The East Lancs Cityzen is a type of bus body built on the Scania N113 chassis by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. Scania N113 is a transverse-engined city Bus which was first built in 1988 and superseded the Scania N112. The Kings Ferry is a bus and coach operator based in Kent. Originally a commuter and private hire coach operator under the new brand of The Kings Ferry Travel Group East Lancashire Coachbuilders Limited was a manufacturer of Bus bodies and Carriages founded in Blackburn in 1934 Scania N113 is a transverse-engined city Bus which was first built in 1988 and superseded the Scania N112. East Lancashire Coachbuilders Limited was a manufacturer of Bus bodies and Carriages founded in Blackburn in 1934 The name started East Lancs' long tradition of using 'misspelt' product names.
The Cityzen was launched around 1995, and was developed with Scania. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 It was the last high floor bus from Scania. Low floor buses took hold in 1999, and this led East Lancs (with Scania) to design a new low floor version of the Cityzen. This was the OmniDekka, which is no longer in production. The Scania OmniDekka is a Double-decker bus built for sale in the UK. The OmniDekka's name was the last in the misspelt product name pattern, with 5 intermediate names.
The large front side cab windows inspired those on the double-decker Myllennium. This article is about the single decker For links to the full details of the the double decker versions see below.
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Offside view of a Mayne Cityzen |
Rear view of the bus |
A Brighton & Hove Cityzen |