Название: The London LS: The Leyland National Bus In London Service
Автор: Matthew Wharmby
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473862272
Год: 2018
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 144
Размер: 47,6 МБ
Язык: Английский
Dissatisfied with the reliability of its AEC Merlin and Swift single-deck buses, London Transport in 1973 purchased six Leyland Nationals for evaluation. Liking what it saw of this ultimate standard product, where even the paint swatch was of Leyland’s choice, LT took up an option to buy fifty more from a canceled export order and then bought further batches of 110, 30 and 140 to bring the LS class to 437 members by the middle of 1980. A year later the last MBAs and SMSs were replaced on Red Arrow services by sixty-nine new Leyland National 2s.