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Novel Single-deckers for L.T.E.
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THREE • one-man-operated single-deck buses with separate entrance and exit have been delivered to London Transport and will come into service shortly on country routes. London Transport has at present no agreement with the unions for operating one-man buses in the central area.
The vehicles, to be known as the RW type, have 42-seat Willowbrook bodies on A.E.C. Reliance chassis and are 30 ft. long by 8 ft. wide. Both the front entrance and the centre exit have poweroperated double doors controlled by the driver. High-level windows above the cantrail are incorporated for the convenience of standing passengers. All the seats except three are transverse; three passengers are seated longitudinally on the near side immediately behind the central exit.
The vehicles are equipped with A.E.C. Mono-control semi-automatic electropneumatic control, driving through a fluid coupling and epicyclic gearbox. The passenger bell will be operated by continuous pneumatic strips running down the length of the bus: Livery of the vehicles is slightly changed. They are finished in the standard green for London country buses, but the cream surrounds to the windows and windscreen have been omitted. There is a cream band round the vehicle at waist level.
At present, there are 162 RF-type single-deckers converted for use as oneman buses in country areas of London Transport, plus 84 Guys with 26 seats, not all of which are in use.
There is also a total of 37 RF-type single-deckers in the central area, converted for one-man use but not operated.