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201 Bus Group
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society was formed in 1979 by Mr Tom Langhorn, an inspector based in
Seaview Road Bus Depot, Wallasey. The early members were mostly bus and
railway workers. The aim was to preserve and run the very first Leyland
Atlantean off the production line in 1958. Wallasey Corporation No.1,
registration FHF451, was exhibited at Earls Court Motor Show that
year. No.1 was used regularly on routes around Wallasey until its
withdrawal in 1977. At that time it was owned by Merseyside Passenger
Transport Executive who had taken over the operation of all passenger
transport in Merseyside in 1971. The bus passed into preservation in
1979 and has been rallied and shown every year since by the 201 Bus
Group.
The next vehicle to be preserved by the group was former Birkenhead
Corporation Transport No. 10, FBG910, a Leyland Titan PD2 which was
built in January 1958. This bus was based at Laird Street bus depot. It
survived after withdrawal in 1974 being used as a training vehicle. The
group acquired the bus in 1982 and it has also been shown and rallied
every year since then.
The third bus in the group is Leyland Atlantean B926 KWM. This was the
last registered short chassis Atlantean to be produced for for
Mersyside PTE and was given the fleet number of 1070. The bus worked from Litherland, Walton & Green Lane
depots in Liverpool until it was transferred to the Laird Street depot,
Birkenhead in 1991. The 201 group purchased the bus from Arriva in 2001.
It joins the other two group buses at rallies and shows.
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