RLH Type - "Low height" Regent London Bus 1950, 1951, 1952

Low height Regent

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Another member of the RT family was the RLH type, which was a group of seventy-six buses divided into two classes, 1RLH and 2RLH and constructed on the standard AEC Regent Mark III chassis with 9.6 litre engines. Dating from 1950 to 1952, the RLH was designed for routes with low bridges and featured the Weymann low-bridge body. Mainly used on country routes, some appeared in red livery although LT policy was not to operate this type of vehicle unless absolutely essential as the sunken gangway on the offside of the vehicle made collection of fares difficult from the bench seats holding four people.

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