First Western National: The Bristol VR Era (eBook)

Vernon Smith (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
96 Seiten
Amberley Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4456-7683-8 (ISBN)

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Western National is a company with a long history, and upon privatisation in 1987 introduced a striking new livery to replace the all-conquering NBC green. The company was initially part-owned by Plympton Coachlines and Badgerline, but upon Badgerline's merger with GRT Holdings, it became a FirstBus Company. Starting initially as First Western National, later changing to plain First on the buses, the company became First Devon & Cornwall. Changes took place around the company, with some depots closing or being relocated, and competition was encountered from various independents, Western Greyhound and Plymouth Citybus. The company has always had a very varied fleet, even including, for a short time, ex-London Metrobuses, a heritage Bristol FLF and even a couple of Routemasters for special events. But one of the company s greatest claims to fame was being the last big fleet to operate Bristol VRTs in normal service in large numbers. Using the author s photographic collection, we look at First Western National s varied fleet, covering some of the many different vehicles and liveries to be found, finishing our journey in 2006, when the last VRTs ran in normal service.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.2.2020
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Nutzfahrzeuge
• ISBN-10: 1-4456-7683-4 / 1445676834
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4456-7683-8 / 9781445676838