"Comfort & pleasure by coach" - leaflet issued by London Coastal Coaches (Victoria Coach station) c1935
A small, and badly printed, leaflet extolling the then new Victoria Coach station in London - an institution that still stands and serves the purpose of being the hub of the city's coach network serving both UK and continental destinations.
The VCS was run, for many years, by London Coastal Coaches (an association of coach operators who came together to develop a single coach station site and to manage bookings, centrally) - it is now part of TfL. Coaching in the 1930s was undergoing massive expansion and changes - improved vehicle specification and developing roads enabled coach services to challenge railways for certain journeys. The building - very 'art deco' in style - was designed by architects Wallis, Gilbert & Partners who did a lot of work for the Country Bus area of London Transport at the time and which, sadly, almost nothing now survives.
"Comfort & pleasure by coach" - leaflet issued by London Coastal Coaches (Victoria Coach station) c1935
A small, and badly printed, leaflet extolling the then new Victoria Coach station in London - an institution that still stands and serves the purpose of being the hub of the city's coach network serving both UK and continental destinations.
The VCS was run, for many years, by London Coastal Coaches (an association of coach operators who came together to develop a single coach station site and to manage bookings, centrally) - it is now part of TfL. Coaching in the 1930s was undergoing massive expansion and changes - improved vehicle specification and developing roads enabled coach services to challenge railways for certain journeys. The building - very 'art deco' in style - was designed by architects Wallis, Gilbert & Partners who did a lot of work for the Country Bus area of London Transport at the time and which, sadly, almost nothing now survives.