Mancunian double-decker bus

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Mancunian double-decker bus
HVM901F Manchester City Transport 1001 Leyland Atlantean PDR1-1 with Park Royal Mancunians bodywork.jpg
Overview
Manufacturer Park Royal
East Lancs
Metro Cammell
Charles H Roe
Body and chassis
Doors1-2
Floor typeStep entrance
Chassis Daimler Fleetline
Leyland Atlantean

The Mancunian double-decker bus is a type of bodywork for double-decker bus designed by Manchester Corporation Transport Department (MCT) and built on Leyland Atlantean and Daimler Fleetline chassis. A total of 472 Mancunians were ordered by the department between 1965 and 1968 and delivered from 1968 until 1972 with bodywork by Park Royal, East Lancs, Metro Cammell and Charles H Roe. The first 96 buses ordered (48 each from Leyland and Daimler) used a 30-foot (9.1 m) chassis, but the majority were 33 feet (10 m) long. A further 20 were built for Salford City Transport (SCT) but were delivered new to SELNEC PTE. [1]

Nine have been preserved. [1]

Summary of deliveries [2]
NumbersQuantityRegistrationsChassisBody makeSeatsType code
1001–4848HVM 901–948FLeyland 'Atlantean' PDR1/1Park RoyalH45/28D86
1051–9747LNA 151–197GLeyland 'Atlantean' PDR2/1Park RoyalH47/29D89
1101–1616NNB 510–525HLeyland 'Atlantean' PDR2/1Park RoyalH47/28D89
1117–2610NNB 526–535HLeyland 'Atlantean' PDR2/1Park RoyalH47/28D93
1131–4212NNB 536–547HLeyland 'Atlantean' PDR2/1East LancsH47/32F92
1143–5412NNB 548–559HLeyland 'Atlantean' PDR2/1East LancsH47/26D89
1161–9434ONF 849–882HLeyland 'Atlantean' PDR2/1Park RoyalH47/28D89
1201–2020SRJ 324–343HLeyland 'Atlantean' PDR2/1Metro-CammellH47/31D99
2001–4848HVM 801–848FDaimler 'Fleetline' CRG6LXPark RoyalH45/28D87
2051–9242LNA 251–292GDaimler 'Fleetline' CRG6LX-33Park RoyalH47/28D90
2093–975LNA 293–297GDaimler 'Fleetline' CRG6LXB-33Park RoyalH47/28D91
2101–3939NNB 560–598HDaimler 'Fleetline' CRG6LXB-33Park RoyalH47/28D91
2140–445NNB 599–603HDaimler 'Fleetline' CRG6LXB-33Park RoyalH47/28D94
2151–216111ONF 883–893HDaimler 'Fleetline' CRG6LXB-33Metro-CammellH47/30D98
2162–221049PNA 201–249JDaimler 'Fleetline' CRG6LXB-33Metro-CammellH47/30D98
2211–7060RNA 211–270JDaimler 'Fleetline' CRG6LXB-33Park RoyalH47/29D98
2271–230434SVR 271–304KDaimler 'Fleetline' CRG6LXB-33RoeH47/29D98

The codes for seats denote: H – highbridge-layout double-deck bus (one with central gangways on both decks, as opposed to the lowbridge double-deck bus with a side gangway on the upper deck); this is followed by the number of seats on the upper and lower decks; then either D for dual doors (front entrance, centre exit) or F for front entrance/exit.

References

  1. 1 2 Manchester City Transport's New Mancurian Selnec Preservation Society
  2. Telfer, R.L.; Witton, Alan M., eds. (June 1977). Fleetbook 1: Buses of Greater Manchester (3rd ed.). Manchester: A.M. Witton. pp. 14–15, 17–18. ISBN   0-86047-013-X.

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