Titans Today
In London, the Low Emission Zone saw off the last Blue Triangle and Sullivan Buses Titans.
Outside London, just a few now remain in service, particularly with independent operators. MASS Engineering in South Yorkshire and Nu-Venture in Kent have substantial fleets. However, Stagecoach Group, who acquired a large number of the type by buying East London and Selkent in 1994, has only a handful left in service, in use as school buses with Stagecoach West Scotland.
Few Titans have been preserved, perhaps because, compared with other types (e.g. Atlantean, Fleetline, Bristol VRT,) it is a far more complex design, with the electrical system, in particular, being known as troublesome.
However, Titans were exceptionally robustly built to cope with the foreseen hard work of London operation. At one point, the cost of dismantling a time-expired Titan exceeded its ultimate scrap value, leading to problems for anyone who wanted to dispose of one.
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