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AEC Regent I
ST 922 at Brooklands
Overview
Manufacturer	AEC
Production	1929–1942
Assembly	Southall, England
Body and chassis
Floor type	Step entrance
Related	AEC Regal I
Chronology
Successor	AEC Regent II

The AEC Regent I was a double-decker bus chassis manufactured by AEC.

History

The AEC Regent was a bus chassis introduced by AEC in 1929. Twelve pre-production examples had been completed by July 1929, with mainstream production commencing in October 1929. Over 7,900 were manufactured, many of which saw service with the London Passenger Transport Board as the ST and STL classes. Other users included Bournemouth, Exeter, Glasgow and Leeds Corporations. It was succeeded by the AEC Regent II in 1942.

Survivors

• Birmingham City Transport 486 at the Transport Museum Wythall
• Thomas Tilling 922 at the London Bus Museum

References

1. The AEC Regent - Ahead of its Time National Transport Museum of Ireland
2. Thackray, Brian (2012). The AEC Story: From the Regent to the Monarch. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445603902.
3. ^ Ward, Rod (2007). AEC Album Part One: to 1945. Zeteo Publishing. p. 21. OCLC 1014414977.
4. Birmingham bus that survived the Blitz restored for £500,000 BBC News 10 July 2022
5. 1930 AEC Regent I bus - ST922 London Bus Museum

Further reading

• Townsin, Alan (1982). The Best of British Buses No 7: AEC Regents 1929 - 1942. Transport Publishing Company. ISBN 0903839784.

• AEC buses
• Vehicles introduced in 1929
• Half-cab buses
• Double-decker buses