The Rise and Demise of the Bus Map

Using 220 historical bus, tram and trolleybus maps, John Davies tells the story of Britain’s bus services over the last 120 years or so. Operators took pride in producing high-quality fold-out paper bus maps to promote their services and encourage residents and visitors to use them. Throughout an era of relentless social, political and technological change, bus services and maps evolved and adapted, up to the present day where digital is supplanting the paper map – adding capability, losing some things in the process.