Buses, Trams & Commercial Vehicles: General Interest

Stagecoach South Wales is a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group and was formed through the acquisitions and consolidation of Aberdare Bus Company Li...

When double-deck motorbuses were first introduced they were all open-top, like the horse buses that preceded them. Roofs were not permitted until t...

For many people. the halcyon days of PMT was the decade between the management buyout of the company from the National Bus Company in 1986 until th...

The final two decades of the twentieth century saw great changes in the bus and coach industry in Great Britain. In the early 1980s the National Bu...

As rush hour came to a close on the evening of May 25, 1950, one of Chicago's new fast, colorful, streamlined streetcars—known as a Green Hornet—sl...

Bury Corporation Transport boasted a fleet of more than ninety buses – mainly produced by Daimler and Leyland. In many ways the company was a trail...

Until production ceased in 1986, Bedford buses and coaches were a familiar sight on roads across the world. From the ubiquitous Bedford OB and the ...

Lanarkshire was once part of Scotland's industrial heartland but, away from the grime and smoke, there was the more picturesque and rural Clyde Val...

Filled with information, images, and a fleet list, this book tells the story of the Stratford Blue bus company from its start in 1927, through the ...

A history of Cheltenham's trams and early buses.

This is a photographic album covering three long-gone tramway systems, including many previously unpublished images of the towns and their public t...

Cheltenham's buses 1939-1980

This fascinating collection of 200 archive photographs takes the reader on a nostalgic bus and tram ride through the north-west of Birmingham, from...

The book covers the history of municipal transport in Luton from the first horse-drawn buses and the town's electric trams, through to the sale of ...

The archetypal Routemaster is arguably the most recognised vehicle in the world, as witnessed at the recent Beijing Olympic handover ceremony. Buse...

The humble omnibus has been seen on the UK's highways and byways for many decades, not least the era before car ownership reached its zenith. These...

Sunderland Transport takes the reader on a ride back in time on the trams and buses that once plied the city's streets. Put together by local trans...

There are fond memories of Red Rover in Buckinghamshire. Like many of the small independent bus companies, many people remember the personal servic...

As trams and other light rapid transit systems make a comeback in many British cities this volume, the second of three, looks at all the tramways t...

What happens to a bus when it reaches the end of its life? It is a simple question and most people would assume that the bus would end up in a scra...

The handsome multicolored streetcar is a nostalgic icon of the some of the most romantic and heritage-rich locales in America, including San Franci...

Long before motorised transport, movement of animals was by means of walking individual beasts, or by herding or droving. Much of the road system a...

The low-floor bus was first introduced to the streets of London in 1994 with a fleet of sixty single-decks entering services with London Buses Limi...

May 1927 saw the abandonment of Chesterfield's trams and replacement with trolleybuses. These only lasted until March 1938, bringing an end to a fo...