Talk:Leyland Atlantean

Opening
I would challenge the opening premise of the Leyland Atlantean article that "In the years immediately following the Second World War bus operators in the UK faced a downturn in the numbers of passengers carried". UK statistics would demonstrate that such a downturn began eight years later, in 1953.

Perhaps, then, a main driver for the development of the Atlantean wasn't a response to falling passenger numbers so much as gaining operational efficiency by using as much internal space as possible, there being a relaxation in 1966 of the permissible overall double deck vehicle length to 30 ft. Omnibuses (talk) 07:19, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Badge
I just added a photo of the badge on Sydney 1224. Anybody know what the design represents? It appears to be Atlas holding up a map of the world, with some countries coloured in. Shrdlu junction (talk) 23:53, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Atlas isn't holding up a map of the world - he's supporting the entire planet. See Atlas (mythology). -- Red rose64 (talk) 12:35, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Alantean for Stockholm
Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (Greater Stockholm Transit Authority) purchased 50 Leyland Atlantean/1967. They were put into comission when Sweden changed from left hand traffic to right hand traffic September 3, 1967 and were in service to about 1976 (hence a rather short service life). Theese buses might warrant a note, since I believe they were rather different from other Atlanteans. Obviously they were built for right hand traffic, but they seem to have been unusually long as well; 11.125 metres. 3 buses are preserved, all in servicable condition. 213.112.227.4 (talk) 21:19, 23 November 2012 (UTC)Stefan Isaksson

The is a prototype missing
ATC281 was the 78 seater Atlantean prototype and it had an 0:600 engine. I shall get round to a rewrite of the opening paragraph based on The Leyland Bus soon as I can Stephen Allcroft (talk) 16:10, 4 December 2012 (UTC)stephen allcroft
 * Please note that the prototype was registered 281 ATC, not ATC281; and the engine was O.600, not 0:600 - the first character is a capital letter O, designating Oil (i.e. Diesel) fuel; and the 600 means a displacement of 600 cuin. It did have 78 seats though - Metro-Cammell H44/34F. -- Red rose64 (talk) 17:37, 4 December 2012 (UTC)