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ADVERTISEMENTS Advertise with London Country 54 Colorbus miscellany 65ALDENHAM WORKS What's at the back in there? – visits of a young enthusiast to London bus garages and works 145ANNIVERSARIES 2009: A year for anniversaries 150 Year of the Bus Sculpture Trails 171BLINDS see Destination and Route BlindsBOOK REVIEWS 84 bus to St. Albans 130 A History of the Buses, Trams and Trolleybuses of Enfield and Edmonton (David Domin) 172 A London Anthology: selected Bulletin articles to mark 50 years of the London Historical Research Group 168 ABC bus & coach recognition (5th edn.) 140 AEC Regent V 158 An Olympic summer – transport for London in 1948 146 Battles of the General, The 125 Beneath the wires of London 147 BET Buses in the 1960s 158 Birth of the Routemaster, The 128 Birth of the RT, The 159 Boris's Bus: The New Bus for London (James Whiting & Lucy Frontani) 167 British trolleybuses in colour 128 Bygone Kent 150 Bygone London 137 Bus blunders 149 Bus Operators 1970 – the South-East and Eastern Counties of England 134 Bus photography for the digital age 153 Buses by design 146 Buses in St. Albans 1901 – 1945 140 Buses in St. Albans 1945 – 1969 140 Buses restored 2005 133 Buses restored 2006 136 Buses restored 2007 140 Buses restored 2008 144 Buses restored 2009 148 Buses Yearbook 2006 134 Buses Yearbook 2007 138 Buses Yearbook 2008 142 Buses Yearbook 2009 146 Buses Yearbook 2010 149 Buses Yearbook 2011 154 Buses Yearbook 2012 158 By bus to school 151 Bygone Brighton 152 Bygone Surrey 149 Citybus – Belfast’s buses 1973-1988 133 Classic Bus Yearbook 11 133 Classic Bus Yearbook 12 136 Colours of the South Downs, The 154 Colours of the West Midlands, The 152 Colours of yesterdays Trams, The (Martin Jenkins & Ian Stewart) 162 Country Buses Volume One: 1933-1949 (Laurie Akehurst) 161 Country Buses Volume 2: 1950-1959 (Laurie Akehurst) 169

Country Buses Volume 3: 1960-1969 (Laurie Akehurst) 178 Croydon tramways 128 Daimler Fleetline 155 Dennis Dominator 164 Diamond Routemaster (Andrew Morgan) Elephant Never Forgot, The 155 Garaging London's Red Buses (Mick Webber) 190 Glory days – Aldershot & District 128 Glory days – East Kent 133 Glory days – Eastern National 126 Glory days – London trolleybuses 127 Glory days – Maidstone & District 122 Glory days – Reading Transport 136 Glory days – United Counties 134 Green all over: Country Buses 1955-1969 (Peter Aves) 187 Green no more (Peter Aves) 183 Growing up with buses 132 GS - the London Guy Special (Peter Aves and Alan Charman) 191 Heyday of Maidstone & District, The 137 Heyday of the RT, The 122 Heyday of Southdown, The 125 Hold on tight: London Transport and the Trade Unions (Martin Eady) 175 London Bus, The: 80 years of capital service 166 London Bus Guide , The 159 London Buses: A Living Heritage (Graham Smith) 185 London buses after dark (Mick Webber) 184 London buses around Kent 138 London buses around Essex and Hertfordshire 149 London buses around Surrey 129 London buses in colour 1965 – 1980 141 London Country 139 London Country in the 1970s 124 London DMS, The (Matthew Wharmby) 186 London half-cab farewell 148 London LS, The (Matthew Wharmby) 186 London LT, The 155 London memories 142 London Metrobus, The 150 London ST, The 163 London Titan, The 144 London Transport Buses: A black and white album 160 London Transport Buses in Colour 1955-1969 137 London Transport Buses in East London and Essex (David Christie) 181 London Transport Connections 1945-1985 125 London Transport from the 1930s to the 1950s 149 London Transport 1970-1984 164 London Transport Garages 137 London Transport Green Line 133 London Transport in Colour 1950-1969 133 London Transport in exile – 1950s and 1960s 129 London Transport in the 1920s 148 London Transport in the 1930s 141 London Transport in the 1940s 125 London Transport in the 1950s 132 London Transport in the 1960s 135 London Transport in the 1970s 140 London Transport in the 1980s 146 London Transport second series bus bodies 1939-1960 (The Omnibus Society & LHRG) 168 London Transport service vehicles 127 London Transport's Last Buses: Leyland Olympians L1-263 175 London Trolleybus Depots (Part one) (Hugh Taylor) 186 London Trolleybus Depots (Part two) (Hugh Taylor) 190 London Trolleybus Memories 161 London trolleybuses – a black and white album 151 London trolleybuses – a class album 139 London United Electric Tramways 155 London’s 1950 buses – a class album 148 London’s 1960 buses – a class album 146 London's Bendy Buses 163 London's Buses: volume 3 (Ken Blacker, Ron Lunn, Reg Westgate 191 London’s DMS Garage Allocations (1971-1993) 155 London’s green Routemaster garage allocations (1957 to 1980) 153 London’s last Routemasters 136 London's last Trams (Hugh Taylor) 166

London's Night Buses Volume One: 1913-1983 158 London's Night Buses Volume Two: 1984-2013 (Philip Wallis) 167 London’s Routemaster garage allocations (1965 to 2005) 153 London's T class buses (Ken Blacker) 175 Lord Ashfield's Trams (Robert J Harley) 172 Loudwater's Little Bus 1928-1972 161 Maidstone Borough Buses 1974-1992 155 Maidstone Corporation and its successors; an illustrated fleet history 1904 – 1992 130 Midland Red Style 157 Monarch of the road 143 Motor Omnibus Routes in London: Volume 3 (Revised Ed.) - 1.1.1913 - 28.2.1915 (Omnibus Society) 175 Motor Omnibus Routes in London: Volume 6A – 1.1.1922 – 30.11.1924 (Omnibus Society) 150 Motor Omnibus Routes in London: Volume 10A – 1.1.1931 – 31.12.1932 (Omnibus Society) 169 National Bus Company – the road to privatisation 139 Northern Counties 137 Plaxton – 100 years – a century of innovation 1907 – 2007 140 Preserved Buses (2012 ed.) (PSV Circle) 162 Privatising London's buses (Roger Torode) 174 Ramblings from my old armchair (John W Watts) 164 Reshaping London's Buses (Barry Arnold & Mike Harris 185 Roundabout: Orpington’s little buses 154 Routemaster – Volume two 1970 – 2005 143 Routemaster jubilee 131 Routemaster omnibus 147 Routemaster requiem 136 Routemaster retrospective 140 Served by London's trolleybuses (Mick Webber) 173 Shades of Green (Rod Lucas) 190 Southdown Days 134 Southdown in NBC days 144 Southdown memories 148 Sri Lankan Buses Past and Present 156 Streets of London Transport 182 Streets of Sussex 135 Tramway art: the distinctive poster art of the London County Council Tramways 153 Tramway memories London 135 Trolleybuses in East London – a pictorial survey 155 Trolleybuses in North East London – a pictorial survey 143 Twenty-five years of Stagecoach 133 Volvo Ailsa 155 West Midlands PTE buses and trolleybuses 152 Weymann story, The, part 2 164 Working days: Midland Red 146 Working days: Midland Red 159 Working days: Ribble 159 Working with Routemasters 130 Wright Way, The 158BRIDGES Over the Bridges: a nostalgic look at buses that have crossed the Thames 189BUS MAPS The bus map and the B type 153 The new London bus maps 45BUS STOPS New illuminated stop 92BUS STATIONS The new Redhill Bus Station 146CANTEENS Mobile canteens 105CHISWICK WORKS What’s at the back in there? – visits of a young enthusiast to London bus garages and works 145COACH OPERATIONS One summer in a coach station 96 Victoria Coach Station 141CONTROL SYSTEMS BUSCO: The development of bus controls and communication aids 40 BUSCO 2: Further developments 47DEREGULATION

