Roden 739 Type B Bus, LGOC, London, Early 1914 1:72

The Type B was able to transport up to 34 passengers — 16 on the first level and another 18 on the second "floor", which was not covered by any roof, which apparently did not facilitate travel during bad weather, but allowed for a good view from the height of several feet from the surface. The first buses did not even have headlights, which caused some danger during their operation in the dark, but in 1912, all previously built buses, along with the new ones, received an electric lighting system.

The maximum speed of the bus was 16 miles per hour, but almost immediately the London police set a speed limit of 12 miles for reasons of traffic safety in the city. Immediately with the advent of a new mode of transport, an extensive itinerary network was created, and in this context the only transport was cabs that carried passengers solely by the modern principle of taxi transportation. Currently, passengers have been able to get from one end of the city to another on a specific route, knowing in advance the bus schedule of a particular route.

In the coming years, nearly 2,500 B-type buses have been built, and their use has become larger and larger.

The First World War, which began in the summer of 1914, prompted the search for means of rapid movement of large groups of soldiers as close as possible to points of contact with the enemy. The military leadership immediately became interested in the possibility of using omnibuses, and soon the first Type B machines were already in the army. In total, from October 1914 to March 1915, 300 Type B buses were requisitioned, which had to change the cobblestone streets of London to France's dirt-bombed roads.