A Welsh passenger transport company is launching a specially-adapted prototype
3rd December 1987, Page 23
3rd December 1987
Page 23
Page 23, 3rd December 1987
— A Welsh passenger transport company is launching a specially-adapted prototype
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bus as part of a Department of Transport-backed project to make travel easier for disabled passengers.
The Leyland National Mark II, modified at a cost of £1,500 materials and 228 man-hours labour by South Wales Transport of Swansea, incorporates several designs originated by other bus makers. They include highintensity step lamps, flat nonslip floors, handrails, vertical stanchions, added leg room on some seats and a public address system. Easy-to-read signs show passengers where bell-buttons are and when the bus is stopping.
A compressed-air suspension system, designed by South Yorkshire Transport, allows the bus to kneel closer to the ground when picking up passengers. It is then rehated using battery-powered pumps.