The name East Lancashire Coachbuilders was first registered in 1934 when the firm manufactured bodies for vans, lorries and small coaches.St.Helens Corporation commenced motor bus operationin 1932.In 1959 , a solitary front entrance 30ft long double decker numbered K199 was purchased.It was an AEC Regent V with East Lancs body.The main problem with it was that the fuel tank was of insufficient capacity to enable it to operate all day without refuelling and it remained as the only 30ft double decker on the fleet.

The second release of the Bristol RELH in Crosville livery captures fleet number CRG 106 in the traditional black and cream coaching livery. Registration number AFM 106G working the Motorway Express route X2 Liverpool to London.

On 1st April 1933 the towns of Burnley, Colne and Nelson amalgamated their tram and bus services. The tram services were replaced wholly by buses by 1935 and the last of these buses, Leyland TD4s, were replaced in 1959 by two Leyland PD3/6 buses Nos. 232/3. These massive 73 seat buses, nicknamed Big Berthas by staff, were the first front entrance double deckers. They were used initially on the X38 Limited Stop between Burnley and Colne. A further four examples 234-7 were purchased in 1961. When withdrawn in 1974 the six buses were purchased by Lancaster City Council for many years of further use.

Blazefield took over the East Lancashire operation of Stagecoach in 2001, immediately reintoducing the local identity of Burnley and Pendle. The X43 is a long established route linking Manchester with Burnley, Colne and Neson. Blazefield introduced a fleet of high quality twin deck vehicles in 2005, which feature leather seats throughout. At the same time the route was given a new identity under the Witch Way brand. Each vehicle is named after the so called Pendle Witches who were convicted of witchcraft in the 17th century.

The model represents one of the three double decker buses purchased by Cumbria County Council from East Lancs using Rural Bus Challenge. The buses operate on the prestigious hourly X35 service between Barrow-in-Furness and Kendal via Grange-over-Sands.

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Rosendale Transport were one of the first operators to introduce low foor buses in 1996 and since then all new bus purchases have been of the modern generation of low floor accessible vehicles, along with a few carefully seconhand purchases. In 2003 a fleet of seven Volvo B7RLE's with Wrightbus Eclipse bodywork were added to the fleet along with an eighth bus, a Volvo demonstrator which is modelled here. These are operated in the companys Easyride livery used for low floor buses, with additional route branding for the companys Mainline 464 service operating through the heart of Rossendale Valley between Accrington and Rochdale.

Five brand new Jubilee buseswere delivered to Stagecoach Manchester to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth in 2002. These buses carry a special purple and gold adaptation of the increasingly familiar 'new' red, orange and blue livery.During the time of the Commonwealth Games these buses operated a special service between Piccadily and the City of Manchester stadium.Altogether 30 new, fully accessible buses, were placed onto the Stadium Shuttle service during the Commonwealth Games. The service ran at 1 minute intervals during peak times.