually abandoned the awful MB and SM-types, London Transport had to suffer buying the equally awful DMSs well into 1978, but had already ordered replacements for them by that point—the M class Metrobuses and T class Titans—both of which would finally prove successful. However, plans to convert trunk routes serving Central London to one-person operation were largely abandoned. “A very interesting book. The passenger transport crisis in London in the mid-1970s was a major event.” —Miniaturas JM
London Buses 1970 1980
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Author : Matthew Wharmby
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-01-23
London Buses 1970 1980 written by Matthew Wharmby and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-23 with categories.
The 1970s were among London Transport's most troubled years. Prohibited from designing its own buses for the grueling 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 organization 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.
The Colours Of London Buses 1970s
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Author : Kevin McCormack
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2016-02-29
The Colours Of London Buses 1970s written by Kevin McCormack and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-29 with Transportation categories.
This is a colour album of London Buses concentrating mainly on the 1970s which was the first decade since London Transport's inception in 1933 to feature a large number of buses on London streets which were not painted in the mainly all-red (or in a few c
The London Bus In Colour
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Author : John Bishop
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-08-18
The London Bus In Colour written by John Bishop and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-18 with Bus lines categories.
The last three decades of the twentieth century saw dramatic changes in the bus industry with deregulation of bus services nationally in October 1986 in the provincial areas. Visually London seemed to stay the same with the buses still operating in the customary red liveries which all cherished from childhood. This book sets out to show how the vehicles moved forward from the traditional layout of rear platform and open half cab to the introduction of one man buses with their front entrances. The effects of deregulation are shown with dynamic color schemes especially with the Bexleybus blue and cream color scheme. With the passing of years we progress to the now familiar single deck buses, and also cover various other transport experiments.
London Transport Buses In East London And Essex
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Author : David Christie
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2017-05-15
London Transport Buses In East London And Essex written by David Christie and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-15 with Transportation categories.
David Christie offers a range of superb images of London Transport buses in the eastern part of London.
London Transport In The 1970s
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Author : Michael Baker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
London Transport In The 1970s written by Michael Baker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Buses categories.
For London transport, the 1970's started with the creation of London Country as a separate operator, with the National Bus Company assuming responsibility for the former London Transport Country area services. By the end of the decade, two of the classic LT bus designs had operated in public service for the last time.