Eye-catching black and whites

23,596 · February 17, 2020

On 2/15/2020 at 4:02 PM, lesapandre said:

Madrid 1950.

Note the Right Hand drive bus on the right of the photo.

Just like these ex LT trolleybuses, location North of Spian

17,683 · February 17, 2020

Why did the Generalissimo prefer right-hand drive omnibuses then?

15,089 · February 17, 2020

17 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Why did the Generalissimo prefer right-hand drive omnibuses then?

They were going cheap?

There is some history of Britain and Ireland shipping pensioned-off transport equipment to Spain, mostly for scrap.

46,080 · February 17, 2020

1 hour ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Why did the Generalissimo prefer right-hand drive omnibuses then?

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and suggest it was a conscious decision as it allows the driver to position the bus close to the curb edge to help the passengers to board/alight without falling into the gutter..

21,243 · February 17, 2020

They were bought by a consortium of Spanish bus operators when London Transport modernised their fleet - they continued to buy them. At least one is preserved I believe.

Lots of old buses get exported of course to some odd places.

The Franco regime was not a strict command and control economy like some in Eastern Europe - there was an amount of free enterprise. The control would have been in obtaining the £'s sterling to buy the buses as Spain operated strict currency controls on the Peseta to protect its economy.