Bedford Buses and Coaches

A

Not actively researched but details of the odd one. Mostly Department of Education School Buses.

J

Not actively researched but details of the odd one. Mostly Department of Education School Buses.

MxR

A 4 wheel drive chassis derived from the Bedford TK truck chassis.

RL

A 4 wheel drive chassis derived from the Bedford S truck chassis.

SB/NxM

New Zealand's most populous bus. A small portion of the approximately 3000 Bedford SB, NFM and NJM buses operated in NZ.
Operators A to E Operators F to N (except NZR) Operators O to Z NZR

SL

Buses built on Bedford S Truck chassis - don't ask me why.

TK

A small number of buses built on Bedford TK truck chassis

VAL

A complete list of the 28 NZ new VAL chassis and 1 imported used from Australia.

VAS

A substantial list including all the Department of Education VAS school buses but not complete

VAM

A list of VAMs supplied to major opertors but some gaps for those new to opertors outside of cities.

YMT/YNT

An 11m mid-engined bus and coach chassis with Bedford 500 cu in diesel engine. The YMT is normally aspirated. The YNT is turbo charged. Many of those supplied to NZ Railway Road Services were repowered with Caterpillar engines

YRT

An 11m mid-engined bus and coach chassis with Bedford 466 cu in diesel engine

RVL

Nine rebuilt SB chassis supplied by Ray Vincent Ltd.

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