Posted Tue 29/07/2025 by Thomas Young
Recent TLBs and LBM have been added, along with PDFs of a further five LBMs (from 1984/1985).

Posted Mon 26/05/2025 by Thomas Young
A further five issues of LBM are now available as PDF to read/download. Thanks go to MW for supplying the files for LBM 56 to 60 from 1986/1987.

Posted Fri 21/03/2025 by Thomas Young
Five new titles have been added to the catalogue. As well as TLB727 and LBM211, there is Fleetbook 2025, SUP24K (service vehicles) and SUP39E (TfL bus fleets and routes). The latter three will be available to buy from the beginning of April and should be in stock in time for the events at Detling and Brooklands that month.

Posted Sat 22/02/2025 by Thomas Young
With thanks (again) to MW, five more issues of LBM are now available as PDFs. These are numbers 61 to 65 from 1987/1988.

Posted Fri 24/01/2025 by Thomas Young
With thanks to MW, another five issues of LBM are now available as PDFs. These are numbers 66 to 70 from 1988/1989.

Posted Sat 02/11/2024 by Thomas Young
Cover images for TLB Extras 1966 and 1968 have now been received (thanks MB) and added. All listed publications now have a cover image.

Posted Thu 31/10/2024 by Thomas Young
Although there are a few early oddities yet to be added (such as A Generation Without Wires and some TLB Supplements), the only other things still missing from the archive are cover images for TLB Extras 1966 and 1968 (published in 1997 and 1999 respectively). If anyone could supply suitable scans I would be very grateful.

Posted Tue 29/10/2024 by Thomas Young
PDFs of the remaining SUPs have now been uploaded, comprising SUPs 1A, 2A, 4-1A, 36A and 44A. Thanks to JK for help with most of these. The only SUPs not available to download are SUP15B (which is still available to buy) plus 8 SUPs from the past few years (24J, 39A, 39B, 39C, 39D, 45A, 45B and 47A, most of which are also still available to buy).

Posted Sat 26/10/2024 by Thomas Young
Thanks go to SP for spotting that the uploaded PDF of TEX3B (LCBS Route Workings 1st April 1972) had a page missing. Fortunately this was one of a handful of titles that I received more than one copy of, so I have now swapped the files over.

Posted Fri 25/10/2024 by Thomas Young
PDFs of the first 8 TLBs (from 1964/1965) have now been added, thanks to CH. However, they are of pretty poor quality, so if anyone can help with better scans I would be happy to hear from them. Also, if you want to read TLB1, you can find it (all 2 pages!) reproduced at the back of TLB200 (April 1981). Coverage of TLBs is now complete. In terms of SUPs, the London Bus Route Directory of 1984 is now also available (thanks to MB). This was never officially titled SUP26, but there is a gap otherwise so that is how I have catalogued it! I hope to add some more of the last few outstanding SUPs next week.

Posted Sat 19/10/2024 by Thomas Young
Of the items that were in-hand, 5 more PDFs are now available, these being SUPs 35A, 38B, 40A, 42A and 43A. The remainder will hopefully follow soon but here is a summary of what is available now. TLBs - 692 issues from number 9 (1965) to number 700 (2022). SUPs - 199 issues out of a total of 214. 7 more to follow, while 8 are more recent titles that will not be added since they are still available from postal sales. LBMs - 15 editions available (numbers 71 to 85 from 1989-1993). More of the older editions will be added in due course, while most of the newer ones are still available to buy.

Posted Tue 15/10/2024 by Thomas Young
While I am on a roll, I have uploaded 26 more PDFs. 19 are of SUPs (mainly from the 36 series) and 7 are of TEXs. Aside from a couple of items that are still in-hand, and a few others that will not be added because they are still on sale, I reckon there are just 4 SUPs and 8 TLBs yet to be sourced. As an aside, the 914 PDFs uploaded to date amount to over 27,060 pages. I can't be more exact since some of the page counts do include the covers while others do not.

Posted Mon 14/10/2024 by Thomas Young
Lots more PDFs have been added today, thanks to help from MB and MC. There are 25 SUPs, mainly early ones from the SUP1 to SUP9 series, but also SUP12A, SUP13A/B and SUP35/C. Then there are 48 TLBs, again mainly early ones (TLB9 to 40 from 1965-1967, plus previously missing TLBs 47, 75, 90 and 94) and finally the 12 issues from 2017 (TLBs 629-640). There will be more soon, although the quantity of items not yet done is getting quite small!

