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NINE DECADES OF THE 23
| 题名： | NINE DECADES OF THE 23 |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | IAN CLAPPERTON |
| 摘要： | In his article in November Buses about coach service deregulation in 1980, Stephen Morris commented on the near absence then of all-year express coach services north of the border, explaining that many Scottish Bus Group (SBG) interurban services were lengthy stage carriage routes through rural areas. Although timed to maintain relatively brisk schedules, they were not fast. They ran mainly on single carriageway roads and served many towns and large villages along the way. Employing conductors reduced dwell times at stops, but those conductors also handled the large numbers of parcels sent daily by bus. Typical of these was service 23 across much of the breadth of central Scotland, a route of 85miles linking Glasgow, Stirling and St Andrews and taking just under 4hr from end to end. This began in the early 1930s, numbered 298, operated by W. Alexander & Sons until' SBG split the company into three parts in 1961, after which the Alexander (Midland) and Alexander (Fife) companies provided it. Midland retained Alexander's blue and cream livery, while Fife's buses became Ayres red and cream. |
| 出版年： | 2021 |
| 期刊名称： | Buses |
| 卷： | 73 |
| 期： | 791 |
| 页码： | 52-54,56 |
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