Last Years of the London Titan
Already depleted by withdrawals in the London Buses Ltd era, the Leyland Titan fleet of T class was divided upon privatisation between three new companies; London Central, Stagecoach East London and Stagecoach Selkent. Together with a host of smaller companies operating second-hand acquisitions, the Titans' declining years between 1998 and 2003 are explored in this pictorial account that encompasses both standard day-to-day routes, emergency deployments and rail replacement services. Only small numbers remained to usher out the type altogether at the end of 2005, when step-entrance double-deckers as a whole were banished from the capital. AUTHOR: Matthew Wharmby is an author, photographer and editor who specialises in London bus history. His published books include London Transport's Last Buses: Leyland Olympians L 1-263, Routemaster Requiem and Routemaster Retrospective (with Geoff Rixon), London Transport 1970-1984 (with R.C. Riley), The London Titan and The London Metrobus. He has also written many articles for Buses, Bus & Coach Preservation, Classic Bus and London Bus Magazine. This is his seventh book for Pen and Sword; the others are London Transport's Last Buses: Leyland Olympians L 1-263, The London Bendy Bus, The London Enviro400, The London DMS and The London LS, and (with John Laker), London Buses 1970-80.
Matthew Wharmby is an author, photographer and editor who specialises in London bus history. His published books include London Transport's Last Buses: Leyland Olympians L 1-263, Routemaster Requiem and Routemaster Retrospective (with Geoff Rixon), London Transport 1970-1984 (with R.C. Riley), The London Titan and The London Metrobus. He has also written many articles for Buses, Bus & Coach Preservation, Classic Bus and London Bus Magazine. This is his seventh book for Pen and Sword; the others are London Transport's Last Buses: Leyland Olympians L 1-263, The London Bendy Bus, The London Enviro400, The London DMS and The London LS, and (with John Laker), London Buses 1970-80.
Author: Matthew Wharmby
Format: Hardback, 112 pages, 216mm x 282mm
Published: 2019, Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Road & Motor Vehicles: General Interest
Already depleted by withdrawals in the London Buses Ltd era, the Leyland Titan fleet of T class was divided upon privatisation between three new companies; London Central, Stagecoach East London and Stagecoach Selkent. Together with a host of smaller companies operating second-hand acquisitions, the Titans' declining years between 1998 and 2003 are explored in this pictorial account that encompasses both standard day-to-day routes, emergency deployments and rail replacement services. Only small numbers remained to usher out the type altogether at the end of 2005, when step-entrance double-deckers as a whole were banished from the capital. AUTHOR: Matthew Wharmby is an author, photographer and editor who specialises in London bus history. His published books include London Transport's Last Buses: Leyland Olympians L 1-263, Routemaster Requiem and Routemaster Retrospective (with Geoff Rixon), London Transport 1970-1984 (with R.C. Riley), The London Titan and The London Metrobus. He has also written many articles for Buses, Bus & Coach Preservation, Classic Bus and London Bus Magazine. This is his seventh book for Pen and Sword; the others are London Transport's Last Buses: Leyland Olympians L 1-263, The London Bendy Bus, The London Enviro400, The London DMS and The London LS, and (with John Laker), London Buses 1970-80.
Matthew Wharmby is an author, photographer and editor who specialises in London bus history. His published books include London Transport's Last Buses: Leyland Olympians L 1-263, Routemaster Requiem and Routemaster Retrospective (with Geoff Rixon), London Transport 1970-1984 (with R.C. Riley), The London Titan and The London Metrobus. He has also written many articles for Buses, Bus & Coach Preservation, Classic Bus and London Bus Magazine. This is his seventh book for Pen and Sword; the others are London Transport's Last Buses: Leyland Olympians L 1-263, The London Bendy Bus, The London Enviro400, The London DMS and The London LS, and (with John Laker), London Buses 1970-80.