The East Lancs MaxCi was a
low-floor
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single-decker bus
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body
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built on the
Scania N113
The Scania N113 was a transverse-engined step-entrance and low-floor city bus chassis manufactured by Scania between 1988 and 2000.
History
The Scania N113 was designed as a successor to the N112. Most of the single-decker buses and the ...
CRL chassis by
East Lancashire Coachbuilders
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.
The MaxCi was based on a design produced for the
Scania N113
The Scania N113 was a transverse-engined step-entrance and low-floor city bus chassis manufactured by Scania between 1988 and 2000.
History
The Scania N113 was designed as a successor to the N112. Most of the single-decker buses and the ...
CLL
low-entry single-decker bus
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chassis
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MaxCi in Sweden, and was built for the UK market between 1993 and 1995. Only twelve examples were produced, with nine of these being delivered to
British Bus
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History
British Bus was founded in November 1992 when the Drawlane Transport Group split its bus interests from its National Express in the lead u ...
subsidiaries
Midland Red North and
Clydeside 2000, and one being delivered to
Tayside
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.
The MaxCi was superseded by the
step-entrance European
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on the
Scania L113
The Scania L113 was a step entrance and low entry single-decker bus chassis manufactured by Scania in Sweden between 1989 and 1998. It is a low entry compartment to the low floor N113.
Design
The L113 was largely a cross between the N113 a ...
CRL chassis.
See also
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References
* Millar, Alan (2007) ''Bus & Coach Recognition (5th Edition)'' : Ian Allan Ltd.,
External links
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{{East Lancashire Coachbuilders
MaxCi
Low-floor buses
Low-entry buses
Vehicles introduced in 1993