Author : Michael Baker
Publisher : Ian Allan Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 12,95 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780711031319
Examining the development of public transport in London during the 1930s, Michael H.C. Baker recalls the founding of the London Passenger Transport Board, the introduction of trolleybuses, the expansion of the underground and the launch of the enduring RT-type bus.
Author : Michael Baker
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 35,58 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780711033917
Michael Baker's histories of London Transport are enduringly popular. He is able to really capture the mood of the era with wistful nostalgia and the inclusion of some fascinating contemporary anecdotes, along with detailed information about the history and development of London Transport from its earliest times, through the dark years of World War 2, through to the increasing optimism of the 1950s and beyond. He has compiled titles on the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s and they are available here as one book to provide a definitive look at the fortunes of London Transport across three decades.
Author : Kenneth A. Watson
Publisher :
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 38,13 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Author : Little Transport
Publisher :
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 10,7 MB
Release : 2016-12-02
Category :
ISBN : 9781540789136
This is a smaller more affordable version of the full book covering the period from the 1930's to the 1960's.This originally started as a project to collate and show all my model photographs. I then realised that other photographers I knew or followed on Flickr had some great model photographs too and before long we were starting to build up a large collection of different types of vehicles. This has grown and grown over the last couple of years until finally building a book that includes over 200 photos which not only covers most of London Transport's history of all the various types of vehicles seen but also a modelling history too. This book includes both London Transport red and green buses, Greenline coaches, London Country and independant operators during the deregulation era. Also some photos of some buses after their days in the Capital from the period of the 1930's to the 1960's.Buses have been popular in London ever since George Shillibeer started operating the Capitals first omnibus service on Saturday 4th July 1829. The service ran from Paddington o the Bank four times a day using three horses and carrying 22 people.Nowadays approximately 7500 buses carry over 6 million passengers every day over a vast network covering all of London.
Author : Clifton Feinen
Publisher :
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 41,20 MB
Release : 2021-03-30
Category :
ISBN :
The London Bus is a London transportation system used for multiple decades. Considered to be an icon of London, the London Bus operates by day and night on many different routes and lines. The main image of a London Bus is an arched, double-decker, red-painted bus which can carry a large number of passengers. In this London Buses book, you will discover both London Transport red and green buses, Greenline coaches, London Country and independant operators during the deregulation era. Also some photos of some buses after their days in the Capital from the period of the 1930's to the 1960's. Purchase this book today and start learning about the buses of London!
Author : Michael Baker
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,55 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Buses
ISBN : 9780711033672
The 1920s were a period of considerable change in London. In public transport terms the bus began to grow in importance and new forms of popular entertainment - such as football and the cinema - began to put great strains on the network. This book examines the capital's transport system during this period.
Author : Andrew Martin
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 30,88 MB
Release : 2012-04-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1847658075
Why is the Victoria Line so hot? What is an Electrical Multiple Unit? Is it really possible to ride from King's Cross to King's Cross on the Circle line? The London Underground is the oldest, most sprawling and illogical metropolitan transport system in the world, the result of a series of botch-jobs and improvisations.Yet it transports over one billion passengers every year - and this figure is rising. It is iconic, recognised the world over, and loved and despised by Londoners in equal measure. Blending reportage, humour and personal encounters, Andrew Martin embarks on a wonderfully engaging social history of London's underground railway system (which despite its name, is in fact fifty-five per cent overground). Underground, Overground is a highly enjoyable, witty and informative history of everything you need to know about the Tube.
Author : Carlton Reid
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 25,58 MB
Release : 2015-04-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1610916891
In Roads Were Not Built for Cars, Carlton Reid reveals the pivotal—and largely unrecognized—role that bicyclists played in the development of modern roadways. Reid introduces readers to cycling personalities, such as Henry Ford, and the cycling advocacy groups that influenced early road improvements, literally paving the way for the motor car. When the bicycle morphed from the vehicle of rich transport progressives in the 1890s to the “poor man’s transport” in the 1920s, some cyclists became ardent motorists and were all too happy to forget their cycling roots. But, Reid explains, many motor pioneers continued cycling, celebrating the shared links between transport modes that are now seen as worlds apart. In this engaging and meticulously researched book, Carlton Reid encourages us all to celebrate those links once again.
Author : John Corn
Publisher : Folens Limited
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 30,64 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9781852761844
Author : Jim Blake
Publisher : Wharncliffe
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 33,48 MB
Release : 2015-09-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1473833841
This pictorial book covers London's railways from 1967 to 1977, showing the transition from steam to diesel and electric traction. This volume has a very readable narrative, telling tales of the authors adventures during his many trips around the London railway network. The volume encapsulates a period of time in Britain, during which a great deal of change was taking place, not only with railways and transport, but also socially and economically. Jim Blake, describes all of these changes, while also looking at the capitals transport scene of the period.
