This book tells the story of South Yorkshire PTE from 1974 to 1986, the period during which the authority operated bus services around the county.
During this period, bus use was higher in the region than anywhere else in England outside London. Innovations in ticketing, bus design and the terms and conditions of its employees were revolutionary for the time and for 12 years, the residents of South Yorkshire enjoyed one of the best regarded transport systems in the country,
This book traces the history of bus transport in South Yorkshire throughout this period, highlighting many of the things that made using the bus so much more appealing in South Yorkshire than elsewhere.
Over 700 archive black & white (with some colour also included) photographs illustrate buses operating around South Yorkshire throughout this period.
Hardback. 420 pages.