Bus, coach and transport ephemera (stops, stations, logos etc)

Chassis makers' logos - L - Z

Sun Nov 16 2008

Sunday 16 November 2008: Chassis makers' logos - L - Z

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Street furniture

Sun Nov 16 2008

Sunday 16 November 2008: Street furniture

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Cast iron signs

Sun Nov 16 2008

Sunday 16 November 2008: Cast iron signs

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Signs

Sun Nov 16 2008

Sunday 16 November 2008: Signs

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Posters

Fri Feb 22 2008

Friday 22 February 2008: Posters

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Bus tickets

Sat Aug 11 2007

Saturday 11 August 2007: Bus tickets

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Bus and coach stations: N - Z

Fri Apr 27 2007

Friday 27 April 2007: Bus and coach stations: N - Z

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Entrances and exits

Sun Jan 21 2007

Sunday 21 January 2007: Entrances and exits

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Traffic signs

Thu Jan 18 2007

Thursday 18 January 2007: Traffic signs

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Tickets

Sat Jan 6 2007

Saturday 6 January 2007: It is essential that you have a ticket with which to travel on a British bus. Normally they are sold on the vehicle, but increasingly they are being sold in advance of travel as companiesseek to guarantee income, and speed up services. Here ios a small selection of some that have survived from the past.

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Fleetnames: M - S

Wed Nov 29 2006

Wednesday 29 November 2006: Fleetnames: M - S

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Fleetnames: D - L

Fri Nov 24 2006

Friday 24 November 2006: Fleetnames: D - L

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Fleetnames: A - C

Thu Nov 23 2006

Thursday 23 November 2006: Fleetnames: A - C

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Chassis makers' logos - A - K

Sun Nov 16 2008

Sunday 16 November 2008: Chassis makers' logos - A - K

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Fleetnames: T - Y

Wed Nov 29 2006

Wednesday 29 November 2006: Fleetnames: T - Y

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New bus stop designs

Fri Jan 6 2006

Friday 6 January 2006: New bus stop designs

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Street furniture (shelters, stops etc)

Wed Dec 28 2005

Wednesday 28 December 2005: Street furniture (shelters, stops etc)

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Depots

Wed Dec 28 2005

Wednesday 28 December 2005: The area of mystery for most customers was the depot. In the old days it was the black, greasy hole, dank, damp, and steamy, with an overwhelming smell of diesel, fumes and (to a lesser extent) oil. In the later years of the National Bus Company it radically improved: sunken (dry) baths were created, over which the buses were driven. And the grease monkeys were able to stay in thedepths of the pit for their whole working life (if that was what they wished) thanks to interconnecting walkways, air drives, exhaust pipes, rolling roads, computers and a plethora of other goodies that still failed to keep the wheels rolling all the time....

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Administration buildings

Wed Dec 28 2005

Wednesday 28 December 2005: Administration buildings

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Publicity displays

Sun Jun 19 2005

Sunday 19 June 2005: A seldom-photographed area that was vital to the well-being ofbuscompany revenues - and customer satisfaction - was the booking office where you could get everything from an advanced ticket to a package holiday, a leaflet or leave your luggage, pick up a parcel, or find lost property.

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Bus and coach stations: A - M

Fri Apr 27 2007

Friday 27 April 2007: Bus and coach stations: A - M

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Bodymakers' logos

Sun Nov 16 2008

Sunday 16 November 2008: There was a very real sense of local pride with fleetnames. Frequently they stayed unchanged through generations, with trams, trolleybuses, petrol and diesel buses each in turn sporting their truly local identity. Then came the Eighties, heralding in unfettered competition, privatisation and the ending of civic transport provision. Today we have ubiquity from one side of the globe to the other. Stripes are for shareholders, not customers. Today's titles are evocations of carriage travel from the horse drawn era, of platforms for arrivals and departures, and of a time when the first shall be .... well, it's not what it used to be........

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