A free-for-all in London 77 Big Bang buses! 60 Deregulation and London Country -1 LCNW 63 -2 LCNE 64 The North Eastern fringe on deregulation 154DESTINATION AND ROUTE BLINDS Blind spot 105 Blind spot 116 Changing the (side) blinds 147 Destination blinds for LT special services 111 Leyland National blinds in London - their origins and development 190 London Transport destination blinds 94 Modern destination blinds 152 More destination blinds (HL/V/WH/CT/EG/GD/HH/WR) 131 More destination blinds (MH/AC/HD) 136Route 128 (p46) 183 Seeing double 17 Wirebound destinations 19FARES STRUCTURE Is ‘Fares Free’ feasible? 1 The fares decrease and travelcards – just the ticket for Jubilee year. 45 London Transport's satellite flat fare routes 163FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN Original South Bank Show, 1951 style!, The 157FLEET NUMBERING – SERVICE VEHICLES Cinderella service vehicle – ST 314, The 132FOLLOW-UPS & CORREECTIONS Bus services from Dorking: part 2 (ref: LBMs 13 & 14) 15 Londoners in Cape Town (ref:LBM 1) 15GARAGES 130 years of garage codes 120 Part 1 – the early days Part 2 – Independents and Country Area 122 Part 3 – Modern developments 125 Alperton forty years on 29 Around the garages in 1967 116 East Grinstead garage, R.I.P 31st August 1981 39 Farewell RD – a review of Hornchurch garage 1924-1988 68 Farewell to the new Streatham garage 81 Farewell Upton Park (U): 1907-2011 159 From diesel to electric: London's first all-electric bus depot 184 How green is my field 80 London bus garages – then and now 1. Old Kent Road and Athol Street 109 London bus garages – then and now 2. Dalston and Hackney 114 London bus garages – then and now 3. Grays (GA and GY) 116 London bus garages – then and now 4. Clay Hall and West Green 121 London bus garages – then and now 5. Forest Gate 130 London bus garages – then and now 6. The Romford six 144 London Country Bus Services Central Works 131 London’s bus garages – the changing face of London’s bus garage infrastructure - Part 1 135 - Part 2 137 - Part 3 140 London’s bus garage infrastructure: a postscript (to articles in LBMs 135,137,140 175 The Turnham Green legacy – Part 1 38 Victoria 33 What’s at the back in there? – visits of a young enthusiast to London bus garages and works 145GOLDEN JUBILEE OF L.T. Golden Jubilee celebrations 45 Golden Jubilee celebrations 46GRAPHIC DESIGN Johnston: Part 1 – the early development 34 Johnston: Part 2 – the story brought up to date 36 Poster from the past: Beaconsfield 1929 7 Buckingham Palace 1934 15

Changing the Guard 1925 12 Country Houses 1936 14 Hampton Court 1937 6 Happy scenes of cheer again 1938 12 Kew Gardens 1908 17 Little Hampden 1937 18 London Transport at London’s service 1934 3 Out and about by LT 1934 11 Passingford Bridge 1930 2 Pipers Green, Edgware 1 The next move 19 The Tate Gallery 1928 9 The way home 1938 5 To the river 1938 4 Twickenham by tram 1924 10 Weekend walks 1938 8GREEN LINE Flightline 40 Green Line 80 – a celebration and brief history of route 715 154 Green Line coach development 52 Green Line golden jubilee 32 Green Line golden jubilee – London to Crawley run and rally 34 Green Line History: Part 1 – 1930 – 1939 4 Part 2 – 1939 – 1942 5 Part 3 – Post war reinstatement 6 Part 4 – Since the war 7 Green Line – the last 35 years Part 1 – 1970 – 1979 139 Green Line since 1970 [revised title] Part 2 – 1980 – 1986 142 Part 3 – 1986 – 1989 148 Part 4 – 1990 – 1997 157 Part 5 – 1998 - 2010 167 Green Line – the post war network 106 Green Lines relieved 78 London Country Green Line – outward bound 1980 35GREEN LINE ROUTES 40: The alternative forties 130A history of Green Line routes 706 and 707 187 750 variety 37HORSE BUSES The Blackwall omnibus 103LIVERIES More recollections of a colourful London 132 Some lost liveries 153 Some more lost liveries 160 The days of colourful London 126LOTS LOTS – the early days: recollections of the founding members 128LOW EMMISION ZONE Last gasp before the LEZ 145 London’s LEZ v. preservation 144MOBILITY SERVICES Careline, Carelink and Stationlink bus services, The 175 LRT for the disabled 66 Picture section 145 Wheels within Wheels: London's Mobility bus routes 172MODEL BUSES Vanguard Milnes Daimler for LT Museum 87OBITUARIES J.G.S.Smith – a photographic tribute 123 Ken Glazier 140 Lyndon W.Rowe 1936 – 2002 121 W.R. (Bill) Legg – a photographic tribute 96

OPERATIONS Airport run, The 163 Boxing Day alternative operators 174 London Transport and the GLC 11 LOTS - Coping with thirty years of change 107 LOTS – Forty years of serving the London bus enthusiast 128 Man at the Top: an interview with Peter Hendy, CBE 162 MAP comes to the LBM area – Chilternlink, Stevenage Bus, Thameslink 33 The new London bus districts 31 On the Fringe: the overlap between London Transport's Central and Country services 187 Reverse Turns: Going backwards by bus and forwards in the bus industry 188

Small Bus Sunday 171 Summary of the annual reviews 127OPERATIONS 1920s Anniversaries in 1999 111OPERATIONS 1930s London Transport through the years: - 1 The first eighteen months 1 - 2 The years of the trolleybus 2OPERATIONS 1940s 1940 – the year of the Blitz 35 ‘And so this country is at war with Germany’ 30 London Transport through the years: - 3 The early part of the war 3 - 4 The Blitz and after 4 - 5 Post war recovery 5 The 1940s – personal snapshots of the war years and the austerity that followed 981946 78Concluding 1946 801947 821948 86 1949 OPERATIONS 89OPERATIONS 1950s 1950 93 Fit for the Queen: bus services during the Coronation of Elizabeth II 166 London Transport through the years 6 - 6 Towards standardisation 6 - 7 Enter the Routemaster, exit the trolleybus 7 Original South Bank Show, 1951 style, The 157 Other operators during the 1958 Bus Strike 185 People's League for the Defence of Freedom, The 183 Three stormy years: 1957, 1958 and 1959 180 Twenty-five years ago : The story of 1951 16 The story of 1952 20 The story of 1953 24 The story of 1954 27 The story of 1955 32 The story of 1956 37 The story of 1957 42 The story of 1958 46 The story of 1959 51 The Red Rover – three nine year olds from Upton Park go in search of Cs and Ts in April 1959 137OPERATIONS 1960s 1968 – a chronology 127 1969 – a chronology 123 London Transport through the years - 8 Reshaping 8 Twenty five years ago - 55 - The story of 1960 55 - The story of 1961 59 - The story of 1962 65 - The story of 1963 67 - The story of 1964 71 - The story of 1965 75 - The story of 1966 79 - The story of 1967 83OPERATIONS 1970s 1970 – a chronology 117 1971 – a chronology 108 1972 – a chronology 100

London Transport's satellite flat fare routes 163OPERATIONS 1980s From north (and west) of Watford Gap 52OPERATIONS 1990s London bus review - 1993 92 - Part 1 – London Transport routes 92 - Part 2 – London Buses vehicles

-1994 95-1995 98-1996 102-1997 104-1998 110-1999 113

OPERATIONS 2000s London bus review 2000 Extra London bus review 2001 Extra London bus review 2002 Extra London bus review 2003 Extra London buses in 2004 Extra London buses in 2005 Extra London buses in 2006 Extra London buses in 2007 Extra London buses in 2008 Extra London buses in 2008 – Appendix IV – Deliveries of new vehicles in 2008 147 London buses in 2009 Extra OPERATIONS: DOORED BUSES ‘Mind the doors please’ 34OPERATIONS: ELECTRIC BUSES From diesel to electric: London's first all-electric bus depot 184OPERATIONS: EXCURSIONS & TOURS Heyday of awaydays by bus 162 Heyday of awaydays by bus: Appendix 3C & amendments 163OPERATIONS: HIRED VEHICLES Easing the bus shortage 14 Not in (the usual) service 147OPERATIONS: MINIBUSES Careline, Carelink and Stationlink bus services, The 175 London Transport’s first modern minibus routes 150 Minibus Phase 2 6 Minibus round-up 4 The friendly buses 60 Hop on a hoppa 61OPERATIONS: M1 MOTORWAY Fifty years on the M1 150OPERATIONS: MOBILITY BUSES Careline, Carelink and Stationlink bus services, The 175 Mobility bus from LRT 51 Wheels within Wheels: London's Mobility bus routes 172OPERATIONS: NIGHT BUSES After dark – 2 125 Beyond the witching hour 63 Buses for night owls – a review of changes to the night bus network 50 London's Emergency stand-by Night buses 170 Night buses – photographs 134 Notting Hill nighters 60 While London sleeps 23OPERATIONS: O.P.O. Fewer Sunday conductors 62 More two-man operation goes 52 Use of one-man operation on out-County routes 17OPERATIONS: PRIVATE HIRE Heyday of Awaydays by bus and coach, The 162 Not in (the usual) service 147OPERATIONS: RAIL REPLACEMENT The rail strike 2OPERATIONS: RED ARROW Ten years of Red Arrow operation 17 Red Arrow since 1975 143OPERATIONS: ROUNDABOUT Roundabout – hail and farewell 95OPERATIONS: SINGLE DECK The Central Area single-decker: a potted history to 1968 140OPERATIONS: SUNDAYS Small Bus Sunday 171

