The Albion Lowlander was a Scottish-built low-height double-decker bus made from 1961 to 1967, of which 274 were produced. The Scottish Bus Group wanted a front-engined double-decker with a low overall height and a central gangway on both decks, equivalent to the Bristol Lodekka, and refused the rear-engined Leyland Atlantean outright. Leyland, which had absorbed Albion in 1951, commissioned Albion to develop it from Leyland production units, with a new frame and a drop-centre rear axle. The first four chassis were built at Scotstoun and the rest assembled there from Leyland parts. Four variants were coded and three built, all on an 18 foot 6 inch wheelbase and about 13 feet 6 inches high.
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Total production from 1961 to 1967 was 274.
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The Albion Lowlander was a Scottish-built low-height double-decker bus.
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SBG business to competitors AEC, Daimler or Guy, Leyland commissioned Albion Motors to develop a low-height front-engined double-decker bus using Leyland units, most of which already in production, the frame design was new as was the drop-centre rear axle but every other unit was made from production Leyland Motors parts.
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