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Public Transport In Greater Manchester – A List Of Publications

 

The majority of the titles listed below are available for consultation in the Archives of the Museum of Transport, whilst those in print can be obtained from bookshops. Older items should be available through local Libraries. See also the notes at the end of the list. This list does not include Acts of Parliament, commemorative brochures, rule books, time and fare tables, annual reports and similar official publications, separate lists of which are available.

 

Author Title Publisher Year ISBN/ISSN
[No author] Supertram Ian Allan 1990 ISBN 0 7110 1951 7
ABELL, Paul H. Transport and industry in Greater Manchester The Author 1978 ISBN 0 901182 03 7
ATKINSON, Roger & BETT, W. H. The tickets of Salford and Bury Corporation Transport Departments Ticket & Fare Collection Society 1954  
BANKS, John North Western (Prestige Series, 10):  Venture Publications 2001 ISBN 1 898432 27 9
BEIRNE, Denise Routes Trafford Publishing 2007 ISBN 978 1 4251 5682 4
BERRY, Eric Spotlight on Lancashire United no.97 LTP ND  
BETT, W. H. & GILLHAM, J. C. The tramways of South-East Lancashire, edited by J. H. Price, adapted from “Great British tramway networks” LRTL ND ISBN 0 900433 62 0
BOLTON CHRONICLE Bolton Chronicle goes down Memory Lane, October 1985 Bolton Chronicle 1985  
BRAILSFORD, M. Tramways in Stockport. MTMS 1985 ISBN 0 900857 25 0
BRAILSFORD, M. Tramways in Stockport, revised edition.  MTMS 2006 ISBN 0 900857 25 0
BROWN, Stewart J. British bus celebration : North West England.  Capital Transport 1987 ISBN 0 904711 90 0
BROWN, Stewart J. Greater Manchester buses.  Capital Transport 1995 ISBN 1 85414 174 0
BROWN, Stewart J. (ed.) The 1968 North West bus handbook.  British Bus 2000 ISBN 1 897990 65 0
BURY TIMES 75 Years of municipal transport, 1903-1978 Bury Times 1978  
CAUNT, Peter North Western Road Car Company Ltd. : a driver’s reminiscences.  Oxford Publishing Company 1984 ISBN 0 86093 275 3
CLARKSON, T. The tram depots of Manchester.  Colamda 2003 ISBN 0 954551 70 2
CLARKSON, T. The tram depots of Oldham and Rochdale.  Colamda 2003 ISBN 0 954551 71 0
CROSSLEY MOTORS LTD. A short history of Crossley Motors Ltd. Crossley Motors Ltd. 1950  
DEEGAN, Judith & DEEGAN, Peter The yellow road : a history of Yelloway Motor Services Ltd.  Pride Books 1982 ISBN 0 946283 02 8
DONATI, David & Others The Lancashire, Cumbria and Manchester bus handbook British Bus Publishing 1996 ISBN 1 897990 13 8
DUNABIN, John West from Wigan [Cadmans Services of Orrell, 1930-35]  The Author 1987  
EDGE, Graham L. Gardner and Sons Limited : legendary engineering excellence.  Gingerfold 2002 ISBN 1 902356 10 1
EYRE, D. M. Manchester’s buses 1906-1945.  MTMS 1971  
EYRE, D. M. The Manchester bus.  TPC 1989 ISBN 0 86317 151 6
EYRE, D. M. X60 Blackpool : profile of a service.  GMTS 1995  
EYRE, D. M. & Others Manchester’s trolleybuses.  MTMS 1967  
EYRE, Michael & Heaps, C. A brief history of Crossley, produced specially for the Greater Manchester Transport Society’s 1993 Crossley Weekend, May 15th/16th, 1993.  GMTS 1993  
