Optare is a British bus manufacturer based in Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire. It is a subsidiary of Ashok Leyland.
Yellow Buses is a bus operator based in Bournemouth, on the south coast of England. It is a subsidiary of the RATP Group.
The Optare Visionaire is an open top double-decker bus body built by Optare. It is in terms of engineering an open top Olympus in all but name. The Optare Visionaire was also built for tri-axle double-decker bus chassis.
The East Lancs Myllennium was a type of single-decker bus body manufactured by East Lancashire Coachbuilders on DAF SB220, Dennis Dart SLF, MAN 14.220 and Scania OmniTown chassis.
The East Lancs Lolyne is a type of double-decker bus body built by East Lancs. It is the double-decker version of the Spryte. It continued the long line of 'misspelt' names which continued until the Scania OmniDekka. It was built on the Dennis Trident 2 twin-axle low-floor bus chassis and it can be built as either a closed top bus or an open-top bus.
The East Lancs Nordic is a type of low-floor double-decker bus body built by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. It is built on tri-axle double-decker Volvo B7L chassis, with a length of 12 metres and a seating capacity of 95 passengers. The Nordic body design is based on an elongated version of the East Lancs Vyking body, with the name "Nordic" being derived from the chassis being built by a company from Sweden. The Nordic was later replaced by the Myllennium Nordic.
East Lancs Overseas was a subsidiary of the English bus manufacturer East Lancashire Coachbuilders, which was based in Blackburn. East Lancs Overseas was the part of East Lancs in charge of taking orders and exporting buses outside the UK. After going into administration, the company was bought by the Darwen Group.
Blue Bus was a large independent bus company serving Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.
Diamond Bus North West is a bus operator providing services in the districts of Bolton and Wigan in Greater Manchester operating an extensive commercial network along with tendered services on behalf of Transport for Greater Manchester. It also serves some areas of the districts of Salford and Trafford.
The East Lancs Vyking is a type of double-decker bus body built by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. It is the double-deck version of the Spryte. It continued the long line of 'misspelt' names which continued until the Scania OmniDekka. It was built on the Volvo B7TL chassis.
The East Lancs MaxCi is a type of low-floor single-decker bus body built on Scania N113CRL chassis by East Lancashire Coachbuilders.
Chase Coaches was a bus company operating in the Black Country.
Darwen North West is a vehicle repair business in the North West of England, offering coach refurbishment, repair, maintenance, and conversion services. It was originally a subsidiary of the bus manufacturer East Lancashire Coachbuilders, called North West Bus & Coach Repairs and based in Blackburn. After East Lancs went into administration in August 2007, the business was bought by the Darwen Group and North West Bus and Coach Repairs was renamed to Darwen North West.
The Optare Esteem was a low-floor single-decker bus body manufactured by East Lancashire Coachbuilders, Darwen East Lancs and Optare between 2006 and 2009 on Scania N94UB, Scania N230UB, Volvo B7RLE, MAN 12.240, Alexander Dennis Dart SLF, Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart and Alexander Dennis Enviro300 chassis.
The Optare Olympus is a double-decker bus built by Optare. It could be built as a body available on Alexander Dennis Enviro400, Volvo B9TL or Scania N230UD/N270UD chassis with the 2-axle and 3-axle variants.
The Darwen Group was a bus manufacturer located in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. The company originated from the purchase of East Lancashire Coachbuilders who went into administration in August 2007. After a series of developments, in June 2008 Darwen performed a reverse takeover in fellow bus manufacturer Optare, with the Darwen name disappearing.
Darwen East Lancs was the name used by the Darwen Group for its bus manufacturing construction arm.
Rotala plc LSE: ROL is an Alternative Investment Market listed company, established in 2005, which owns a number of bus operators in England.
D&G Bus is a bus operator based in Adderley Green in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
