RT - AEC Regent London Bus 1939-1979

RT - AEC Regent

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The original RT design was completed by 1937 at Chiswick works and the first complete bus entered public service on 9th August 1939. Between 1940 and 1942 a total of 150 production models entered service. After the war the RT was updated and a further 4674 RT plus 1631 RTL and 500 RTW derivatives entered stock between 1947 and 1954. A programme of RT withdrawals began in the 1950s, starting with the pre-war type followed by the non-standard Cravens-bodied RTs. From 1958 onwards the standard RT and RTL vehicles were sold, at first those with the oldest chassis. RT withdrawals became a slow process however, with spare parts shortages and the unreliability of new vehicles leading to a reprieve until as late as 1979.

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