Buses, Trams & Commercial Vehicles: General Interest

Until the last quarter of the twentieth century Maltese buses had generally had locally constructed bodywork, often a modified chassis of UK or Ame...

This book takes a look at the numerous changes that have taken place in Yorkshire’s bus breaking scene in recent years. Today, only five bus breake...

Sheffield has seen an influx of new independent operators with a wide range of new and second-hand buses, diverse liveries, and, of course, trams a...

From the 1880s to the 1950s, trams were a common sight in many British towns. This volume looks at the tramways and light railways that have operat...

Classic trucks are an important part of our heritage and are supported by many enthusiasts in the preservation world and the general public. Events...

Few people would have envisaged that when the fledgling D&G Bus commenced operations in April 1998 with four vehicles that twenty-five years la...

The 2000s saw the end of a good many haulage and vehicle manufacturing companies and also a series of company takeovers. The British lorry manufact...

A history of Somerset's buses.

As Birmingham grew in the late Victorian and Edwardian period, the city slowly consumed farmland and small villages on its outskirts. With this gro...

This book is the first comprehensive history of the development of the British bicycle industry from the perspective of business and economic histo...

This illustrated history charts the development of the open-top bus, from the early 1900s when buses were built with no roofs to the bustling sight...

One of the great names of the British bus and coach industry was Royal Blue, whose vehicles were a familiar sight on the express routes between Lon...

Heralded as one of the best examples in the bus and coach industry of deregulation working in almost textbook fashion, Oxford has enjoyed an excell...

Bus garages, or depots if that is your preferred nomenclature, come in all shapes and sizes and have their origins in the tram depots that were est...

Throughout their existence from 1904 until 1981, the Birmingham & Midland Motor Omnibus Company were an idiosyncratic operator whose area of op...

The larger bus operators, whether municipal or company owned, have traditionally trained their own new drivers. Normally older vehicles from the fl...

This book covers the ever-changing bus scene in Norfolk, Suffolk and northern Essex since 2016. Operators featured include First Essex, First Easte...

The story of bus and tram services in the Edinburgh area in the period following the deregulation of bus services has been rich and varied. Many tr...

This is an illustrated history of the Crosville bus company in Liverpool. The company started bus operations in the years leading up to the First W...

The decade 2010-19 was a period of change and colour in Reading’s bus services. Many routes and liveries changed, not just for Reading Buses but al...