The AEC Bridgemaster was a front-engined, low-height double-decker bus chassis built by AEC from 1956 to 1963. AEC introduced it to serve municipal and independent operators across the United Kingdom who could not buy the Bristol Lodekka, and designed it as a fully integral vehicle on two sub-frames in the manner of the Routemaster. Four pre-production examples had aluminium Crossley bodies, and production buses from 1958 carried steel-framed Park Royal bodies, a change requested by British Electric Traction. A forward-entrance version with a different driveline followed in 1960. Some 180 were built before the Renown replaced it in 1963, and East Yorkshire Motor Services was the largest customer with 50.
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manufactured by AEC from 1956 to 1963
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from municipal and independent bus operators across the United Kingdom
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manufactured by AEC from 1956 to 1963
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front-engined low-height double-decker bus chassis
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A total of 180 were produced before it was superseded by the AEC Renown in 1963.
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from municipal and independent bus operators across the United Kingdom
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