{"product_id":"motor-coaches-charabancs","title":"Motor Coaches \u0026 Charabancs","description":"The coach – distinguished from the bus by its use for longer-haul and more comfortable trips – has a long and august history. Its origins lie in the charabanc, a long open-topped vehicle used to transport passengers on works outings and pleasure excursions. Over time, coaches came to be enclosed and fitted with more comfortable seating and higher-quality bodywork than the charabancs and the buses used on shorter routes. By the 1960s and 1970s on-board toilets began to be fitted, and despite a decline due to private car ownership, coach travel remains popular, with Wi-Fi, electric sockets and even video screens now built in. This colourful introduction explains the development of motor coach design and the main coach manufacturers, models and operators, offering a fascinating insight into the history of the nation’s most popular vehicles.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57316465639806,"sku":"NW9781784424121","price":9.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781784424121.jpg?v=1778718826","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/motor-coaches-charabancs","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}