The Mancunian double-decker bus is a type of bodywork for

double-decker bus A double-decker bus is a bus that has two storeys or decks. Double-deckers are used primarily for commuter transport, but open-top models are used as sightseeing buses for tourists, and there are coaches too for long-distance travel. They app ...

Leyland Atlantean The Leyland Atlantean is a predominantly double-decker bus chassis manufactured by Leyland Motors between 1958 and 1986. Only 17 Atlantean chassis were bodied as single deck from new. It pioneered the design of rear-engined, front entrance ...

and

Daimler Fleetline The Daimler Fleetline (known as the Leyland Fleetline from circa 1975) is a rear-engined double-decker bus chassis which was built between 1960 and 1983. It was the second of three bus models to have a marque name as well as an alphanumeric ...

chassis. A total of 472 Mancunians were ordered by the department between 1965 and 1968 and delivered from 1968 until 1972 with bodywork by

Park Royal Park Royal is an area in North West London, England, divided between the London Borough of Ealing and the London Borough of Brent. It is the site of the largest business park in London, but despite intensive existing use, the area is, togethe ...

, East Lancs,

Metro Cammell Metro-Cammell, formally the Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon Company (MCCW), was an English manufacturer of railway carriages, locomotives and railway wagons, based in Saltley, and subsequently Washwood Heath, in Birmingham. The com ...

and Charles H Roe. The first 96 buses ordered (48 each from Leyland and Daimler) used a chassis, but the majority were long. A further 20 were built for Salford City Transport (SCT) but were delivered new to SELNEC PTE.Manchester City Transport's New Mancurian
Selnec Preservation Society Nine have been preserved. *Nos. 1201–20 were ordered by SCT; the rest were ordered by MCT. *Nos. 1001–48/51–97, 1131–42, 2001–48/51–97 were delivered to MCT; the rest were delivered to SELNEC. *Nos. 2271–2304 were intended to be bodied by East Lancs, but a fire at their works led to the order being transferred to Park Royal, who sub-contracted it to Roe. The codes for seats denote: H – highbridge-layout double-deck bus (one with central gangways on both decks, as opposed to the lowbridge double-deck bus with a side gangway on the upper deck); this is followed by the number of seats on the upper and lower decks; then either D for dual doors (front entrance, centre exit) or F for front entrance/exit.

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