David Slater (Spoddendale)'s photos

Saturday 11 May 1996 (approx 1445) - Bus Éireann vehicles seen at Busáras in Dublin. Left to right: Two KR class GAC integral buses and two Caetano Algarve bodied Volvo B10M (VC2 and VC4).

Saturday 11 May 1996 (approx 0945) - Bus Éireann coaches seen at Busáras in Dublin. Left to right: Caetano Algarve/Volvo B10M (VC25); a PD or PL class Plaxton Paramount; a VP class Plaxton Premiere/Volvo B10M; and a Van Hool T815 Alizee (CVH12). (Bus Eireann is a subsidiary of CIÉ (Córas Iompair Éireann), Ireland's national transport company. The CIÉ name, once carried on all the buses, coaches and trains, was replaced by three different operating companies - Dublin Bus (in the capital), Bus Eireann (provincial bus and coach services) and Iarnrod Eireann (trains) although the name 'CIE Tours International' was retained for the incoming tours business).

Saturday 11 May 1996 (approx 0845) - KMP of Llanberis, North Wales was a contractor to Bus Eireann and their 6697 RU seen at Busáras in Dublin, Ireland having worked the overnight service from London, England at 2000 the previous evening. Bus Éireann livery is carried by the Duple 350 bodied Volvo B10M along with 'Eurolines' and 'Supabus' names.

Friday 8 September 1995 (approx 1500) - Bus Éireann PD56 (92 D 10056) at rest in Birmingham (Digbeth) between the overnight Cork-Waterford-Birmingham/Birmingham-Waterford-Cork service 007. A Plaxton Paramount 3500 bodied DAF new in 1992. The sidelights and turning indicators differed from British spec models.

Saturday 9 March 1991 (approx 1830) - Bus Éireann EVH3 (SI 3003), a Van Hool T815 Alizee, loading at Victoria Coach Station, London as the 1900 service 171 to Galway, Ireland. Alongside is Grey Green Coaches E899 KYW working the 1900 service 142 to Amsterdam. Both services form part of the Eurolines network although the services to Ireland were marketed as 'Superbus'.

The 'Roadway Motor Coach Guide' was a useful publication that contained the timetables for the major coach operators of the time. This issue covered the Summer period of 1932.

The timetables of East Midland Motor Services as shown in the 'Roadway Motor Coach Timetable' 1932. In 1934 the company became a member of the 'Yorkshire Services' pool contributing their Sheffield-London service to that operation.

Pages 54 and 55 of the Summer 1932 'Roadway Motor Coach Timetable' showing timetables of Fallowfield and Knight, Farnham Blue Coaches, Fawdon Bus Company, Fingland's and Fleetways.

In 1928 the Fawdon Bus Company commenced a service between Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Coventry. Whilst there had been a number of different pioneering operators with similar services it was only Fawdon Bus Company and Hall Brothers of South Shields that obtained road service licences in 1931 under the then new Road Traffic Act. The Fawdon service had competed with the big company operators working the ‘Limited Stop’ pool between Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Leeds and the ‘Yorkshire Services’ pool between Leeds and Birmingham. In 1933 Fawdon was acquired by the West Yorkshire Road Car Company on behalf of the pool operators. Following the acquisition revenue north of Leeds was shared by Northern General Transport, North Western Road Car, West Yorkshire Road Car and Yorkshire Woollen District. South of Leeds it was shared by East Yorkshire Motor Services, West Yorkshire Road Car Company, Yorkshire Traction Company and Yorkshire Woollen District. Due to there being so many different companies involved, the road service licence for the service was held in the name of the Fawdon Omnibus Company registered at the offices of Northern General in Bensham. Since no vehicles were owned by Fawdon a hiring permit was granted by the Traffic Commissioners with Northern General Transport, West Yorkshire Road Car and Yorkshire Woollen District being the prominent operators. The Fawdon Company was wound up in 1962 and the different pool members then held separate licences. It was at this time the service became marketed as the ‘Ten Cities Express’.

Extract from the 'Roadway Motor Coach Timetable' 1932 - Page 100 shows the Fylde Coast services operated from various South Lancashire towns by Lancashire United Transport. Page 101 shows the timetables of the Leeds-Newcastle Omnibus Company (Leeds to Newcastle and Leeds to Middlesbrough) and the Leicester and District Bus Company (Leicester to Great Yarmouth).

Extract from the 'Roadway Motor Coach Timetable' 1932 - Page 116 shows the timetables between London and Southend operated by New Carrimore Motor Service and New Empress City Saloons. Page 117 is the first of seven pages of timetables under the heading of the North Western Road Car Company which contains the northbound timetable for the 'Tyne-Tees-Mersey' 'Limited Stop' Pool services at the time worked jointly with Lancashire United Transport, Northern General Transport, West Yorkshire Road Car Company and Yorkshire Woollen District. The timetable also includes the Hull service which was jointly operated with East Yorkshire Motor Services. United Automobile Services joined the pool later.

Extract from the 'Roadway Motor Coach Timetable' 1932 - Page 118 is the second of seven pages of timetables under the heading of the North Western Road Car Company which contains the southbound timetable for the 'Tyne-Tees-Mersey' 'Limited Stop' Pool services at the time worked jointly with Lancashire United Transport, Northern General Transport, West Yorkshire Road Car Company and Yorkshire Woollen District. The timetable also includes the Hull service which was jointly operated with East Yorkshire Motor Services. United Automobile Services joined the pool later.

Extract from the 'Roadway Motor Coach Timetable' 1932 - Page 120 is the last of seven pages of timetables under the heading of the North Western Road Car Company. At the bottom is the timetable for the Portsmouth-Bristol services of Olympic Motor Services. Page 120 contains the timetable for the Orange Brothers London-North East-Edinburgh service together with three timetables for the services of Orange Luxury Coaches between London and the Coastal resorts.

Extract from the 'Roadway Motor Coach Timetable' 1932 - Page 122 is the second page of timetables for the services of Orange Luxury Coaches between London and the Coastal resorts. Page 123 contains timetables for the Tyne and Mersey Motor Services 'Overland Service' (Liverpool to the North East) together with the timetable for the Liverpool-London service of Pearsons 'Happy Days Motorways'.

Varsity Express Motors timetables for services from London to Cambridge and from London to Oxford

Pages showing the services of Westminster Coaching Services from London to Cambridge and other East Anglian towns. Note that arrival times are not shown but the lack of an arrival time at a certain location doesn't necessarily mean that point is not served.

An extract from the 'Roadway Motor Coach Timetable' 1932 showing the London-Yorkshire services of the 'Yorkshire Services' pool operators. The pool was created in 1930 by the West Yorkshire Road Car Company, Yorkshire Traction Company and Yorkshire Woollen District Electric Tramways (which later became Yorkshire Woollen District Transport). East Yorkshire Motor Services joined in 1931 followed by East Midland Motor Services in 1934. Barnsley featured as a key interchange point for the Yorkshire-London and Yorkshire-Birmingham services that formed the pool.

The timetable for the Yelloway Lancashire-London service as shown in the 'Roadway Motor Coach Timetable' 1932. Day and night services operated from Blackpool but the feeder service from Rochdale was for the day service only.