The AEC Regent I was a double-decker bus chassis manufactured by AEC from 1929 to 1942.

History

The AEC Regent was a bus chassis introduced by AEC in 1929. Twelve pre-production examples had been completed by July 1929, with mainstream production commencing in October 1929. Over 7,900 were manufactured, many of which saw service with the

London Passenger Transport Board The London Passenger Transport Board was the organisation responsible for local public transport in London and its environs from 1933 to 1948. In common with all London transport authorities from 1933 to 2000, the public name and brand was Londo ...

as the ST and STL classes. Other users included Bournemouth, Exeter, Glasgow and Leeds Corporations. It was succeeded by the AEC Regent II in 1942.

Survivors

Birmingham City Transport Birmingham City Transport was the local authority-owned undertaking that provided road-based public transport in Birmingham, England, between 1899 and 1969. It was locally known as the Corporation Buses. Initially, it was called Birmingham Cor ...

486 at the

Transport Museum Wythall The Transport Museum, Wythall is a transport museum just outside Birmingham, at Chapel Lane, Wythall, Worcestershire, England. The museum was originally run by the charity The Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Trust (BaMMOT). BaMMOT was form ...

Thomas Tilling The Tilling Group was one of two conglomerates that controlled almost all of the major bus operators in the United Kingdom between World Wars I and II and until nationalisation in 1948. Tilling, together with the other conglomerate, British E ...

922 at the London Bus Museum1930 AEC Regent I bus - ST922
London Bus Museum

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