Driver's Horn
Detail of B2737, the Battle Bus
B2737, one of the last B-type buses.
The B-type was introduced in 1910 by the London General Omnibus Company (LGOC).
B2737 served Route 9 (Barnes and Liverpool Street), in 1914 it was one of the 1,000 LGOC vehicles commandeered by the War Department to be used as troop carriers on the Western Front. After the war B2737 was used in London as a 'Traffic Emergency Bus', relieving pressure on congested bus routes. In 1922 it was sold to the National Omnibus & Transport Company, eventually ending up as a garden shed by the 1980s.
Taken at Walworth Bus Garage Open Day, 19 July 2014, as part of Year of the Bus.
The depot was previously the Camberwell Tram Depot, the name was changed to Walworth Bus Garage in 1950 when buses arrived on-site (there already being a Camberwell Garage).
Driver's Horn
Detail of B2737, the Battle Bus
B2737, one of the last B-type buses.
The B-type was introduced in 1910 by the London General Omnibus Company (LGOC).
B2737 served Route 9 (Barnes and Liverpool Street), in 1914 it was one of the 1,000 LGOC vehicles commandeered by the War Department to be used as troop carriers on the Western Front. After the war B2737 was used in London as a 'Traffic Emergency Bus', relieving pressure on congested bus routes. In 1922 it was sold to the National Omnibus & Transport Company, eventually ending up as a garden shed by the 1980s.
Taken at Walworth Bus Garage Open Day, 19 July 2014, as part of Year of the Bus.
The depot was previously the Camberwell Tram Depot, the name was changed to Walworth Bus Garage in 1950 when buses arrived on-site (there already being a Camberwell Garage).