Buses, trams and commercial vehicles: general interest

It is almost 100 years since the first tram was preserved in Britain, in the century since then a great variety of trams have been saved from tramway systems small and large.

During the history of Britain's electric tramcar fleets, many thousands were manufactured of which the vast majority saw out their operational life with a single owner.

During the history of Britain's electric tramcar fleets, many thousands were manufactured of which the vast majority saw out their operational life with a single owner.

A pictorial history of the Midland Red bus company, from its beginnings to its final days, by one of its former bus operators.

Throughout the years, we have encountered voluminous situations that highlight the frustrations and humor of the commuting experience.

Frederic Harrop was born in New Zealand in 1940.

This book gives the reader a rare peak into the world of driving an 18 wheeler across country.

Transport Sociology: Social Aspects of Transport Planning focuses on the importance of an efficient transport plan in ensuring order in neighborhoods and social functions, as well as management and control of the environmental impacts of transport systems in communities and cities.

Strategic Planning in London: The Rise and Fall of the Primary Road Network examines the relationship between order and change in the urban planning process.

Control in Transportation Systems covers the proceedings of the Fourth International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)/International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)/International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS) Conference on Control in Transportation Systems.

Rikisha to Rapid Transit: Urban Public Transport Systems and Policy in Southeast Asia examines the historical development of urban public transport systems and policy in Southeast Asia.

Traffic Planning and Engineering, Second Edition takes into account underlying trends in traffic planning and engineering.

My Life as a Professional Seat Cover is a memoir written to help bridge the gap between truckers and the general motoring public.

The Routemaster bus has become synonymous with London and is recognised the world over.

In this, the fourth edition of the Transport Philately series the author looks at the treatment of transport using roads rather than rail or air.

This volume is the latest in a series of tramway books covering Britains post war tram networks.

Filled with color photos, a look at the variety of London's buses in recent years.

Filled with color photos, a look at the variety of London’s buses in recent years.

Just as life in Britain generally changed dramatically during the 1960s, so did London Transport's buses and their operations.

Just as life in Britain generally changed dramatically during the 1960s, so did London Transport's buses and their operations.

A pictorial history of buses and coaches of the period, drawn from a British transport photographer's vast collection.

A pictorial history of buses and coaches of the period, drawn from a British transport photographer’s vast collection.

After successfully completing his 12,000 mile bus ride around America, Shaun Donovan now embarks on his latest and greatest challenge - to circumnavigate the coastline of Australia, again by bus, but also to ride the famous 'Indian Pacific' and 'Ghan' trains from west to east and south to north of this vast continent - A 20,000 kilometre journey which must be completed in less than 50 days.

Trolleybuses were first introduced in Portugal by SMC in Coimbra in February 1947 and used Saurer, Sunbeam and BUT single-deckers that were all in service by 1954.

In the 1970s the state-owned National Bus Company operated services across England and Wales, and one of the largest of its thirty-six constituent bus companies was the huge Crosville Motor Services.

From 1940 until the mid-1970s Britain supplied Portugal with many of its bus chassis.

Dublin Bus was formed back in February 1987 when services were split out of Coras Iompair Eireann (CIE) and has, in time, become a modern and forward-thinking bus operator.

Advertising on public transport in the UK has been common practice since the early days of the horse-drawn bus.

As capital of Scotland, Edinburgh has always boasted a bus service to be proud of.

This book continues the story of the erstwhile Western SMT company.

For many years a major importer of new British buses, the former colony of Hong Kong, with its high-rise living, is dependent on public transport.

The Scottish Bus Group decided to bring all of its express coaches, London services and coach tours under the umbrella of Scottish Citylink Coaches.

This book takes a look at the most popular type of bus - the open-top bus.

Though they serve one of England's smallest counties, the smaller operators in Bedfordshire contain some very interesting vehicles.

Strathtay Scottish was a product of the state-owned Scottish Bus Group's attempts to prepare for deregulation and possible privatisation in the mid-1980s.

The McKindless bus company started off as a small operation of a few buses, a lorry and two coaches in 1987, and traded under the name of Chartered Coaches.

The bright red double-decker bus has become an icon of London.

London buses are red and have been for over a hundred years.

The North East is a region of great geographic, economic and social contrast.

In addition to the major operators such as National Welsh, South Wales Transport, First Group and Stagecoach, South Wales boasted a number of municipal bus operators, most of which have since been acquired by the major groups.

Following the deregulation of bus services in 1986, West Yorkshire became flooded by small independent operators, some of whom survived while others were swallowed up by larger companies.

The transport scene in the historic city of York has seen numerous changes since 1986, with the breakup of the National Bus Company into a number of separate units whose ownership have since changed several times.

Bus builder Optare was formed by some of its employees in 1984 after the closure of old-established coachbuilder Chas H.

On 1 April 1974, the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive was created by merging the municipal bus fleets of Bradford City Transport, Halifax Corporation with Calderdale Joint Omnibus Committee, Huddersfield Joint Omnibus Committee and Leeds City Transport.

Around the early 2000s, there was a concern among transport enthusiasts that variety in terms of vehicle type and livery in the passenger transport industry in and around the South Wales Valleys would decline.

Following the deregulation of bus services in the United Kingdom in 1986, it did not take long for many distinctive local liveries to disappear.

The exact definition of east Scotland can be difficult to define due to its wide geographical areas, but for the purpose of this book the bus services covered are from a wide range of destinations including Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Perth, Fife, the Borders and the Lothians.

In 1961 the maximum length of single-deckers was increased to 36 feet.

Golden Miller was a rare bus operator permitted to run bus services within London Transport's vast monopoly area.