The BUS-STOP is an outsider's view of London Transport buses, mainly in the 1930-1980 era.
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Whats at the bus stop:
What's New:HAPPY CHRISTMAS22nd December 2011. First page of a report of the Bromley Fun-Run Day. More to come next week. 16th December 2011. More Dart SLF pages: Epsom Buses and Countryliner. Then, for a short break from Darts I started on the Varios. I knew that Stagecoach Selkent had some, and Arriva The Shires, but hadn't quite realised that almost every small operator on the fringes of the old Country Area had a few. So it took rather longer than expected. 1st November 2011. I enjoyed a day out at The London Bus Museum, Brooklands, including the journeys there and back. I have also put together a page on the Docklands Buses Dart SLFs, plus one on the Wings Buses Dart SLFs. I have also put together some Dart SLF pages for Mitcham Belle and Centra. 17th October 2011. Partial histories for RT4000-4099 are up. Some pages have been amended to keep the visible width at 800 pixels, to help readability and keep the layout sensible on enormous screens. Other pages will be amwended as I feel the urge, or when I need something REALLY boring to do. 4th October 2011. Partial histories for RT3900-3999 are up. 20th September 2011. I have started to put up a report on the Loughton mini-Running Day, 11th September 2011. 13th September 2011. I have started a report on the excellent Oxted Running Day, 4th September 2011. More to follow. 7th September 2011. I was surprised at how intricate the Dart SLF story was for Connex, Tellings-Golden Miller, Travel London and Abellio. But I have waded through it: being mainly Surrey, with plenty of low railway bridges, Dart SLFs have played a large part in their history, and I have spent many a happy hour in preparing various pages to deal with it. Enjoy! 2nd September 2011. I forgot that I prepared a page on the Blue Triangle Dart SLFs a few weeks back. Here it is. 5th August 2011. If things have been a bit quiet recently it is because of total renewal of my home central heating, which has absorbed much of my time and energy. There are some Dart SLF pages almost ready, but for now enjoy something a bit older: the NS, or New S. There are big holes in the histories of these, but there were a lot of them, most of which came to London Transport.
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!Most BUS-STOP pages contain:
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. Pages are designed for use on the Firefox browser, on 800*600 resolution. Other resolutions may give odd results. If a display ratio is not 4:3 the photos and drawings may be distorted. Using other browsers may also give odd results at times, especially if they do not follow the rules, like Microsoft's Explorer, which does its own thing. I am trying to amend pages so that they show properly on 4:3 ratio pages other than 800*600, but this may take some time, and you may need a good pair of reading glasses.
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