Prepared in Notepad by Ian Smith, updated 22nd December 2011.
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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 Special Report: Bromley Fun Running Day, 18th December 2011 Special Reports Archive Brooklands Running Day, 23rd October 2011 LONDON BUS CLASSES: 1920-30s: O NS LS R CH DE 1930-40s: LT CC ST LTL T CB DL DT DA GF DC 1930-40s: TD TR STL STD BD MS 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: TT 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 P,D RN 1980s: RB RS DV DL PL TL TD TP TPL LRC BTL 1980-00s: T M A V H DD DDN L LR C DA LE1 1980-00s: Volvo Citibuses Scanias Lynxes midibuses 1990-00s: Leyland Olympians Volvo Olympians DAF d/d 1990-00s: Dennis Lances Dennis Dart Volvo B6 MV MM 1990-10s: Dart SLFs Links to other L.T. sites The sources used About the bus-stop COUNTRY BUS RALLIES GS62 Garages ST922 at a snowy Cobham Museum, April 2008. Photo: Ian Smith. What's New: HAPPY CHRISTMAS 22nd 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. Return to Contents list. 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: drawings or photos (when I can get them) of a class of London bus; a potted class history; some history of individual buses; a list of photographic sources, and a bibliography. 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. 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. Return to Contents list.