Wilkinsons Motor Services Ltd. Bus Fleet List 1919-1967

Fleet No.Reg. No.ChassisBodySeating

1919

1J4859Ford T?B7?
2J4323Ford T?B12?
3J8712Ford T?B20?

Withdrawn at unknown date (1-3).

1923

4PT1555Vulcan?B20?
5PT2840Vulcan?B20?

Withdrawn at unknown date (4-5).

1924

6PT443Talbot?B14?

Withdrawn at unknown date (6).

1925

7PT3780Reo Sprinter?B24?

Withdrawn at unknown date (7).

1926

8PT7050Reo Speed Wagon?B24?

Withdrawn at unknown date (8).

1927

9PT6990Reo Major?B24?

Withdrawn at unknown date (9).

1928

10TY1151Reo Pullman?B24?
11UP837Gilford?B26?

No. 10 was ex-Armstrong, Ebchester and was new in 1924.
Withdrawn 1932 (10), unknown (11).

1929

12UP2636Gilford 166SDDupleC26?
14UP2637Gilford 166SDDupleC26?

Withdrawn at unknown date (12,14).

1930

15UP4307Leyland LT1BracebridgeB32F

No. 15 was re-bodied to B30F by Plaxton in 1937.
Withdrawn at unknown date.

1931

16UP5438Leyland LT2LeylandB32F

Withdrawn at unknown date.

1932

17TD5044Leyland PLSC?B35F
18UP6829Leyland LT5LeylandB32?
19UP6830Leyland LT5PlaxtonB32?

No. 17 was ex-Singleton, Leyland and was new in 1929.
Withdrawn at unknown dates (17-19).

1933

20UP7872Leyland TS6BurlinghamC32F

No. 20 was re-bodied by Burlingham to B35F in 1948.
Withdrawn 1955 (20).

1934

21-22UP8965-66Leyland LT5ANorthern CountiesC32F
23MS9242Leyland LT1AlexanderB32F
24MS9066Leyland LT1AlexanderB32F

Nos. 21/22 re-bodied by Northern Counties to C33F in 1939. No. 22 re-bodied again by Burlingham to B35F in 1945.
Nos. 23/24 ex-Alexander (N51/N88) and were new in 1929.
Withdrawn at unknown dates (21-24).

1935

25-26APT464-465Leyland TS7BurlinghamC32F

Withdrawn 1953 (25-26).

1936

27BPT923Leyland TS7BurlinghamC32F

Withdrawn 1954.

1937

28BUP723Leyland TS7BurlinghamC32F
29WF1069Leyland PLSC??32?

No. 29 was second-hand.
Withdrawn 1953 (28), unknown (29).

1938

30CUP474Leyland TS8BurlinghamC32F

Withdrawn 1953.

1939

31DUP692Leyland TS8Northern CountiesC37F

Withdrawn 1954.

1946

32HPT212Leyland PS1/1BurlinghamC33F

Withdrawn 1957.

1947

33HUP939Leyland PS1/1BurlinghamC33F

Withdrawn 1957.

1948

34JPT363Leyland PS1/1BurlinghamC33F

No. 34 was re-seated to B35F at some time.
Withdrawn 1961.

1949

35KPT737Leyland PS1/1BurlinghamC33F
36KUP136Leyland PS1/1BurlinghamC33F

Withdrawn 1959 (35-36).

1950

37LPT37Leyland PS1/1BurlinghamC33F
38LPT338Leyland PS1/1BurlinghamC33F

Withdrawn 1961 (37), 1962 (38).

1951

39MPT39Leyland PSU1BurlinghamC39C
40DHL808Leyland PSU1/15DupleC41C

Withdrawn 1960 (39), 1964 (40).

1952

41MUP641Leyland PS2/5BurlinghamFC35F

Withdrawn 1954.

1953

31HOV107Leyland PS1BurlinghamC33F
42HPT748Leyland PS1/1BurlinghamC33F
43FT7080Leyland PS2/3PlaxtonC33F
44LAL569Leyland PS2/3BurlinghamFC33F
45OUP45Leyland PSU1/15LeylandC41C

No. 31 was ex-Medding, Birmingham, and was new in 1948.
No. 42 was ex-Burn-Line, Sherburn Hill, and was new in 1946.
No. 43 was ex-Armstrong, North Shields, and was new in 1950,
No. 44 was ex-Robin Hood, Nottingham, and was new in 1949.
Withdrawn 1954 (44), 1956 (31, 42), 1960 (43), 1962 (45).

1954

46-47RPT270-271Leyland PSUC1/2BurlinghamC41C

Withdrawn 1965.

1955

48-50TPT448-450Leyland PSUC1/1BurlinghamB44F

Withdrawn 1964 (48-49), 1966 (50).

1957

51VUP651Leyland PSUC1/2BurlinghamC41F

Withdrawn 1965.

1958

52YPT252Bedford SB3DupleFC41F
53453AUPAEC ReliancePlaxtonB45F

Withdrawn 1960 (52).
To United Automobile Services Ltd. (UAS) 26.2.67 (53), re-numbered W1.

1959

54-55645-655BUPLeyland PSUC1/2PlaxtonC41F
5656DUPAEC ReliancePlaxtonB45F

Withdrawn 1965 (54-55).
To UAS 26.2.67 (56), re-numbered W2.

1960

57-5857-58EUPBedford SB1PlaxtonFC41F
59559PTAEC ReliancePlaxtonC41F

Withdrawn 1962 (57), 1963 (58), 1966 (59).

1961

60-611360-1361PTBedford SB1PlaxtonFC41F

Withdrawn 1962 (60-61).

1962

62-637462-7463PTLeyland Leopard L2PlaxtonC43F

To UAS 26.2.67 (62-63), re-numbered W3, W4 respectively.

1963

64-653564-3565UPLeyland Leopard L2PlaxtonC43F
665466UPLeyland PSU3/1RPlaxtonB55F
67RPT699AEC RelianceRoeB44F
68YPT470AEC RelianceRoeB45F

Nos. 67/68 ex-Scurrs Motor Services, Stillington, and were new in 1955 (67) and 1958 (68) respectively.
To UAS 26.2.67 (64-68), re-numbered W5-W9 respectively.

1964

69469MPTAEC ReliancePlaxtonB47F
70-71DUP570-71BLeyland Leopard L2PlaxtonB45F

Withdrawn 1966 (71).
To UAS 26.2.67 (69-70), re-numbered W10-W11 respectively.

1965

72-74FPT872-74CBedford SB5PlaxtonC41F

Withdrawn 1966 (72, 74).
To UAS 26.2.67 (73), re-numbered W12.

1966

75KPT875CAEC ReliancePlaxtonB55F
76LUP476DAEC ReliancePlaxtonC43F

To UAS 26.2.67 (75-76), re-numbered W13-W14 respectively.

Note:
Three Leyland vehicles on order at the time of the take-over were provisionally allocated fleet numbers W15-17.


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