Tag: Kingston upon Hull Corporation
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Hull Corporation – AEC Regent III RT – BDJ 63 – 143
Kingston upon Hull Corporation Transport1950AEC Regent III RTPark Royal H30/26R KHCT had a large second hand batch of these RT types from 1962 to 1970 they were ex St. Helens Corporation, this bus was D63 in there fleet. There is a preserved St Helens RT type fleet no D67 and a good picture of it…
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Hull Corporation – AEC Regent III – OKH 336 – 336
Kingston upon Hull Corporation Transport1953AEC Regent IIIWeymann “AuroRa” H32/26R Regent III I hear you shout, yes I thought it was a Daimler as well, until Paul Morfitt a K.H.C.T. expert pointed it out to me. K.H.C.T. bought 6 of these Regent IIIs with the Birmingham style tin front, they were apparently the last front engine/open…
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Hull Corporation – AEC Regent III – HRH 471 – 471
Kingston upon Hull Corporation Transport1947AEC Regent III 0961/2Weymann H32/26R This is quite a nice shot of an AEC Regent III just departing Hull bus station on route 50, although only the locals would know were route 50 went as there is nothing on display for its final destination. This I think would of been rather…
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Hull Corporation – AEC Regent III – OTV 165 – 170
Copyright Bob Gell Kingston upon Hull Corporation Transport1954AEC Regent IIIPark Royal H30/26R This photograph was taken in Summer 1969, at a very familiar location in Hull and it shows 170/2 OTV165/7 of the KHCT fleet.During 1967, KHCT acquired no less than 36 of these Park Royal bodied Regent IIIs from Nottingham City Transport, exactly half…
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Hull Corporation – AEC Regent III – FBC 284 – 103
Copyright Robert Mack Kingston upon Hull Corporation Transport1949AEC Regent III 9612EWeymann H30/26R As part of the replacement programme for the post-war AEC Regents, by Leyland Atlanteans, a number of second-hand vehicles were purchased by Hull Corporation. As mentioned in a previous Hull Corporation posting one of these batches were twelve AEC Regents from Leicester Corporation,…
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Hull Corporation – AEC Regent II – HAT 241 – 241
Kingston upon Hull Corporation Transport1946AEC Regent IIWeymann H31/29R I think any bus would look good in the K.H.C.T. livery but a Weymann flared skirt bodied Regent II looks just about perfect. This bus was one of a batch of 16 Regent IIs delivered in 1946, they were the first non utility bodied buses delivered to Hull…