The National Bus Company

Formed on 1st January 1969, the National Bus Company was an amalgamation, as a nationalised industry, of the bus and coach interests of BET and Thomas Tilling. This text tells the story of the National Bus Company from the late 1960s up until the mid-1980s.

The National Bus Company was an important part of passenger road transport between 1969 and 1988. It did not operate buses itself, but was the owner of a number of regional, subsidiary bus operating companies. Over 100 color photographs.

Stephen Dowle presents a nostalgic look at the National Bus Company in the 1970s.

With previously unpublished photographs documenting this famous and much-loved Crosville bus company.

As part of the National Bus Company, Hants & Dorset Motor Service once served a large diverse area. Here is a nostalgic look back on this popular bus company.

An evocative collection of black and white images covering the National Bus Company across England and Wales in its early years from 1969 to 1975.

Previously unpublished photographs documenting this fascinating and overlooked part of NBC vehicle history.