The Plaxton Centro was a

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bodywork designed by Bluebird Vehicles and manufactured by Plaxton.Centro
Plaxton It was launched on the VDL SB120 chassis in February 2006 with the first built for Johnson Transport of Brae in the Shetland Islands. Arriva North West & Wales was the first big fleet order with 10 registered in late 2006.Serious about buses
''Bus & Coach Professional'' 14 February 2006 In 2006, it was also made available on the

VDL SB200 The VDL SB200 (originally the DAF SB200) was a light-weight 12m low floor single decker bus chassis produced from 2001 by VDL Bus & Coach (formerly DAF Bus International). It superseded the SB220. It is originally designed for use by Arriva (VD ...

, followed in 2007 by the

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12.240 and the Volvo B7RLE. The first Volvo B7RLE was purchased by

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for the

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service. In 2008, East Yorkshire Motor Services took delivery of six Centro bodied Volvo B7RLEs. In 2010,

Blackpool Transport Blackpool Transport Services Ltd.Companies House extract company ...

took delivery of nine B7RLEs.New livery and new Volvos for Blackpool
''Bus & Coach Professional'' 10 September 2010 Plaxton bodied the MAN 14.220 chassis in 2008 before this was replaced by the MAN 14.240 in 2009. Other purchasers of the Centro include Arriva,

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, Diamond Bus, GHA Coaches and TM Travel. By 2010, the Centro was no longer available from Plaxton after parent company Alexander Dennis phased it out in favour of its own Enviro200 and Enviro300. The last deliveries were in late 2010 and were 2009 season built bodies.

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File:Arriva bus 04 VDL SB120 Plaxton Centro YJ58 FFC in Newcastle upon Tyne 9 May 2009 pic 3.jpg,

Arriva North East Arriva North East operates both local and regional bus services in County Durham, Cumbria, Northumberland, North Yorkshire and Tyne and Wear, England. It is a subsidiary of Arriva UK Bus, which operates bus and coach services across the United ...

Plaxton Centro rear bodied VDL SB120 File:GHA Coaches SB11 BA56GHA (8698906751).jpg, GHA Coaches Plaxton Centro bodied VDL SB120 File:JPT bus (MX08 TCU), 25 July 2008.jpg, JPT Plaxton Centro bodied

12.240

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Centro Centro may refer to: Places Brazil *Centro, Santa Maria, a neighborhood in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * Centro, Porto Alegre, a neighborhood of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil *Centro (Duque de Caxias), a neighborhood of Duq ...

Low-floor buses Low-entry buses Midibuses Vehicles introduced in 2006

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