Leyland Motors: Titan

1930. 48-seat Highbridge body. Reg No: UF 6473. Exhibit at Amberley Working Museum.

1931. 50-seat Short Brothers body. Reg No: UF 7428. Exhibit at Amberley Working Museum.

1948. Leyland Titan. Brush H54R. Reg No: HOV 685.

1948. Leyland Titan. Brush H54R. Reg No: HOV 685.

1949.

1949. Leyland Titan. Reg No: NEH 453.

1956. Leyland Titan PD2/12. Reg No: LRV 988.

Reg No: KGU 4.

1958. Leyland Titan PD2/40. Reg No: CEO 937.

1965. Leyland Titan PD2 Double-decker. Reg No: FDB 334C.

Note: This is a sub-section of Leyland Motors

The Leyland Titan was a chassis with a front-mounted engine designed to carry double-decker bus bodywork. It was built mainly for the UK market between 1927 and 1942, and then between 1945 and 1970.

After Leyland ended the production of the Leyland Titan in UK, Ashok Leyland of India took up production and marketed the bus in South Asia as the Ashok Leyland Titan..

When London Transport was established in 1933 it inherited a few hundred Leyland Titans from independent bus operators in London.

After World War II, London Transport bought more than 2,000 Leyland Titans specifically designed for use in London. They were designated as the RTL (1,631 built) and the wider variant RTW (500 built). In appearance they were very similar to the AEC-built RTs (4,825 built), the radiator shell being the most obvious difference (aside from the greater width of the RTWs).

Variants 1927-42. TD1, TD2, TD3, TD4, TD5, TD6, TD7

Variants 1945-70. PD1, PD2, PD3

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