{"product_id":"bus-scene-in-colour-10-years-of-deregulation-9780711024939","title":"Bus Scene in Colour: 10 Years of Deregulation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDeregulation of bus services came about in October 1986, as a result of a Transport Act passed the previous year. This was designed to free the bus industry from 'the shackles' of 50 years of regulated bus services. At its best, deregulation was expected to unleash a new spirit of entrepreneurialism into the bus industry. There would be innovation right, left and centre; quality would soar, fares would drop, 'the market would provide' and we would all be happy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat happened by and large was that operators stopped buying new buses, other than converted vans, which were unkindly referred to as bread vans. (They weren't bread vans at all; they were parcel vans...) They were painted in pretty colours to disguise their utilitarian nature, though they played their part in reducing running costs, improving frequencies and opening up places too cramped for 'real' buses. Much of the innovation naturally came from newcomers to the market who were promptly squashed by bigger operators protecting their patch from intruders. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStephen Morris looks at some of these changes which lead to unfamiliar vehicle types and liveries appearing all over the country.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback, 24x18cm, 80 pages, colour photographs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Good\/Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ian Allan","offers":[{"title":"Secondhand (246)","offer_id":58117478809983,"sku":"9780711024939","price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1910\/7111\/files\/9780711024939.jpg?v=1786198940","url":"https:\/\/rail-books.co.uk\/products\/bus-scene-in-colour-10-years-of-deregulation-9780711024939","provider":"Rail Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}