List of preserved Warrington buses

Former Warrington Borough Transport 71, a preserved Bristol RE with East Lancs bodywork

Warrington's Own Buses, formerly Warrington Borough Transport, is a municipal bus company operating in the borough of Warrington, England.

There are several examples of former vehicles that used to operate for the company that are now preserved or undergoing restoration. Some of these are located at transport museums, whilst others can be seen at rallies and historic running days around the country. Many of the earlier examples feature the traditional Warrington licence plate area letter code "ED".

Chassis Bodywork Registration Fleetnumber Built Notes
Peckham P22 Milnes - 2 1902 Tram currently undergoing restoration at the Wirral Transport Museum[1]
Leyland Titan PD1 Alexander DED 797 18 1946 Privately owned, at North West Museum of Road Transport[2]
Leyland Titan PD1 Alexander EED 5 27 1946 Privately owned [3]
Leyland Titan PD1 Alexander EED 8 24 1947 Preserved[4]
Leyland Titan PD2/1 Leyland FED 795 10 1949 Preserved as world tour bus[5]
Foden PVD6 East Lancs OED 217 112 1956 Last Foden PVD6 built, privately owned in Devon[6]
Leyland Titan PD2/40 East Lancs AED 31B 16 1964 Preserved at Bohemia Motor Transport Museum, Czech Republic[7]
Leyland Titan PD2/40 (Special) East Lancs BE-63-84 (was BED 722C) 41 1965 Preserved as an open top bus in the Netherlands[8]
Leyland Titan PD2/40 (Special) East Lancs BED 729C 148 1965 Preserved by the company[9]
Leyland Titan PD2/40 (Special) East Lancs BED 731C 50 1965 Preserved at North West Museum of Road Transport[2]
Leyland Panther Cub PSRC1/1 East Lancs KED 546F 92 1968 Preserved[10]
Bristol RESL6G East Lancs LED 70P 70 1975 Preserved in Wigan[11]
Bristol RESL6G East Lancs LED 71P 71 1975 Privately owned, stored near Knutsford
Bristol RESL6G East Lancs LED 72P 72 1975 Preserved, stored near Uckfield[11]
Bristol RESL6G East Lancs LED 73P 73 1975 Preserved in St Helens[11]
Leyland Atlantean AN68A/1R East Lancs GEK 14V 14 1980 Privately owned, currently undergoing restoration at North West Museum of Road Transport[2]
Leyland Atlantean AN68C/1R East Lancs OTB 26W 26 1981 Originally preserved at Bohemia Motor Transport Museum, Czech Republic[7] but now used for storage at Camping Praha Klanovice, Czech Republic (June 2019)
Dennis Dominator East Lancs C100 UBC 100 1985 Preserved in Leicester
Dodge S56 Northern Counties D101 TTJ 201 1987 Awaiting restoration, stored in Warrington[12]
Dennis Dart Carlyle Dartline H886 LOX to be re registered with a northern Irish plate 209 1990 awaiting attention to be used as a recovery vehicle, current owners T. Tiley/J. Potter Stroud
Dennis Dart Carlyle Dartline H842 NOC 214 1991 Preserved[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Warrington 2". Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society. Archived from the original on 2 January 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "Collection". North West Museum of Road Transport. Archived from the original on 25 August 2007. Retrieved 4 November 2007.
  3. ^ "EED5". Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Other Cheshire Operators". Martin Roberts Bus Photographs (Fotopic). Retrieved 18 August 2008.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "About Us". Pillock Organisation. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
  6. ^ "Homepage". British Commercial Vehicle Museum. Retrieved 4 November 2007.
  7. ^ a b "Homepage". Bohemia Motor Transport Museum. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
  8. ^ "B1: Dubbeldekker Open Topper Leyland 31 zitplaatsen". Hans Classic Cars. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  9. ^ "Fleet list". Warrington Borough Transport. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  10. ^ "Warrington 92 KED 546F, Bristol Harbourside Rally 2007". RedBus (Fotopic). Retrieved 31 December 2007.[permanent dead link‍]
  11. ^ a b c "Preserved Warrington Borough Council REs". Bristol Commercial Vehicles Enthusiasts. Retrieved 4 November 2007.
  12. ^ "Message". Warrington Buses Yahoo Group. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2008.
  13. ^ "Warrington - H842 NOC". Jim's Rally - Open Day - Museum Photos (Fotopic). Retrieved 31 December 2007.[permanent dead link‍]