EYRE, Michael & HEAPS, Chris Manchester and Salford : a century of municipal transport.  Ian Allan 2001 ISBN 0 7110 2790 0
EYRE, Michael & HEAPS, Chris The Manchester Trolleybus Ian Allan 2008 ISBN 978 0 7110 3245 3
EYRE, Michael & Others Crossley : the story of a famous engineering business and the cars, buses, lorries, aeroplanes and railway locomotives which it manufactured.  Oxford Publishing 2002 ISBN 0 86093 574 4
FISH, Tom Bury Corporation Transport Department : history of routes.  The Author (Typed paper)  1968  
FISHER, Jeffrey N. The return of 765. Manchester Tramway Co. Ltd.   ND  
GARDINER, F. & HILLIARD, F. ABC British bus fleets, 6 : Lancashire (municipal operators) 2nd ed. (1st ed. by P. J. Marshall q.v.)  Ian Allan 1965  
GARDINER, F. & HILLIARD, F. ABC British bus fleets, 6 : Lancashire (municipal operators) 3rd ed. (1st ed. by P. J. Marshall q.v.)  Ian Allan 1965  
GARDINER, F. & HILLIARD, F. ABC British bus fleets, 17 : North western area. Ian Allan, 1963; 2nd ed. Ian Allan 1966(?)  
GEORGE, A. D. The Manchester motor industry 1900-38.  Manchester Polytechnic 1989  
GILL, Dennis Transport treasures of Trafford Park.  TPC 1973 ISBN 0 903839 01 6
GILLHAM, J. C. A history of Bolton Corporation Transport Department. (Duplicated paper)  LRTL/Omnibus Society 1950  
GILLHAM, J. C. & WISEMAN, R. J. S. The tramways of South Lancashire and North Wales [includes South Lancashire Tramways and Wigan]  LRTA 2003 ISBN 0 948016 29 8
GODDARD, Andrew N. Major bus and coach fleets : Manchester and Merseyside. TAG 1990 ISBN 1 871115 10 8
GODDARD, Andrew N. Major bus and coach fleets : Manchester and Merseyside. 2nd ed. TAG 1992 ISBN 1 871115 17 5
GODDARD, Andrew N. Major bus and coach fleets : Manchester and Merseyside. 3rd ed. TAG 1996 ISBN 1 871115 30 4
GODDARD, Andrew N. Major bus and coach fleets : North West England.  TAG 2003 ISBN 1 871115 57 4
GOULDING, T (ed.) Bolton’s last tram : a pictorial history.  Bolton 66 Tramcar Trust 1984  
GRAY, Edward The tramways of Salford. MTHC, 1963. 2nd ed. MTMS 1967  
GRAY, Edward Salford City Transport.  TPC 1975 ISBN 0 903839 06 7
GRAY, Edward The Manchester Carriage & Tramways Company : a history to mark the centenary of the first Manchester tramway.  MTMS 1977  
GRAY, Edward Tramways past, present and future in the Manchester area Reprinted from Vol. 87 of the transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society 1991  
GRAY, Edward Salford buses.  Memories / Northern Publishing Services 1994 ISBN 1 899181 01 6
GRAY, Edward Manchester buses : a fascinating pictorial guide to the history of the buses of Manchester.  Memories / Northern Publishing Service 1994 ISBN 1 899181 10 5
GRAY, Edward Manchester road and rail.  Alan Sutton 1996 ISBN 0 7509 1172 7
GRAY, Edward Trafford Park Tramways, 1897-1946. Oakwood Press, 1964 Revised ed.,  Northern Publishing Services 1996 ISBN 1 899181 34 2
GRAY, Edward Salford’s tramways. Part 1.  Foxline 1997 ISBN 1 870119 47 9
GRAY, Edward Salford’s tramways. Part 2. Foxline 1999 ISBN 1 870119 55 X
GRAY, Edward & KIRBY, Arthur Manchester trams : a pictorial history of the tramways of Manchester.  Memories 1995 ISBN 1 899181 06 7
