MTL Manchester

[gka472l]

RE: MTL Manchester

(30/06/2012 13:29)126th street Wrote:  I think you'll struggle to get a list of them all although old copies of Buses mag might prove reasonably useful in finding out which ones were acquired. Certainly some of the SKF-T examples ran in Manchester too but of the large number of Nationals which were purchased second-hand I think some never made it into service.

Then of course there were the ex-Blackburn(?) AN68s which also went into Manchester at around the same time a large number of VCU-T Fleetlines were purchased for ex-Fareway routes, along with the various second-hand Metrobuses which as I remember went to St Helens.

I know a few SKF-T (6014/5/7?) were repurchased (from a Yorkshire independent?). One vehicle I would like confirmed if anyone is able to, is former Devon General VOD630S which I saw in Liverpool in MTL livery (no fleetnames), preume on test, but never got a number for it so I suspect it is one that never got into service, if it was a MTL one. I might have a look through Flickr and post a llist of ones I find and maybe gaps can be filled by others.....certainly an interesting period in MTL history!