Scania OmniTown
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The Scania OmniTown is a low-floor midibus sold in the United Kingdom. It utilises the Scania N94UB chassis (not to be confused with the N94UD double-deck chassis), sometimes mistakenly referred to as the OmniTown chassis. The confusion concerning the chassis, and indeed the buses, arises due to the complexity of the OmniTown's and other Scania products' histories.
[edit] History
A batch of N94UB chassis were bodied by East Lancs. In 2002, receiving the Myllenium style of bodywork, as fitted to DAF SB220 and Dennis Dart SLF chassis. These were delivered to East Thames Buses as the ELS class, and were, in essence, OmniTowns, but lacked the Scania identity.
The first batch of genuine Omnitowns to appear in the United Kingdom were delivered to Nottingham City Transport in 2004 for use on tram feeder services. The bodywork, in common with the OmniDekka, was built by East Lancs but received front and rear panels from Scania, to match the OmniCity/OmniDekka. The body only differed from the East Lancs Myllenium in terms of the front and rear panels.
The design of Myllenium variant of the front and rear parts of the bodywork were redesigned for 2006, and launched with the common central bodywork on the N94UB chassis as the Esteem, which was placed into service in London by Metrobus. Whilst these could be classified as OmniTowns, and are indeed often identified 'officially' as Scania OmniTown/East Lancs. Esteem, the only true OmniTowns are the Nottingham examples. However, front/rear styling aside, the Scania/Myllenium, OmniTown, and Scania/Esteem are identical.
[edit] See also
Other Scania buses sold in the UK:
