SCT '61 Photo Index
Rossendale JTC
Rossendale JTC
This index covers Rossendale Joint Transport Committee, which was formed on the 1st April 1968 as an amalgamation of the fleets of Haslingden Corporation and Rawtenstall Corporation.
Only vehicles delivered new or second-hand after April 1968 are shown here - for views of buses in service with Rossendale that were new to Haslingden or Rawstenstall, see the index for that operator.
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Only vehicles delivered new or second-hand after April 1968 are shown here - for views of buses in service with Rossendale that were new to Haslingden or Rawstenstall, see the index for that operator.
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1. ... When Rawtenstall and Haslingden merged in 1968 the resulting operator was Rossendale Joint Transport Committee. This is the then-new fleetname as applied, almost certainly, to one of the PD2/1s of the batch 1-10 (KTE721-30)
(about 1970)
2. VTJ736 ... Rossendale Joint Transport Committee 29, VTJ736, had been new as Rawtenstall Corporation 65, one of a batch of six new in 1955.
(Mon 1/9/69, Accrington Central Bus Terminus)
3. XTJ938D ... Rossendale Joint Transport Committee on XTJ938D (Mon 19/4/71)
4. LTD955F ... Rossendale 55, LTD955F, was a Leyland PSU4/2R Leopard with an East Lancs B46F body new in July 1968. (Fri 2/8/68, Helmshore Road, Haslingden)
5. JTF152F ... Rossendale JTC 52, JTF152F, a Leyland Leopard PSU4/2R built in 1968 with East Lancashire B44F bodywork.
(March 1978, Rawtenstall Bus Station)
6. JTF154F ... Rossendale Transport 54, JTF154F, a Leyland Leopard PSU4/2R with East Lancs. B44F body, new in 1968. (Tue 23/8/83, Bank Street, Rawtenstall)
7. LTD956F ... Rossendale Joint Transport 56, LTD956F, seen in Rawtenstall, was a Leyland PSU4/2R Leopard with an East Lancs B46F body which had been ordered by Haslingden but not delivered until after the formation of Rossendale. (Mon 19/4/71, Kay Street, Rawtenstall)
8. LTD956F ... Rossendale Transport 56, LTD956F, a Leyland Leopard PSU4/2R with East Lancs. B46F body, new in 1968. (Tue 23/8/83, Warner Street, Haslingden)
9. JDK912P ... South Manchester JDK912P, a 1975 Bristol RESL6L/East Lancs DP42F originally Rossendale 12, seen on an evening journey from Oldham to Hyde. (Tue 9/8/94, Stamford Street, Mossley, Brookbottom)