In the 1950s, following the destruction of over 100,00 London homes in the Second World War and the need to replace old and unfit housing, a large programme of New Towns for displaced Londoners was undertaken.
Most of the New Towns were within London Transport's Country Bus area and this book tells the story of the bus services introduced or amended to serve these new developments.
The story is taken into London Country days and up to 1977, when lettered area scemes started to replace services that had been introduced by London Transport.
Chapter List:
- London Transport in Crawley
- London Transport in Hemel Hempstead
- London Transport in Hatfield and Welwyn Garden City
- London Transport in Stevenage
- London Transport in Harlow
- London Country in Crawley
- London Country in Hemel Hempstead
- London Country in Hatfield and Welwyn Garden City
- London Country in Stevenage
- London Country in Harlow
Each chapter describes the expansion of the featured town and how bus services were introduced or expanded to servce the growing populations. A series of colour or black & white photographs are used to illustrated each chapter. Hardback. 192 pages.