Author: John Robert DayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Street-railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
The ABC of London's Transport
Author: S. L. PoolePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Street-railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
London's trams and trolleybuses
Author: John Robert DayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Street-railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
Trams and Trolleybuses
Author: Oliver GreenPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1784422495
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
From the horse-drawn trams of the nineteenth century to the larger electric models of the early twentieth, this reliable form of public transport revolutionised town travel by making it affordable enough for working people to use. From the 1930s, the rise of the trolleybus, which also picked up power from overhead cables but ran without expensive tracks, looked set to supersede the tram – but ultimately, by the 1950s, both fell victim to motor buses and private cars. However, since the 1980s the environmental benefits of light rail have encouraged a growing comeback for trams on our crowded and polluted city streets. Using beautiful contemporary photographs, this is the fascinating story of the rise, fall and revival of this everyday, yet sometimes controversial, mode of urban transport.
London Transport
Author: S. L. PooleLondon 1952
Author: Philip WallisPublisher: Ian Allan Publishing
ISBN: 9780711028067
Category : Buses
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Under the Wires at Tally Ho
Author: David BerguerPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750953535
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Today pollution-free transport is high on the political agenda yet it is sometimes forgotten that electric vehicles ran on the streets of London from the early 1900s until 1962. This book tells the story of that period and describes both the vehicles themselves and the effect they had on the development of the suburbs. Local historian David Berguer has endeavoured to paint a picture of what life was like in the capital during this golden age, travelling and working on the trams and trolleybuses, and includes material based on newspaper reports, council and official minutes and oral histories from those involved. With many previously unpublished photographs and detail on the vehicles and routes themselves, there is even a chapter on the colourful pirate buses which competed against trams in the 1920s.Full of local interest and insights into daily life on north London trams and trolleybuses, this celebration of the glory days of electric street traction in the suburbs of North London is bound to capture the imagination of both transport and local historians alike.
London Transport Buses, Trams and Trolleybuses in Preservation
Author: Malcolm BattenPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398118788
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Marking 90 years of London Transport, this selection of images celebrates its buses, trams and trolleybuses in preservation.
Street Trams for London
Author: Chris WoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Carriages and carts
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A History of the Buses, Trams and Trolleybuses of Enfield and Edmonton
Author: David DominPublisher:
ISBN: 9781909091108
Category : Buses
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
London Trolleybuses
Author: Hugh TaylorPublisher:
ISBN: 9781854143020
Category : Trolley buses
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description