Metro Cammell Weymann

Metro Cammell Weymann (MCW)
FormerlyMetropolitan-Cammell-Weymann
IndustryManufacturing
PredecessorsMetro Cammell
Weymann Motor Bodies
Founded1932
Defunct1989
FateSold by the Laird Group; some bus designs sold to Optare
HeadquartersWashwood Heath, Birmingham, England
Elmdon, Solihull, England (1944–1969)[1]
ProductsBus bodywork
Integral buses and coaches
OwnerLaird Group

Metro Cammell Weymann Ltd. (MCW) was a British bus manufacturer and bus body builder based at Washwood Heath in Birmingham, England. MCW was established in 1932 by Metro-Cammell's bus bodybuilding division and Weymann Motor Bodies as a sales organisation pooling its resources to jointly produce bus bodies.[2][3]

MCW bus bodies were built in Metro-Cammell's and Weymann's factories until 1966, when Weymann's factory in Addlestone was closed. All work was then moved to Metro-Cammell's Elmdon factory,[4] while the Metro-Cammell and Weymann brand names were discontinued in the same year. After 25 years spent headquartered in Elmdon, MCW moved back to its original Washwood Heath headquarters in 1969.[1] From 1977 onward, MCW also built bus chassis with the launch of the integral MCW Metrobus double-decker bus.[5]

In 1989, the Laird Group decided to sell its bus and rail divisions. No buyer for all of the subdivisions could be found, so each product was sold separately to various companies interested in its assets. The Metrorider was bought by Optare who relaunched it as the MetroRider; the Metrobus design was bought by DAF (chassis) and Optare (body), who jointly reworked it into the Optare Spectra;[6][7] the Metroliner design was acquired by Optare though not pursued, and the Metrocab was bought by Reliant. Metro-Cammell's rail division and the Washwood Heath factory went to GEC Alsthom.[8]

Products

Bodies

  • London Transport RF
  • London Transport RLH
  • Orion series
  • London Transport's DMS body built in partnership with Park Royal throughout the 1970s.
  • West Midland PTE's standard bus body in the 1970s on both the Daimler/Leyland Fleetline (again built in partnership with Park Royal) and the Bristol VR.
  • A generic double deck body range built in the 1970s on Leyland Atlantean and Daimler Fleetline chassis with notable customers being the Merseyside, Tyne & Wear and West Midlands PTE's.

Chassis/Complete buses

Others

References

  1. ^ a b "MCW returns to Washwood Heath". Commercial Motor. Vol. 130, no. 3349. London: Temple Press. 21 November 1969. p. 29. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Metropolitan-Cammell-Weymann Limited". The Railway Gazette. Vol. 99, no. 21. London. 20 November 1953. p. 562. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  3. ^ "Metropolitan-Cammell-Weymann Anniversary". The Railway Gazette. Vol. 99, no. 21. London. 20 November 1953. p. 583. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  4. ^ "Weymanns' factory to close". The Commercial Motor. Vol. 121, no. 3124. London: Temple Press. 2 July 1965. p. 29. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  5. ^ "Metrobus off to flying start". Commercial Motor. Vol. 145, no. 3687. London: IPC Transport Press. 21 January 1977. p. 19. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  6. ^ "Metrobus future sealed". Commercial Motor. Vol. 170, no. 4340. Sutton: Reed Business Publishing. 12 October 1989. p. 18. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  7. ^ "Optare/DAF Metrobus deal". Coachmart. No. 558. Peterborough: Emap. 12 October 1989. p. 10. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  8. ^ "MCW in doubt". Commercial Motor. Vol. 170, no. 4321. Sutton: Reed Business Publishing. 1 June 1989. p. 8. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
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