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The Caetano Nimbus was a low-entry single-decker bus body built by Salvador Caetano in
Waterlooville Waterlooville is a town in the Borough of Havant in Hampshire, England, approximately north northeast of Portsmouth. It is the largest town in the borough. The town had a population of 64,350 in the 2011 Census. It is surrounded by Purbrook, ...
, England between 1999 and 2007. It was constructed exclusively on the
Dennis Dart SLF The Dennis Dart is a rear-engined single-decker midibus chassis that was introduced by Dennis of Guildford, England, in 1989, replacing the Dennis Domino. Initially built as a high-floor design, in 1996 the low-floor second generation Denn ...
as a replacement for the Caetano Compass. MyBus (49) and Tellings-Golden Miller (41) were major purchasers. A common design is that most of these buses have a double-curvature windscreen and a separately mounted destination display with an arched top. During 2002 a shorter and narrower version called the Slimbus was developed, the principal customer being MyBus who required small buses because of size restrictions on
Jersey Jersey ( ; ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an autonomous and self-governing island territory of the British Islands. Although as a British Crown Dependency it is not a sovereign state, it has its own distinguishing civil and gov ...
, purchasing a total of 52 by 2007. Some Slimbuses went to CT Plus in London as well as National Car Parks for airport shuttle work, some of which later materialised with Island Coachways in
Guernsey Guernsey ( ; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; ) is the second-largest island in the Channel Islands, located west of the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy. It is the largest island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, which includes five other inhabited isl ...
. By January 2013, CT Plus had obtained contracts to operate public transport in first Guernsey and then Jersey, with all of the Nimbuses in Guernsey and 31 of the Jersey examples continuing in use with CT Plus. Those that were not retained in Jersey were shipped to a UK dealer which later sold them to the
FirstGroup FirstGroup plc is a British multi-national transport group, based in Aberdeen, Scotland. File:Countryliner DC37 KU02 YBG.JPG, Countryliner Caetano Nimbus bodied Dennis Dart SLF in
Guildford Guildford () is a town in west Surrey, England, around south-west of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around inhabitants in . The nam ...
in September 2009 File:Enterprise 13 rear.JPG, Unilink Caetano Nimbus bodied Dennis Dart SLF in
Southampton Southampton is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. It is located approximately southwest of London, west of Portsmouth, and southeast of Salisbury. Southampton had a population of 253, ...
in September 2008 File:London Buses route U3 072.jpg, First London Caetano Nimbus bodied Dennis Dart SLF in
Uxbridge Uxbridge () is a suburban town in west London, England, and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Hillingdon, northwest of Charing Cross. Uxbridge formed part of the parish of Hillingdon in the county of Middlesex. As part ...
, 2010


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{{Salvador Caetano Buses of the United Kingdom Vehicles introduced in 1999 Low-entry buses Midibuses Single-deck buses