EAST LONDON BUSES: 1970S-1980S
Written by Malcolm Batten
Published by Amberley Publishing
in 2018
ISBN: 9781445680217
EAST LONDON BUSES: 1970S-1980S
Written by Malcolm Batten.
Stock no. 1326981
1st.
2018.
Softcover.
Fine condition.
The story of the change in the East London bus scene in the 1970s and 1980s. Cardwraps. 96 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 9781445680217.
Front cover
Contents
- The East London bus scene in 1969 was on of contrast. This was London's industrial heartland with the River Thames bankside dominiated by docks, power stations and heavy industry, including massive Ford Motor works at Dagenham. Inland, dense inner city housing gave way to terraces of vast council estates as you travelled eastwards. The red buses of London Transport held a monopoly relieved only by the Green Line Coach routes also run by London Transport. However, in the outer reaches of the Greater London Council area there was a remarkable overlap into Essex while the Eastern National buses from Essex ran deep into London Transport territory.
- Twenty years later, much has changed. The docks and power stations had closed and the London Docklands Development Corporation was transforming the old docks into Docklands. Changes in the bus industry saw London Transport splitup in 1970, the from 1985 deregulation let to routes being tendered out and new operators taking them over. This book tells the story of the change in the East London bus scene in the 1970s and 1980s.