The East Lancs European was a step entrance

single-decker bus A single-decker bus or single-decker is a bus that has a single deck for passengers. Normally the use of the term ''single-decker'' refers to a standard two-axled rigid bus, in direct contrast to the use of the term double-decker bus, which ...

body that was built 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 and ...

CRL chassis by

East Lancashire Coachbuilders East Lancashire Coachbuilders Limited was a manufacturer of bus bodies and carriages founded in 1934 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. The company went into administration for a short while in August 2007, before being bought by Darwen Group a ...

during 1995 and 1996. A step-entrance design, it was similar in appearance to the

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MaxCi on the N113CRL, but had a straight window line as opposed to a stepped/sloped one.

History

Arriva bus 281 Scania L113CRL East Lancs European N281 NCN Northumbria Express livery in Newcastle 9 May 2009 pic 2

A total of 79 Europeans were built, of which besides five that were purchased by

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, 59 were purchased by companies owned by the

British Bus British Bus was a bus group in the United Kingdom. It was sold to the Cowie Group in August 1996. History British Bus was founded in November 1992 when the Drawlane Transport Group split its bus interests from its National Express in the lead ...

group. These companies were Luton & District (taking 27), Northumbria Motor Services (20), Midland Fox (14), Clydeside 2000 (eight) and Derby City Transport (five). The European was superseded in late 1996 by the Flyte.

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* * {{East Lancashire Coachbuilders European Single-deck buses Step-entrance buses Vehicles introduced in 1995