Paperback / softback
Description
The coach – distinguished from the bus by its use for longer-haul and more comfortable trips – has a long and august history.
Its origins lie in the charabanc, a long open-topped vehicle used to transport passengers on works outings and pleasure excursions.
Over time, 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 a decline due to private car ownership, coach travel remains popular, with Wi-Fi, 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, offering a fascinating insight into the history of the nation’s most popular vehicles.
Information
-
Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:64 pages, Fully illustrated throughout
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:30/04/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781784424121
Information
-
Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:64 pages, Fully illustrated throughout
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:30/04/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781784424121
