Independent Bus Operators in Western Yorkshire
Author: Neville Mercer
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Published: 2015
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781905304677
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Author: Neville Mercer
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Published: 2015
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781905304677
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Law
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2020-09-15
Total Pages: 190
ISBN-13: 1445695626
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJohn Law has chosen the best of his collection, featuring a variety of photographs to illustrate the independent bus sector in the great county of Yorkshire.
Author: Jim Blake
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Published: 2020-08-19
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 1473857171
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the 1960s, a large number of independent bus and coach fleets existed, which varied enormously in size and scope of operation. They ranged from major operators such as Barton Transport (Nottinghamshire); Lancashire United and West Riding who operated stage carriage services as well as coach fleets; or Wallace Arnold Tours of Leeds, a major coach touring company in Britain and Continental Europe; to small operators who possessed just a handful of vehicles. The latter were sometimes involved only in private hire work, for such things as outings to sporting events or theaters, school or industrial contracts or often a combination of both. Smaller operators were based throughout the country, sometimes in tiny villages but also in the heart of large cities. Often the smaller operators bought redundant buses and coaches from major operators, whether BET, BTC (Tilling) or municipal concerns, or London Transport. Many got bargains from the latter, with surplus RT and RTL double-deckers sold following the disastrous bus strike and service cuts of 1958. Conversely, redundant vehicles bought by independent fleets often brought types that came from as far away as Scotland to London and the south east. In the 1960s, the oldest buses and coaches with independent fleets were those employed on school or industrial contracts. These were not subject to the rigorous tests governing those carrying fare-paying passengers, so could be kept going until they were literally falling apart! These were known as non-PSVs, i.e. non-public service vehicles. On the other hand, some very small independent fleets, often with the title Luxury Coaches, took great pride in their fleets. They would purchase new coaches every two or three years and keep them in immaculate condition. The net result was that British independent bus and coach operators in the 1960s had a fascinating variety of chassis and body makes and styles, as well as liveries. This book shows many of these as they were between fifty and sixty years ago.
Author: LES. DICKINSON
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Published: 2019
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781905304875
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780901307330
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Gavin Booth
Publisher: Ian Allan Publishing
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9780711032026
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis title will appeal to those nostalgic for the period before the arrival of corporate identity and garish new liveries and provides useful reference material for all those recreating the era in model form and those involved in bus preservation.
Author: Brian Hemming
Publisher:
Published: 1982-01
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780904711479
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Keith A. Jenkinson
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2022-05-15
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 1445697130
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRare and previously unpublished images of West Yorkshire's independent bus scene since deregulation.
Author: Peter Tucker
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2023-09-15
Total Pages: 195
ISBN-13: 1398114081
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor Peter Tucker takes us on a lively photographic tour of the transport scene in South and West Yorkshire.
Author: Scott Poole
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2024-04-15
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 1445697270
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDocuments the ups and downs of the First West Yorkshire operator, with a range of previously unpublished images.