The New Zealand Railways Road Services (NZRRS) was a branch of the New Zealand Railways Department and later the New Zealand Railways Corporation. It operated long-distance, tourist and suburban bus services and freight trucking and parcel services. Its name was New Zealand Railways Road Motor Service until mid-1936.
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New Zealand Railways Road Services depot in Dunedin
Back cover of a commemorative publication about Railway Road Services in New Zealand published 1976, showing the buses used from 1926 to 1976.
Australian and New Zealand Railways Commissioners, Auckland, February 17 1951
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Bedford Vehicles, usually shortened to just Bedford, was a brand of vehicle manufactured by Vauxhall Motors, then a subsidiary of multinational corporation General Motors. Established in April 1931, Bedford Vehicles was set up to build commercial vehicles. The company was a leading international lorry brand, with substantial export sales of light, medium, and heavy lorries throughout the world.
Bedford ambulance
1936 Bedford WTL lorry at Amberley Working Museum
1943 Bedford MW utility vehicle
The war-time Bedford QL, with the driver perched above the engine in a forward control cab, foreshadowed post-war truck designs.