A coach of The East Kent Road Car Company on its way to a bus rally in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK in 1956. The vehicle is a Duple bodied Leyland Royal Tiger registered HFN 1. The destination boards indicate that the coach was used on the company’s continental routes to Frankfurt, Germany that began in the 1950s. A ‘Europabus’ plate is visible on the front. The company operated ‘Europabus’ connections between London and Dover Dock for onward coach travel from Ostend. The East Kent Road Car Company Ltd formed in 1916 and based in Canterbury, Kent – a vintage 1950s photograph.
A coach of The East Kent Road Car Company on its way to a bus rally in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK in 1956. The vehicle is a Duple bodied Leyland Royal Tiger registered HFN 1. The destination boards indicate that the coach was used on the company’s continental routes to Frankfurt, Germany that began in the 1950s. A ‘Europabus’ plate is visible on the front. The company operated ‘Europabus’ connections between London and Dover Dock for onward coach travel from Ostend. The East Kent Road Car Company Ltd was a bus company formed in 1916 and based in Canterbury, Kent. The company operated bus and coach services in Kent. East Kent was taken over by the National Bus Company on 1 January 1969. In 1993 it was one of the first companies to be acquired by the Stagecoach Group. This image is from an old amateur Kodak colour transparency. It will look soft if used at too large a size – a vintage 1950s photograph.
Size: 3543px × 2321px
Location: Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Photo credit: © M&N / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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