OPERATIONS: TOURIST SERVICES On the tourist trail in London 136 Not in (the usual) service 147OPERATORS: BEXLEYBUS Bexleybus 64 Bexleybus – a history 99 Bexleybus – a postscript 102OPERATORS: BORDABUS A bridge too far? – a route history of Bordabus and its predecessors 122OPERATORS: BUZZ COOPERATIVE Time to buzz off? 129OPERATORS: CAMPBELL CONSULTANTS LTD. Declaring Independents 133OPERATORS: CAPITAL CITYBUS From strength to strength 101OPERATORS: CAROUSEL BUSES Carousel Buses – the friendly local bus company 129 Carousel Buses 2000-2012: An overview of the independent years 161OPERATORS: CENTREWEST CentreWest – a profile 91OPERATORS: CITY COACH COMPANY City link severed 38OPERATORS: DOCKLANDS MINIBUS Harry’s little buses – Transit Holdings in London 126OPERATORS: INDEPENDENTS WITHIN THE LT AREA Declaring Independents 133OPERATORS: LEASIDE BUSES Leaside Buses – a profile 94OPERATORS: LONDON CENTRAL London Central – a profile 97OPERATORS: LONDON LINKS In town and country – the story of Londonlinks 121OPERATORS: METROBUS Metrobus Ltd. – small, independent and successful 74OPERATORS: MOLE VALLEY Mountains out of Mole Hills 120OPERATORS: ORPINGTON & DISTRICT Orpington and District 59OPERATORS: OVERGROUND The Overground story 61OPERATORS: SAMPSON A test of strength: Sampson Coaches and Travel Ltd. 118OPERATORS: SUPER COACHES (UPMINSTER) LTD. A bridge too far? – a route history of Bordabus and its predecessors 122OPERATORS: THAMES WEALD One to be taken twice daily 1983 – 1998 – the final fifteen years of Thames Weald 116 The Doctor’s little blue bus – 22 years of Thames Weald 47OPERATORS: THE STERLING BUS SERVICE A bridge too far? – a route history of Bordabus and its predecessors 122OPERATORS: UNITRANS Unitrans updated 171OPERATORS: UNIVERSITY BUS unổ – The number one 139 Universitybus 102OPERATORS: WEST KENT MOTOR SERVICES West Kent Motor Services Ltd. 101PHOTOGRAPHERS A different perspective (Richard Thomas) 170 After dark 124 Featured photographer: 1. John Gascoine 4 2. Alan B.Cross 5 3. Tom Maddocks 6 4. Gerald Mead 7 5. G.F. Walker 8 J.G.S.Smith – a photographic tribute 123 Some more different perspectives (Richard Thomas) 174PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTORS Photograph Collector – Barry Turner 134POLICIES Footprints in the sand 100PRESERVED VEHICLES London’s LEZ v. preservation 144 Our first fifteen buses 2

Preserving London's transport heritage 173 Preservation piece: GS 15 27 Something different (739J) 18 STL 2692 18 Trolleybus 1521 16 Prince of preservation 14 Q here, then and now: restoring Q83 22 Recollections of SMSs 147 Some problems of preserving London Transport relics 9 Taking tea with an RT 149 Unitrans updated 171PUBLIC HOUSES Buses and pubs in South London 187RALLIES (See also Running Days) Brighton 72 1 Brighton 73 5 Bus of yesteryear 1973 7 Cobham 2005 135 Events in 2009 150 Greater Manchester’s Museum of Transport – London bus day 139 Green Line 80 – a celebration and brief history of route 715 154 Green Line golden jubilee – London to Crawley run and rally 34 I've had an idea…: A heritage London Transport weekend in Essex 181 Last gasp before the LEZ – Bow garage centenary 145 Rallying Routemasters (AEC Works) 67 Swansong at Syon Park 27 Evolution of the London OMO double-decker: part 1 142 The Chiswick Open Day 46REGISTRATIONS Routemaster re-registrations in London 148 Re-registrations revisited 182REMINISCENCES A day on the road 184 A life on the buses: 1964 - 2009 164 A trip through suburbia 144 Around London with a Red Rover in 1965 164 Editor reminisces, The 166 Evening adventures then and now 186 More Victoriana 172 Over the Bridges: a nostalgic look at buses that have crossed the Thames 189 Red Rover days 155 Remembering the last RFs and RTs forty years on 188 Start of a lifelong passion 174 Virtual Red Rovers in 1965 173 What’s at the back there? visits of a young enthusiast to London bus garages and works 145ROUTES: 10 Northward from the Elephant 18ROUTES: 12 By bus to Dulwich, the story of routes 12 and 78: Part 1 1849 – 1924 70 Part 2 1924 – 1939 72 One hundred years of London’s oldest motor bus service – Route 12 Peckham – Oxford Circus: Part 1 130 Part 2 132ROUTES: 13 The last three Routemaster operated routes – an end of era celebration 134ROUTES: 17 The 17 returns 54ROUTES: 21 From North London suburbia to Kentish countryside Route 21 Part 1 155 Part 2 158ROUTES: 23 Get to know Route 23 53ROUTES: 26 A Rover’s return 83ROUTES: 27 The Turnham Green legacy – Part 3 – ‘The prodigal son’ – Route 27 45ROUTES: 28 Odd men out on the 28 47 X marks the spot – a photographic review of Routes 28 and 31 70ROUTES: 31 X marks the spot – a photographic review of Routes 28 and 31 70ROUTES: 38

The last three Routemaster operated routes – an end of era celebration 134ROUTES: 40 A route that has stayed put 128ROUTES: 49 ‘Take a 49’ 8ROUTES: 51A personal look at Route 51 from 1975 to 2013 164ROUTES: 52 The story of a late starter 4ROUTES: 53 A route that changed course 10ROUTES: 55 Re-united pairs: 55 and 97 36 The Turnham Green legacy – Part 2 – The wall of death 41ROUTES: 56 Revived routes – the 56 34ROUTES: 59 The 59 story: Part 1 1912 – 1934 52 Part 2 1935 – 1985 53ROUTES: 66 Changing times on route 66 160ROUTES: 68 etc. (Sevenoaks Area) Declaring Independents 133ROUTES: 72 Round the By-pass: a history of bus routes 72 and 152 - Part 1 6 - Part 2 7ROUTES: 74 The A to Z of Zoo bus 74 26ROUTES: 79 Near Preston Road Station 12ROUTES: 82 Another returned rover 88ROUTES: 84 Herts exchanges 41 Restored links 5ROUTES: 87 Barking and Romford will never be the same again; a history of Route 87 138ROUTES: 97 Re-united pairs: 55 and 97 36ROUTES: 98B Declaring Independents 133ROUTES: 101From River Deep to Mountain High: Route 101 and other services between North Woolwich & Beckton: pt 1 190From River Deep to Mountain High: Route 101 and other services between North Woolwich & Beckton: pt 2 191ROUTES: 128 Red buses in a Middlesex Village 183 Re-enactment 20 October 2007 142ROUTES: 140 Route 140 since the late 1970s: a review 156ROUTES: 142 From red to green and back again: a short history of route 142 168ROUTES: 144 The homecoming, the story of the 144 family of routes 21ROUTES: 146 The last day of RTs on route 146 146ROUTES: 150 Some further observations on routes 150 and 179 154 The story of route 150 150ROUTES: 151 Now you see them – now you don’t 72ROUTES: 152 Round the By-pass: a history of bus routes 72 and 152 - Part 1 6 - Part 2 7ROUTES: 158 Re-united pairs: 158 and 230 36ROUTES: 159 The last three Routemaster operated routes – an end of era celebration 134ROUTES: 170 Spotlight on the 170 50ROUTES: 171A The rover’s return 57

