In 2016, I wrote a series of “Buses For Fun” blogs commemorating thirty years of deregulation, which I’ve decided to republish in “Trams, Trains & Buscapades”
This first example examines the history of the British Bus Industry up until that point.
The 26th October this year (2016) marks the thirtieth anniversary of the deregulation of UK bus services outside London, one of the most significant events in the bus industry’s history! To commemorate this, I plan to write a number of blogs in October concerning the effects of the 1986 Transport Act (the legislation which bought deregulation about) on various operators and areas that I’m familiar with. First of all though, I thought I would write a blog explaining how and, indeed, why, deregulation came about. This maybe of particular interest to those of you too young to remember that infamous date and have always known the bus industry as it is run today!
Most urban bus networks today are descendants of tram networks, which developed from the late nineteenth century onwards, first with horse power, then an interlude with steam (there were also some cable & battery operated tramways) before…
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