Ailsa analysis
Showbus 2015 @ Woburn Abbey.
In the mid-70s Subsidiary Maidstone & District was selected by the National Bus Company to operate 10 double deck vehicles on a trial basis to help determine future purchasing policy. There were 5 MCW Metropolitans and 5 Alexander-bodies Volvo Ailsa's. LKP385P featured here is the only survivor.
Events overtook these trials and the NBC continued to buy Bristol VRTs as well as smaller batches of Leyland Atlanteans, before the next generation of double deckers became available. There never was a NBC standard decker after the VRT ........more standardisation took place with the new private companies that follwed after the NBC was broken-up.
Ailsa analysis
Showbus 2015 @ Woburn Abbey.
In the mid-70s Subsidiary Maidstone & District was selected by the National Bus Company to operate 10 double deck vehicles on a trial basis to help determine future purchasing policy. There were 5 MCW Metropolitans and 5 Alexander-bodies Volvo Ailsa's. LKP385P featured here is the only survivor.
Events overtook these trials and the NBC continued to buy Bristol VRTs as well as smaller batches of Leyland Atlanteans, before the next generation of double deckers became available. There never was a NBC standard decker after the VRT ........more standardisation took place with the new private companies that follwed after the NBC was broken-up.