The LONDON TRANSPORT RT FAMILY:
RTLs : individual bus histories

This page updated 28th August 2023.

Particularly useful have been:

• "RT: The Story of a London Bus", K.Blacker, Capital Transport, (2nd edn,1980)
• "London Bus File"-various years, K.Glazier, Capital Transport, (1998-1999)
• "London Transport Buses and Coaches"-various years, J.A.S.Hambley, various, (199*)
• "The London Bus Extra"-various years, LOTS
• transfers data from Richard Cains
• "British Buses Abroad, North America" - for exports to USA / Canada
• "RTL/RTW Garage Allocations", Stuart Robbs, Stuart Robb Publishing (2011)
• "London Transport Second Series Bus Bodies", Omnibus Society (London Historical Research Group) (2013)
• "The RTL and RTW Classes After London Transport", J.A.S.Hambley, J.A.S.Hambley, (1998)

Please note: only some of these parts are anywhere near complete - these histories are taking a while to compile.

RTL500-599 bus histories RTL600-699 bus histories RTL700-799 bus histories RTL photo references

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