NEW BUS FOR LONDON: THE INSIDE STORY
Written by Martin S. Curtis
Published by Nostalgia Road Publications; Crecy Publishing Limited
in 2014
ISBN: 9781908347305
NEW BUS FOR LONDON: THE INSIDE STORY
Written by Martin S. Curtis.
Stock no. 1326971
1st.
2014.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The inside story of how the New Routemaster for London came into existence. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 9781908347305. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Light sticky mark to front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased/rubbed.
Front cover
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword by Sir Peter Hendy
- Preface by Mark Nodder
- Author's Introduction
- Evolution of the London Bus
- Clinging to a Rear Platform
- The Boris Factor
- The Design Competition
- Selecting a Manufacturer
- The Heatherwick Design Studio
- The Mock-Up Appears
- The Test Rig
- The Launch at Wrightbus
- First New Bus Arrives in London
- The Prototypes Enter Service
- The Production Run Begins
- New Routemaster
- A New Taxi for London
- Overseas Tour
- Operating LTs in Service
- Provincial Possibilities
- Future Developments
- LTs at Imber
- Index