British United Traction
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British United Traction was established in 1946 when AEC and Leyland amalgamated their trolleybus interests. Neither had produced trolleybuses since early years of World War II. With both forecasting that demand would return to pre-war levels as networks began to close, a joint venture was formed. The new company was organised so that AEC would design and produce vehicles for the UK market while Leyland looked after export markets, although there were some exceptions to this. The only noticeable difference between the manufacturers output was the wheels
Initially vehicles were produced at Leyland's Ham, London factory, with the first vehicles completed in 1947 for Johannesburg. After the factory closed 1948, production moved to AEC's Southall and Leyland's Leyland, Lancashire factories. Following AEC's acquisition of Crossley Motors, AEC transferred its production to the latter's Stockport factory. Trolleybus production wound down in the late 1950s, however a final batch for Wellington was built at Scammell's, Watford factory in 1964
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British United Traction 9611T Trolleybus (1947-51)
Production 138
Registration Number HYM 912 (London)
The British United Traction 9611T Trollybus was the first model, built by the new company. The 9611T was a two-axle double deck trolleybus chassis built from 1947 to 1951 and was based on the AEC Regent III bus chassis, with a total of 138 manufactured for 11 operators in England
HYM 812
was built at the Ham factory near Twickenham and entered service in September 1948, allocated to the Fulwell Depot operating routes 601-605 and was withdrawn from service on the 31st January 1961. In February 1961 it was shipped to Spain and became number 8 in the Santander-Astillero Fleet. In 1977 it was purchased by the British Trollybus Society and returned to England, photographed at the London Bus Museum, Brooklands where it was on temporary loan from the Trollybus Museum, Sandtoft
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