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Motor vehicle
Bristol Lodekka
Preserved Bristol Lodekka FS6G
Overview
Manufacturer
Bristol Commercial Vehicles
Body and chassis
Doors
1 door
Floor type
Low Floor
Powertrain
Engine
Bristol/Gardner/Leyland
Capacity
33/25 or 33/27 - LDX/LD/LDS/FS models 37/33 - LDL/FL models 34/26 - FSF models 38/32 or 40/30 - most FLF models 44/32 or 44/34 - Scottish longer FLF Coach seated vehicles varied.
Dimensions
Length
26 ft 0 in (7.92 m) (LDX) 27 ft 0 in (8.23 m) (LD, LDS, FS, FSF) 30 ft 0 in (9.14 m) (LDL, FL, most FLF) 31 ft 0.8 in (9.47 m) (Scottish longer FLF)
Width
7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) (LDX) 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m) (all other models)
The Bristol Lodekka was a half-cab low-height step-free double-decker bus built by Bristol Commercial Vehicles in England. It was the first production bus design to have no step up from the passenger entrance throughout the lower deck; although Gilford and Leyland Motors had developed low floor city buses in the 1930s, these did not enter production.[1]
^Curtis, Martin (2009). Bristol Lodekka. Passim: Ian Allan.
The BristolLodekka was a half-cab low-height step-free double-decker bus built by Bristol Commercial Vehicles in England. It was the first production...
one-for-one basis, of 91 Bristol VRTs from Central SMT, Eastern Scottish and Western SMT for front-engined BristolLodekka FLF6Gs from the National Bus...
operated by a driver and conductor, such as the London AEC Routemaster or BristolLodekka, as British legislation prevented driver-only operation of double-decker...
founders having met in veterinary school. Transport was provided by Bristol K5 and Lodekka double-decker buses, converted to a camper-van layout where passengers...
bus (1970s) BristolLodekka - a front-engined double deck bus (1950s and 1960s) Bristol RE - a single deck bus (1960s and 1970s) Bristol VRT - a rear-engined...
many routes with the United Automobile Services, which operated the BristolLodekka, and the Atlantean did not match their performance and passenger satisfaction...
components they used a patented BristolLodekka chassis. The Dennis version was for the independent section of the market Bristol was unable to supply. During...
included extending the body wheelbase to match the chassis and fitting a Lodekka style grille to provide cooling for the radiator. WWOC numbered their LHS...
minister Andrej Babiš that sponsored the work. The bus itself is a 1958 BristolLodekka LD double-decker with ECW bodywork. Despite being painted red, it never...
right-hand drive; and the A denoted air brakes. The design, like the BristolLodekka and the Dennis Loline meant this double-decker could travel under low...
project. 319 PFM, a 1960 BristolLodekka / ECW FS6G Preserved by 1BG / N Moore / Wirral Museums (2007) DVG 487, a 1981 Bristol VR / ECW Crosville is also...
bus appeared to be VNO 857. The green Luxton & District buses were BristolLodekkas with bodywork by Eastern Coach Works of Lowestoft. In reality these...
Scottish sister company, the Scottish Bus Group, where the front-engined BristolLodekka had proved popular. However, the Scottish customers did not share the...
operators across the United Kingdom, which were barred from purchasing the BristolLodekka. It was designed as a fully-integral vehicle, utilising two sub frames...
between 1958 and 1966. The Dennis Loline was basically a license-built BristolLodekka, being primarily supplied to municipal, private sector British Electric...
floor level and very restricted headroom inside. This prototype became the Lodekka which remained in production in various forms until 1968. By this time...
territory was interspersed with those of three other major operators: Bristol in south Gloucestershire and north Somerset, Southern National in north...
rules evolved, including DX (Double deck eXperimental), used to denote BristolLodekka buses, SUG/EUG/CUG (Single-decker/Express/Coach Underfloor-engined...
its 593 BristolLodekkas in 1968 and was concentrating on renewing its single-deck fleet, which at the time still included a few half-cab Bristol L-types...
Ambassador Travel of Great Yarmouth in December 1987. An Eastern Counties Bristol VRT double decker bus made international headlines when it fell rear-first...
(post-1957) exclusively either Leyland Titans with lowbridge bodies or BristolLodekkas. Despite Leyland Motors promoting the Atlantean with very attractive...
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