The Metro-Scania was a step-entrance single-deck bus body manufactured by

Metro Cammell Weymann Metro Cammell Weymann Ltd. (MCW) was a British bus manufacturer and bus body builder based at Washwood Heath in Birmingham, England. MCW was established in 1932 by Metro-Cammell's bus bodybuilding division and Weymann Motor Bodies to prod ...

and

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between 1970 and 1973.

History

In 1969,

and

formed a joint venture to build a single deck bus to compete with the

Leyland National The Leyland National is an integrally constructed British step-floor single-decker bus manufactured in large quantities between 1972 and 1985. It was developed as a joint project between two UK nationalised industries – the National Bus Com ...

. Built on the Scania BR110/BR111 chassis with Metro Cammell Weymann bodywork, the first was unveiled at the Commercial Motor Show at

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in September 1970. Like the double-deck Metropolitan, the Metro-Scania was noted for its performance from the turbocharged Scania engine and for a smoother and quiet ride through the use of air suspension. However, high fuel consumption plagued operators, particularly when the price of fuel rose during the

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, and similar to the Metropolitan, issues with chassis corrosion lead to premature withdrawal of Metro-Scanias by most operators. A total of 133 Metro-Scanias, including two demonstrators, were manufactured from 1970 to 1973. A majority of these were purchased by Newport Transport and

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, who took 44 and 35 Metro-Scanias respectively. Merseyside PTE purchased twenty Metro-Scanias, while
SELNEC PTE SELNEC was an acronym for "South East Lancashire North East Cheshire". It may refer to: *Greater Manchester, a metropolitan county of North West England *SELNEC Passenger Transport Executive, from 1969 until renamed Greater Manchester Passenger Tr ...
would purchase thirteen and London Transport six, the latter split between the main fleet and
London Country London Country Bus Services was a bus company that operated in South East England from 1970 until 1986, when it was split up and later sold as part of the Bus deregulation in the United Kingdom, bus deregulation programme. History From 1933, L ...
's 'Superbus' network. Two were also purchased for a short-lived operation in
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.

References

External links
{{Scania AB timeline 1968–1999 Scania AB buses Single-deck buses Step-entrance buses Vehicles introduced in 1970