Other survivors
For our list of the status of all WYPTE vehicles with most survivors identified, click here for the fate spreadsheet. This file requires Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice to view.
There is also an updated file, current to May 2020, click here
The spreadsheet was compiled using the DVLA's Vehicle Enquiry service by TYPG members/friends Michael Highman, Martyn Bryant, Richard Lamb and James Fairchild.
There's bad news and good news to be seen in the spreadsheet. For example a few Leeds Atlanteans (including one Weymann PDR1/1, one Roe PDR2/1 and a few of the AN68/2R Leeds jumbo "Tommy Lord Box" Atlanteans, like 591) survive in some form. One WYPTE Leyland National is around, some coaches survive as do some minibuses. There are a few Olympians still in service (in Yorkshire and elsewhere, including 5001 and 5002 in Chester), there are also quite a few WYPTE Roe bodied Atlanteans and Fleetlines in preservation.One of the mark 1 MCW Metrobuses is in preservation, and another was still in service until recently. Two of the Alexander bodied metrobuses survive, but there are believed to be no mark 2 MCW Metrobuses left in this country (although 7604 and 7605 were exported to Sri Lanka as part of the Asia Bus Response effort and can be glimpsed in this picture (clue - purple internal window surrounds). To numerically go to the end of the WYPTE fleet, two Leyland Leopard dual purpose vehicles, 8501 and 8534, survive in preservation.
The worst news is probably that the dual purpose Duple Dominant bodied Tigers are now believed extinct, with the last survivors 1662 and 1671 having now been finally cut by Alan Hardwick (dealer/breaker) of Barnsley. It appears though there are no surviving MCW Metroriders and the same is true of the Iveco minibuses (unless you know differently). No MCW Atlanteans (as delivered to Leeds or Bradford) survive and the earlier MCW product, the Scania Metropolitan, is also extinct, as the once preserved 2612 was scrapped some years ago. The unique Volvo Ailsa 3480 was also broken up for spares by Derby. Also bad news is that none of the Northern Counties bodied Fleetlines (delivered to WYPTE) survive to our knowledge.
Surviving pre-WYPTE vehicles
Surviving Leeds City Transport vehicles are listed on the Annual Leeds Fleetlists site - click here to go to the LCT list.
Bradford City Transport
| Registration | Original Number | WYPTE number | Chassis | Body | Location and Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KW2260 | 325 | none | Leyland Lion PLSC3 | Leyland | at Keighley Bus Museum |
| HKW82 | 82 | none | AEC Regent III | East Lancs | part of Aire Valley Transport Group |
| EKY558 | 558 | none | Leyland PD2 | Leyland | at Sandtoft |
| HLW159 | 410 | none | AEC Regent III | unknown | former London RT172at North West Museum of Road Transport |
| 6203KW | 203 | 2203 | AEC Regent v | Metro Cammell | at Keighley Bus Museum (sister 204 was scrapped) |
| 6220KW | 220 | 2220 | AEC Regent V | Metro Cammell | at Keighley Bus Museum |
| LAK309G | 309 | 2309 | Leyland PD3 | Alexander | at Keighley Bus Museum |
| LAK313G | 313 | 2313 | Leyland PD2 | Alexander | at Keighley Bus Museum |
| PKW434J | 434 | 2434 | Daimler Fleetline | Alexander | preserved in Yorkshire |
| SKY448J | 448 | 2448 | Leyland Atlantean | Alexander | exported to USA in 1980s, Believed in Denver, Colorado |
| TKU467K | 467 | 2467 | Leyland Atlantean | Alexander | at Keighley Bus Museum |
| XAK355L | 355 | 2355 | Daimler Fleetline | Alexander | at Keighley Bus Museum |
| XKW832 | 032 | unknown | Austin 550FG | Tower Wagon | at Sandtoft |
| EKY594 | 034 | none | Karrier CK3 | Tower Wagon | at Sandtoft |
| KUG577 | 037 then 028 | unknown | Bedford | Tower Wagon | at Keighley Bus Museum |
| KY9106 | 401 then 046 | none | AEC Regent I | was Weymann now gritter | at Keighley Bus Museum |
| NKY805H | unknown | 9360 | AEC Matador | Thornbury Works Special (inc Alexander dome) | preserved in Yorkshire |
Surviving Bradford City Transport trolleybuses are listed on the Bradford Trolleybus Association's Preserved Bradford Trolleybuses page, to which we can add Bradford City Transport tram 104, which is at the Bradford Industrial Museum.
