Tag: Halifax Corporation
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Halifax Coaches
Here are pictures of some of the Halifax secondhand Reliance MU3RV coaches. Four of these Reliances originated from the fleet of Bourne and Balmer, who had premises at Dingwall Road, Croydon, and in Crayford High Street. The firm was taken over by Timpsons in the late 1950s, but continued much as before, though eventually it…
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Halifax Parade 1968
I have, at last, processed all the pictures from the Halifax Parade held in 1968 to commemorate the running of the first tram in the Borough in 1898. Sadly, it would seem that some of these buses are no longer in existence:- ONW 2 and HUP 662 are both thought to have been scrapped, and…
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Halifax Corporation Livery
The Halifax Corporation livery was similar to the Glasgow Corporation livery because it was adopted after Halifax borrowed a Glasgow liveried bus as a demonstrator. The fleet had worn a blue and white livery until, in 1924, the new General Manager prompted a change to red and cream. The Glasgow Corporation livery of green and…
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Halifax Passenger Transport in the Mid-1960’s – Part Four
Not read this article from the beginning, click here 262 (PXO 974) AEC Reliance MU3RV / Park Royal ‘Royalist’ C41C, new to Timpson’s, London E6. Following the success of the previous year’s used coach purchase and with the Countryside Tour and Private Hire side doing well, a further five secondhand vehicles followed suit in 1966.…
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Halifax Passenger Transport in the Mid-1960’s – Part Three
Not read this article from the beginning, click here 423 (LUA 423) AEC Regent III 9612E / Roe H31/25R, new to Leeds City Transport (423) 1947. (Photo – John Stringer) There was a severe delay in the delivery of more PD2’s intended for 1964/65, due to a protracted labour dispute at Weymann’s. Some vehicles that…
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Halifax Passenger Transport in the Mid-1960’s – Part Two
Not read this article from the beginning, click here 4 (KCP 4) Leyland Royal Tiger Worldmaster RT3/1 / Weymann B43F, new 1958. (Photo – John Stringer) One-man-operation was brought in on a more serious scale in 1958 when the Siddal, Norton Tower and Washer Lane routes were converted. To provide for this nine new single…
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Halifax Passenger Transport in the Mid-1960’s – Part One
In late 1964 following a spell with London Transport, southern-born Roger Cox took up the position of Traffic Clerk with Halifax Passenger Transport – the combined name for the Halifax Corporation and Halifax Joint Omnibus Committee operations – and spent two years there before returning south to progress his career in the industry. A permanent…
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Halifax Corporation – Leyland Titan PD3/4 – TCP 55 – 55
Photo by ‘unknown’ if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Halifax Corporation Transport and Joint Omnibus Committee1964Leyland Titan PD3/4Weymann H40/32F Here is the 30ft Weymann bodied Titan I mentioned yesterday it has a more square appearance I will let you decide which you prefer. This Titan was passed on to WYPTE…
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Halifax Corporation – Leyland Titan PD2/37 – CJX 329C – 289
Halifax Corporation Transport and Joint Omnibus Committee1965Leyland Titan PD2/37Weymann H36/28F Halifax buses with fleet numbers below 200 were owned by Halifax corporation, fleet numbers above 200 were owned by the Joint Omnibus Committee.Photo taken 100 yards from where I used to live. Travelled miles on these Titans. 11/03/11 – 16:18 Nice shot made even better…
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Halifax Corporation – Leyland Titan PD2 – CCP 162C – 62
Photo by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page Halifax Corporation Transport and Joint Omnibus Committee1965Leyland Titan PD2/37Roe H37/28F This photo is of a C. H. Roe Version of an Halifax Corporation Leyland Titan PD2/37. You can compare it to a Weymann bodied version tomorrow when there will be Leyland…