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AEC RT
– Clyde Coast Services Ltd. Clyde Coast Services Ltd., the smallest of the Ayrshire independents, was formed in 1928 when several members of the Ayrshire Bus Owners Association (operating as ‘A1 Service’) decided to break away to concentrate on a single strategic route along the Ayrshire coast between Largs and Saltcoats with Western SMT Co. Ltd. as their major competitor. Double-deckers were first introduced on this route in 1941 and from the mid 1950’s ex-London Transport RTs and RTLs were eagerly snapped up by both ‘Clyde Coast’ and ‘A1 Service’. The model is finished in ‘Clyde Coast’s’ attractive blue and silver-grey livery and carries route branding above the lower deck windows (‘Largs, Fairlie, West Kilbride, Seamill, Ardrossan, Saltcoats’) as well as appropriate side adverts for ‘The Moorings’ restaurant in Largs and ‘Henderson’ of Largs and West Kilbride, TV, radio and electrical retailers. |
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Guy Arab
(Utility) – A1 Service A1 Service (Ayrshire Bus Owners Association) was formed in 1926 and comprised a number of independent members each of whom owned and operated one or more buses using the ‘A1 Service’ fleet name and livery with a common fare structure and timetable. The Guy Arab with wartime utility bodywork was relatively rare amongst ‘A1 Service’ fleet members. A1 became part of Western SMT Co.Ltd. which became Stagecoach West Scotland in 1995. Until fairly recently Stagecoach retained the ‘A1 Service’ livery for its buses operating the Ardrossan-Kilmarnock services. Destination:
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LEYLAND
TITAN PD2 – A1 SERVICE The 9.8-litre Leyland Titan PD2 was introduced in 1947 as a bigger engined development of the immediate post-war 7.4 litre PD1. Special versions of the PD2 were supplied to London Transport from 1948 and production of the standard models, which extended over numerous variants, lasted for more than 20 years. ‘NTF 9’ was classified as a PD2/15 and had Leyland 56-seat bodywork. Built in 1951 as a Leyland demonstrator, it was acquired by A1 member Docherty of Irvine in 1957. By circa. 1980 it was reserved for special duties only and was still in store up to 1991. Destination:
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