WIDNES & HALTON BUSES

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       These Pages Contain Information & Pictures About                 Halton Transport & Widnes Corporation Buses      

Widnes is a small northern industrial town situated on the banks of the river Mersey about 8 miles from Liverpool. In 1909 Widnes started its own corporation bus service and purchased four Commer covered top double deck buses from Commercial Cars Ltd based in Luton. These were the first covered top double deck buses in England "probably the world". They had to be covered top due to the corrosive atmosphere and acid rain in Widnes associated with the chemical factories. The name "Widnes Corporation" was displayed on the side of all the buses until April 1974, it was then that the name was changed to the present day name of  Halton Transport. During the Corporation years they purchased over one hundred buses, sadly most of them have long been scrapped. Alas five of these buses remain with us at the North West Transport Museum in St. Helens. Three of them have been preserved and are all fully road worthy, the fourth is awaiting preservation and the fifth was turned into a tow bus by Halton Transport. Open links for details and photographs of the five buses, all five vehicles preserved are operated and maintained at the North West Transport Museum St. Helens by Paul Holmes and Shaun McGarry. For more detailed information on any aspect of Widnes Corporation or Halton Transport buses please e-mail me 

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