London Buses

by Oliver Green

The bright red double-decker bus has become an icon of London. It is now a unique and instantly recognisable international symbol of Britain's capital city. But its origins go back nearly 200 years to a quite different single-deck vehicle. This was George Shillibeer's Omnibus, which he first put on the streets in 1829. A reliable motor bus, the B-type, first appeared in 1910, and had replaced all the city's horse buses by 1914. A succession of ever-improving...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445691035
• ISBN13: 9781445691039
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 9.1"