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Leyland Titan #T890
11 april 2010 - Surrey, UK - Wisley: When London Transport wanted to replace all its Routemaster buses, they chose the Leyland Titan as their main double decker for the future. As hundreds would be constructed, they worked closely with Leyland to arrive at a specification suitable for London conditions and also persuaded Leyland to build a new factory in which to make it. Once several hundred were in service, major problems started to arise and LT looked elsewhere for a replacement, choosing the MCW Metrobus instead. Here are the two buses together with a Routemaster - the only one of the three types that was much good (many Routemasters even outlived them in service). Meanwhile, having lost the huge LT contract, Leyland went bust.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
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