Book Description
Previously unpublished photographs celebrating Northampton's bus and coach scene in the 1990s and 2000s.
Author : Matt Cooper
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 21,43 MB
Release : 2024-05-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1398115878
Previously unpublished photographs celebrating Northampton's bus and coach scene in the 1990s and 2000s.
Author : David Beddall
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 26,51 MB
Release : 2023-09-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1526780992
Northampton, the county town of Northamptonshire, is rich in transport history. 1880 saw several tram routes commence operation within the Northampton Borough, being operated by the Northampton Street Tramway Company. After this, public transport in the town began to develop. The tram network being electrified in 1901. The 1910s saw a number of independent bus operators begin to link Northampton with the surrounding villages, introducing motor bus operation into the town. Over the years, Northampton has been home to numerous independent bus and coach operators. Two major operators also served the town, Northampton Corporation Transport (later Northampton Transport and First Northampton) and United Counties / Stagecoach Midlands. Northampton’s Trams and Buses explores the development of the tram network within Northampton, as well as exploring how bus services in the Northampton, Wootton, Hardingstone and Moulton areas of Northamptonshire have developed from the early 1900s to 2021.
Author : John Evans
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 20,21 MB
Release : 2018-04-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1445673576
John Evans takes a fascinating look at Northampton buses. The story of these is also told in words and pictures.
Author : James Taylor
Publisher : Crowood
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 48,96 MB
Release : 2013-08-31
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1847976395
A-Z of British Bus Bodies sets out to offer a first port of call for anyone with an interest in those who built bus and coach bodies in Britain and Ireland between 1919 and 1975. From charabanc to service bus, from luxury coach to municipal double-decker, the sheer variety of public service vehicle (PSV) bodies is astonishing. The alphabetical listing of British bus body builders between 1919 - 1975 covers the well-known larger companies and small local companies, and is illustrated with period and modern images, including contemporary advertising material. It includes a substantial introduction looking at operators of the period, the body building process and the development of bus body building throughout the period. A comprehensive guide to bus bodies 1919-1975 and a valuable reference work for the bus enthusiast. Superbly illustrated with 300 colour and black & white photographs including period and modern images and contemporary advertising material. James Taylor has been researching and writing about motoring history for over thirty years and has been interested in classic buses since childhood.
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Page : 598 pages
File Size : 47,22 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Bus lines
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Page : 776 pages
File Size : 28,84 MB
Release : 1924
Category : Bus lines
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Page : 154 pages
File Size : 26,76 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Northampton (England)
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Author : Roger M. Warwick
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Page : 6 pages
File Size : 15,37 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Bus lines
ISBN : 9780950598086
Author : United States. Congress
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Page : 106 pages
File Size : 23,81 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Government publications
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Author : Eric Newton
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 28,79 MB
Release : 2011-10-24
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1456796763
The book is an account of a journey using local service buses from Lands End in the deepest south west of England up to John OGroats in the far north east of Scotland. With the issue of free bus passes to all British citizens over the age of sixty, the author decided to maximise the use of his in undertaking this 1,230 mile trip. By way of being different, the author decided to take with him, his dog Archie, a Jack Russell / cairn terrier cross, as he too enjoys travelling. The book is not just a travel log across and up the length of Britain, but includes much historical and general information of towns and cities visited with time taken at the various stop-over points to look around and explore. In addition to the exploits of the authors dog, the book contains his thoughts and observations during the journey. Some of these are referred to as Rants made on the authors own admission as being a grumpy old man. The detailed planning and preparation of the trip is explained that deliberately took in many historic towns and cities. From Penzance, the route traverses England through Exeter, Bath Oxford, Leicester, Lincoln and then across the Humber and up the east coast by Scarborough, Durham, Newcastle and onto Berwick before crossing the border into Scotland. From here on, the bus journey followed the east coast through Edinburgh, over the Firth of Forth to Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen, Inverness, Dornoch and Wick before reaching their final destination at John OGroats. The book has been written in a light vein and contains an element of humour. Hopefully, the reader will become a little more knowledgeable about this historic and beautiful island of ours by the end. It is certainly true that travel does broaden the mind.