Bedford JJL

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

Production

There were only four including the prototype made ​​JJL. The " production cars " were:

The date of construction of the first chassis indicates that this was the prototype, which was rededicated in a series copy. However, it must be noted that these data do not coincide with those of the following sources: .

Use

The transport company in Maidstone took over the JJL 1981/1982. Buses with the registration numbers UKK 335x and AVS 903T were first sold to Brighton, then in 1992 to the Northern Bus in Sheffield. EKX 648T also went to Brighton, but was scrapped in 1988 after he had landed a tree. HKX 553V was sold in 1983 to the transport company in Bournemouth and then went to the Goodman Group, where he was employed together with Rambler and Goodman buses. This is the last JJL still in operation in the

Successor

In the late 1970s / early 1980s were midibuses not yet asked the JJL was a forerunner of the coming boom. 10 years later built Tricentrol in Dunstable a short Verson of Bedford - YUL - chassis with the name YUL / S. This was, as for example the Dennis Dart, built in much greater numbers.