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Portsmouth Corporation Fleet No.1

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Portsmouth Corporation Buses in Preservation:


Portsmouth Corporation 1 - LRV991

Leyland "Titan" PD2/12 built 1956

M.C.W "Orion" 56 Seat Open-Top Double-Decker

Owned by: Privately preserved in Ilford, London


No.1 was delivered as a standard 56 seat closed-top double-decker bus,numbered No.99. Its seating capacity was increased by 3 seats to 59 during 1961. In 1971 it was one of four vehicles of this type that were chosen for conversion to open top form to replace the four ageing 1935 Leyland TD4s that worked Service 25 along Southsea Seafront. Two more were converted in 1972. No.1 was withdrawn in 1980, its replacement being one of five Leyland Atlanteans that were converted to open top from 1977 onwards. It was acquired in 1980 for a local Newspaper Chat and later passed into preservation, during her rebuild she suffered some fire damage and has not yet been seen in public since.


Fleet name  Fleet No.78

No.1 last seen after fire damage.

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