LONDON BUSES - A BRIEF HISTORY

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From the first horse-drawn London Bus in 1829, the first double-decker in 1847, the first motor buses at the beginning of the 20th century, the first covered top buses in 1925, the birth of the classic RT and Routemaster buses, and the introduction of low-floor buses in recent times, this small book provides an excellent general history of the progress in design of the bus in London.

Contents:

• The first London Buses
• The birth of the Double-Decker
• The Motor Age
• The General Takes the Plunge
• The B-type and Beyond
• Competition and Progress
• The Three Rs – Renown, Reliance and Regent
• Where’s the Engine?
• London Transport
• Longer 4-Wheelers
• The Bus Stop
• Bus Shelters
• The Era of Streamlining
• Wartime
• Peace and Standardisation
• Classic Single-Deckers
• The Routemaster
• Pay As You Enter
• Upstairs Regained
• London’s Buses in the Seventies and Eighties
• Tendering and Privatisation

Continent: Europe
Country: UK
Area: UK London

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