ROUTES: 178 Re-united pairs: 178 and 272 36ROUTES: 179 Some further observations on routes 150 and 179 154 The passing of the 179 in Barking 152ROUTES: 188 (L.C.B.S.) Royston road regained 43ROUTES: 199 Back comes the 199 55ROUTES: 210 (Essex C.C.) Declaring Independents 133ROUTES: 212 (Hertfordshire C.C.) Declaring Independents 133ROUTES: 213 Two man single deck to one man double deck 3ROUTES: 217 (Essex C.C.) Declaring Independents 133ROUTES: 230 Re-united pairs: 158 and 230 36ROUTES: 235 (Richmond Area) Declaring Independents 133ROUTES: 247 Declaring Independents 133 The 247 family 44ROUTES: 263 etc. (Coulsdon Area) Declaring Independents 133ROUTES: 272 Re-united pairs: 178 and 272 36ROUTES: 298 From Southgate to South Mimms: a brief history of routes 298 & 299 between 1968 and 1986 176ROUTES: 299 From Southgate to South Mimms: a brief history of routes 298 & 299 between 1968 and 1986 176ROUTES: 305 (Staines Area) Declaring Independents 133ROUTES: 333 The 333 that doesn't go to Bengeo 176ROUTES: 350 & 35OAA history of Country Bus routes 350 and 350A 189ROUTES: 381 (Epping Area) Declaring Independents 133ROUTES: 398 Declaring Independents 133ROUTES: 403 From Tunbridge Wells to Leatherhead 58ROUTES: 409 Down the road to Godstone 156ROUTES: 410 Down the road to Godstone 156ROUTES: 411 Down the road to Godstone 156ROUTES: 441A History of Route 441 191ROUTES: 459 Declaring Independents 133ROUTES: 494 A history of Country Bus Route 494 185ROUTES: 498/598 Declaring Independents 133ROUTES: 600 – 606 (Golden Miller etc.) Declaring Independents 133ROUTES: 692 Declaring Independents 133ROUTES: 706/707 A history of Green Line routes 706 and 707 187ROUTES: 715 Green Line 80 – a celebration and brief history of route 715 154ROUTES: 718 1963 – a personal memory 67ROUTES: 724 A History of Green Line route 724 181ROUTES: 805 Declaring Independents 133ROUTES: A40

The alternative forties 130ROUTES: B1 London Transport’s first modern minibus routes 150ROUTES: C11 London Transport’s first modern minibus routes 150ROUTES: G40 The alternative forties 130ROUTES: H40 The alternative forties 130ROUTES: HC1 Declaring Independents 133ROUTES: N40 The alternative forties 130ROUTES: P4 London Transport’s first modern minibus routes 150ROUTES: RH1 – RH2 Declaring Independents 133ROUTES: W9 London Transport’s first modern minibus routes 150ROUTES: X1 Municipal operators come to London 35ROUTES: X80 Ensignbus Route X80 139ROUTES: X99 The Forester 58ROUTES: ACTON AREA Early years in Acton 31ROUTES: AIRBUS Airbus 35 Airbus 131 Not in (the usual) service 147ROUTES: ALPERTON SERVICES Alperton 40 years ON 29ROUTES: AMERSHAM AREA Amersham in the seventies 54 Bus services from Amersham 11ROUTES: BALDOCK AREA To Baldock and back 25ROUTES: BANSTEAD AREA

41ROUTES: BARKING AREA Up the Creekmouth 175ROUTES: BEXLEY AREA Ghosts of Bexley past 64ROUTES: BLUEWATER A year of Bluewater 112ROUTES: BOREHAMWOOD AREA Bustling in Borehamwood 73ROUTES: BROMLEY AREA Memories of Bromley and its environs 1936 – 1956 152ROUTES: CENTRAL AREA Doglegs and horseshoes 191ROUTES: CHESSINGTON ZOO An elephant never forgets – a bus driver remembers Chessington Zoo 143ROUTES: CIRCULAR Looping the Loop 173ROUTES: CLAPHAM AREA Clapham Junction only 96ROUTES: CRAWLEY AREA Surrey meets Sussex meets Kent 30ROUTES:CROYDONAREA West Croydon, part 1 169 West Croydon, part 1: corrigenda 170West Croydon, part 2 170ROUTES:CRYSTALPALACEAREA

Bus services to Crystal Palace: the first 75 years, part 1 164 Bus services at Crystal Palace: the first 75 years, part 2 168ROUTES: DIAL A RIDE SERVICES Dial-A-Ride 10ROUTES: DOCKLANDS Royal Docks revival 66ROUTES: DORKING AREA Bus services from the Dorking area: Part1–Pre-LPTBdays 13 Part 2 – Since 1933 14ROUTES: EPSOM RACES A Day at the Races 164 Derby Day 1974 9ROUTES: FLIGHTLIINE Flightline 40ROUTES: GRAVESEND AREA Changes in the Gravesend area 40ROUTES: GREEN STREET GREEN Last orders at ‘The Crown’ 118ROUTES: HARLOW AREA All change in Harlow 49 Harlow in the seventies 44ROUTES: HARROW AREA A trip through suburbia 144 All change in the suburbs – ghosts of Harrow past 64 Harrow Buses 64 Harrow past (1990) and present (1991) 77 The motor bus in Harrow 97ROUTES: HAREFIELD AREARed buses in a Middlesex Village 183ROUTES: HERNE HILL AREA Under Milk Wood 69ROUTES: HERTFORD AREA Hertford through the years 103 Royston road regained 43ROUTES: KINGSTON AREA Kingston – Part 1 Until 1952 49 Kingston – Part 2 From 1952 50 Kingston kaleidoscope 62ROUTES: KNEBWORTH FESTIVAL Knebworth 78 26ROUTES: LAKESIDE Alluring Lakeside 76ROUTES: LOUGHTON AREA Farewell Loughton (L) 62ROUTES: MINIBUS ROUTES London Transport’s first modern minibus routes 150ROUTES: NIGHT BUSES After dark – 2 125 Beyond the witching hour 63 Buses for night owls – a review of changes to the night bus network 50 Night buses – photographs 134 Notting Hill nighters 60 While London sleeps 23ROUTES: NORTH-EAST LONDON A bridge too far? – a route history of Bordabus and its predecessors 122 Changes in the south east and the north east 51 The North Eastern fringe on deregulation 154ROUTES: NUMBERING The puzzle of route numbering 159ROUTES: ORPINGTON AREA A new bus network for Orpington 54 The new network – some local observations 59 Roundabout – hail and farewell 95 The new era in Orpington 96

ROUTES: OXFORD STREET Christmas lights 2007 144ROUTES: OXTED AREA The puppy bus 22ROUTES: PECKHAM & NUNHEAD Peckham and Nunhead circular 40ROUTES: POTTERS BAR AREA Potters Bar update 61 Potters Bar update II 62 The Overground story 61ROUTES: PUTNEY BRIDGE Since trams crossed Putney Bridge 15ROUTES: RED ARROW Ten years of Red Arrow operation 17ROUTES: REIGATE AREA Reigate and Redhill in the seventies 57ROUTES: ROTHERHITHE TUNNEL Rotherhithe Tunnel 139ROUTES: ROUNDSHAW AREA Roundshaw 36ROUTES: SCHOOL SERVICES School’s out 84ROUTES: SEVENOAKS AREA Sevenoaks in the seventies 52ROUTES: SHOP LINKER Shop Linker – we’ll bring London to your door 29ROUTES: SIGHTSEEING TOURS London’s sightseeing tours 52 Open top sightseeing 13ROUTES: SINGLE DECK The Central Area single-decker: a potted history to 1968 140ROUTES: SLOUGH AREA All change in Windsor and Slough 50ROUTES: SMALLER INDEPENDENTS Declaring Independents 133ROUTES: SOUTH EAST LONDON Changes in the south east and the north east 51ROUTES: SPECIAL SERVICES Boxing Day alternative operators 174 Fit for the Queen: bus services during the Coronation of Elizabeth II 166 Heyday of Awaydays by bus and coach, The 162 On special assignment 74 Not in (the usual) service 147 The Royal wedding 1981 38 To Brill and back with Wandle District 54ROUTES: STEVENAGE AREA Stevenage revisited 1ROUTES: STRATFORD A day in the life of Stratford Broadway 107 Return to Stratford – 1999 113ROUTES: SUNBURY-ON-THAMES Part 1 – The first fifty years 136 Part 2 – 1960 – 1990 138 Part 3 – 1991 – 2007 141ROUTES: SUMMER SERVICES Summer days out 49 Summer days out in days gone by 52ROUTES: SURREY The memory lanes of Surrey 91ROUTES: UPTON PARK AREA All change at the Boleyn 88ROUTES: VICTORIA AREA Victoria 33 Victoria Heyday 167ROUTES: WANDLE DISTRICT All change in the Wandle District 48ROUTES: WATFORD AREA Up the (Watford) Junction 82 Watford in the seventies 19 Bus services in Watford 1970-2000 146 Part 1 – The LCBS era Part 2 – From LCNW to Arriva 151ROUTES: WEST LONDON New links in the west 49

