The Buses Of Northern Scottish

Author : Peter Findlay
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445615517
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Buses of Northern Scottish written by Peter Findlay and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2013-06-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs gives an insight into the history of the buses operated by Northern Scottish.

Author : Kenny Barclay
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445687437
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scottish Buses During Deregulation: Another View written by Kenny Barclay and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kenny Barclay offers up another superb selection of photographs documenting this interesting period.

Author : John Sinclair
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781840337884
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Buses of North East Scotland in Colour by John Sinclair written by John Sinclair and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Findlay
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445659042
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book North-East Scottish Independents written by Peter Findlay and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wonderful collection of photographs showing the history and development of the independent bus and coach operators of north-eastern Scotland.

Author : Kenny Barclay
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445670003
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scottish Buses During Deregulation written by Kenny Barclay and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rare and unpublished images from this iconic period in Scotland's transport history.

Author : Gavin Booth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780711029514
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scottish Buses written by Gavin Booth and published by . This book was released on 2003-03 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a highly fragmented bus industry, even though the major cities were dominated by the big four municipal operators and much else was controlled by the subsidlarles of the Scottish Bus Group, Scotland still managed to provide the bus enthusiast with an almost infinite variety of bus type and livery. Part of this was the result of the very strong tradition of independent operators in places like Ayrshire, but also the fact that, whereas in England and Wales the National Bus Company imposed a rigid corporate style, in Scotland the SBG allowed the constituent companies to retain much of their Individual identity. Thus it was possible to see, for example, green buses from Lowland Scottish and yellow buses from Alexander Northern. In towns and cities like Dundee and Edinburgh it was possible to see vehicles from the local municipal fleet alongside many of the different SBG liveries as well as those from noted independent operators - standing on a major thoroughfare in any of these places you could see a huge variety of different coloured vehicles.Following on from his earlier and hugely successful volume in the 'Heyday' series covering Scottish bus operations, Gavin Booth now provides a further exploration into the great variety of bus types and liveries to be found in Scotland over the past 30 years. Although covering predominantly the era prior to deregulation and privatisation, the book also examines the changes wrought in Scotland as a result of reforms from the mid-1970s onwards, when names like Stagecoach came to the fore, taking advantage of changed circumstances to launch new services. As with the earlier 'Heyday' volume, the book includes over 80 vivid colour photographs showing bus operations in Scotland.

Author : David Devoy
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445691280
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strathtay Scottish Buses written by David Devoy and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating look at one of Scotland's most interesting bus operators, combined with some fascinating pictures.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 0215030923
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bus Services Across the UK written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-10-26 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buses are a key local service, but usage has been in decline since the 1950s. The Transport Act 1985 introduced deregulation, but that has failed to reverse that decline. The report examines the particular problems local authorities face in developing and implementing effective bus strategies. It is clear to the Committee that, for many areas, including all major metropolitan areas outside London, the current regime is not working. The Committee recommends more flexibility, and is particularly attracted by Quality Contracts. These would replace open competition with a licensed regime. Operators bid for exclusive rights to run bus services on a route or group of routes, on the basis of a local authority service specification. Independent Traffic Commissioners are another development that the Committee welcomes, and would like to see them have a higher profile and more resources and powers, especially to enforce Quality Contracts and penalise operators who do not meet their obligations. Others areas covered in the report are: securing socially necessary services outside the PTAs; congestion and bus priority; concessionary fares; and the image of the bus.

Author : Walter Burt
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445634767
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Midland Scottish Buses written by Walter Burt and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This latest volume by Walter Burt uses a wonderful collection of period and contemporary images to tell the story of Midland Scottish and its buses

Author : Professor of Ecclesiastical History Stewart J Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780711035522
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alexander's Buses written by Professor of Ecclesiastical History Stewart J Brown and published by . This book was released on 2012-01-05 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1961 Scotland's biggest bus company, W Alexander & Sons of Falkirk, was divided into three separate businesses. A new Midland company took over what had been the southern area of the business, and retained Alexander's blue livery and its Falkirk head office. It operated local services to the north and east of Glasgow, and in Stirling, Falkirk, Alloa, Perth and Oban. It also operated inter-urban services throughout this area, and to Edinburgh and Dundee. Operations in Fife passed to a new Fife company, with local services throughout the region, and long-distance services to Glasgow. The Fife company had around 500 buses and adopted a new livery of Ayres red. It established its head office in Kirkcaldy. Alexander's northern region became the new Northern company. Its operations covered the east of Scotland from Dundee to the Moray Firth. As well as a comprehensive network of services throughout the area, it had limited local operations in Dundee and Aberdeen, and ran long-distance services south to Glasgow and east to Inverness. For the following 24 years the three companies' operating territories remained largely unchanged. Each of them acquired many of the small number of independent bus operators in their areas as the 1960s progressed. The Scottish Bus Group was reorganised in June 1985 and this affected two of the Alexander companies. Midland lost its Glasgow area operations to a new company, Kelvin, while its operations in Perthshire went to another new company, Strathtay. Northern lost its operations in and around Tayside to the new Strathtay business, reducing the Northern fleet from 320 to 250 buses. Fife was unaffected by the changes. They were privatised in 1990-91 when Midland was sold to GRT Holdings and continues today as part of FirstGroup. Northern and Fife were sold to Stagecoach, which would later also acquire Strathtay. This book outlines the Alexander story in its early years, then examines the effect of the split in the company in 1961, and the following years up to privatisation. It also includes a postscript, looking briefly at the vehicles inherited by Stagecoach and First, and at the former Alexander operations as they are today. Alongside various colour photographs, the book will also features tables showing a summary by vehicle type of the three fleets in 1961, 1985 and at the time of privatisation and a map copied from a 1960s timetable to illustrate the extent of the three companies' operating areas.