Dating its origins back to 1889, Park Royal Vehicles along with its Leeds-based subsidiary Charles H. Roe was one of Britain's leading coachbuilders and bus manufacturers based at Park Royal, West London, UK. Leeds ( is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England Charles H Roe Ltd was a Yorkshire coachbuilding company It was reformed in 1923 (after the 1921 company failed based at Crossgates Carriage Works, in Bus manufacturingA coachbuilder is a manufacturer of bodies for Carriages or Automobiles The trade dates back several centuries Bus manufacturing describes the Manufacturing of Buses and coaches. For the mall in West Vancouver Canada see Park Royal Shopping Centre For the bus manufacturer see Park Royal Vehicles Park West London is the area of Greater London to the west of Central London. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
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Associated Commercial Vehicles
In 1949 it became part of Associated Commercial Vehicles Ltd. , which included AEC (the chassis manufacturer). AEC was a United Kingdom based vehicle manufacturer which built Buses and Trucks from 1912 until 1979 This formidable combination of AEC and PRV supported the demanding requirements of London Transport and many other major fleet owners and operators. Creation The organisation was created by the Transport Act 1947 and replaced the London Passenger Transport Board. The famous Routemaster bus was built at Park Royal. RM Routemaster profilejpg|thumb|right|Routemaster in profile]] The AEC Routemaster is a model of Double-decker bus that was introduced by Associated Equipment Company
Leyland Motors
In 1962, the ACV Group merged with the Leyland Motors Ltd that in 1968 became the British Leyland Motor Corporation by the merger of Leyland and British Motor Holdings. British Leyland was a vehicle manufacturing company formed in the United Kingdom in 1968 as British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd (BLMC British Motor Holdings Ltd (BMH was a British motor company created in an attempt to halt the decline in Britain's manufacturing base in the 1960s BL (British Leyland) was nationalised by the Labour Government in 1975, following which many subsidiaries were closed: AEC in 1979 and Park Royal in July 1980. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the
Other vehicles
Park Royal was also responsible for many other coachworks besides London buses. It had a vast array of vehicles to its name including the first diesel London Taxi, a number of railcars and railbuses (e. A diesel engine is an Internal combustion engine which operates using the Diesel cycle (named after Dr See also Taxicab ||-||-||}A hackney or hackney carriage (also called a cab or hack) is a Carriage or Automobile A railcar (not to be confused with a railway car) is a self-propelled railway Vehicle designed to Transport passengers g. the British Rail Class 103 and one of the British Rail Railbuses) and World War II vehicles. The British Rail Class 103 Diesel multiple units were built by Park Royal Vehicles with Diesel engines by British United Traction British Rail produced a variety of Railbuses as a means both of building new rolling stock cheaply and to provide services on lightly-used lines economically World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including During World War II it also played a part in the production of Halifax bombers as the outer wings and engine cowlings were built at the Park Royal site. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
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