ROUTES; WITH TWO TYPES Two by two – 1 55 Two by two – 2 56RUNNING DAYS Amersham running day: The 18th Amersham running day 1st October 2006 139 Amersham running day: The 19th Amersham running day 30th September 2007 142 Amersham running day: The 20th Amersham running day 5th October 2008 146 Buses on the Plain (and sometimes in the rain): the Imberbus story so far 177 Classic London Bus Society, The 146 Dorking & Reigate running day – September 2007 142 East Grinstead Country Bus running day 2008 144 East Grinstead running day 2009 148 Last gasp before the LEZ – Romford 145 London comes to Derbyshire: National Tramways Museum's Classic London event 177 London heritage routes – running day – September 2007 142 Loughton & Epping running day – September 2007 142 Potters Bar Open Day 145 Potters Bar Running Day 141 RF 30 at Kingston 148 RT 30 at Romford 148 Slough and Windsor running day 2009 148 Slough and Windsor running day: The 1st Slough and Windsor running day 134 Timebus Harrow running day 20th October 2007, The 142 Worcester Park running day 10th August 2008, The 146SERVICE VEHICLES London Transport mobile canteens 105 Preservation piece: something different (739J) 25 The Cinderella service vehicle – ST 314 132 What’s at the back in there? – visits of a young enthusiast to London bus garages and works 145SOLD VEHICLES A Transatlantic London anniversary 146 Bedlington and District 11 Blue is the colour 55 Busman’s holiday 97 Busman’s holiday – Part 2 106 Capital Radio 10 Capital to capital – Routemasters in Edinburgh 127 Ceylon: a winter holiday 28 Colourful Grimsby 52 Davis the bus 80 Donde estan los trolebus de Londres? 30 Escape from Rainham 144 Exiles in Hong Kong: DMSs abroad 37 Exiles 2 – Hong Kong revisited 43 First Eastern Counties Routemasters 139 Fleetline fever 39 Guernsey Bus 108 Home from home – a simple story of everyday Merlins abroad 25 Life after London 110 Life after London – Arriva 124 Life after London – First 120 Life after London – Stagecoach 120 Location Facilities Ltd. 47 Lockey’s Londoners 36 London Country to (mainly) Arriva Southern Counties 131 London Leylands in Jersey 12 Long Beach Public Transportation 9 London buses then and now 126 London’s transport by the sea 141 LT Swifts in Ireland 28 Merlins down under 70 Merlins up top and down under 1991 80 Modernised (and not so modern) AEC Swifts in Malta 131 On the London Road in Leicester 133 Postscript from the Cape 18 Potting sheds and summerhouses revisited 151 Routemaster revival 62 Routemasters for further service 52 Routemasters-on-Sea 84 RPs elsewhere 39 RTLs are still in service in Victoria 21 Sentosa – the RT paradise island 26 The DMS Story – Part 2 87 The DMS Story – Part 3 – their longevity continues 149

The Scottish connection 54 The Welsh connection 52 The XAs in Hong Kong 31 Ubiquitous Routemasters 90 Where are they now? – 3 116 Where are they now? – 4 116 Where are they now? – 5 116 Where are they now? – 6 122 Where are they now? – 7 126 Where have I seen that before? 90 Where have I seen that before? – 2 111 Whitechapel – a photographer’s paradise 84SPECIAL LIVERIES 150 th anniversary celebrations 29 The Queen’s golden jubilee 2002 122SPEEDBUS Speedbus 14 The Speedbus proposals 6SPEEDLINK Speedlink – a review 56STAFF Keeping London moving 7 The Conductors' Discharge Book of the LGOC 159STAFF EXPERIENCES Full circle – from enthusiast to manager to enthusiast 111 London Country Bus Services Central Works – an inside view 131 Memories of working on the buses 110 Memories of working on the trams 106STRATEGIES A solution to the fuel crisis? 30 A transport strategy for London 9TENDERED OPERATIONS Tendering ever onward 64 Tendering update 55 The days of colourful London 126 The first six 54 The next nine 57 The story so far 57 The tendered routes – a review of the services 54 Thirteen – unlucky for some? 51TICKET SYSTEMS: BELL PUNCH The development of the Bell Punch 3 Just the ticket: the punch ticket on London Transport Central Road services 185TICKET SYSTEMS: GIBSON A forgotten anniversary 66TICKETS: RETURNS Return by bus 10TIMETABLES The new London Country timetables 27TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEMES Planning for buses in town centres 11TRAMS Fifty years without the (old) trams 120 Memories of trams on Dog Kennel Hill 181 Memories of working on the trams 106 The Feltham trams 8TRAM ROUTES: 40 The alternative forties 130TRANSPORT FOR LONDON Man at the Top: an interview with Peter Hendy, CBE 162TROLLEYBUS CONVERSIONS Twenty years ago 41TROLLEYBUSES 2009: A year for anniversaries 150 Driving trolleybuses from Stamford Hill depot 161 Forty years from Finchley (with diversions) 117 Forty years without the trolleybuses 121 London Transport through the years 2 – the years of the trolleybus 2 London Transport trolleybuses – a personal view 60 London Trolleybus 796 returns to England 155 London trolleybus quiz 80 London trolleybuses 1962 80 London trolleybuses – their sixtieth anniversary 77 Meanderings with trolleybuses 1961 – 1962 139

Remembering the end of London's trolleybuses 161 Trolleybuses at Cricklewood Broadway 147 West Ham trolleys relived 57TROLLEYBUSES: SA CLASS Trolley GLB756 was the last 74TROLLEYBUSES: TOURS Notes from my journal 147 Tours and charters by trolleybus in London 116UNDERGROUND Underground extensions now open! The effect on local bus services 182VEHICLE INTERIORS Inside story 77VEHICLE REAR VIEWS The back of a bus – rear views 143 Like the back of a bus! 155VEHICLE TYPES Identical buses but different codes! Pt 1; Post-LBL double-deckers - Volvo 176 Identical buses but different codes! Pt 2; Post-LBL double-deckers - Dennis and Alexander Dennis 177 Identical buses but different codes! Pt 3; Post-LBL double-deckers - DAF/VDL, Wrightbus & Scania 178 London Transport's might have beens 179VEHICLES: 1930s London’s buses in the 1930s 76VEHICLES: B TYPE The bus map and the B type 153VEHICLES: B15 TYPE Quarterly round-up – the B15 15 What’s new – project B15 5VEHICLES: BRISTOL Bristol buses in London Part 1 – pre-war, wartime and post-war utility types 107 Part 2 – the K5Gs and K6As hired in 1949 109 Part 3 – London Transport 114 Part 4 – London Country 118 BTs return home 36 What’s new – Bristol LHs for London Country 6VEHICLES: BEAN Bean buses in the London area 12VEHICLES: DAF/VDL Identical buses but different codes! Pt 3; Post-LBL double-deckers - DAF/VDL, Wrightbus & Scania 178VEHICLES: DENNIS Alternative Vehicle Valuation trials, The 156 Builders of London’s buses, Part 1 – Dennis specialist vehicles 101 Builders of London’s buses, Part 1 – Dennis – an update 112 Identical buses but different codes! Pt 2; Post-LBL double-deckers - Dennis and Alexander Dennis 177 London’s first minibuses – a history of the Dennis Darts 9VEHICLES: DM TYPE Crew DM to dual purpose D 64VEHICLES: DMS TYPE The Alternative Vehicle Valuation trials 156 The DMS – the good, the bad and the dodgy: Part 1 85 Part 2 87 Part 3 – their longevity continues 149 Unsuitable for London service 34VEHICLES – DUKW London frog tours 117VEHICLES – EXPERIMENTAL London Transport's might have beens 179VEHICLES – FLEET NUMBER 100 A photographic review 100 More ‘100’ buses 102VEHICLES – FRM TYPE The FRM story 33VEHICLES – FS TYPE What’s new 2VEHICLES – GREEN LINE COACHES Green Line coach development 52VEHICLES – GUY The 50 th anniversary of the GS 127 The G (for Guy) class 56 Midibus 1950s style (GS type) 63VEHICLES – LEYLAND ATLANTEANS The London Country Leyland Atlanteans 123 - Part 1 1972 – 1986 123 - Part 2 1986 – 1991 125