Posted Sun 29/09/2024 by Thomas Young
Oops! The link to the PDF for SUP28A was entered incorrectly. Now fixed. Sorry.

Posted Sat 28/09/2024 by Thomas Young
With many thanks to MB, PDFs of a bundle of 32 SUPs have just been uploaded. These range from SUP16F to SUP37CC, with the majority dating from the 1980s. More SUPs will follow soon, along with more of the earliest TLBs.

To see the most recently added PDFs, go to the Publications page and change the sort order (in the green box) to 'Date downloaded added (newest first)...'

Posted Tue 10/09/2024 by Thomas Young
Details of four new publications have been added. SUP45B and SUP47A are available now, while Route Review 1946-1952 is expected this week and should be available at the Bromley garage event this Saturday. It will also be available from the LOTS stall at Showbus at Quainton Road later in the month. If you are able to buy your books 'over the counter', please do so, since it saves us a lot in postage costs. Sample pages of all three publications can be viewed/downloaded here.

The fourth title is a bit different. SUP46A is about Trolleybus allocations and is being offered as a free digital download only (i.e. there will be no printed version). This new approach may be used again in the future but it will - for now at least - only be used where a printed edition is not financially viable.

Details of the latest issues of LBM and TLB have also been added.

Posted Mon 09/09/2024 by Thomas Young
PDFs of 40 more publications are now available to download. These are TLBs from 1968 (except July), 1969 and 2016 plus a few more LBMs from 1989-1991. There is still more to come soon. Many thanks to MC and MW for their help.

Posted Thu 22/08/2024 by Thomas Young
With thanks to MC, another large bundle of PDFs has just been uploaded, including 55 issues of TLB from the 1970-1975 period and 20 SUPs from 1978-1982 (SUP3B to SUP18). More to follow soon.

Posted Sun 07/07/2024 by Thomas Young
PDFs of 29 more publications are now available, including TLBs from 2014 and 2015 plus some more LBMs from 1991/1992 (thanks to MW for the latter).

Posted Fri 14/06/2024 by Thomas Young
TLBs from 2013 are now available to view/download, as are previously missing TLBs 133 and 135 from 1975.

Posted Sun 02/06/2024 by Thomas Young
Thanks to Mark for reporting a glitch with TLB111 and SUP41A. The PDF download links both had a typo in. These have now been fixed and the files can be viewed/downloaded.

Posted Fri 31/05/2024 by Thomas Young
With thanks again to AR, PDFs of 5 more TLBs have been added, these being the missing issues from 1977 and 1984. PDFs of all TLBs from 1976 to 2012 inclusive are now available, plus some earlier and later issues.

Posted Sun 19/05/2024 by Thomas Young
With many thanks to MW and AR, a further 6 PDFs have been made available. Titles covered are LBMs numbers 81-85 (the first LBMs to be added, these date from 1992/1993) and a previously unknown addition to the TEX series (TEX4 about Uxbridge double-deck routes, originally published in 1971).

Posted Wed 15/05/2024 by Thomas Young
PDFs of TLBs from 2011 and 2012 (24 issues) are now available.

Posted Mon 29/04/2024 by Thomas Young
PDFs of 22 more issues of TLB have been added, these being odd months from the 1975 to 1988 period. Apart from the June 1984 issue, there is now a complete run of downloadable TLBs from October 1977 to December 2010, a total of 398 issues. Please note that the legibility on a couple of pages is rather poor, this being down to original print quality. In most such cases I have been ably to digitally 'enhance' the images, but not always. To see the latest additions, go to Publications and sort the list by 'Date download added (newest first)'.

Posted Sun 28/04/2024 by Thomas Young
The LOTS Publications Catalogue and Archive has now gone live. Currently listing a total of 1,258 titles produced by LOTS since 1964, additional items will be added as and when they are released. A large number of older titles can also be read on-line or downloaded for free. At launch there are PDFs of 465 issues of The London Bus (TLB) ranging from 1973 to 2022, plus 97 SUPs (Supplementary publications) and five annual reviews. More PDFs will be added over time.