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London Transport Buses in the 1960s - A Decade of Change and Transition (Hardcover)
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London Transport Buses in the 1960s - A Decade of Change and Transition (Hardcover)
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Just as life in Britain generally changed dramatically during the
1960s, so did London Transport's buses and their operations. Most
striking was the abandonment of London's trolleybuses, once the
world's biggest system, and their replacement by motorbuses. Begun
in 1959 using surplus RT-types, it was completed by May 1962 using
new Routemasters, designed specifically to replace them. They then
continued to replace RT types, too. Traffic congestion and staff
shortages played havoc with London Transport's buses and Green Line
coaches during the 1960s, one-man operation was seen as a remedy
for the latter, shortening routes in the Central Area for the
former. Thus the ill-fated "Reshaping Plan" was born, introducing
new O.M.O. bus types. These entered trial service in 1965, and
after much delay the plan was implemented from September 1968
onwards. Sadly, new MB-types, also introduced in the Country Area,
soon proved a disaster! Unfortunately, owing to a government
diktat, Routemaster production ended at the start of 1968, forcing
LT to buy "off-the-peg" vehicles unsuited to London operation and
their in-house overhaul procedures. The decade ended with the loss
of LT's Country Area buses and Green Line coaches to the National
Bus Company. Photographer Jim Blake began photographing London's
buses towards the end of the trolleybus conversion programme in
1961 and continued dealing with the changing scene throughout the
decade. He dealt very thoroughly with the "Reshaping" changes, and
many of the photographs featured herein show rare and unusual
scenes which have never been published before.
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