East Lancashire Coachbuilders
Bus bodywork manufacturer based in Blackburn, England
East Lancashire Coachbuilders Limited was a builder of bus bodies, They was founded in 1934 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England.
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Bus building |
| Founded | 27 October 1934[1] |
| Founder | Walter Smith |
| Defunct | March 1, 2010 |
| Fate | Dissolved after parent company Darwen Group performed a reverse takeover |
| Successor | Optare |
| Headquarters | Blackburn, Lancashire, England |
| Products | Bus bodies |
| Website | Official website |
History
On 17 August 2007, the company went into administration,[2] but was saved and bought out by the Darwen Group. The new company was called Darwen East Lancs.[2]
In 2008, Darwen East Lancs was purchased by Optare.[3][4][5]
East Lancs bodies stopped being built and the factory in Blackburn closed in 2012.[6][7][8]
Products
Past
East Lancs had many different types of bodywork. They misspelled names on pupose, replacing the letter i with a letter y.
East Lancs (1934–2007)
- Single-decker
- Myllennium for DAF SB220, MAN 14.220, Scania N94UB and Alexander Dennis Dart
- Hyline, a high-floor variant of the standard Myllennium single-decker body but used to re-body older chassis
- Double-decker
- Lolyne for Dennis Trident
- Vyking for Volvo B7TL
- Lowlander for DAF/VDL DB250
- Nordic for 3-axle Volvo B7L/B9TL
- Myllennium Lolyne for Dennis Trident
- Myllennium Vyking for Volvo B7TL
- Myllennium Lowlander for DAF/VDL DB250LF
- Nordic for 3-axle Volvo B7L/Volvo B9TL
- Single-decker
Darwen Darwen East Lancs (2007–2008)
- Single-decker
- OmniTown for Scania N94UB chassis
- Double-decker
- OmniDekka for Scania N94UD/N230UD/N270UD chassis
Optare (2008–2012)
- Single-decker
- Esteem for Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart, MAN 12.240, Scania N230UB, Scania N94UB and Alexander Dennis Enviro300 chassis
- Kinetec
- Double-decker
- Olympus for Alexander Dennis Enviro400, VDL DB250, Volvo B9TL and Scania N230UD chassis
- Visionaire open-top body for Volvo B9TL chassis
Kinetec series
The Kinetec was made in 2006. They are low-floor bodies for MAN chassis. They have the Esteem/Olympus body but with MAN's own Lion's City design front and rear.
References
Other websites
Media related to East Lancashire Coachbuilders at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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