Huddersfield
Comprehensive information on Huddersfield vehicles can be found on the website of the Huddersfield Passenger Transport Group.
| Registration | Original Number | WYPTE number | Chassis | Body | Location and Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VH6188 | 119 | none | AEC Regent | Hall Lewis | Bournemouth |
| VH6217 | 120 | none | AEC Regent | converted into tower wagon (Lee Motors body) | Bournemouth |
| CCX777 | 217 | none | Daimler CWA6 | Duple | Quantock Heritage |
| ECX425 | 225 | none | AEC Regent III | Northern Coach Builders | preserved in Yorkshire |
| FVH1 | 1 | unknown | Guy Arab UF | Guy/Park Royal | preserved in Yorkshire |
| HVH234 | 234 | unknown | AEC Regent III | East Lancs (lowbridge) | preserved |
| HVH236 | 236 | unknown | AEC Regent III | East Lancs (lowbridge) | exported to USA, sighted in Atlanta, Georgia |
| JVH370 | 240 | none | AEC Regent III | East Lancs (lowbridge) | exported to USA, sighted at Kings Head Pub, St Augustine, Florida a couple of years ago |
| JVH373 | 243 | unknown | AEC Regent III | East Lancs (lowbridge) | preserved in Yorkshire |
| JVH378 | 178 | unknown | AEC Regent III | East Lancs (highbridge) | preserved in Yorkshire |
| JVH381 | 181 | unknown | AEC Regent III | East Lancs (highbridge) | preserved in Yorkshire |
| HVH472D | 472 | 4472 | Daimler CVG6 | East Lancs | preserved in Yorkshire |
| KVH473E | 473 | 4473 | Daimler Fleetline | Roe | at Keighley Bus Museum |
| MVH388 | A9 | unknown | AEC Mandator | tower wagon | at Keighley Bus Museum |
For completeness, surviving Huddersfield trolleybuses are listed below. No Huddersfield trams are believed to survive.
| Registration | Original Number | WYPTE number | Chassis | Body | Location and Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVH470 | 470 | none | Karrier E6 | body scrapped 2004 (was Park Royal) | chassis at Sandtoft |
| CVH741 | 541 | none | Karrier MS2 | Park Royal | at Sandtoft |
| KVH219 | 619 | none | BUT 9641T | East Lancs | at Sandtoft |
| PVH631 | 631 | none | Sunbeam S7 | East Lancs | at Sandtoft |
Surviving Halifax/Todmorden/Calderline JOC vehicles
| Registration | Original Number | WYPTE number | Chassis | Body | Location and Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UJX920M | 10 | 3010 | Leyland Leopard | not sure | details unknown - on ebay Dec 2006 |
| PJX35 | 35 | 3035 | Leyland Leopard | Weymann | at Dewsbury Bus Museum |
| PJX43 | 43 | unknown | Leyland PD2 | MCW | preserved in Torquay |
| GJX331 | 119 | unknown | Daimler CVG6 | Roe | at Keighley Bus Museum |
| PJX232 | 232 | 3232 | Leyland Leopard | Weymann | at Keighley Bus Museum |
| BCP671 | 277 | unknown | AEC Regent III | Park Royal | preserved in Yorkshire |
| CCP162C | 62 | ???? | Leyland PD2 | Roe | exported to USA, sighted in Denver Colorado |
| CCP523C | 278 | 3278 | Leyland PD2 | Roe | stored in Paignton |
| CCP524C | 279 | 3279 | Leyland PD2 | Roe | stored at Winkleigh |
| LJX215 | 215 | unknown | AEC Regent V | Metro Cammell | preserved in Yorkshire |
| DJX351D | 351/625/147/294 | 3294 | Daimler Fleetline | Northern Counties | exported to USA, reported Denver, Colorado |
| RCP274K | unknown | 3084 | Daimler Fleetline | Northern Counties | stored in the North West, work well underway |
| JX7046 | 80 | unknown | AEC Regent I (1939) | Park Royal | preserved in Yorkshire |
| AJX369 | 243 | unknown | AEC Regent III (1948) | Park Royal | preserved in Yorkshire |
| C2367 | 14 | none | Leyland G2 | Phoenix | with private restorer, on loan to Manchester Museum of Transport |
| YG7831 | 15 | none | Leyland Tiger TS6 | Northern Counties | with private restorer, work well underway |
