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Description: | In the economic boom of the 1960s, more Londoners than ever before owned cars. This made the 1960s and 70s difficult for London Transport (L.T.). Staff disputes over pay and falling passenger numbers meant it needed to cut costs. One method was the introduction of one-man operation on some routes.
The lower costs of one-man operation made it possible to introduce a few services which may not have otherwise been provided. One of these was route 136 from Harrow-on-the-Hill to South Harrow via Harrow School which was introduced in August 1966 and then extended to work from Harrow Weald Garage via Harrow View in December 1969.
This picture shows RF 421 leaving the garage to take up service some time between May and July 1971 after which the route was converted to operation by newer MBS class vehicles. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Transport Work | Temporal: | 1971 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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