Metro Cammell Weymann Ltd. (MCW) was once a major contributor in transportation manufacturing in the UK and

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. It was established in 1932 by

Metro-Cammell Metro-Cammell, formally the Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon Company (MCCW), was an English manufacturer of railway carriages, locomotives and railway wagons, based in Saltley, and subsequently Washwood Heath, in Birmingham. Purchased ...

's bus bodybuilding division and Weymann Motor Bodies to produce bus bodies. MCW bus bodies were built in Metro-Cammell's and Weymann's factories until 1966 when Weymann's factory in Addlestone was closed (the Metro-Cammell and Weymann brand names were discontinued in the same year). From 1977 onward MCW also built bus chassis. In 1989 the Laird Group decided to sell its bus and rail divisions. No buyer for all of the subdivisions could be found so each product was sold separately to various companies interested in its assets. The Metrorider was bought by

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who relaunched it as the MetroRider; the Metrobus design was bought by DAF (chassis) and

(body), who jointly reworked it into the

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. The Metroliner design was acquired by Optare though not pursued. The Metrocab was bought by

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. Metro-Cammell's rail division and the

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factory went to GEC Alsthom.

Products

Bodies

* London Transport RF * London Transport RLH * Orion series * London Transport's DMS body built in partnership with Park Royal throughout the 1970s. * West Midland PTE's standard bus body in the 1970s on both the Daimler/Leyland Fleetline (again built in partnership with Park Royal) and the

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. * A generic double deck body range built in the 1970s on Leyland Atlantean and

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chassis with notable customers being the Merseyside, Tyne & Wear and West Midlands PTE's.

Chassis/Complete buses

* Metro-Scania - semi-integral single decker using

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running units * Metropolitan - semi-integral double decker based on

running units * Metrobus - double decker **Mark 1 **Mark 2 **Mark 2A **Note: also bodied by

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(mainly for the

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and the Merseyside/West Yorkshire PTE's) and Northern Counties (for Greater Manchester PTE) * Metroliner - single and double deck coach **Metroliner - Semi-integral 4.23 m high double deck coach **Metroliner 400GT - integral 4 m high double deck coach **Metroliner - Semi-integral 3.2 m high single deck coach **Metro Hiliner - Integral 3.4 m high single deck coach * Metrorider - midibus

Others

* Metrocab - London taxi cab

References

{{Authority control Defunct bus manufacturers of the United Kingdom Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1932 1932 establishments in England