| GWU12 | 2 | none | Leyland PD1 | unknown | preserved in the North West |
| KWX18 | 25/356 | none | Leyland PD2 | unknown | last known in Mirfield many years ago - probably scrapped? |
| HWY36 | 18/351 | none | Leyland PD2 | unknown | was with Exelby of Bromyard many years ago |
| JWY824 | 5/352 | none | Leyland PD2 | unknown | was exported to Belgium by Stella Artois |
| NWW89E | 9 | 3325 | Leyland Leopard | Willowbrook | at Dewsbury Bus Museum |
| BWU693H | 23 | 3333 | Leyland Leopard | Seddon | Wealdon PSV |
No Halifax/Todmorden trolleybuses/trams are believed to survive. For competeness however we list the known Hebble survivors (Hebble was split into Calderdale JOC and Yorkshire Woollen District).
| Registration | Original Number | WYPTE number | Chassis | Body | Location and Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYG561 | 21 | none | Bedford SBG | Duple | new to Walton & Halliwell, sold to Hebble with the company - preserved in Yorkshire |
| LJX198 | 307 | none | AEC Regent V | Weymann | preserved in Yorkshire |
| RCP237 | 314/619/76/376 | 3366 | AEC Regent V | Northern Counties | preserved in Torquay |
| ECP500 | 36? | none | Leyland Royal Tiger | Bellhouse Hartwell | taxed until Apr 2007 - location unknown |
DJX 351D is listed with the Calderdale JOC vehicles, however this was new as Hebble 351, became Hebble 625, the Yorkshire Woollen District 147, then Halifax JOC 294, then the same number with Calderdale JOC, then 3294 with WYPTE! It was last taxed in the UK in October 1984.
If anyone can add to/correct the above, we would be most interested to hear from you. In particular, if the ones where we only have a "many years ago" reference can be discounted with a confirmed report of scrapped, then that would be good to know also. We intend to create a similar list to the above for Bradford and Huddersfield over time.
Requests
We would like to do more work on the Fate spreadsheet - does anyone want to help? We would particularly like to include all one man-operated/rear engined vehicles operated by Leeds/Bradford/Halifax/Huddersfield/Todmorden, and all the minibuses operated by Yorkshire Rider in the 1980s/1990s. Please contact Us if you'd like to help. All that is needed is access the DVLA's vehicle enquiry website.
Does anyone have a list of the various ancilliary vehicles to serve WYPTE/Yorkshire Rider over the years? I am particularly trying to find out details of the tow trucks and the Land Rover vehicles used by Rider.
Regarding the 6001-6191 batch of Atlanteans, does anyone have a definitive list of what was delivered with which moquette (upper and lower). Downstairs there was (apparently) a green moquette (like on the Metropolitans) then two different versions of yellow/orange moquette and then the London style rectangles (yellow/orange/brown/black) whilst upstairs was either green or red leatherette.
Also in this batch, can anyone confirm which vehicles were delivered with a large side route number box, and which had the smaller one at roof level? We believe that the changeover is in the 6121-6150 batch, possibly at 6135/6136, but maybe there were some random ones also?
Regarding the Roe Olympians, does anyone know where the change of upstairs seating from brown leatherette to London style rectangle (yellow/orange/brown/black) moquette took place in the delivery order? Around 5120/5125 seems to ring a bell, can anyone confirm? From my own memories, the earlier ones allocated to Leeds (such as 5033, 5035 and 5036 all of which I remember well as my school transport along with 5507/5508) had the brown leatherette, whereas 5143/5144 had moquette upstairs - clarification needed though.
If you can help with any of the above, please do Contact Us.