London Transport 1970 84

Author : MATTHEW WHARMBY
Publisher : Key Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781913870348
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book LONDON TRANSPORT 197084 written by MATTHEW WHARMBY and published by Key Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London Transport 1970-84 covers the declining years of London's bus operations, during which the venerable RT and Routemaster types were compelled to give way to modern buses. These enjoyed less success, however. In this book, 120 stunning color images are accompanied by informative captions, giving the full picture of this time of huge change.

Author : Matthew Wharmby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780711037304
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London Transport 1970 - 1984 written by Matthew Wharmby and published by . This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is a well-researched collection of the late R.C. (Dick) Riley's photographs featuring London's buses with detailed captions.

Author : Matthew Wharmby
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1473872960
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London Buses, 1970–1980 written by Matthew Wharmby and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Michael Baker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780711031302
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London Transport in the 1970s written by Michael Baker and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Matthew Wharmby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781473872950
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London Buses 1970--1980: A Decade of London Transport and London Country Operations written by Matthew Wharmby and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Matthew Wharmby
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473862299
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The London LS written by Matthew Wharmby and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2018-03-30 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : David Christie
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445668017
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London Transport Buses in East London and Essex written by David Christie and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Christie offers a range of superb images of London Transport buses in the eastern part of London.

Author : Matthew Wharmby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781473872943
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London Buses 1970-1980 written by Matthew Wharmby and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : William G. Bell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book International Conference on Mobility and Transport of Elderly and Handicapped Persons. Third. Proceedings. Final Report written by William G. Bell and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Theodore Cardwell Barker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780043850633
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of London Transport: The twentieth century to 1970 written by Theodore Cardwell Barker and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: