Barton bus stop
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Barton bus stop by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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Barton bus stop
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 3 Oct 2011
This odd looking concrete post was a design of bus stop pole specific to the local bus operator, Barton Transport. At one time the largest independent* operator of bus services in the UK, it even had its own concrete casting plant where these distinctive posts were produced. Timetable panels would be attached to the flat areas. Their demise really started when a nationally agreed standard for bus stops was introduced in the 1970s, requiring a plate with a standard bus logo to be displayed to enable parking restrictions at bus stops to be enforceable. 40 years on a small number of these sturdy objects still survive. * i.e. not belonging to a Local Authority or one of the nationalised companies
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Image Location
Latitude
52.907429
Longitude
-1.034825