The reader is taken on a journey along the routes of all the stage-carriage services operated by East Kent in 1968, just after the Company celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 1966/7 and immediately prior to the National Bus Company (NBC) taking full control.East Kent Road Car Company Ltd - Services of the Golden Jubilee Era takes the reader on a journey along the routes of all the stage-carriage services operated by East Kent in 1968, just after the Company celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 1966-67 and immediately prior to the National Bus Company (NBC) taking full control. Supported by over two hundred and fifty photographs, most not published before, of nearly every bus route as well as most London express services and all the operational garages, this book reveals the contrasting nature of East Kent's services from rural byways to the seasonal, but very busy routes serving the still-popular resorts around the Kent coast.
This book encapsulates East Kent's services and operations of over fifty years before being swept away by the monolithic standardisation of the National Bus Company.
Gives a summary of the Centenary celebrations of the East Kent Company in 2016.
Richard Wallace has worked as a driver and a conductor for EKRCC and part owns an ex-East Kent AEC Regent V
Author: Richard Wallace
Author Bio: Richard Wallace was born in Hawkhurst, Kent in 1951. Moving to Hythe, he worked for East Kent as Traffic Clerk, Conductor and Driver/Conductor. A spell with London Transport intervened, where he worked on London's iconic number 11 route. A managerial career on the railways then followed, working on the Underground, at the Office of the Rail Regulator, Transport for London's London Rail and finally as European Policy Manager for the Association of Train Operating Companies, representing Great Britain train operators in Brussels. Although he retired in 2013, he still works part-time driving coaches. Richard holds a Master's degree in Transport Policy and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. He is part-owner of an ex-East Kent AEC Regent V, which he drives regularly at rallies in Kent.
ISBN: 9781785005572
Publisher: The Crowood Press UK
Binding Type: Hardcover
Illustrations: 250 color & 44 b/w photosw
Language: English
Pages: 208
Printing Status: In Print
Edition: NA
Country Made: NA
