The VDL SB200 (originally the DAF SB200) was a light-weight 12m

low floor Accessibility is the design of products, devices, services, vehicles, or environments so as to be usable by people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design and practice of accessible development ensures both "direct access" (i. ...

single decker bus chassis produced from 2001 by

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(formerly DAF Bus International). It superseded the SB220. It is originally designed for use by

Arriva Arriva plc is a British multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, England.VDL Berkhof VDL Berkhof was a Netherlands based bus and coach builder, founded in 1970 by Arthur Berkhof and his son Henk. It started with only 10 employees in a 1,000 m² factory. During the first 18 months the company only carried out bus repairs. In ...

type

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and

VDL Citea The VDL Citea is a city bus built by VDL Bus & Coach. It was released at the UITP Mobility and City Transport Exhibition 2007 in Helsinki. The series received a facelift in 2010 and further overhaul in 2020. The Citea is sold in three differen ...

LLE bodywork. They were operated by all large transport companies in the Netherlands,

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(including Hermes),

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and Arriva. Arriva also used SB200s with

Wright Commander The Wright Commander was a low-floor single-decker bus body built on the DAF/VDL SB200 chassis by Wrightbus between 2002 and 2007. History Visually and structurally, it is a larger version of the Wright Cadet. Along with the Cadet, it perpetu ...

bodywork. Of the 831 built for United Kingdom operators,

Arriva Arriva plc is a British multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, England.Tellings-Golden Miller Tellings-Golden Miller is a charter coach operator in England. It was a subsidiary of Arriva twice previously, but once again has returned to family ownership. The company is now a subsidiary of Falcon Coaches based in Byfleet, Surrey. History ...

30 and

John Fishwick & Sons John Fishwick & Sons was a bus company based in Leyland, Lancashire. History The company was formed in 1907 when John Fishwick moved from Wales to Leyland looking for business. He started with a steam propelled wagon from the local Leyland Mo ...

23. Initially the SB200 built for the UK was only available with

bodywork, but from 2006 it was available with the

Plaxton Centro The Plaxton Centro was a Low-entry bus, low entry single-decker bus bodywork designed by Bluebird Vehicles and manufactured by Plaxton.Wright Pulsar The Wright Pulsar was a single-decker bus body built on the VDL SB200 single-decker bus chassis by Wrightbus between 2006 and 2014. A total of 639 Pulsars were built. Arriva was the main customer, with large numbers entering service at its Ken ...

bodywork, the latter being succeeded in late 2009 by the facelifted Wright Pulsar 2. One VDL SB200 was fitted with an

MCV Evolution The MCV Evolution (stylised as ''eVolution''; internal designation: MCV C102) is a low floor and low entry single-decker bus body built by Manufacturing Commercial Vehicles. It was unveiled in 2003 as the successor to the MCV Stirling. The MCV ...

body in 2012 as a static demonstrator for Arriva Bus & Coach, it was sold in 2014 to

Richards Brothers Richards Bros Buses ( cy, Brodyr Richards) is a bus operator based in Cardigan, Wales. It has purchased many smaller bus companies over time, and currently has 65 vehicles running local bus services and school buses in south-west Wales (primar ...

in Wales.Arriva Bus & Coach holds Wellingborough open day
''Bus & Coach Buyer'' 23 April 2014

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VDL Bus & Coach Bus chassis Low-floor buses SB200 Vehicles introduced in 2001