{"product_id":"green-line-history-of-londons-country-bus-service-9780904568264","title":"Green Line: History of Londons Country Bus Service","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe year of publication of this book marks the 50th Anniversary of 'Green Line' (originally Green Line Coaches Limited, formed in 1930). The book details the story of the short distance express coach services introduced in the London area from 1927 onwards and also outlines the earlier history from the turn of the century and the end of the horse-drawn era. Mr McCall spent much of his working life with London Transport and for many years was an Inspector with the 'Green Line: He therefore joins that invaluable club of transportation authors who have actually lived the stories they are telling. He provides histories of all the official and unofficial coach companies that plied for hire in an area which might now be described as Greater London and its commuter belt. Many of these small companies were absorbed into Green Line Coaches Limited (originally a subsidiary of the Underground Electric Railways of London Limited, formed by Charles Tyson Yerkers a colourful expatriate from Chicago) which itself was acquired by The London Transport Board in 1933. The author details virtually all the routes, buses and coaches, tickets etc, right through to the present day when these services operate under the aegis of London Country Bus Services Limited. The book will be a source of great interest to enthusiasts of transport and transport ephemera and on a more general level those interested in the growth of London's commuter services and, indeed to all those who have travelled the 'Green Line'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback with dust jacket, 208 pages, over 185 black \u0026amp; white and 33 colour photographs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Good\/Very Good with a little wear to DJ\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Cavendish","offers":[{"title":"Secondhand (BA)","offer_id":40361665921133,"sku":"9780904568264","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1910\/7111\/products\/9780904568264.jpg?v=1666520568","url":"https:\/\/rail-books.co.uk\/products\/green-line-history-of-londons-country-bus-service-9780904568264","provider":"Rail Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}