Motor Coaches and Charabancs

von James Taylor

64 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Shire Library
• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Besondere Ereignisse und Themen Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte
• ISBN: 9781784424121
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.04.2020
• Größe: 150 x 209 mm
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC