Plaxton Profile

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Plaxton Profile
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Stagecoach in Fife Plaxton Profile bodied Volvo B7R at Ferrytoll Park & Ride in May 2013
Overview
Manufacturer Plaxton
Production2002 - 2012
Body and chassis
Doors1
Chassis Dennis Javelin
Volvo B7R
Chronology
Successor Plaxton Leopard

The Plaxton Profile was a coach body manufactured by Plaxton on the Dennis Javelin and Volvo B7R chassis. [1] [2] [3] [4]

It began life as the Premiere 320 which was then updated to the Prima when the Premiere was replaced by the Paragon. The Prima was then modified with the Paragon lower dash panel and rear panel and rechristened the Profile.

It was the first Plaxton coach to meet Disability Discrimination Act 1995 requirements by widening the entrance in order to fit a wheelchair lift. Stagecoach purchased 25 wheelchair accessible Profile bodied Volvo B7Rs following on from a batch of conventional B7Rs. [5]

Warwickshire County Council purchased five Profile bodied B7Rs for its school transport services in 2003. [6] The Profile was not modified to meet the European Commission Whole Vehicle Type Approval with production ceasing in 2012. Its replacement, the Plaxton Leopard, was launched in 2013. [7]

References

  1. 57 Seat Profile for Fowlers Travel Plaxton October 2007
  2. Accessible Profile for Howard Snaith Coaches of Otterburn Plaxton
  3. Britain's Buses (6 ed.). Key Publishing. 2021. p. 7. ISBN   978 1 802820 096.
  4. Profile Plaxton
  5. Stagecoach to take 25 wheelchair accessible Profiles Bus & Coach Professional issue 110 5 August 2005 page 4
  6. School bus fleet for Warwickshire Bus & Coach Professional 2003
  7. Volvo B8R Plaxton Leopard Bus & Coach Buyer 7 March 2014

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