STAGECOACH PLACES UK’S BIGGEST ORDER FOR SUPER-SIZE COACHES

The biggest UK order for 15m-long coaches has been placed by Stagecoach, which is taking 45 Plaxton-bodied Volvo B12BTs for its successful low-cost megabus.com operation.

Although 15m coaches have been in use in Britain since 2004, Stagecoach is the first operator to place a large order for the type.

They will have Plaxton Panther bodies – the first 15m coaches to be produced by the Scarborough-based builder – and will be wheelchair accessible using a lift in the main passenger entrance. They will be 63-seaters with a toilet compartment at the rear, and with on-board CCTV.

The Stagecoach group already operates 56 wheelchair-accessible Plaxton B7R Profiles.

For Plaxton the new vehicles represent an extension – quite literally – of the company’s market-leading range of coaches. “We are delighted to have secured this, the first major order for 15m coaches for operation in Britain,” says Plaxton’s sales and marketing director, Kevin Wood.

“We worked closely with both Stagecoach and Volvo to develop a specification which met the needs of the Megabus operation in terms of accessibility, comfort and carrying capacity.”

The only alteration required at Plaxton’s factory is the provision of a new paint booth to accommodate the longer vehicles. Work on that is now underway, in preparation for delivery of the first of the new coaches in the spring.

October 2006

Source: Plaxton Limited

唔知呢d車轉90度彎同15米neoplan係唔係一樣今考技術.....

其實用雙層車會唔會好過用咁長嘅單層車?

我認為無乜所謂...
因為us 同 canada 有d city 既 downtown 路面同 uk 或 hk 一樣都係好窄
不過佢都d coach都係 15m 單層車... 因為尾軸係有反向輔助轉向功能...
窄路轉彎都無乜難度... 只要師傅手車唔係太差 15m 車都可能應付到大部份路面...

[ 本帖最後由 kmb113 於 2006-10-11 16:31 編輯 ]

原帖由 wrightap 於 2006-10-10 21:30 發表
唔知呢d車轉90度彎同15米neoplan係唔係一樣今考技術.....

don't think so, I asked the Mega-Neoplan driver before (the trip I went to London and after he turned right to Oxford Street from Baker Street), he told me its not really hard to do because the improved technique had been used on the steering system of the extra long coach

我覺得買掛接Coach好d....
佢0地而家有果批掛接客車係咪B10M?

佑唔到個post 落o左 咁多都回彈上來喎~!!!

正題

原帖由 J702HMY 於 2006-10-20 02:42 發表
我覺得買掛接Coach好d....
佢0地而家有果批掛接客車係咪B10M?

o下~!!掛接??? coach 用掛接唔多好喎~!!
好多時唔係停一站, 去到d細街, 多o左個尾出來o下唔係咁好喎
如果佢要停街站又嚮短距離切線埋站咁咪成個尾塞住條second lane???
p.s. (我唔知europe d coach 有無街站?? 不過 canada 有)
而依家佢款15m 車就可以較短距離拉返直架車, 無咁易阻街喎