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Metrobus forges ahead
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METRO-CAMMELL Wey. mann is reported to havt received many new orders fa) its Metrobus double-deckel following last month's an nouncement that Leyland is tc close its bus plant at Part Royal next year.
Undertakings that havE ordered Leyland Titan integra buses are switching to it nearest equivalent and dos( rival, the integral Metrobus Such a move was widely ex pected but MCW has con firmed that in the last thre( weeks Metrobus orders hay( increased by 250, bringing thi order-book to a healthy 1300 MCW now expects to step ui output by 25 per cent an recruit an extra 300 workers.
The first big undertaking t( switch from Titan to Metrobu is West Midlands PTE, whicl had an order for 135 Titan: This order becomes 101 Metrobuses, plus 35 single decker Leyland Nationals.
MCW would not revea which other operators hal placed orders for the Metrobu following the Park Royal clos ure announcement. But Lon don Transport and Greate Manchester PTE both ha, large outstanding Titan order which are unlikely to be fulfil led at Park Royal's presen output of two or three buses week.