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Walter Alexander Coachbuilders was a Scottish builder of bus and coach bodywork based in Falkirk. The company was formed in 1947 to continue the coachbuilding activities of W. Alexander & Sons when their bus service operation was nationalised .
Feb 22, 2024 · Walter Alexander Coachbuilders was a coachbuilding company based in Falkirk, Scotland. Founded in 1922, the company continues today as part of the coachbuilder Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL). The founder of the company, Walter Alexander, ran a bus company in Scotland called Alexander's Motor Service.
Dec 31, 2000 · Walter Alexander Coachbuilders [1] was a Scottish builder of bus and coach bodywork based in Falkirk. The company was formed in 1947 to continue the coachbuilding activities of W. Alexander & Sons when their bus service operation was nationalised.
1948 Walter Alexander and Co (Coachbuilders) Ltd was incorporated. By attracting new customers, coupled with a boom in orders in the second half of the 1950s, led to the firm moving to a new, state-of-the-art factory on Glasgow Road, Falkirk. By 1954 also had a small factory in Stirling (see advert)
Walter Alexander Coachbuilders was a manufacturer of bus bodies based in Falkirk, Scotland. It was founded by Walter Alexander and his son as W. Alexander & Sons Limited. In 1929, Walter Alexander joined the Scottish Motor Traction Company (SMT), which allowed for vast expansion of the company.
This enterprise was to become Walter Alexander and Co. (Coachbuilders) Ltd. in 1947, and is still active today. The company's acquisition and expansion programme took a different turn in 1952, when all operations in the Inverness area were transferred to Highland Omnibuses.
Walter Alexander Coachbuilders was a Scottish bus and coach bodywork builder, based in Falkirk. It was formed in 1947 to continue the coachbuilding activities of W. Alexander & Sons when their bus service operation was nationalised.