GRAY, Ted Manchester trams and buses : a pictorial history of Manchester road transport. (Combined and enlarged edition of Manchester buses (1 899181 10 5) and Manchester trams (1 899181 06 7).)  Memories 1999 ISBN 1 899181 86 5
GREATER MANCHESTER TRANSPORT SOCIETY Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester : official handbook.  GMTS / TPC 1980  
GREATER MANCHESTER TRANSPORT SOCIETY Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester : the Museum collection.  GMTS 1982 ISBN 0 946022 00 3
GREATER MANCHESTER TRANSPORT SOCIETY Museum of Transport, Manchester : service since 1824.  GMTS / TPC 1990 ISBN 0 86317 153 2
GRUNDY, A. G. My fifty years in transport [Includes SHMD Board]. Transport World, 1944 Reprinted with additional information Adam Gordon and MTMS 1997 ISBN 1 874422 19 2
HAYES, Cliff The trams of Manchester (including trolleybuses and buses): [Book of 30 tear-out postcards] Nostalgia Ink ND None
HEALEY, Keith Travel by coach : go North Western : a brief history.  GMTS 1994  
HEALEY, Keith The Lancashire municipals story In Greater Manchester Transport Society : Lancashire Municipals omnibus timetable and programme of events, 12th-13th October, 1996  GMTS 1996  
HEALEY, Keith The Lancashire United story In Greater Manchester Transport Society : Lancashire United Transport weekend omnibus timetable and programme of events, 18th-19th May, 1996  GMTS 1996  
HEALEY, Keith Bolton 100. GMTS 1999  
HEALEY, Keith & BANKS, John Yelloway (Prestige Series, 30):  Venture Publications 2005 ISBN 1 898432 45 7
HEALEY, Keith & BATTERSBY, Philip Tyne-Tees-Mersey : a survey of the limited stop pool services in the north of England, 1929-1975.  Venture Publications 2000 ISBN 1 898432 23 6
HEALEY, Ken Looking back at buses, trams and trolleybuses around Manchester.  Willow Publishing 1990 ISBN 0 946361 30 4
HIGGS, Philip Looking back at Lancashire United : a nostalgic look at the fleet of Lancashire United Transport.  Lancastrian Transport Publications 1996 ISBN 1 899450 01 7
HILDITCH, Geoffrey Steel wheels and rubber tyres : volume 1 : transport around Oldham in the 1930s, locomotives at Gorton in the 1940s and Leeds trams in the 1950s.  Oakwood Press 2003 ISBN 0 85361 614 0
HILDITCH, Geoffrey Steel wheels and rubber tyres : volume 2 : a General Manager’s journey : Manchester, Plymouth, Great Yarmouth, Halifax.  Oakwood Press 2003 ISBN 0 85361 616 7
HOLT, David Manchester Metrolink.  Platform 5 1992 ISBN 1 872524 36 2
HORSLEY, Ron Catchin’ t’ local tram [Bolton].  The Author 1996 ISBN 1 900943 01 8
HORSLEY, Ron A history of the Bolton tramways.  The Author 1996 ISBN 1 900943 00 X
HUGHES, Mark 75 years of Mayne’s buses and coaches.  Venture Publications 1995 ISBN 1 898432 71 6 (Cased) ISBN 1 898432 70 8 (Limp)
HYDE, W. G. S. The Manchester, Bury, Rochdale and Oldham Steam Tramway.  TPC 1979 ISBN 0 903839 37 7
HYDE, W. G. S. A history of public transport in Ashton-under-Lyne.  MTMS 1980  
HYDE, W. G. S. & OGDEN, Eric The SHMD Joint Board.  TPC 1990 ISBN 0 86317 146 X
