[5] Production vehicles began to enter service in 1986, the majority were bodied by Leyland at its Workington factory where the underframe was produced.

[10][11] The type saw service all over the United Kingdom, with the largest fleet owned by West Midlands Travel.

A total of 258 were purchased, including six demonstrators, delivered early in 1986 equipped with Gardner engines and semi-automatic Leyland Hydracyclic gearboxes (which were later converted to ZF automatic).

Another significant operator of Leyland Lynxes were Caldaire Group companies West Riding and Yorkshire Woollen.

After being completed by JW Bolton in Perth, it operated for Transperth, ACTION and Hornibrook Bus Lines before being sold to Lever Coachlines in 1987.

[37][38] In 1989, two were bodied by Pressed Metal Corporation as demonstrators for the State Transit Authority, but the trial never occurred and they were sold to John J Hill, Wollongong.

It was involved in an accident in August 2001 and had its original Lynx-style front replaced with an Alexander PS type style.

[43][44] Several Lynxes have now entered preservation, with some requiring extensive rebuilding to bring them back to original condition, due to body corrosion, as well as reversing modifications made by operators during their history.

One such example is the removal of all of the patterned body skirts, combined with the replacement of the square wheel arches with non-patterned round ones.