Magical Mystery Tour… of St Helens!

05/11/2019 WebSupport Buses, Coaches, Features, Industry Heritage
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Returned to the roads after many years, Crossley-badged Regent is really an AEC product, in all but the badging. The bus is seen with 2002 former Halton Dennis Dart with Marshall Capital bodywork, DF02EKC. CLIVE ARNOLD
From the Beatles-themed Magical Mystery Tour in Liverpool to the mysterious vistas of St Helens for this Plaxton-bodied Leyland Royal Tiger. CLIVE ARNOLD
This 1936 Leyland Lion, new to Lytham St Annes, is now on display at the museum. CLIVE ARNOLD

A 1986 Plaxton-bodied Leyland Royal Tiger coach used until recently by Maghull Coaches on the Beatles-themed Magical Mystery Tour in Liverpool was a star attraction at the St Helens-based North West Transport Museum’s Autumn Running Day.

Now owned by Neil Jones, Transport Service Manager at Warrington’s Own Buses, Royal Tiger C758FMC was “very popular taking visitors around the more mysterious parts of St. Helens,” according to museum spokesman Clive Arnold. The coach was new to Armchair of Brentford.
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