HYDE, W. G. S. & Others (eds.) The Manchester album : a pictorial survey of Manchester’s tramways. [NOTE : Title on cover is “Manchester tramway album”]  MTMS 1969(?)  
HYDE, W. G. S. (ed.) Greater Manchester Transport review.  TPC 1978 ISBN 0 903839 24 5
JARVIS, R. Lancashire United Transport.  Privately published 1996  
JONES, A. E. North Western (Glory Days) Ian Allan 2008 ISBN 978 0 7110 3227 9
JOYCE, J. Roads and rails of Manchester 1900-1950.  Ian Allan 1982 ISBN 0 7110 1174 5
KEELEY, Raymond Tramways in and around Stockport.  Foxline 1990 ISBN 1 870119 09 6
KIDD, Cyril Ashton, SHMD, and Stockport : the tickets of Ashton under Lyne Corporation, Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley and Dukinfield Joint Board, Stockport Corporation and their forerunners and neighbours.  Transport Ticket Society 1978  
KIDD, Cyril & BETT, W. H. Manchester Corporation 1901-1961 : sixty years of tickets.  Ticket & Fare Collection Society 1961  
KIRBY, A. K. Manchester’s little tram. MTMS 1964  
KIRBY, A. K. Manchester’s little tram. 2nd ed. MTMS 1979 ISBN 0 900857 18 8
KIRBY, A. K. Manchester’s little tram. 3rd ed. MTMS 1990 ISBN 0 900857 27 7
KIRBY, A. K. Dan Boyle’s Railway : a record of Manchester’s tramways, 1901 to 1906.  MTMS 1974  
KIRBY, A. K. Middleton tramways.  MTMS 1976  
KIRBY, A. K. Heaton Park and its transport.  MTMS 1981 ISBN 0 900857 20 X
KIRBY, Arthur Oldham Corporation tramways.  Triangle 1998 ISBN 0 952933 31 4
KIRBY, Arthur Trafford tramways.  Triangle 2003 ISBN 0 952933 39 X
KIRK, David Major bus operators : Manchester and Merseyside.  Capital Transport 1983 ISBN 0 904711 46 3
KIRK, David Major bus operators : Manchester and Merseyside:  Capital Transport 1985 ISBN 0 904711 66 8
LANCASHIRE & CHESHIRE ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY Moving Manchester : special edition of the Transactions of the LCAS, vol. 100   2004 ISSN 0950 4699
LEYLAND SOCIETY The Leyland buses of Wigan Corporation Leyland Society 2003 ISBN 0 9545216 0 9
LIGHT RAILWAY & TRAMWAY JOURNAL The Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley and Dukinfield Tramways and Electricity Board : souvenir of the opening of the scheme, May 1904.  Reprinted by Stalybridge Historical Society 2004  
LINGARD, John Where to go by car, with routes and interesting walks; giving fares and distances (2nd ed.) The Author 1908  
LINGARD, John Where to go by tram [1924]  MTHC reprint ND  
LONGDON, A. P. Bus enthusiasts’ guide to Greater Manchester.  D. J .Slater 1990  
MANCHESTER CORPORATION TRAMWAYS Instructions to drivers and guards MCT, 1914 (Facsimile reprint, MTMS) 1970  
MANCHESTER CORPORATION TRAMWAYS Parcels express rates and arrangements. MCT 1904 (Facsimile reprint, MTMS) 1972  
MANCHESTER TRANSPORT MUSEUM SOCIETY Manchester’s tramways : a short history compiled from the Society’s archives.  MTMS 1981  
MANCHESTER TRANSPORT MUSEUM SOCIETY & THE OMNIBUS SOCIETY North Western.  MTMS/ OS 1972  
MARSDEN, Barry M. Glossop Tramways 1903-1927.  Foxline 1991 ISBN 1 870119 12 6
MARSHALL, Maurice Stockport Corporation Tramways.  MTMS 1975  
MARSHALL, P. J. ABC British bus fleets no 6 : Lancashire. (2nd and 3rd editions by F. Gardiner and F. Hilliard, q.v.) Ian Allan 1960  
