476 - Blackpool Corporation Transport: Leyland Atlantean AN68/2R Part Seven: 358-364

Описание: Blackpool Corporation Transport was a latecomer to the world of
rear-engined double decker buses and, quite naturally, because
of its geographical location, chose the Leyland Atlantean with
East Lancashire Coachbuilders bodies seating 86 or 85 on the
later vehicles.

The first arrived in 1976 and several batches were
purchased taking the total fleet to 64, the last two of which had East Lancs' double deck coach body and were two of only four "B registration" Atlanteans in the UK, one other at Merseyside PTE (that was actually delivered in February and stored until August in an attempt to be the last Atlantean to enter service), and the final one being at Fylde Borough Transport and entered service six weeks after the Blackpool examples.
The last actual Leyland Atlantean chassis were delivered to Lancaster City Transport and bodied, much earlier, again with East Lancs' double deck coach body but carried "A registrations".

Blackpool's fleet comprised:
301-310 were BFR301R-BFR304R & CBV305S-CBV310S
311-320 were JFV 311S-JFV320S
321-330 were URN321V-URN330V
331-340 were AHG331V-AHG340V
341-350 were GHG341W-GHG350W
351-354 were UHG351Y-UHG354Y
355-362 were A355HHG-A362HHG (two piece glider doors)
363-364 were B363UBV-B364UBV (Coach bodies and seats for 76)
310,335 and 342 destroyed by fire at Rigby Road in 1987

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Sunday 10th March 2024