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Description
The coach – distinguished from the bus by its use for longer-haul and more comfortable trips – has a long and distinguished history. Its origins lie in the charabanc, a long open-topped vehicle used to transport passengers on works outings and pleasure excursions. 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 its decline due to private car ownership, coach travel remains popular, with WIFI, 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 and lists places where preserved vehicles can be seen.
Table of Contents
The 1930s: Coach Design Matures
The 1940s and 1950s: The Heyday
The 1960s and 1970s: Decline and increasing comfort
Modern coaches
Further Reading
Places to Visit
Index
Product details
| Published | 30 Apr 2020 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 64 |
| ISBN | 9781784424121 |
| Imprint | Shire Publications |
| Illustrations | Fully illustrated throughout |
| Dimensions | 210 x 149 mm |
| Series | Shire Library |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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