The London Bendy Bus

Author : Matthew Wharmby
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473869439
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The London Bendy Bus written by Matthew Wharmby and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-03-30 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Keith A. Jenkinson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445678861
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Britain's Bendy Buses written by Keith A. Jenkinson and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pictorial celebration of Britain's iconic bendy buses. This book takes a detailed look at the bendy buses operated in the UK and their lives since their disposal by major operators.

Author : Matthew Wharmby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781473869424
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The London Bendy Bus: The Bus We Hated written by Matthew Wharmby and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Taylor
Publisher : Shire Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780747807285
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The London Bus written by James Taylor and published by Shire Publications. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The red double decker bus is one of the enduring images of London. Although now increasingly replaced by modern bendy buses, the classic rear-entrance double-decker still appears on postcards, keyrings, t-shirts and other tourist souvenirs. Successor to the horse-drawn London buses of the nineteenth century, the B-type double-decker first appeared in the Edwardian period, and was the first in a classic line of London motorbuses. Take a trip back in time to explore the story of the London bus, from horse-drawn to bendy bus. With special attention paid to the much-loved double-decker, the author discusses bus design, manufacture and operation, plus the work of drivers and conductors, making this the perfect celebration of the best-loved bus in the world.

Author : Simon Siwel
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1514497158
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Benny the Bendy Bus written by Simon Siwel and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benny is a Bendy Bus that operates and lives out of a Bus Depot. We share in his many adventures with his Bus friends, Simon, Emily, James, and the drivers, Bus captains and other characters in the stories. Each story has a lesson to be learned. The book tells all the stories of the adventures of the Buses and the many things that happen each day. Benny has been written for children, so they can share in the adventures. Next time you are going somewhere and you see a bus, think of Benny, play a game, let see if you can see a Bendy Bus like Benny, a double decker like Simon, or a school bus like Emily. I hope you have as much fun reading the stories as Benny and his friend have telling them.

Author : John Hypher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780957199705
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London's Bendy Buses, 2002-2011 written by John Hypher and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Malcolm Batten
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445680688
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book East London Buses: The Twenty-First Century written by Malcolm Batten and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a wealth of previously unpublished images, Malcolm Batten observes what has changed in the East London bus scene since the turn of the century.

Author : Philip Wallis
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1398100455
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London Night Buses Since 1984 written by Philip Wallis and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2021-10-15 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fantastic photographic history of London's night bus service since it was greatly expanded in 1984.

Author : David Beddall
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1398101206
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London's Low-floor Buses written by David Beddall and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With 180 wonderful photographs, this is a stunning photographic tribute to London's low-floor buses.

Author : Tony Lewin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781858946245
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London's New Routemaster written by Tony Lewin and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few things are as synonomous with London as its famous red buses, thousands of which carry millions of passengers a year on hundreds of separate routes. Yet since the withdrawl from service of the much loved Routemaster in the mid-2000s, noe of its replacements has succeeded in generating the same kind of affection among the travelling public. Now, however, the stylish, Thomas Hetherwick-designed New Routemaster looks set to recapture the imagination of Londoners and visitors alike. This book tells the story of the New Routemaster.