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History

1896 Formed as the Lancashire Steam Motor Company.
1907 The name was changed to Leyland Motors.
1968 Merger with British Motor Holdings to form British Leyland Motor Corporation (BLMC).
1975 BLMC was nationalised and became British Leyland (BL).
1986 British Leyland changed its name to Rover Group.
1987 The bus business of Rover Group became independent as Leyland Bus following a management buyout.
1988 The business was acquired by Volvo Buses.
1993 Volvo discontinues Leyland ending all production of the buses and the Workington factory, where they were built.

Products
List of Leyland buses

Competitors

Buses by configuration	Bus manufacturing	Operators	Infrastructure
Articulated bus - Bi-Articulated Bus - Bruck - Coach - Combination bus Double-decker bus - High-floor - Lowbridge double-deck bus Low-floor bus - Midibus - Minibus Multi-axle bus Open-top bus - Rigid bus - Single-decker bus - Trailer bus	List of bus manufacturers List of trolleybus manufacturers Bus manufacturing	List of bus companies by country	Bus stations
List of buses

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