MARTIN, Stuart (ed.) The Lancashire, Cumbria and Manchester bus handbook British Bus Publishing 1999 ISBN 1 897990 48 0
MARTIN, Stuart (ed.) The Lancashire, Cumbria and Manchester bus handbook (2nd ed.) British Bus Publishing 2002 ISBN 1 897990 77 4
MAUND, T. B. Salford City Transport : a short history.  OS 1957  
MAUND, T. B. Transport in Rochdale and district.  OS 1959  
MODERN TRANSPORT Municipal transport in Oldham : abandonment of electric tramways : fifty-five years of Corporation progress. [Reprinted from issues of 24th August, 7th September and 14th December 1946]  1946  
MODERN TRANSPORT Road passenger transport in South Lancashire : development of South Lancashire Tramways and trolleybuses and of Lancashire United bus system. [Series of articles reprinted from issues in 1958-59]     
NEAL, A. F. Manchester’s buses, 11 January 1963 Paper read to Manchester Association of Engineers 1963  
OGDEN, Eric Lancashire United. TPC 1974 ISBN 0 903839 03 2
OGDEN, Eric Lancashire United: a centenary celebration Venture 2006 ISBN 978 1 905 304 129
OGDEN, Eric Lancashire United / SLT (British bus and trolleybus systems, no.7) . TPC 1975 ISBN 0 86317 128 1 (Cased) ISBN 0 86317 123 0 (Limp)
OGDEN, Eric Northern Counties of Wigan.  TPC 1976 ISBN 0 903839 10 5
OGDEN, Eric North Western (2 volumes). Vol. 1 TPC 1980 ISBN 0 903839 20 2
OGDEN, Eric North Western (2 volumes). Vol. 2 TPC 1981 ISBN 0 903839 71 7 (Cased) ISBN 0 903839 39 3 (Limp)
OGDEN, Eric Shearing’s Coach and Bus.  TPC 1991 ISBN 0 86317 161 3
OGDEN, Eric & SENIOR, John Metrolink official handbook.  TPC 1991 ISBN 0 86317 164 8
OGDEN, Eric [and others] Lancashire United : a centenary celebration 1905-2005 [sic] (Super Prestige Series, 10):  Venture Publications 2006 ISBN 1 905304 12 9
OMNIBUS SOCIETY Dinner to commemorate 21st birthday of NW & Yorkshire Branch and visits to Salford City Transport OS 1957  
OMNIBUS SOCIETY Bus routes in Greater Manchester – independent operators. OS 1988  
OMNIBUS SOCIETY Salford City Transport : history, routes, fleet list. OS ND  
OMNIBUS SOCIETY Survey of Stockport Corporation Transport. OS ND  
OMNIBUS SOCIETY Trams and buses of the great cities in the 1880s  [reproduced from Railway & Tramway Express, 1884/1885] ND 2005? ISBN 0 901307 59 9
PHILLIPS, Ron The Leyland buses of Wigan Corporation:  Leyland Society 2003 ISBN 0 9545216 0 9
PILTZ, Howard The heyday of the bus : north west.  Ian Allan 1996 ISBN 0 7110 2460 X
POSTLETHWAITE, Harry Bolton Corporation Transport Venture 2007 ISBN 978 1 905 304 16 5
POSTLETHWAITE, Harry Stockport Corporation Transport Venture 2008 ISBN 978 1 905 304 17 2
POTTER, Bill North West bus handbook.  British Bus Publishing 1993 ISBN 1 89799 000 6
POTTER, Bill The Lancashire, Cumbria and Manchester bus handbook.  British Bus Publishing 1996 ISBN 1 89799 013 8
POTTER, Bill & SANDERSON, Steve Bus handbook 2 : North West England. 2nd ed.,  Capital Transport 1990 ISBN 1 85414 121 X
POTTER, Bill & WITTON, Alan Bus handbook 2 : North West England.  Capital Transport 1988 ISBN 1 85414 105 8
