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Encyclopedia > East Lancashire Coachbuilders
East Lancashire Coachbuilders Ltd.
Type Private
Founded 1934
Headquarters Flag of United Kingdom Blackburn, Lancashire
Industry Bus building
Products Bus bodies
Website www.elcb.co.uk

East Lancashire Coachbuilders is a manufacturer of bus bodies and carriages founded in Blackburn in 1934. Image File history File links Elcb. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... This article is about Blackburn in Lancashire, England. ... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... An articulated bus operated by the CTA in Chicago, Illinois, USA. A Go North East Bus parked in a lay-by in Tyne and Wear, England A bus is a large road vehicle intended to carry numerous persons in addition to the driver and sometimes a conductor. ... Catherine IIs carved, painted and gilded Coronation Coach (Hermitage Museum) George VI and Queen Elizabeth in a landau with footmen and an outrider, Canada 1939 The classic definition of a carriage is a four-wheeled horse drawn private passenger vehicle with leaf springs (elliptical springs in the 19th century... This article is about Blackburn in Lancashire, England. ...


In 1994 the company expanded in to new premises and commenced a programme of development that resulted in a range of single and double deck buses which is the primary source of income for the company today.

Contents

Products

Past

ELCB has had many different styles of bodywork. They had a tradition of using misspelt product names which continues today.


Lolyne (Image) and Spryte (Image) series

In the early 1990s, ELCB created a new style of bus body. Like most ELCB buses, this body style didn’t have a definite name and was named by it’s chassis as follows:


Double-Decker

Although they are collectively known as the Lolyne. The East Lancs Lolyne is a type of double-decker bus built by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. ... The East Lancs Lolyne is a type of double-decker bus built by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. ... The East Lancs Lolyne is a type of double-decker bus built by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. ... The East Lancs Nordic is a type of double-decker bus body built by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. ...


Single-Decker

  • Spryte (for Dennis Dart chassis (though on request ELCB used the Spryte to re-body other older chassis))

The East Lancs Spryte is a single-decker bus body built by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. ...

Myllennium (SD) (DD) series

A Volvo B7TL with ELC Myllennium (convertible open-top) Vyking bodywork owned by Wilts & Dorset in the new livery.
A Volvo B7TL with ELC Myllennium (convertible open-top) Vyking bodywork owned by Wilts & Dorset in the new livery.

In 2001, a new body was launched. Again, the product didn't have a definite name, it varied according to the chassis. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (706x666, 99 KB) Taken by myself (Santofski) on 19th May 2006 at Boscombe I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (706x666, 99 KB) Taken by myself (Santofski) on 19th May 2006 at Boscombe I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...


Double-Decker

Single-Decker The East Lancs Myllennium is a type of bus body built on MAN, Volvo, DAF/VDL and Alexander Dennis chassis. ... The East Lancs Myllennium is a type of bus body built on MAN, Volvo, DAF/VDL and Alexander Dennis chassis. ... The East Lancs Myllennium is a type of bus body built on MAN, Volvo, DAF/VDL and Alexander Dennis chassis. ... The East Lancs Nordic is a type of double-decker bus body built by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. ...

  • Myllennium (for DAF SB220 and Alexander Dennis Dart) - This is out of sequence and not called the Myllennium-Spryte
  • Hyview (high-floor variant of the standard millennium single-decker body but used to re-body older chassis)

This series is collectively known as the Myllennium. The East Lancs Myllennium is a type of bus body built on MAN, Volvo, DAF/VDL and Alexander Dennis chassis. ... The East Lancs Myllennium is a type of bus body built on MAN, Volvo, DAF/VDL and Alexander Dennis chassis. ...


Other past bodies

The East Lancs Spryte is a single-decker bus body built by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. ... The East Lancs Cityzen is a type of bus body built on the Scania N113 chassis by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. ... A Metrobus Scania OmniDekka in Croydon A Scania Omnidekka in Kensington The Scania OmniDekka is a double decker bus built by Scania of Sweden for sale in the UK. The model is based on the N94UD chassis and is currently sold in the UK with a body by East Lancashire... The East Lancs Pyoneer is a type of bus body built on the Volvo Olympian and Volvo B10M by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. ... The East Lancs Lolyne is a type of double-decker bus built by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. ...

