The Verheul Bus Company

The Verheul coach building factory was partnered with Saurer in the 1930's.
In the 1950's Verheul coach combined with Kromhout engines to produce busses for the Netherlands.

The once well known Dutch coach builder Verheul became a subsidiary of British Leyland in the sixties The plant was destroyed by fire in 1971, the plant was closed down.

From then on Verheul's competitor Den Oudsten delivered this type of bus which was originally designed by Verheul. A Leyland with a Tiger Cub chassis, entered service in 1955. This bus was specially designed for the narrow and tortuous streets of the city centres of Haarlem and Leiden.

The Holland Coaches, as those buses were called by their designers Verheul, gave sterling service until they were withdrawn in 1968.