Leyland Bus

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Leyland Bus was a British bus and train manufacturer based in Farington, Lancashire. It emerged from the Rover Group, formerly known as British Leyland, as a management buyout of the group's bus business. Leyland Bus was subsequently acquired by Volvo Buses in 1988, with the Leyland name eventually dropped by Volvo in 1993. Leyland Bus could trace its history as far back as 1896 with the formation of the Lancashire Steam Motor Company, which changed its name to Leyland Motors following the turn of the century. Bus manufacturing by Leyland commenced at a factory in Leyland, Lancashire in 1919. The British Leyland Motor Corporation (BLMC) was formed in 1968 with the merger of Leyland Motors with British Motor Holdings, and in 1975, the BLMC was nationalised by the government of the United Kingdom to become British Leyland (BL). British Leyland eventually organised its bus manufacturing under the Passenger Carrying Division, developing successful products such as the Leyland National, the Leyland Olympian, and the Leyland Tiger. As part of a 1981 reorganisation of British Leyland's Commercial Vehicle Division into the Leyland Group, this division was later renamed to Leyland Bus. The new business unit expanded into integral bus body building in late 1982 with the sale of the National Bus Company's 50% shareholding in Bus Manufacturers (Holdings), which included Bristol Commercial Vehicles, Eastern Coach Works and Charles H. Roe, to Leyland Bus. By 1986, British Leyland had changed its name to the Rover Group and was being prepared for sale to interested parties such as General Motors, with various subsidiaries being sold independently from the group.