Bedford JJL

Bedford
JJL
Manufacturer	Bedford
design type	Midibus
Production period	1979-1981
axes	2
engine	Cummins ISBe
successor	Bedford YMQ / S

The Bedford JJL was the first Midibusmodell of Bedford . It was built in 1979–1981.

production

Only four JJLs were made, including the prototype. The "series vehicles" were:

Chassis number	UK registration number	Body code	Seats	construction time
IRK0JL9008	UKX335X	Marshall 260250	B24F	1981
IRK0JL9009	AVS903T	Marshall 260251	B24F	November 1978
IRK0JL9010	EKX648T	Marshall 260252	B24F	1978
IRK0JL9011	HKX553V	Marshall 260253	B24F	November 1979

The build date of the first chassis indicates that this was the prototype that was repurposed into a production copy. It should be noted, however, that these data do not match those of the following sources:

commitment

The traffic company in Maidstone took over the JJL 1981/1982. The buses with the registration numbers UKK 335X and AVS 903T were first sold to Brighton , then in 1992 to Northern Bus in Sheffield . EKX 648T also went to Brighton but was scrapped in 1988 after landing in a tree. HKX 553V was sold to the Bournemouth Local Transport Company in 1983 and then moved to the Goodman Group , where it was used with Rambler and Goodman buses. This is the last JJL still in use.

successor

At the end of the 1970s / beginning of the 1980s, midibuses were not in great demand, the JJL was a forerunner of the coming boom. Ten years later, Tricentrol built a short version of the Bedford YMQ chassis in Dunstable called the YMQ / S. This was, as well as z. B. the Dennis Dart , built in significantly larger numbers.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bedford advertising print for the JJL (see photo)
2. ^ Bedford JJL by chassis number ( Memento from December 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ ^{a b} Photos and details of Brighton Corporation 36 ( Memento of May 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Photos and details on Brighton Corporation 38 ( Memento dated May 19, 2008 on the Internet Archive ) Photos and details on Brighton Corporation 37
5. ↑ ^{a b} Photos and details about Brighton Corporation 38 ( Memento of May 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ Maidstone Municipal Transport - A brief history ( Memento from July 12, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) History of local public transport in Maidstone (English)
7. ↑ Colin Parker's website for Yellow Buses ( Memento of May 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Photopic collection of the Goodman Group in Whittlesey
9. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: photo pic of a Bedford YMQS with corresponding development comment