The Volvo Ailsa B55 was a front-engined double-decker bus chassis manufactured in Irvine, North Ayrshire by Ailsa, Volvo's British subsidiary, from 1974 until 1985.
Preserved West Midlands PTE Alexander AV bodied Volvo B55 at Showbus 2011 in Duxford
Trans-Clyde Alexander RV bodied Ailsa B55 in Glasgow in May 1984
Preserved former London Transport Alexander RV bodied Volvo B55 in April 2008
Cardiff Bus Northern Counties bodied Volvo B55 in June 2002
The MCW Metrobus is a two and three-axle double-decker bus manufactured by Metro Cammell Weymann between 1977 and 1989. The Metrobus was conceived as a semi-integral product manufactured completely by
Volvo Ailsa B55
…was intended to evaluate alternative vehicle types for future fleet replacement in London, which, at that time, was purchasing Leyland Titans and MCW Metrobuses. One of these, numbered V3 in the London Transport fleet, was built with an exit door behind the rear axle and a second staircase adjacent. No further…
Preserved Travel West Midlands MCW Metrobus MkII at the Wythall Transport Museum in October 2018
Preserved London Transport Metrobus MkI at Showbus 2022 in St Albans
West Midlands Travel Metrobuses MkI in Walsall
Preserved GM Buses Express Northern Counties bodied Metrobus in Aston, Birmingham in March 2010