Blue plaque honours Jill Viner, London’s first female bus driver

Kingston’s new bus station has gained a blue plaque that celebrates London’s first bus driver, Jill Viner, who qualified as a bus driver in 1974. Jill Viner became the first woman to drive a London bus licensed to carry passengers in May 1974 and was a pioneer in leading the way for women to drive passenger buses professionally.
Newly installed plaque (c) ianVisits
According to a news article in the Daily Mirror, Viner qualfiied as a bus driver at the Chiswick training centre on Frid