The DAF SB220 was a

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chassis produced by DAF Bus International from 1985. Initially only built in left hand drive, in 1988 a right hand drive version was launched for the United Kingdom market. An articulated version was also manufactured. It was superseded by the DAF/VDL SB200 and SB250.

Types

* Step entrance *

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* Low entry

Bodywork

Makes and models of bodywork were fitted to the SB220

chassis include the following:

United Kingdom (step entrance)

* Ikarus Citibus * Northern Counties Paladin *

Optare Delta The Optare Delta was a single-decker bus body manufactured by Optare on the DAF SB220 chassis. They were built in a factory in Leeds, England. They are known for their distinctive sloping front window. A common feature about the bus that it has ...

United Kingdom (low floor/low entry)

Alexander ALX300 The Alexander ALX300 (later known as the TransBus ALX300 and the Alexander Dennis ALX300) was a low-floor bus body manufactured by Alexander and later Alexander Dennis in Falkirk, Scotland. It was launched in 1997 as a replacement for the Stri ...

East Lancs Myllennium The East Lancs Myllennium was a type of single-decker bus body manufactured by East Lancashire Coachbuilders on DAF SB220, Dennis Dart SLF, MAN 14.220 and Scania OmniTown chassis. It was designed in 1999 as a bus for Millennium Dome routes M ...

* Ikarus Polaris * Ikarus 481 *

Plaxton Prestige The Plaxton Prestige is a low-floor single-decker bus body built by Plaxton at the Wigan, England factory of its Northern Counties subsidiary, and at its main Scarborough, North Yorkshire factory, during the latter half of the 1990s. The Prest ...

/ Northern Counties Paladin LF

Ireland (step entrance)

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Setanta *

Plaxton Verde The Plaxton Verde was a high-floor, step-entrance rigid bus, full-size single-decker bus Coachwork, body built by Plaxton between 1991 and 1997. It was built on a rear-engined chassis, the most popular of which was the Dennis Lance which accoun ...

Netherlands (step entrance)

* Berkhof ST2000NL *

Den Oudsten Den Oudsten Bussen B.V. was a Dutch coachbuilder and components manufacturer. The company was founded in 1926 by a local carriage-builder, Marinus den Oudsten. Its headquarters were just outside the city of Woerden. It eventually ceased all ac ...

B88 *

B89 Alliance

Portugal (step entrance)

*CAMO Camus *CAMO Cronus (Only 2 units of the "standard" version of this bodywork were produced, and both used the SB220 chassis) *Marcopolo Allegro

Spain (step entrance)

*Castrosua CS 40 City *

Hispano Carrocera Tata Hispano Motors Carrocera, S.A. (formerly Hispano Carrocera, S.A.), based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, was one of the largest manufacturers of bus and coach cabins in Europe. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of the India-based Tata Motors. Tat ...

VOV *Ugarte U-2000 *Unicar U-90

Singapore (step entrance)

Setanta (1 unit used a replaced front after an accident, all retired by 1 December 2016) *

(All retired and sold to United Kingdom or New Zealand, ex-

City Shuttle Service The City Shuttle Service was a network of bus services operated in Singapore between May 1975 and April 2007 by NTUC Comfort and Singapore Shuttle Bus. History The City Shuttle Service (CSS) was an initiative introduced on 16 May 1975 by the ...

DAF SB220LT abandoned somewhere in

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Romania (step entrance)

*DAF SB 220-Castrosua (RATB Bucharest) *DAF SB 220-Elvo (RATB Bucharest) *DAF SB 220-Hispano Carocera (RATB Bucharest)

References

External links

{{Portal, Buses SB220 SB220 Bus chassis Low-entry buses Full-size buses Vehicles introduced in 1985