What’s new 1 What’s new – Ans from Metro Cammell 3VEHICLES – LEYLAND NATIONAL Off the peg bus is wearing well 32 Twenty years of the Leyland National 81 What’s new – the LN type 2 What’s new – the LNC type 4VEHICLES – LEYLAND OLYMPIAN 0 Modern workhorses – the Leyland Olympian 124 The Alternative Vehicle Valuation trials 156VEHICLES – LEYLAND TITAN 0 Modern workhorses 1 – the Leyland Titans 115 T 512 The Phoenix 134VEHICLES – LOW-FLOOR BUSES The LLWs and the SLWs 172VEHICLES – LONDON BUSES A different perspective (Richard Thomas) 170 Some more different perspectives (Richard Thomas) 174VEHICLES – LONDON COUNTRY AREA 0 Broadway country bus – the last departures 92VEHICLES – LONDON DOUBLE DECKERS 0 The classic London double decker – a postscript 116 The classic London double decker – a story of evolution 112 The five decades of the Queen’s reign (includes one single deck) 122VEHICLES – LOW-FLOOR BUSES The LLWs and the SLWs 172 The transition to low-floor buses 138VEHICLES – M.C.W. METROBUS 0 Modern workhorses 2 – the MCW Metrobuses 119 The Alternative Vehicle Valuation trials 156VEHICLES – MD TYPE 0 The Metropolitan story 47VEHICLES – METRO SCANIA 0 What’s new – Metro Scanias 5VEHICLES – NEW BUS FOR LONDON 0 Enter the New Bus for London 159VEHICLES – NS TYPE 0 London’s first covered top buses 2VEHICLES – OM TYPE 0 Open top sightseeing 13VEHICLES – OMO Evolution of the London OMO double-decker: part 1 184 Evolution of the London OMO double-decker: part 2 186VEHICLES – OVERHAULS 0 Works float 30VEHICLES – PNEUMATIC TYRES 0 The first London pneumatics 5VEHICLES – Q TYPE 0 The Q class 105VEHICLES – REAR VIEWS 0 Back again 80VEHICLES – RF TYPE 0 Remembering the last RFs and RTs forty years on 188 The end of an era 29VEHICLES – ROUTEMASTER 0 Demise of the country Routemaster, The 32 End of the route: scrapping of Routemasters 43 Routemaster coaches, The 15 Routemaster re-registrations in London 148 Routemaster renaissance - Part 1 84 Part 2 91 Routemaster revival 62 Routemasters in the north: the story of the Northern General Routemasters 39 Weekend slant on the Routemaster 178VEHICLES – RP TYPE The story of the RP 48VEHICLES – RT TYPE A lifetime of RTs 71 End of an era , The 29 Last years of the red RTs, The 179 Remembering the last RFs and RTs forty years on 188 RT 100 106 Taking tea with an RT 149

VEHICLES – SCANIA Identical buses but different codes! Pt 3; Post-LBL double-deckers - DAF/VDL, Wrightbus & Scania 178VEHICLES – SINGLE DECKS The Central Area single-decker: a potted history to 1968 140VEHICLES – SMALL SINGLE DECKS London Transport ‘minibuses’ 1933-1940 90VEHICLES – SMS TYPE Recollections of SMSs 147 Celebrating the forty-first and final year of the SMS family in service 158VEHICLES – SRT TYPE The short lived SRT class 13VEHICLES – ST TYPE The Cinderella service vehicle – ST 314 132VEHICLES – STD TYPE The Hendon STDs 164 The STD story 104VEHICLES – TD TYPE The pre-war TD class 73 The single deck TD class 103VEHICLES – TF TYPE The TF class 105VEHICLES – TRAINERS Not in (the usual) service 147VEHICLES – TRIALS The Alternative Vehicle Valuation trials 156VEHICLES – VOLVO Builders of London’s buses Part 2 – Volvo Bus 114 Identical buses but different codes! Pt 1; Post-LBL double-deckers - Volvo 176 Modern workhorses – Volvo Olympians 129 The Alternative Vehicle Valuation trials 156VEHICLES – WRIGHTBUS Identical buses but different codes! Pt 3; Post-LBL double-deckers - DAF/VDL, Wrightbus & Scania 178VEHICLES – X TYPE 2009: A year for anniversaries 150VIDEO REVIEWS LT Single-decker buses 1946-1969 134YEAR OF THE BUS A Year to Celebrate 169 Year of the Bus Sculpture Trails 171WORKS FLOAT SYSTEM Works float 30.Part 2 – Author Index AGNEW, Nick and BAYMAN, Bob Exiles in Hong Kong: DMSs abroad 37 Exiles 2 – Hong Kong revisited 43 I've had an idea…: A heritage London Transport weekend in Essex 181AKEHURST, L 1963 – a personal memory 67 Green Line – the post war network 106ARNOLD, Barry The Xas in Hong Kong 31ATKINS, Chris Twenty years of the Leyland National 81BAKER, Michael H C West Croydon: part 1 169BARRIE, John The Feltham trams 8BEARD, Tony RT 100 106BLACK, John and KEMP, David London bus garages – then and now 1. Old Kent Road and Athol Street 109 London bus garages – then and now 2. Dalston and Hackney 114 London bus garages – then and now 3. Grays (GA and GY) 116 London bus garages – then and now 4. Clay Hall and West Green 121 London bus garages – then and now 5. Forest Gate 130BLACKER, Kenneth C 0 A lifetime of RTs 71 Preservation piece: Trolleybus 1521 16 The short lived SRT class 13BLAKE, James 0 ‘Mind the doors please’ 34 Green Line golden jubilee – London to Crawley run and rally 34BLEE, Ian 0

London Transport mobile canteens 105BOAG, Andrew 0 Capital Citybus 101 Metrobus Ltd. – small, independent and successful 74 The Metropolitan story 47BOAG, Andrew and others 0 London bus review 1998 110BOSHER, David 0 Escape from Rainham 144 Potting sheds and summerhouses revisited 151BOWDEN-GREEN, Julian 0 Green Line golden jubilee 32 RTLs are still in service in Victoria 21BRAKELL, Ted 0 London Leylands in Jersey 12BRITTIN, Richard 0 Notes from my journal 147BROOKS, Peter 0 A forgotten anniversary 66BROOM, Vernon C. 0 West Kent Motor Services Ltd. 101BROWN, Bernard 0 The Blackwall omnibus 103 Under Milk Wood 69BROWN, Bernard and STANNARD, Colin 0 The Turnham Green legacy, Part 1 38BROWN, Frank 0The 1st Slough and Windsor Running Day 134Carousel Buses 2000-2012: An overview of the independent years 161BRUSH, Leslie 0 Brighton 73 5BUNKER, Brian 0 1940 – the year of the Blitz 35 ‘And so this country is at war with Germany’ 30 From Tunbridge Wells to Leatherhead – the story of Route 403 58 Kingston – Part 1: Until 1952 49 Part 2: From 1952 50 London Transport ‘minibuses’ 1933-40 90 The Q class 105 The pre-war TD class 73 The TF class 105BURNELL, Graham An elephant never forgets – a bus driver remembers Chessington Zoo 143BUTLER, Simon Broadway country bus – the last departures 92CARR, Graeme From Southgate to South Mimms: a brief history of routes 298 & 299 between 1968 and 1986 176 Recollections of SMSs 147CHILCOTT, Giles Roundshaw 36CLARK, Noel Carousel Buses 129CLARK, S.J. BUSCO: the development of bus control and communication aids 40 BUSCO 2: further developments 47CLEARY, Michael J. LT Swifts in Ireland 28 Sentosa – the RT paradise island 26COLLINSON, E.L. Peckham and Nunhead’s circular 40CONWAY, Alan Life after London 110 London Country Bus Services Central Works – an inside view 131 T 512 The Phoenix 134CONWAY, Alan & LAWRENCE, Clive The new Redhill Bus Station 146COTTRELL, Bill Q here, then and now – restoring Q83 22COWPER-SMITH, Simon New London bus districts, The 31COX, Dennis A to Z of Zoobus 74, The 26 Up the Creekmouth 175CROSS, Alan B.

