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The AEC Regent III (also known as Regent 3 or Regent Mark III) was a type of double-decker bus chassis manufactured by AEC which superseded the AEC Regent II. A London AEC Routemaster, RML 2473 (JJD 473D), on route 7 approaching Ladbroke Grove tube station in April 2002. ...
AEC badge logo AEC Regent 1962-built AEC Mercury 1952 ACLO Mammoth Major III truck with Bonallack cab and body. ...
AEC Regent II at the East Anglia Transport Museum in July 2005. ...
It was mainly built for operation outside London and the overseas. It could be fitted with AEC's 9.6-litre diesel engine (except a minority with 7.7-litre ones), 'Wilson' preselective epicyclic gearbox (except for a minority with crash gearboxes. A synchromesh option also became available in the early 1950s) and air pressure operated brakes (except a minority with vacuum brakes). The Regent III was available with bodies from a number of manufacturers including Park Royal, Metro Cammell Weymann and Charles H. Roe. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
Dating its origins back to 1889, Park Royal Vehicles along with its Leeds-based subsidiary Charles H. Roe was one of Britains leading coachbuilders based in West London, UK. In 1949 it became part of Associated Commercial Vehicles Ltd. ...
Metro Cammell Weymann (MCW) was once a major player in transportation manufacturing in the UK and Europe. ...
Charles H. Roe Ltd. ...
The AEC Regent III was eventually superseded by the AEC Regent V in 1957.
Regent III in London
London Transport RLH 48 and RLH 32 at Amersham Underground station. London Transport acquired 76 AEC Regent III buses with Weymann lowbridge bodywork. They were numbered as the RLH-class (Regent Low Height) and were used by London Transport from 1950 until 1971. The London Transport Executive (LTE), commonly known as London Transport, was the organisation responsible for public transport in London, United Kingdom and its environs from 1948-1963. ...
The first twenty RLHs were built in 1950 and were almost identical to ten vehicles sold to Midland General. In 1952 a further batch of 56 buses was purchased which had minor differences. The fleet operated from various garages around both the Central area (painted red) and the Country area (painted green) of London Transport, usually where a low railway bridge over the road would otherwise cause a problem.
Many RLHs were sold for further use after London Transport. Due to their lower height of 13 feet 6 inches (around a foot lower than normal double-decker buses), a large proportion found their way to other countries especially in Europe and the USA where maximum vehicle height restrictions allowed them to operate.
The RT-type -
The AEC Regent III RT (RT-type) was first built in 1938 and was designed for & by London Transport. It was the standard red London bus during the 1950s, with a total of 4,825 buses built for London Transport. London Transport RT 1594 seen at Chertsey Station on 19th June 2005 whilst operating on one of Cobham Bus Museums 1950s running days. ...
The transport of London has, since 1933, been under a single control with various names. ...
Some of the RT-type buses were built for operation outside London.
References - Townsin, Alan. 1998. Ian Allan Transport Library: AEC. ISBN 0 7110 2620 3
- Gascoine, Peter. 1995. The London RLH Remembered. Roadmaster Publishing. ISBN 1871 814 219
External links - The RLH Bus Information Centre
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