The coach distinguished from the bus by its use for longerhaul and more comfortable trips has a long and august history. Its origins lie in the charabanc, a long opentopped vehicle used to transport passengers on works outings and pleasure excursions. Over time, coaches came to be enclosed and fitted with more comfortable seating and higherquality bodywork than the charabancs and the buses used on shorter routes. By the 1960s and 1970s onboard toilets began to be fitted, and despite a decline due to private car ownership, coach travel remains popular, with WiFi, electric sockets and even video screens now built in. This colourful introduction explains the development of motor coach design and the main coach manufacturers, models and operators, offering a fascinating insight into the history of the nations most popular vehicles.

Binding: Paperback;64 pages; Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; Classification: HBTB; Weight: 274 g; Dimensions: 150 x 209 x 7

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