The Cinderella service vehicle – ST 314 132CURTIS, Colin H. The FRM story 33DAVIS, PeterMemories of trams on Dog Kennel Hill 181DEMUTH, Tim Johnston - Part 1: the early development 34 Part 2: the story brought up to date 36DERRY, Colin LOTS – the early days 128DRYHURST, Michael A Transatlantic London anniversary 146 A trip through suburbia 144 Bedlington and District 11 Capital Radio 10 Davis the bus 80 Long Beach Public Transportation 9 More Victoriana 172 Some lost liveries 153 Some more lost liveries 160 The Airport run 163DUFFUS, Alistair J. Spotlight on the 170 50 The 59 story, Part 2 53DURRANT, Reg Return by bus 10 The development of the Bell Punch 3FENNELL, Steve Midibus 1950s style 63 Reigate and Redhill in the seventies 57FISHER, Martin Bus services in Watford 1970-2000: 146 Part 1 – The LCBS era Part 2 – From LCNW to Arriva 151FISHER, Martin & others 0 The London Country Leyland Atlanteans - Part 1 1972 – 1986 123 - Part 2 1986 – 1991 125FISK, Derek 0 Full circle – from enthusiast to manager to enthusiast 111FLOYD, Stephen 0 A day on the road 184 Reverse Turns: Going backwards by bus and forwards in the bus industry 188 The story of the RP 48FRADD, Colin 0 750 variety 37 All change at Banstead 41 East Grinstead garage – RIP 31.12.81 39 Routemasters-on-Sea 84 Royal Docks revival 66GARDNER, David 0 1971 – a chronology 108 1972 – a chronology 100GASCOINE, John 0 Stevenage revisited 1GILLHAM, John C. 0 Bean buses in the London area 12GLAZIER, Ken 01946 781947 801948 821949 891950 93 Concluding 1946 80 Footprints in the sand 100 The homecoming – the story of the 144 family of routes 21HERBERT, C.W. Early years in Acton 31HOARE, Brian Around London with a Red Rover in 1965 164HOSKINS, Peter Bus of Yesteryear 1973 7ISAACS, Rufus

The Hendon STDs 164JASIENIECKI, George London Transport through the years: 4: the Blitz and after 4 5: post war recovery 5 6: towards standardisation 6 7: enter the Routemaster, exit the trolleybus 7 8: reshaping 8JEFFREYS, Andrew A year of Bluewater 112 A year to celebrate 169 Bexleybus: a history 99 Buses on the Plain (and sometimes in the rain): the Imberbus story so far 177 Changing the (side) blinds 147 Editor reminisces, The 166 Enter the New Bus for London 159 Green Line 80 – a celebration and brief history of route 715 154 In town and country – the story of Londonlinks 121 Last gasp before the LEZ 145 Last orders at ‘The Crown’ 118 London’s bus garages – the changing face of London’s bus garage infrastructure - Part 1 135 - Part 2 137 - Part 3 140 - A postscript 175 Modernised (and not so modern) AEC Swifts in Malta 131 On the London Road in Leicester 133 Remembering the end of London's trolleybuses 161 Remembering the last RFs and RTs forty years on 188JOHNSON, Chris The Doctor’s little blue bus – 22 years of Thames Weald services 47JONES, D.W.K. The Overground story 61KEMP, David Bus and coach services in Sunbury-on-Thames Part 3: 1991 – 2007 141 London bus garages then and now, 6 – The Romford Six 144 Man at the Top: an interview with Peter Hendy, CBE 162KING, Nicholas 1968 – a chronology 127 1969 – a chronology 123 1970 – a chronology 117KNIGHT, David Memories of Bromley and its environs 1936 – 1956 152KOSMINSKY, Joel From diesel to electric: London's first all-electric bus depot 184 Home from home – a story of everyday Merlins abroad 25 LOTS – the early days 128LAWRENCE, Clive After dark – 2 125 London Country to (mainly) Arriva Southern Counties 131 Night Buses 134 The back of a bus – rear views 143LEDGER, George A solution to the fuel crisis? 30LEEFE, David CentreWest – a profile 91 Leaside Buses – a profile 94 London Central – a profile 97LEJEUNE, Barry Preserving London's transport heritage 173LLOYD, Colin 0 London buses – then and now 126LONG, Les 0 Whitechapel – a photographer’s paradise 84LYONS, Mark 0 Taking tea with an RT 149MADDOCKS, Tom 0 A transport strategy for London 9 Is fares free feasible? 1 London Transport and the GLC 11 Minibus phase 2 6MALES, Pat R. 0 To Baldock and back 25 Knebworth 78 26

MARTIN, Bob 0 Busman’s holiday 97 Busman’s holiday – 2 106McCALL, Albert 0 Bus services from Amersham 11 Bus services from Dorking - Part 1 – pre-LPTB days 13 Part 2 – Since 1933 14McDONALD, Malc 0 Looping the loop 173 North Eastern fringe on deregulation, The 154MEAD, Gerald & KEMP, David 0 North west photoview 105MILLER, Noel 0 Off the peg bus is wearing well 32MOLONY, Nick A History of route 441 191MORGAN, Andrew 0 Guernseybus 108 London bus review 1993 92 London bus review 1994 95 Routemaster renaissance – Part 1 84 Routemaster renaissance – Part 2 91 Where are they now? – 4 116MOSELING, Richard A history of Country Bus routes 350 and 350A 189 A history of Country Bus route 494 185 A history of Green Line routes 706 and 707 187 A history of Green Line route 724 181NEWMAN, A.G. 0 Ten years of Red Arrow operation 17NEWMAN, S.P. 0 The Chiswick Open Day 46NICHOLS, Peter & others 0 The story of 1962 65NORRIS, Lewis 0 Green Line Part 1 1930 – 1939 4 Part 2 1939 – 1942 5 Part 3 post war reinstatement 6 Part 4 since the war 7OSBORNE, Alan 0 NLE 518 and some other mishaps 31 Royston road regained 43OVERTON, Mike 0 Celebrating the forty-first and final year of the SMS family in service 158 Merlins down under 70 Merlins up top and down under 1991 80PALMER, Bob 0 City link severed 38 Lockey’s Londoners 36PAPES, Malcolm E. 0 59 story: Part 1 1912 – 1934, The 52 100 years of London’s oldest motor bus service – Route 12 Peckham to Oxford Circus, Part 1 130 Part 2 132 130 years of garage codes, Part 1 – The early days 120 Part 2 – Independents and Country Area 122 Part 3 – Modern developments 125 247 family, The 44 2009: A year for anniversaries 150 All change in the suburbs – ghosts of Harrow past 64 Bristol buses in London: Part 1 – pre-war, wartime and post-war utility types 107 Part 2 – the K5Gs and K6As hired in 1949 109 Part 3 – London Transport 114 Part 4 – London Country 118 Bus map and the B type, The 153 Bus services to Crystal Palace: the first 75 years, part 1 164 Bus services at Crystal Palace: the first 75 years, part 2 168 Classic London double decker – a postscript, The 116 Evolution of the London OMO double-decker: part 1 184 Evolution of the London OMO double-decker: part 2 186

Farewell Loughton (L) 62 Farewell RD: a review of Hornchurch garage 1924 – 1988 68 Farewell Upton Park (U): 1907-2011 159 Fiftieth anniversary of the GS, The 127 First six, The 54 From North London suburbia to Kentish countryside Route 21 – Part 1 155 From North London suburbia to Kentish countryside Route 21 – Part 2 158 G (for Guy) class, The 56 Ghosts of Bexley past 64 Harry’s little buses – Transit Holdings in London 126 Heyday of Awaydays by bus and coach, The 162 J.G.S.Smith – a photographic tribute 123 Last three Routemaster operated routes – an end of era celebration, The 134 Next nine, The 57 Single deck TD class, The 103 Small Bus Sunday 171 Victoria 33 Weekend slant on the Routemaster 178PARKIN, John Buses and pubs in South London 187PAYNE, Malcolm Changing times on route 66 160 From River Deep to Mountain High: Route 101 and other services between North Woolwich & Beckton: pt 1 190 From River Deep to Mountain High: Route 101 and other services between North Woolwich & Beckton: pt 2 191 Underground extensions now open! The effect on local bus services 182PEDLER, Garth The Conductors' Discharge Book of the LGOC 159RAINE, Clive Preservation piece: something different 25READ, Ian Red buses in a Middlesex village 183RETTIG, Roger Donde estan los trolebuses de Londres? 30RHODES, Mike Last day of RTs on route 146, The 146 Last years of the red RTs, The 179ROBBINS, George A route that changed course – a history of bus route 53 10 By bus to Dulwich – the story of routes 12 and 78 – Part 1 70 By bus to Dulwich – the story of routes 12 and 78 – Part 2 72 Inside story 77 London’s first covered top buses 2 London’s first minibuses – a history of the Dennis Darts 9 Northbound from the Elephant 18 ‘Take a 49’ 8 The first London pneumatics 5 The story of a late starter – a history of bus route 52 4 Two man single deck to one man double deck 3ROWE, Lyndon W. 0 Forty years without the trolleybuses 121 Roundabout – hail and farewell 95 The memory lanes of Surrey 91 The new era in Orpington 96RUDDOM, David A. 0 A route that has stayed put – the story of Route 40 128 A rovers return: the story of Route 26 83 Another returned rover: the story of Route 82 88 The alternative forties 130 The story of route 150 150SAXBY, Bob 0 A day in the life of Stratford Broadway 107 All change at the Boleyn 88 Evening adventures then and now 186 Return to Stratford – 1999 113 The Red Rover – three nine year olds from Upton Park go in search of Cs and Ts in April 1959 137 Virtual Red Rovers in 1965 173 West Ham trolleys relived 57SMITH, Denis 0 50 years without the (old) trams 120 Memories of working on the buses 110 Memories of working on the trams 106SMITH, Duncan A personal look at Route 51 from 1975 to 2013 164SMITH, Graham

