leetlines For Alexander flidland) and Dundee
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tISTOLS FOR WESTERN SMT
N order for 20 Daimler Fleetlines has been placed by W. Alexander and
Midland) Ltd.. whilst Western SMT ordered 20 Bristol KEHL rearerfloor-engined coaches to be fitted 38-seat bodies by Walter Alexander Co. (Coachbuilders) Ltd. Dundee poration Transport, which recently :ed its tirst 20 Daimler Fleetlines into ice, has ordered another 20 of this Id. One of the original batch was ;trated in The Commercial Motor. rch 19.
he Alexander (Midland) news follows ely on the announcement that Western T. Co, Ltd. has ordered another 57 :dines after the successful operation 54 similar buses (The Commercial for, July 30). An .additional FIcedine Jue in the autumn to replace one i*tecl to Baxter's (a subsidiary Of tern Scottish). Both companies. Mem; of the Scottish Bus Group. and sequently THC. undertakings, have iiously standardized on Bristol and land group double-deckers.
NW the Bristol/Alexander combina-.
• for the 20 new coaches for Western T is probably coincidental, and not linked with the Leyland-THC shares swap announced in, our July 30 issue. it could mark the beginning of a whole new outlook towards vehicle purchases amongst the 'INC companies, a surmise strengthened by the Alexander (Midland) order announced above. The new Bristols for Western SMT are for the Glasgow-London services, and due nest year.