stephen owen
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Are there any Leyland Atlanteans working in Britain ?
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I cant recall any, it would have to be a closed door or heritage operation of course.
I was told at the time that Westward Travel's ex Tyne and Wear example (EJR118W) was the last one in PSV use when it retired 6 years ago however I don't know how accurate that was.
90sWereBetter
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Ipswich Buses were still using their open-topper occasionally on town routes as late as June 2016. Good old MRT9P, I think it has finally been retired now.
Tetchytyke
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Plenty in preservation, none in PSV use.
Chepstow have at least two class 6 used for PCV usage.
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TheGrandWazoo
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They're used for private hires rather than local bus services.
Tetchytyke
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Ah, if we're including those then Tyne Idols have one up here for bus tours.
One of EJR118W's sisters, EJR120W, had the very dubious distinction of being the first of that batch to be withdrawn, in 1983. It was written off after a Metro train ran into it at Kingston Park. The Atlantean's driver decided that he'd play a game of "Beat the Metro"; needless to say, he lost.
madannie77
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Surely a bit of T-Cut and it will be fine!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/25854025@N03/6196273226 (not my picture)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/25854025@N03/6196273226 (not my picture)
Transport Integration in practice.
Geordie driver
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Beat me to it! Not sure where put the rail report on that accident is somewhere on the internet, bus driver at fault IIRC. I lived in the area at the time and have no recollection of the event.
Bus driver was charged iirc
TheGrandWazoo
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Wonder if he was dismissed though?
The link to report was actually in the comments on that flickr image. Here it is:
http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/MoT_BruntonLane1983.pdf
Geordie driver
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I have discussed this elsewhere and apparently he was sacked, which took some doing back then.
TheGrandWazoo
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Indeed it did take some doing - that's why I asked
Apparently, if a driver lost his license through drink driving, they were then transferred within the PTE to work on the Shields FerryAs driving the ferry whilst drunk is less of a problem!!Indeed it did take some doing - that's why I asked
Geordie driver
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I was told, but have no evidence, that a driver who lost his licence had been transferred to the metro as no driving licence required. Not sure if that is true but the world was a very different place back then.Indeed it did take some doing - that's why I asked
He tried to make out that he'd slowed down for the crossing when the accident happened. This was proved otherwise by the witnesses who gave evidence at the subsequent inquiry, one of whom was an off-duty bus driver.
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Admittedly not the British mainland, but Calypso Transport based in Gibraltar still has a left-hand drive Willowbrook-bodied long-wheelbase Atlantean, which I understand is still occasionally used in service alongside their left-hand drive ECW-bodied long-wheelbase Olympian.
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Apparently the bus was late & on a school run, should have picked up earlier but driver chose not to, very lucky no one else was on board. Anyone any idea what happened to the driver when it got to court?
The driver was convicted on two counts (careless driving and failure to observe traffic signals), fined a total of £250 and had points put on his license. As mentioned earlier in the thread, he was also sacked. However, it later transpired that the lights at the crossing were faulty and whilst those on the approach were correctly showing red at the time of the accident those on the south approach weren't, so he was blameless and subsequently reinstated.
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