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Motor Coaches and Charabancs
Description
The coach – distinguished from the bus by its use for longer-haul and more comfortable trips – has a long and august history. Its origins lie in the charabanc, a long open-topped vehicle used to transport passengers on works outings and pleasure excursions. Over time, coaches came to be enclosed and fitted with more comfortable seating and higher-quality bodywork than the charabancs and the buses used on shorter routes. By the 1960s and 1970s on-board toilets began to be fitted, and despite a decline due to private car ownership, coach travel remains popular, with Wi-Fi, electric sockets and even video screens now built in. This colourful introduction explains the development of motor coach design and the main coach manufacturers, models and operators, offering a fascinating insight into the history of the nation's most popular vehicles.
Table of Contents
Luxury Travel: the 1930s
Wartime and Austerity: The 1940s and 1950s
Winds of Change: The 1960s and 1970s
Modern Times
Further Reading
Places to Visit
Index
Product details
| Published | 30 Apr 2020 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 64 |
| ISBN | 9781784424138 |
| Imprint | Shire Publications |
| Illustrations | Fully illustrated throughout |
| Series | Shire Library |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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