DBY 4011932 Leyland Tiger TS4
Debono B40F
UP 7220; 17912; 3356; 1823; A-1823; Y-1102; Y-0401
New to Charltons' Blue Safety Coaches, Hebburn on Tyne, for use on Newcastle upon Tyne - London route. Acquired by United Automobile Services and allocated fleet number LT89, downgraded to local bus work. Requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1942 and sent to Malta to provide transport for troops. Sold for use as a route bus in Malta after the War and allocated registration 17912 and operated "as was" with UK built half cabbed body until 1965, when rebodied by its' current Debono body. Front of bus "modernised" during the 1970s.
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| DBY 401 in service at Valletta, October 2010. |
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| Undergoing restoration at Zinnu Bus & Coach Works, Luqa, Malta, July 2015. |
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| Zinnu Bus & Coach Works, July 2015 |
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| Zinnu Bus & Coach Works, July 2015. |
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| Back in the UK after 74 years! |
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| Back in the (frozen) North after 74 years away! |
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