Marshall Bus was an English builder of bus and coach bodies based in Cambridge. It was owned by the Marshall Group until sold in a management buyout in 2001.
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| Founded | 1940s |
|---|---|
| Defunct | 2002 |
| Fate | Administration |
| Successor | MCV Bus and Coach |
| Headquarters | |
| Products | Bus and coach bodies |
Marshall Bus was established in the 1940s by David Marshall. In 1958 it bought the bus bodying business of Mulliners.[1][2] During the 1960s it bodied many buses for British Electric Traction.[3][4][5] It ceased manufacturing in the early 1980s.[6][7]
In January 1992, Marshall Bus re-entered the bus bodying industry after purchasing the rights to the Duple Dartline from Carlyle Works.[8] It also completed bodies on Iveco Ford 49.10s and Volvo B6s.[9]
The company's most popular product was the Marshall Capital, which was a single-decker bus body built between 1997 and 2003. It was built on Dennis Dart SLF and MAN chassis.[10][11]
In the 1990s, Marshalls performed overhauls on West Midlands Travel MCW Metrobuses.[12] In 2001–02 Marshall rebuilt a number of AEC Routemasters for Transport for London.[13]
In 2001 the business was sold by Marshall Special Vehicles in a management buyout.[14][15] In 2002 Marshall was placed in administration and shortly after closed.[16][17] MCV Bus and Coach bought the design rights for the Capital body and continued production for a short while before its successor, the MCV Stirling, was introduced.[18]
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