Scania Fencer

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Scania Fencer
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Cardiff Bus Scania Fencer f1 in January 2024
Overview
Manufacturer Scania
Production2021–
AssemblyChassis: Södertälje, Sweden
Body: Higer Bus, Suzhou, China
Body and chassis
Class Single-deck bus (f1)
Coach (f6)
Articulated bus (f18, planned)
Doors1, 2 or 3 doors
Floor type Low floor
Chassis Scania K series
Related Scania Citywide
Powertrain
Engine
  • Euro VI diesel
  • Scania DC07 I6 (280hp)
  • Scania DC09 I5 (280hp)
  • Scania DC09 I5 (320hp)
  • Scania DC09 I5 (360hp)
[1]
Capacity
  • Fencer f1
  • 45 seated, 29 standees
  • Fencer f6
  • 63 seated
Transmission ZF EcoLife 2
Dimensions
Length
  • Fencer f1
  • 10.9 metres (36 ft)
    12.2 metres (40 ft)
  • Fencer f6
  • 13.1 metres (43 ft)
Width2.6 metres (8.5 ft)
Height
  • Fencer f1
  • 3.1 metres (10 ft)
Chronology
Predecessor Scania OmniCity

The Scania Fencer is a range of full-size buses produced by Scania and bodied by Higer Bus which was launched initially in the United Kingdom in 2021. The Fencer is planned to be offered in single deck (f1), coach (f6) and articulated (f18) variants with options for diesel, hybrid, biogas and electric drivetrains. [2]

Contents

Variants

Fencer f1

Scania Fencer f1 at the 2022 Euro Bus Expo Scania Fencer F1.jpg
Scania Fencer f1 at the 2022 Euro Bus Expo

The single-decker Fencer f1 was the first of the Fencer range produced by Scania, with regular production of the Fencer f1 beginning in 2022; double-deck, tri-axle, articulated and coach variants have been confirmed to follow. [3] [4] Scania also plans to build the Fencer to Transport for London specification and are also considering allowing other bodybuilders to body the Fencer chassis. [1]

A 12 m (39 ft) diesel single-decker Fencer f1 was sold to PC Coaches of Lincoln in 2021, following use as a Scania demonstrator. [5] A shorter 10.9 m (36 ft) demonstrator for the United Kingdom market with a Scania DC07 engine was expected to be delivered in late 2022, [6] [7] while a battery-electric variant is also planned to be launched in early 2025, having been delayed due to the production of a new electric driveline featuring battery cells produced by Northvolt. [8]

Q-Park Heathrow Airport were the first operator in the United Kingdom to place an order for the Fencer f1, ordering eleven 10.9 m (36 ft) Fencer f1s with DC07 engines on the new integral chassis, specified for airport bus services with air conditioning and luggage racking. [9] The first two Fencers from this order entered service in November 2022. [10] A further five Fencer f1s on Scania K280CB chassis were delivered to Ambassador Travel of Great Yarmouth and Passenger Plus of Tadworth in March 2023, [11] : 72 : 78  later joined by a single delivery on the K280LB chassis for Moving People of Oswaldtwistle in July 2023. [12]

Estonian bus operator GoBus were the first continental European operator to order the Fencer f1, taking delivery of 24 CNG-fuelled examples, four of which entered service in Harju County in December 2021 and the remaining 20 entering service in Narva in June 2022. [13] [14] 26 more Fencers have been ordered for delivery in 2022. [15] [ needs update ]

A single Fencer f1 built on a battery electric bus chassis entered service with Santiago de Chile bus operator Voy Santiago S.A. in May 2023 for trial services in the city. [16] [17] [ better source needed ]

Fencer f6

In November 2021, Scania France took delivery of the first Fencer f6 school coach, built exclusively for use on French school bus networks with a capacity of up to 63 seats as well as four wheelchair spaces. The f6 can be built on either a biodiesel or biogas powertrain, the latter of which increases the height of the coach to 3.60 metres (11.8 ft) compared to 3.31 metres (10.9 ft) for the biodisel coach, as the biogas canisters are stored on the roof. 50 orders for the Fencer f6 have been placed, with delivery of the first examples expected to take place in June 2022. [18] [19]

Fencer f9

A battery-electric double-decker Fencer named the Fencer f9 was among the variants announced at the launch of the Fencer range. However, as a result of Scania refocusing European chassis manufacturing towards low-entry buses as opposed to low-floor buses, the f9 was cancelled in 2024. [8] [ better source needed ]

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References

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  13. ↑ "Go Bus toob liinidele uue põlvkonna Scania gaasibussid" [Go Bus brings a new generation of Scania gas buses to the routes]. GoBus (Press release) (in Estonian). 1 December 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  14. ↑ "Tänasest Ida-Viru maakonda teenindav Go Bus toob liinidele uued gaasibussid" [Go Bus, which serves today's Ida-Viru county, brings new gas buses to its routes]. GoBus (Press release) (in Estonian). 1 July 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  15. ↑ "Go Bus alustab tänasest sõitjatevedu nelja täiesti uut tüüpi Scania Fencer 1 bussiga" [Go Bus starts transporting passengers with four completely new Scania Fencer 1 buses today]. Scania Eesti (Press release) (in Estonian). 1 December 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  16. ↑ Francisco, Rafael (15 May 2023). "We started the BEV Fencer Bus Cooperation Project in December 2021 and today we started operating this product developed in partnership with Scania Latin America, Scania Sweden, Scania Chile and Higer". LinkedIn. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  17. ↑ EduuxNS16 (21 May 2023). "RED Movilidad, Debut bus Fencer F1 - // Recorrido 223 - Voy Santiago \\" (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 November 2023– via YouTube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  18. ↑ "Scania France présente le Fencer 6, autocar scolaire au biogaz ou au biodiesel" [Scania France presents the Fencer 6, a biogas or biodiesel school bus]. Bus & Car Connexion (in French). Paris. 29 November 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
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