SECTION
1
WIDNES
Commer
Leyland Lion LT7
Leyland PD2/40 31
Leyland PD2/40 38
Leyland Leopard
Leyland NationalNo1
Widnes Crest
Picture Gallery
Withdrawals, Disposals
Fleet list
1909 - 1974
SECTION 2
HALTON
Leyland Lynx 57
Leyland Lynx 35
Leyland National 23
Leyland National 33
Leyland Leopards
Picture Gallery
Fleet
List From 1974
Current
Operating Fleet list
SECTION 3
BUS LINKS
Halton
Transport
Official Timetable & Information Site.
Halton
Bus Group
Great group to join for anyone interested in Halton
Transport
N.W.M.O.R.T.
North west museum of road transport
Crosville DVL 435
Preserved Bristol VR
Crosville Liverpool
Information and pictures
Crosville
Motor Services Group Great Group to join for anyone
interested in Crosville
The Bus Station
Thousands of links to bus sites worldwide.
Bus
& Coach
Preservation
Ian Allen Publishing
Merseyside Dennis
Dart
Great web site for information and pictures of North West
Darts.
Salford City
AEC Reliance TRJ 109
Runcorn
buses
Great web site. Information, pictures & timetables
etc.
Bus
Pictures
Loads of pictures by Keith Till, well worth a visit to
this site
Arriva
North West
Enthusiast Bus group including
North Wales
Buses
in the 1970s
Lots of Crosville buses
by Garry Brooke's
SECTION 4
OTHER LINKS
P.J Stokes Vocalist
The best cabaret artist on the club circuit. Also
Weddings, functions & Corporate events catered for
All About
Widnes
Great new website
Go and see
Czech Transport
Photo's of Czech Republic Transport
Holmesy's Ship
Have a look at the war ship my son serves on
Holmesy's Spider
Have a look at my pet Tarantula's
Holmesy's Grandchildren
Brittany, Reece, Eliott & Jo
C2C Cycle Ride
My coast to coast cycle ride
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These pages
provide information and pictures about
Widnes Corporation and Halton
Transport buses
from the creation of the
Corporation to the present
day Halton Transport
Widnes is a northern industrial town situated on
the banks of the river Mersey about 10 miles up river
from Liverpool. In 1909 Widnes started its own
corporation bus service and purchased four Commer covered
top double deck buses from Commercial Cars LTD based in
Luton. These were the first covered top double deck buses
in England "probably the world". They had to be
covered top due to the corrosive atmosphere and acid rain
in Widnes associated with the chemical
factories. The name "Widnes Corporation"
was displayed on the side of all the buses until April
1974, it was then that the name was changed to the
present day name of Halton Transport. During the
Corporation years they purchased over one hundred buses,
sadly most of them have long been scrapped. Five of these
buses still remain with us, four of them at the North
West Museum of Road Transport in St. Helens. Three of
them have been preserved and are all fully road worthy,
the fourth is awaiting preservation and the fifth was
turned into a tow bus by Halton Transport and is
currently at the Manchester Transport Museum. Open links
for details and photographs of the five buses. There are
also quite a number of Halton Transport buses in
preservation. If you require more detailed information on
any aspect of Widnes Corporation or Halton Transport
buses please e-mail
Web site operated and maintained by Paul Holmes
paul@widnesbuses.co.uk
Copyright©2012
www.widnesbuses.co.uk
Widnes
& Halton Buses
1909 - 2009
100 Years
 
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