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height of a bus?

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master brummie
Could one of the bus experts tell me the height of a double decker bus please thanks in advance cheersTom:)
 
As I remember, the ruling maximum height for double deckers used to be 14' - 2" until around 1950 when they relaxed the controls on height, width and length, and 14' - 6" became the maximum height. I believe the metric equivalent today is almost exactly the same, but the practical experts can fill us in on that.
Peter
 
I seem to remember there were some buses, I believe ex Midland Red, I think possibly DD13's that were around 15 ft and were not able to go under Icnield St bridge. There are also low height 'deckers at 13ft 8ins We had a number of Olympians at this height at Crossville/Arriva.
 
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