Mancunian double-decker bus explained

Mancunian double-decker bus
Manufacturer:	Park Royal East Lancs Metro Cammell Charles H Roe
Floortype:	Step entrance
Doors:	1-2
Chassis:	Daimler Fleetline Leyland Atlantean

The Mancunian double-decker bus is a type of bodywork for double-decker bus designed by Manchester Corporation Transport Department (MCT) and built on Leyland Atlantean and Daimler Fleetline chassis. A total of 472 Mancunians were ordered by the department between 1965 and 1968 and delivered from 1968 until 1972 with bodywork by Park Royal, East Lancs, Metro Cammell and Charles H Roe. The first 96 buses ordered (48 each from Leyland and Daimler) used a 30feet chassis, but the majority were 33feet long. A further 20 were built for Salford City Transport (SCT) but were delivered new to SELNEC PTE.^[1]

Nine have been preserved.^[1]

Summary of deliveries^[2]
Numbers	Quantity	Registrations	Chassis	Body make	Seats	Type code
1001–48	48	data-sort-value=FHVM901	HVM 901–948F	Leyland 'Atlantean' PDR1/1	Park Royal	H45/28D	86
1051–97	47	data-sort-value=GLNA151	LNA 151–197G	Leyland 'Atlantean' PDR2/1	Park Royal	H47/29D	89
1101–16	16	data-sort-value=HNNB510	NNB 510–525H	Leyland 'Atlantean' PDR2/1	Park Royal	H47/28D	89
1117–26	10	data-sort-value=HNNB526	NNB 526–535H	Leyland 'Atlantean' PDR2/1	Park Royal	H47/28D	93
1131–42	12	data-sort-value=HNNB536	NNB 536–547H	Leyland 'Atlantean' PDR2/1	East Lancs	H47/32F	92
1143–54	12	data-sort-value=HNNB548	NNB 548–559H	Leyland 'Atlantean' PDR2/1	East Lancs	H47/26D	89
1161–94	34	data-sort-value=HONF849	ONF 849–882H	Leyland 'Atlantean' PDR2/1	Park Royal	H47/28D	89
1201–20	20	data-sort-value=HSRJ324	SRJ 324–343H	Leyland 'Atlantean' PDR2/1	Metro-Cammell	H47/31D	99
2001–48	48	data-sort-value=FHVM801	HVM 801–848F	Daimler 'Fleetline' CRG6LX	Park Royal	H45/28D	87
2051–92	42	data-sort-value=GLNA251	LNA 251–292G	Daimler 'Fleetline' CRG6LX-33	Park Royal	H47/28D	90
2093–97	5	data-sort-value=GLNA293	LNA 293–297G	Daimler 'Fleetline' CRG6LXB-33	Park Royal	H47/28D	91
2101–39	39	data-sort-value=HNNB560	NNB 560–598H	Daimler 'Fleetline' CRG6LXB-33	Park Royal	H47/28D	91
2140–44	5	data-sort-value=HNNB599	NNB 599–603H	Daimler 'Fleetline' CRG6LXB-33	Park Royal	H47/28D	94
2151–2161	11	data-sort-value=HONF883	ONF 883–893H	Daimler 'Fleetline' CRG6LXB-33	Metro-Cammell	H47/30D	98
2162–2210	49	data-sort-value=JPNA201	PNA 201–249J	Daimler 'Fleetline' CRG6LXB-33	Metro-Cammell	H47/30D	98
2211–70	60	data-sort-value=JRNA211	RNA 211–270J	Daimler 'Fleetline' CRG6LXB-33	Park Royal	H47/29D	98
2271–2304	34	data-sort-value=KSVR271	SVR 271–304K	Daimler 'Fleetline' CRG6LXB-33	Roe	H47/29D	98

Nos. 1201–20 were ordered by SCT; the rest were ordered by MCT.
Nos. 1001–48/51–97, 1131–42, 2001–48/51–97 were delivered to MCT; the rest were delivered to SELNEC.
Nos. 2271–2304 were intended to be bodied by East Lancs, but a fire at their works led to the order being transferred to Park Royal, who sub-contracted it to Roe.

The codes for seats denote: H – highbridge-layout double-deck bus (one with central gangways on both decks, as opposed to the lowbridge double-deck bus with a side gangway on the upper deck); this is followed by the number of seats on the upper and lower decks; then either D for dual doors (front entrance, centre exit) or F for front entrance/exit.

Notes and References

http://www.selnec.org.uk/newmancu.htm Manchester City Transport's New Mancurian
Book: Telfer . R.L. . Witton . Alan M. . Fleetbook 1: Buses of Greater Manchester . 3rd . June 1977 . A.M. Witton . Manchester . 0-86047-013-X . 14–15, 17–18 .