BUT 9612T

BUT 9612T
Preserved BUT 9612T at the Black Country Living Museum in 2008
Overview
ManufacturerBritish United Traction
Production1955/56
AssemblyStockport
Body and chassis
Doors1
Dimensions
Length27 ft (8.2 m)
Chronology
PredecessorBUT 9611T
SuccessorBUT 9613T

The BUT 9612T was a two-axle double deck trolleybus chassis manufactured by British United Traction in 1955/56. It was a longer wheelbase version of the BUT 9611T. A total of 70 were manufactured by Crossley Motors' Stockport factory; 62 for Manchester and eight for Ashton.

As of 2024, two 9612Ts are preserved, one from Manchester and the other from the Ashton fleet.

References

  1. ↑ Lockwood, Stephen (2017). A-Z of British Trolleybuses. Marlborough: Crowood Press. p. 37. ISBN 9781785002885.
  2. ↑ Ward, Rod (2018). AEC Album Part Two: after 1945. Zeteo Publishing. p. 15. OCLC 1082957062.
  3. ↑ "Preserved Trolleybuses". Preserved Buses (2024 ed.). The PSV Circle. 2024. pp. 213–216. ISBN 9781913879228.
  4. ↑ "A success story". Buses. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2026.