PSV CIRCLE Burnley, Colne & Nelson, Haslingden, Rawtenstall and Ramsbottom Corporations : Fleet history. (PC5)  PSV Circle 1959  
PSV CIRCLE Independent bus services in the North Western Traffic Area.  PSV Circle 1978  
PSV CIRCLE Current fleets of independent operators in the North Western Traffic Area : operators in Greater Manchester and Merseyside (FCB4):  PSV Circle 1988  
PSV CIRCLE Fleet history of Wigan Corporation. (PC23)  PSV Circle 1989  
PSV CIRCLE  A fleet history of Bury Corporation Transport, Ramsbottom Urban District Council, Rochdale Corporation Transport. (PC24)  PSV Circle 1998  
PSV CIRCLE Current fleets of operators in Greater Manchester (2 vols) (G264):  PSV Circle 2002  
PSV CIRCLE Geographical fleet lists – G264, Greater Manchester, Part 1, A-G Geographical fleet lists – G265, Greater Manchester, Part 2, H-Z 3rd editions, 2002    2002  
PSV CIRCLE Fleet history of Ashton under Lyne and Oldham Corporations. (PC26)  PSV Circle 2003  
PSV CIRCLE & OMNIBUS SOCIETY North Western Road Car Company Ltd. : fleet history. (PC3) PSV Circle, 1959; 2nd impression, 1962; 2nd ed., (2PC3), 1976    1959  
PSV CIRCLE & OMNIBUS SOCIETY Manchester and district transport maps.  PSV Circle 1967  
PSV CIRCLE & OMNIBUS SOCIETY Motor buses and trolleybuses of the municipalities of East Cheshire and East Lancashire. (PC5) [NOTE : Deals with Ashton, Bury, Oldham, Ramsbottom, Rochdale, SHMD and Stockport, inter alia]  PSV Circle 1967  
PSV CIRCLE & OMNIBUS SOCIETY Manchester City Transport. (PC9) [NOTE : Title on cover is “Manchester Corporation Transport 1906-1969”]  PSV Circle 1969  
PSV CIRCLE & OMNIBUS SOCIETY SELNEC PTE fleet history. (PC7)  PSV Circle 1971  
PSV CIRCLE & OMNIBUS SOCIETY Bolton Transport Department, Leigh Corporation transport, Salford City Transport fleet history. (PC10)  PSV Circle 1972  
PSV CIRCLE & OMNIBUS SOCIETY Greater Manchester PTE. (PC11)  PSV Circle 1975  
RAILWAY AND TRAMWAY EXPRESS Trams and buses of the great cities in the 1880s. [Reprint of a series on 10 tramway systems, first published in 1884/1885. Includes Manchester.]  Omnibus Society 2002 ISBN 0 901307 59 9
ROBINSON, John P. An album of Greater Manchester PTE buses.  Pennine 1983 ISBN 0 946055 02 5
ROBINSON, John P. Buses in camera : North West.  Ian Allan 1985 ISBN 0 7110 1489 2
ROWE, Bob Northern Counties of Wigan : a history of the company and its products from 1919 to 2005:  Venture Publications 2006 ISBN 1 905304 02 1
ROWE, Bob Ashton and Manchester trolleybuses (Super Prestige Series):  Venture Publications 2006 ISBN 1 905304 13 7
SENIOR, John A. 40 years of buses in Manchester. [NOTE : Title on cover is “Colour album no 1 : 40 years in Manchester”]  Venture Publications 1996 ISBN 1 898432 65 1
SENIOR, John A. & OGDEN, Eric Metrolink.  TPC 1992 ISBN 0 86317 155 9
SHAW, Mike City of Manchester Direct Works Department buses 1965 to 1975.  The Author 1994  
SHAW, Mike Manchester Corporation Transport Department buses acquired 1961 to 1963 by R. N. Bradbury, Pennington Flash, Lowton, nr. Leigh.  The Author 1994  
SIDWELL, Graham (ed.) The Manchester horse tram: the restoration of L53; the story of reversible horse trams TLRS 2008  