Current

The current generation continues (in some aspects) the tradition of misspelt names but each has a different name and does not vary on the chassis.


Scania (OT) (OD) series

A Scania OmniDekka in Kensington, with body from East Lancashire Coachbuilders
A Scania OmniDekka in Kensington, with body from East Lancashire Coachbuilders

This series are the last surviving variants of the Myllennium series. They are now part of their own series. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1020x1012, 241 KB) Summary Scania OmniDekka 447 for Transdev, Kensington Church Street, London, 29 April 2006. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1020x1012, 241 KB) Summary Scania OmniDekka 447 for Transdev, Kensington Church Street, London, 29 April 2006. ... A Metrobus Scania OmniDekka in Croydon A Scania Omnidekka in Kensington The Scania OmniDekka is a double decker bus built by Scania of Sweden for sale in the UK. The model is based on the N94UD chassis and is currently sold in the UK with a body by East Lancashire... Kensington is an area to the west of Central London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. ...


Single-Decker

Double-Decker The Scania OmniTown is a low-floor midibus sold in the United Kingdom. ...

A Metrobus Scania OmniDekka in Croydon A Scania Omnidekka in Kensington The Scania OmniDekka is a double decker bus built by Scania of Sweden for sale in the UK. The model is based on the N94UD chassis and is currently sold in the UK with a body by East Lancashire...

Esteem (Image) and Olympus (Image)series

The Esteem was launched early in 2006. The Olympus was launched at the Euro Bus Expo 2006 and it's lower dash is the same as the Esteem. The Visionaire launched in summer 2007 with Arriva's Original London Sightseeing Tour. An Arriva train in Denmark Arriva plc is a UK-based international public transport operator and vehicle rental company, headquartered in Sunderland. ... Arriva run the Original London Sightseeing Tour in London. ...


Single-Decker

  • Esteem (for Scania OmniTown and Alexander Dennis Enviro 300)

Double-Decker The East Lancs Esteem is a single-deck body built by East Lancashire Coachbuilders for the Scania OmniTown and Alexander Dennis Enviro 300 chassis. ...

  • Olympus (for Alexander Dennis Enviro 400, VDL DB250, Volvo B9TL and Scania N94UD)
  • Visionaire (Open Top body for Volvo B9TL)

The East Lancs Olympus is a double-deck varient of the East Lancs Esteem body. ... The East Lancs Visionaire is a future bus body to be built by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. ...

Kinetic (Image) (+) series

The Kinetic series was launched at the Euro Bus Expo 2006. They are designed as low-height bodies for MAN chassis. They have the Esteem / Olympus body but with MAN's own Lion's City design front and rear.


Single-Decker

Double-Decker The East Lancs Kinetic is a type of bus body for MAN chassis. ...

The East Lancs Kinetic is a type of bus body for MAN chassis. ...

East Lancs subsidiaries

East Lancs also runs sub-divisions of the company, in addition to the production of buses: Image File history File links ELCB_British_City_Bus_Logo. ... Image File history File links ELCB_East_Lancs_Overseas_Logo. ... Image File history File links ELCB_NW_Bus_&_Coach_Reairs_Ltd_Logo. ...

British Citybus is a subsidiary of the English bus manafacturer, East Lancashire Coachbuilders, based in Blackburn. ... East Lancs Overseas is a subsidiary of the English bus manufacturer, East Lancashire Coachbuilders, which is based in Blackburn. ... NW Bus & Coach repairs is a subsidiary of the English bus manafacturer, East Lancashire Coachbuilders, which is based in Blackburn. ...

External link

  • East Lancashire Coachbuilders
East Lancashire Coachbuilders Buses
Current: OmniDekka OmniTown - Esteem - Olympus - Visionaire - Kinetic
Discontinued: Greenway - EL2000 - Cityzen - Pyoneer - Lolyne - Nordic - Spryte - Myllennium

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A Scania Omnidekka in Kensington, with body from East Lancashire Coachbuilders
East Lancashire Coachbuilders is a manufacturer of buses and carriages founded in Blackburn in 1934.
In 1994 the company expanded in to new premises and commenced a programme of development that resulted in a range of single and double deck buses which is the primary source of income for the company today.
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