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Prepared in Notepad by Ian Smith, updated 13th June 2008.
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The BUS-STOP is an outsider's view of London Transport buses, mainly in the 1930-1980 era.

Whats at the bus stop:

Bus of the Week What's New RT113 at Hertford, Sunday 1st June 2008.
Special Reports: Hertford Running Day, 1st June 2008.
Special Reports Archive Sevenoaks Running Day, 18th May 2008.
LONDON BUS CLASSES:
1930-40s: R LT CC ST LTL T CB DL DT DA GF DC
1930-40s: TD TR STL STD CH BD C Q LTC TF CR
1940-50s: B G D TD
1950-70s: RT RTL RTW RTC SRT RF RFW BEA GS RLH
1950-90s: RM RMC RCL RML RMF RMA FRM RX RW RC EC
1960-70s: XF XA MB SM SMW SMA RP DMS DMO FS FT
1970-90s: AF AN MS LN LNB SNC SNB LS GSN GLS
1970-90s: BL BN BS BL MD PD3 LS LR BT
1980s: P,D RN RB RS DV DL PL TL TD TP TPL LRC
1980-00s: T M A V H DD DDN L LR C DA
1980-00s: VE VC VA S LX OV SR MA MT MW MR MRL
1990s: VA AV NV AV VDN V
1990s: LA LN LV DT DC DW DWL DR DRL DP
1990s: EDR LDR D PD DNL DRN DAL DEL DS VB6 MV MM
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COUNTRY BUS RALLIES GS62 RT113 on 327 at Hertford, Sunday 1st June 2008. Photo: Ian Smith.

What's New:

13th June 2008: Part One of the Hertford report is up. More to come.

As a slight change of occupation, there is some updating of early data on the London Country BLs and BNs.

4th June 2008: I am sorry that it has taken so long for the Sevenoaks report to start appearing. My photo processor (Boots) took a fortnight to collect and half-process a 3-day order, then returning it without half the requested CDs. I have changed processor for the forthcoming Hertford report! Meanwhile, page one of the Sevenoaks report is up. More to come.

20th May 2008: As a change of occupation I have put together a page on the Wright-bodied Mercedes midibuses, the MW class.

9th May 2008: I have been upgrading the histories of the Renown LT class. So far I have worked on the open staircase buses and am partway through the long slog of the enclosed staircase buses..

23rd April 2008: Partial histories of another two hundred RTs have gone up: RT2500-2599 and RT2600-2699.

21st March 2008: The page on Capital Citybus Dominators has appeared.

Further updating on the histories of the standard STLs has progressed.

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About Ian's Bus Stop: Dreadful warnings!

Ian does not pretend to be an expert: any corrections, additional information, flattery or news gratefully welcomed. Rivet-counters can make their own web-sites!

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The histories are not complete. They are assembled from data from a variety of sources, that do not always agree with each other. In some cases I have much more data than I have displayed, and just need time to fill in the gaps. They are are offered as a help to your own researches, not as a complete entity.

I do not attempt to keep the histories up-to-date. If you want the latest information, there are plenty of special interest groups on the net. For comprehensive monthly updates, subscribe to LOTS to get "The London Bus".

The plan drawings by Ian Smith are NOT scale drawings from originals, but based on a few known dimensions and (usually) a variety of photographs. In places inferences have been drawn where the photographic evidence is poor.
In particular adverts shown on buses may have incorrect colouring where I have guessed wrongly from black & white pictures, or may be inappropriate to the livery worn by the bus.
They may be of use to modellers if printed at an appropriate scale. You'll have to experiment to find the right printer settings..

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