STOKES, Michael M. Greater Manchester Transport album.  Rochester Press 1984 ISBN 0 946379 15 7
STRETCH, E. K. The South Lancashire Tramways Company, 1900-1958.  MTMS 1972  
STRETCH, E. K. The tramways of Wigan.  MTMS 1978  
STRETCH, E. K. The South Lancashire Tramways Co. Ltd., revised by Ted Gray: (Enlarged and updated edition)  Triangle Publishing 2006 ISBN 0 955003 0 24
TAYLOR, Clifford Rolling stock summary (passenger cars). [Manchester Corporation Tramways]  MTHC 1957  
TAYLOR, Clifford Manchester’s transport. Part 1 : Tramway and trolleybus rolling stock. [NOTE : Part 2 was never produced.]  MTHC 1965  
TAYLOR, Clifford Trolleybuses in Greater Manchester.  MTMS 1985 ISBN 0 900857 24 2
TAYLOR, Clifford Rochdale’s tramways.  MTMS 1987 ISBN 0 900857 26 9
TAYLOR, Philip J. A trolleybus to the Punch Bowl : the trolleybuses and routes of the South Lancashire Transport Co. Ltd., 1930-1958:  Triangle Publishing 2002 ISBN 0 9529333 7 3
TRANSPO’ 73 TRANSPO’ 73 Official programme. Transpo' 73 1973  
TRANSPORT JOURNAL Lancashire United Transport : big Lancashire independent operator plans for the future.  [Offprint, September 1962]  1962  
WAYMAN, David Manchester area buses : looking back at SELNEC PTE between 1969 and 1974.  Sheaf Publishing 1990 ISBN 1 85048 009 5
WAYMAN, David Oldham Corporation buses.  DTS Publishing 1997 ISBN 1 900515 05 9
WHITEHEAD, David Gardners of Patricroft.  Newman Neame 1968  
WILD, J. M. The Oldham bus scene, 1945-1969.  The Author 1970  
WITTON, A. M. (ed.) Greater Manchester Transport buses and coaches.  The Author 1974  
WITTON, A. M. (ed.) Buses of Greater Manchester 2nd ed.  The Author 1975 ISBN 0 86047 001 6
WITTON, A. M. (ed.) Buses of Greater Manchester 3rd ed. The Author 1977 ISBN 0 86047 013 X
WITTON, A. M. (ed.) Buses of Greater Manchester 4th ed. The Author 1978 ISBN 0 86047 014 8
WITTON, A. M. (ed.) Buses of Greater Manchester 5th ed. The Author 1980 ISBN 0 86047 015 6
WITTON, A. M. (ed.) Buses of Greater Manchester 6th ed. The Author 1983 ISBN 0 86047 016 4
WOMAR, James W. Turning points : a lifetime in transport (edited by Alan Townsin)  Venture Publications 1995 ISBN 1 89843 258 9 (Cased) ISBN 1 89843 254 6 (Limp)
YEARSLEY, Ian The Manchester tram.  Advertiser Press 1962  
YEARSLEY, Ian & Others Manchester tramway diary, 1940-1951.  MTHC 1961  
YEARSLEY, Ian & Others The Manchester tramways.  TPC 1988 ISBN 0 86317 144 3
YEARSLEY, Ian & Others The Manchester tramways. Revised edition TPC 1991 ISBN 0 86317 173 7

 

 

Notes

 

The information given is Author – Title – Publisher – Date of publication – ISBN (International Standard Book Number).

 

Abbreviations used are as follows:

GMTS Greater Manchester Transport Society

LRTA Light Rail Transit Association formerly titled

LRTL Light Railway Transport League

MTHC Manchester Transport Historical Collection later titled MTMS Manchester Transport Museum Society

ND No date of publication known

OS Omnibus Society

TPC Transport Publishing Company

 

Compiled by George Turnbull, Head of Collections Management

 

Revised edition: September 2008

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