Central SMT

The Leyland Titan (of the original variety, naturally!) was the mainstay of the Central SMT double-deck fleet until at least 1960, when deliveries of new examples ceased, its dominance by then seriously threatened by the higher capacity and better layout of the Bristol Lodekka.

All but one of Central's Titans had rear entrances, some of which were enclosed and featured platform doors. At the other end, the original exposed radiators were superseded latterly by the 'tin front' design. All Titans ordered new by Central had lowbridge bodies, with long bench seats upstairs and a sunken offside gangway. Conductors needed to have long arms! Some second-hand examples had highbridge bodies; these had an HL designation, but shared a common numerical series with the lowbridge models.

The last Titans were withdrawn at Old Kilpatrick in 1975.

The following list covers acquisitions since 1950, anything earlier lying outside the current scope of this website.