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)1. London Transport
erek Moses kn important break-through for Marof Cambridge (Engineering) Ltd. is the of an order from the London TransBoard for 50 single-deck buses to be ted on AEC rear-engined chassis. The forms part of a new contract to I one-man operation in London, an:ed by LTB last July (CM July 26, addition to the Marshall bodies, LonCransport has ordered 98 Park Royal -deck bodies also to be mounted on chassis, while the existing contract Vletropolitan-Cammell-Weymann Ltd. )0 bodies on AEC Merlin chassis has, eady announced, been extended by 50 :otal of 650. All the above buses are w delivery later this year or early next ipokesman for London Transport told 1st week that the Board would not m the order for 46 double-deck buses last year's announcement stated also be purchased. These buses be the first double-deckers designed cally for o-m-o to be introduced by )ri Transport.
interesting feature of the Marshall ark Royal bodies is that they will be D an overall length of 33ft-3ft shortLn the other one-man single-deckers tly being introduced by the Board. eral layouts will be employed on the ngle-deckers and 100 of the buses will a front entrance/exit only, the rev having a separate central exit. Most buses are intended for central (red) et operation, but 48 vehicles will enter ; with the country (green) bus fleet. Although Marshall, a comparatively recent entrant in the bus bodybuilding field, has become firmly established as a regular supplier of single-deck bodywork for former BET companies and, to a lesser extent,' municipal operators, the new contract will result in the very first Marshall-bodied buses to enter London Transport service.