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Metro Cammell Weymann

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Former British bus manufacturer

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. MCW bus bodies were built in Metro-Cammell's and Weymann's factories until 1966, when Weymann's factory in Addlestone was closed.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1932Founded1
  • Industryindustrial manufacturing1

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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

Products and brands

  • bus
  • car

Listed on Wikidata.1

Bodies

London Transport RF

London Transport RLH

Orion series

London Transport's DMS body built in partnership with Park Royal throughout the 1970s.

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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

Metro-Scania - semi-integral single decker using Scania running units

Metropolitan - semi-integral double decker based on Scania running units

Metrobus - double decker

Mark 1

Mark 2

Mark 2A

Note: also bodied by Alexander (mainly for the Scottish Bus Group and the Merseyside/West Yorkshire PTE's) and Northern Counties (for Greater Manchester PTE)

Metroliner - single and double deck coach

Metroliner - semi-integral 4.23 m high double deck coach

Metroliner 400GT - integral 4 m high double deck coach

Metroliner - semi-integral 3.2 m high single deck coach

Metro Hiliner - Integral 3.4 m high single deck coach

Metrorider - midibus

Others

Metrocab - London taxi cab

From Wikipedia’s article on Metro Cammell Weymann, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 1989Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1932Founded Founded1

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