London Transport S Last Buses
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Today S London Buses
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Author : Reiss O'Neill
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Release Date : 2021-04-28
Today S London Buses written by Reiss O'Neill and has been published by Pen and Sword Transport this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-28 with Transportation categories.
Filled with color photos, a look at the variety of London’s buses in recent years. Today's London Buses covers the London bus scene of recent years, including pictures of bus types used in the capital on its major services. This volume looks at various routes across London during this period and the variety of vehicles that have been used in that time frame. Some of the services depicted in this book have already changed, or ceased to operate, during the period covered. The author has set out to illustrate, in broad terms, the color and variety of London bus operation during this time of great change to bus services.
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.
The London Ls
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Author : Matthew Wharmby
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2018-03-30
The London Ls written by Matthew Wharmby 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 2018-03-30 with Transportation categories.
Dissatisfied with the reliability of its AEC Merlin and Swift single-deck buses, London Transport in 1973 purchased six Leyland Nationals for evaluation. Liking what it saw of this ultimate standard product, where even the paint swatch was of Leylands choice, LT took up an option to buy fifty more from a canceled export order and then bought further batches of 110, 30 and 140 to bring the LS class to 437 members by the middle of 1980. A year later the last MBAs and SMSs were replaced on Red Arrow services by sixty-nine new Leyland National 2s.Straightforward but reliable, the LS satisfied London Transports single-deck needs for a decade and a half, often standing in for double-deckers when needed, and then going on to help hold the fort during the tough years of early tendering, during which some innovative LS operations introduced several new liveries and identities. The type served the ten years expected out of it with few worries, only starting to disappear when minibuses came on strength at the end of the 1980s. Although the LS was formally retired by 1992, refurbishment programs gave survivors an extended lease of life, bringing us the National Greenway, the ultimate development of the Leyland National. Most of the Red Arrow National 2s thus became GLSs, and lasted until 2002.Matthew Wharmby is an author, photographer and editor specializing in London bus history. His published books include London Transports Last Buses: Leyland Olympians L 1-263, Routemaster Requiem and Routemaster Retrospective (with Geoff Rixon), London Transport 1970-1984 (with R. C. Riley), The London Titan and The London Metrobus. He has also written many articles for Buses, Bus & Coach Preservation, Classic Bus and London Bus Magazine.
London Transport S Last Buses
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Author : Matthew Wharmby
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2016-02-29
London Transport S Last Buses 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 2016-02-29 with Transportation categories.
The Olympian was Leyland's answer to the competition that was threatening to take custom away from its second-generation OMO double-deck products. Simpler than the London Transportcentric Titan but, unlike that integral model, able to respond to the market by being offered as a chassis for bodying by the bodybuilder of the customer's choice, the Olympian was an immediate success and soon replaced both the Atlantean and Bristol VRT as the standard double-decker of the NBC. It wasn't until 1984 that London Transport itself dabbled with the model, taking three for evaluation alongside trios of contemporary double-deckers.The resulting L class spawned an order for 260 more in 1986, featuring accessibility advancements developed by LT in concert with the Ogle design consultancy, but the rapid changes engulfing the organisation meant that no more were ordered. During the 1990s company ownerships shifted repeatedly as the ethos of competition gave way to the cold reality of big business, an unstable situation which even saw London's bus operations broken up.The L class was split between three new companies, but the backlog of older vehicles to replace once corporate interests released funding ensured the buses up to a further decade in service. Finally, as low-floor buses swept into the capital at the turn of the century, Olympian operation at last declined, and the final examples operated early in 2006.This profusely illustrated book describes the diversity of liveries, ownerships and deployments that characterised the London Leyland Olympians' two decades of service.
London And Its Buses
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Author : Terence Cooper
language : en
Publisher: Pan
Release Date : 1979
London And Its Buses written by Terence Cooper and has been published by Pan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Transportation categories.
London Transport S Last Buses
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Author : Matthew Wharmby
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
London Transport S Last Buses 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 2015 with Buses categories.
Today S London Underground
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Author : Reiss O'Neill
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2018-02-28
Today S London Underground written by Reiss O'Neill 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 2018-02-28 with Transportation categories.
The Underground network in London has always held a fascination for historians and transport enthusiasts, from the early days of the steam operated system in the 1860s. Today's London Underground covers the network as it is today, with features on the different lines across the capital and the modern day rolling stock in use, which serve London. The book covers all aspects of operation in pictures and text, with features on depots, stations, infrastructure and servicing facilities.
The Routledge Handbook Of Public Transport
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Author : Corinne Mulley
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2021-05-12
The Routledge Handbook Of Public Transport written by Corinne Mulley and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-12 with Transportation categories.
The Routledge Handbook of Public Transport is a reference work of chapters providing in-depth examination of the current issues and future developments facing public transport. Chapters in this book are dedicated to specific key topics, identifying the challenges therein and pointing to emerging areas of research and concern. The content is written by an international group of expert contributors and is enhanced through contributions from practitioners to deliver a broader perspective. The Handbook deals with public transport policy context, modal settings, public transport environment, public transport delivery issues, smart card data for planning and the future of public transport. This comprehensive reference work will be a vital source for academics, researchers and transport practitioners in public transport management, transport policy and transport planning.
The London Bendy Bus
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Author : Matthew Wharmby
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2016-03-30
The London Bendy Bus written by Matthew Wharmby 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 2016-03-30 with Transportation categories.
Between 2002 and 2006 six of Londons bus companies put into service 390 articulated bendy buses on twelve routes for transport in London.rnrnDuring what turned out to be a foreshortened nine years in service, the Mercedes-Benz Citaro G buses familiar on the continent and worldwide earned an unenviable reputation in London; according to who you read and who you believed, they caught fire at the drop of a hat, they maimed cyclists, they drained revenue from the system due to their susceptibility to fare evasion, they transported already long-suffering passengers in standing crush loads like cattle and they contributed to the extinction of the Routemaster from frontline service. In short, it was often referred to as the bus we hated.rnrnThis account is an attempt by a long-time detractor of the bendy buses to set the vehicles in their proper context not quite to rehabilitate them, but to be as fair as is possible towards a mode of transport which felt about as un-British as could be.
Buses Of London
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Author : Colin Hartley Curtis
language : en
Publisher: Hodder Education
Release Date : 1977-01-01
Buses Of London written by Colin Hartley Curtis and has been published by Hodder Education this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977-01-01 with Buses categories.