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Was discussed here a couple of years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40649091 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40649091 Someone found some photos
by helsinkiandrew 10mo ago
Was discussed here a couple of years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40649091 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40649091
Someone found some photos on Shutterstock:
https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/search/london-to-calcutta-bus https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/search/london-to-calc...
- cvoss 10mo agoThese are photos of the Indiaman service, operated by Garrow-Fisher starting in 1957. The Wikipedia article conflates details of this service with another one, the Albert, operated by Albert Travel, which started in 1968. I noticed the discrepancy because the photos are of a single-decker bus, not a double-decker. See here for much better Wikipedia article that keeps the details straight: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93United_Kingdom_bus_routes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93United_Kingdom_b...
- dang 10mo agoThanks! Macroexpanded: London–Calcutta Bus Service - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40649091 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40649091 - June 2024 (117 comments)