London comes to Derbyshire: National Tramways Museum's Classic London event 177 Route 140 since the late 1970s: a review 156SMITH, John G.S. The Routemaster coaches 15SMITH, Kevin Life after London – Arriva 124 Life after London – First 120 Life after London – Stagecoach 120 The Queen’s golden jubilee 2002 122SMITH, Ray What’s at the back in there? – visits of a young enthusiast to London bus garages and works 145SMITH, Tom A life on the buses: 1964-2009 164STANNARD, Colin London’s transport by the sea 141 Red buses in a Middlesex village 183 The 333 that doesn't go to Bengeo 176 Turnham Green legacy, The – Part 3 ‘The prodigal son’. Route 27 41STENNING, Ray Surrey meet Sussex meets Kent 30 The puppy bus 22STEWART, David Alperton forty years ON 29 BTs return home 36 Changes in the Gravesend area 40 Demise of the country Routemaster 32 Green Line coach development 52 London Country Green Line: outward bound 1980 35 MAP comes to the LBM area – Chilternlink, Stevenage Bus and Thameslink 33 The new London Country timetables 27 Watford in the seventies 19STITSON, Les Rotherhithe Tunnel 139 The story of 1963 67 The story of 1964 71 The story of 1965 75 The story of 1966 79 The story of 1967 83TAYLOR, Hugh London Transport trolleybuses – a personal view 60 London trolleybus 796 returns to England 155 London trolleybuses 1962 80 London trolleybuses – their 60th anniversary 77 Tours and charters by trolleybus in London 116 Trolley GLB 756 was the last 74TAYLOR, Ian A bridge too far? – a route history of Bordabus and its predecessors 122 A test of strength – Sampson Coaches and Travel Ltd. 118 Called to the Bar – 25 years of local services in Potters Bar 125 Declaring Independents 133 Green Line – the last 35 years Part 1 1970 – 1979 139 Green Line since 1970 [revised title] Part 2 1980 – 1986 142 Part 3 1986 – 1989 148 Part 4 1990 – 1997 157 Part 5 1998 - 2010 167 London Transport’s first modern minibus routes 150 London Transport's satellite flat fare routes 163 Mountains out of Mole Hills 120 One to be taken twice daily 1983 – 1998 – the final fifteen years of Thames Weald 116 Red Arrow since 1975 143 Time to Buzz off? 129 Wheels within Wheels: London's Mobility bus routes 172THOMAS, Richard A different perspective (Richard Thomas) 170 Some more different perspectives (Richard Thomas) 174THURLOW, Nick Driving trolleybuses from Stamford Hill depot 161TURNER, Barry Capital to capital – Routemasters in Edinburgh 127 Central Area single-decker: a potted history to 1968, The 140 Clapham Junction only! 96 Classic London double decker – a story of evolution, The 112

Doglegs and horseshoes 191 Hertford through the years 103 Just the ticket: the punch ticket on London Transport Central Road services 185 Like the back of a bus! 155 London Transport's might have beens 179 On the Fringe: the overlap between London Transport's Central and Country services 187 Over the Bridges: a nostalgic look at buses that have crossed the Thames 189 Photograph collector 134 Puzzle of route numbering, The 159 Start of a lifelong passion, The 174 Victoria Heyday 167TURNER, Bob To Brill and back with Wandle District 54VICKERS, Ian The passing of the 179 in Barking 152VICKERS, Ian and others Barking and Romford will never be the same again; a history of Route 87 138WALKER, G.F. Derby Day 1974 9WALLIS, Philip Boxing Day alternative operators 174 London's Emergency stand-by Night buses 170 Other operators during the 1958 Bus Strike 185WARBURTON, Steve Routemasters in the north – the story of the Northern General Routemasters 39WATERHOUSE, R.J. 0 Ceylon – a winter holiday 33 Farewell to the new Streatham garage 81 Green Lines relieved 78 LRT for the disabled 66WEBBER, Mick 0 After dark 124 Around the garages in 1967 116 Red Rover days 155WESTLAKE, Ray 0 Trolleybuses at Cricklewood Broadway 147WHARMBY, Matthew 0 Alternative Vehicle Evaluation trials,The 156 Identical buses but different codes! Pt 1; Post-LBL double-deckers - Volvo 176 Identical buses but different codes! Pt 2; Post-LBL double-deckers - Dennis and Alexander Dennis 177 Identical buses but different codes! Pt 3; Post-LBL double-deckers - DAF/VDL, Wrightbus & Scania 178 LLWs and the SLWs,The 172 Modern workhorses 1 – the Leyland Titans 115 Modern workhorses 2 – the MCW Metrobuses 119 Modern workhorses – the Leyland Olympians 124 Modern workhorses – Volvo Olympians 129 Re-registrations revisited 182 Routemaster re-registrations in London 148WHITE, Keith 0 Preservation piece: STL 2692 18WHITE, Martin & MILLER, John 0 Ceylon: a winter holiday 28WICKHAM, Michael 0 LOTS – the early days 128WILD, Tony 0 Seeing double 17WILLIAMSON, Bob 0 Blind spot 105 Blind spot 116 Destination blinds for LT special services 111 Forty years from Finchley (with diversions) 117 Leyland National blinds in London - their origins and development 190 London Transport destination blinds 94 Meanderings with trolleybuses 1961 – 1962 139 Modern destination blinds 152 More destination blinds 131 More destination blinds (MH/AC/HD) 136 Wirebound destinations 19WILLIS, Frank 0 London’s buses in the 1930s 76 The 1940s – personal snapshots of the war years and the austerity that followed 98 Vanguard Milnes Daimler for the LT Museum 87WILSON, Tony 0 Airbus 131

Back again 80 Bustling in Borehamwood 73 Careline, Carelink and Stationlink bus services, The 175 Cobham 2005 135 Down the road to Godstone 156 Fifty years on the M1 150 From north (and west) of Watford Gap 180 Harrow past (1990) and present (1991) 77 How green is my field 80 London bus review 1993 – Part 1 London Transport routes 92 London frog tours 117 London's LEZ v. preservation 144 LOTS – forty years of serving the London bus enthusiast 128 More recollections of a colourful London 132 Not in (the usual) service 147 One summer in a coach station 96 School's out 84 The days of colourful London 126 Universitybus 102 unổ The number one 139 Up the (Watford) Junction 82 Victoria Coach Station 141 Where are they now? - 3 116 Where are they now? - 5 116 Where are they now? - 6 122 Where are they now? - 7 126 Where have I seen that before? 90 Where have I seen that before? - 2 111WILSON, Tony and YOUNG, Malcolm A day at the races 164 From red to green and back again: a short history of route 142 168 London bus review 1999 113 London bus review 2000 Extra London bus review 2001 Extra London bus review 2002 Extra London bus review 2003 Extra London buses in 2004 Extra On the tourist trail in London 136 The transition to low-floor buses 138WOOD, Alan Bus and coach services in Sunbury-on-Thames Part 1 – the first fifty years 136 Bus and coach services in Sunbury-on-Thames Part 2 – 1960 – 1990 138YOUNG, Malcolm Builders of London's buses, Part 1 - Dennis Specialist Vehicles 101 Builders of London's buses, Part 1 - Dennis - an update 112 Builders of London's buses, Part 2 - Volvo Bus 114 LOTS - Thirty years of change 107 Lyndon W.Rowe 1936 - 2002 121YOUNG, Malcolm & ROWE, Lyndon W London bus review - 1995 98 London bus review - 1996 102 London bus review - 1997 104

Part 3 – Letters to LBM Around London with a Red Rover in 1965 167 Bus services from Dorking: part 2 (ref: LBMs 13 & 14) 15 Dorking Horse Bus 14 Evolution of the London OMO double-decker Part 1 185 Feltham Trams, The 10 Fit for the Queen 167 Green Line operations from Amersham and bus services from Dorking 16 History of Country Bus Routes 350 & 350A (ref: LBM189 191 Londoners in Cape Town (ref:LBM 1) 15 More on Green Line 9 Red Buses and a Middlesex village 186 Reverse Turns: Going backwards by bus and forwards in the bus industry: LBM188 189/190 Routemaster Coaches 16 School bus passes 185 Short-lived SRTs, The 14