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Motor vehicle
AEC Regent III RT
RT574 at Victoria on route 185 in 1974
Overview
Manufacturer
AEC
Production
1939-1942
1945-1954
Body and chassis
Doors
1 door
Floor type
Step entrance
Powertrain
Engine
AEC
Dimensions
Length
26 ft (7.92 m)
Width
7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Height
14 ft 5+1⁄4 in (4.4 m)
Chronology
Successor
AEC Routemaster
The AEC Regent III RT was one of the variants of the AEC Regent III. It was a double-decker bus produced jointly between AEC and London Transport. It was the standard red London bus in the 1950s and continued to outnumber the better-known Routemaster throughout the 1960s.
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The AECRegentIII (also known as Regent 3 or Regent Mark III) was a type of double-decker bus chassis manufactured by AEC. The RegentIII was mainly built...
designator AECRegentIIIRT, London Transport bus, 1938–1979 Rapid transit Line 3 Scarborough of the Toronto Subway, Scarborough RT or "The RT" Sacramento...
The AECRegent I was a double-decker bus chassis manufactured by AEC. The AECRegent was a bus chassis introduced by AEC in 1929. Twelve pre-production...
double-decker bus first appeared in the city in 1947 with the AECRegentIIIRT (predecessor to the AEC Routemaster). London's coach hub is Victoria Coach Station...
were introduced on route 11. AECRegentIIIRT buses were in service on route 11 in the 1950s. On 12 June 1959, the fourth AEC Routemaster in passenger service...
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withdrawn and replaced by route 71. In 1975, the elderly AECRegentIIIRT were replaced by AEC Routemasters, and the route extended from Chessington Zoo...
LUT routes. Conversion began in 1959, using AECRegentIIIRT buses for the first three stages, and new AEC Routemasters for the remainder. A consortium...
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RT was in build and by 1948 Mammoth Major, Matador and Monarch Mk IIIs were in production, followed by the 'provincial' RegentIII and the Regal III....
icons of London Transport were first seen: 1938 tube stock trains and the RT-type bus. Although curtailed and delayed by the outbreak of World War Two...
The AEC Renown was the name given to three distinct forward control bus chassis manufactured by the Associated Equipment Company (AEC) at different periods...
drive a number of other vehicles, ranging from a Citroën 2CV to an AECRegentIIIRT bus, amongst others. Bond's most famous car is the silver grey Aston...
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