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Key Publishing offer a wide range of books dedicated to UK buses and trolleybuses throughout history. From the trendsetting designs of Daimler coaches to the Buses Yearbook 2024, discover bus book titles you won’t find anywhere else, with regular special offers and discounts.  

New titles are added regularly, and we hold a number of older issues and catalogues for the discerning collector. 

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BUSES Yearbook 2025

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Buses Yearbook 2025 follows a proven format with a mixture of articles on current and historic developments, strictly factual ones and others of a ...

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Metroline: After London Transport

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Metroline: After London Transport When London Buses Ltd.'s subsidiary companies were privatised in the autumn of 1994, Metroline, serving a large s...

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London Buses: Review of 1998

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London Buses: Review of 1998 A quarter of a century ago, the red bus fleets of the former London Buses Ltd (LBL) were privatised. By 1998, the resu...

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Rossendale Transport to Rosso: The Last 10 Years of Municipa

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Rossendale Transport to Rosso: The Last 10 Years of Municipal Buses Motor bus operation in the Rossendale Valley boroughs of Haslingden and Rawtens...

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London's Advert Buses

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London’s Advert Buses A fixture of London Transport in the 1970s, the all-over advert bus was relaunched by the modern Transport for London (TfL) a...

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A Darker Shade of Orange

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Greater Manchester Transport: A Darker Shade of Orange Great change was afoot for Manchester’s buses in the 1970s. The region’s long-established mu...

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Alexander Dennis Buses

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Alexander Dennis Buses Three of the best-known names in the history of British bus building, Alexander, Dennis and Plaxton, have survived the uncer...

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Low-Floor Single Deckers

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Low-Floor Single-Deckers In the 1980s, a new breed of accessible bus was being developed, with stepless entrances and flat floors. These were firs...

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Buses Yearbook 2023

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Buses Yearbook 2023 After continuous publication for 60 years, the Buses Yearbook is essential reading for all bus enthusiasts. Edited by Alan Mill...

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Buses and Coaches 1945-70: From Contemporary Adverts

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Buses and Coaches 1945–70: From Contemporary Adverts From 1945 to 1970, trade press advertisements for buses and coaches changed considerably, as t...

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Bradford Trolleybuses: The Later Years and Closure

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Bradford Trolleybuses: The Later Years and Closure After every rise, there comes a fall, and for Bradford’s trolleybuses their demise began soon a...

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Bradford Trolleybuses: The Early Years & Jubilee Celebration

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Bradford Trolleybuses: The Early Years and Jubilee Celebrations Bradford trolleybuses were the first and the last of their kind in the UK – introdu...

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British Buses Since 1950

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British Buses Since 1950: Trendsetting Designs Bus design has certainly evolved in the seven decades since 1950, but it has not been a steady proc...

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London Bus Routes One by One: 301-969

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London Bus Routes One by One: 301–969 In times of old, the numbers 300–499 were restricted to the green buses of the London Transport Country Area,...

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Low Floor Double Deckers

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Low-Floor Double-Deckers In just under 25 years, double-deck buses in the UK have undergone a transformation. Every double-decker in standard servi...

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London Bus Routes One by One: A10-X140

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London Bus Routes One by One: A10–X140 This fifth and final London bus routes volume looks at the route numbers with letter prefixes. They derive f...

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Bristol Lodekka Book

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Bristol Lodekka NOTE: This book is a re-issue of the much-loved title Bristol Lodekka in colour. Lodekka buses first appeared in service in the l...

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The Go-Ahead Group: The First 25 years

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The Go-Ahead Group: The First 25 Years NOTE: This is a paperback reissue of the much-loved The Go-Ahead Group. Go-Ahead began life as the Gateshea...

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Leyland Atlantean

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The Leyland Atlantean NOTE: This is a paperback reissue of the much-loved The Leyland Atlantean. The Leyland Atlantean revolutionised bus layouts ...

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London Bus Routes One by One: 1-100

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London Bus Routes One by One: 1 100 Though they seem as immutable and traditional as the city they serve, London’s bus routes are always changing....

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Yorkshire Dales Buses

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Yorkshire Dales Buses The West Yorkshire Road Car Company’s routes from Skipton and Ilkley up into Wharfedale, Wensleydale and Swaledale are some ...

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Ledgard of Leeds Buses

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Ledgard of Leeds Buses Focusing on the 1950s and ’60s, this nostalgic look at the iconic Ledgard buses takes the reader on a trip down memory lane...

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London Bus Routes One by One: 101-200

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London Bus Routes One by One: 101–200 Following on from London Bus Routes One by One: 1–100, this volume takes a look at the next 100 routes in Tra...

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York Independents: Western Operators

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York Independents: Western Operators This book tells the story of York’s local bus companies including Hopes’ Motor Services, Hutchinson Brothers, ...

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Merseyside Transport Book

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Merseyside Transport NOTE: This book is a re-issue of the much-loved title, Merseyside Transport Recalled Merseyside can claim, with some justific...

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