GMT 27 (MNC 501W)
Vehicles from GMPTE's coaching unit were regulars on NX duties in the 1980s, in all their various guises. The least numerous was Warburton's Travel, from the Tottington-based operator whose business was acquired in 1975, albeit without their small fleet of lightweight coaches. I can't remember when the name was discontinued - was it at de-regulation time, or did it linger on beyond then ? This is a 12-metre PSU5 Leopard chassis (with 5 full-size side windows), as opposed to the 11-metre PSU3 behind it, with a half-size window at the rear.
It always annoyed Alan Warburton, the owner of Viking Coaches at Heywood, that GMT continued to use the name, as he wanted it for his fleet, but couldn't use anything similar as he was so close to Bury. But then he couldn't have used the name anyway if Warburton's had carried on themselves !
Chorlton Street, Manchester, 23/2/85
GMT 27 (MNC 501W)
Vehicles from GMPTE's coaching unit were regulars on NX duties in the 1980s, in all their various guises. The least numerous was Warburton's Travel, from the Tottington-based operator whose business was acquired in 1975, albeit without their small fleet of lightweight coaches. I can't remember when the name was discontinued - was it at de-regulation time, or did it linger on beyond then ? This is a 12-metre PSU5 Leopard chassis (with 5 full-size side windows), as opposed to the 11-metre PSU3 behind it, with a half-size window at the rear.
It always annoyed Alan Warburton, the owner of Viking Coaches at Heywood, that GMT continued to use the name, as he wanted it for his fleet, but couldn't use anything similar as he was so close to Bury. But then he couldn't have used the name anyway if Warburton's had carried on themselves !
Chorlton Street, Manchester, 23/2/85