East Lancs Kinetec
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| East Lancs Kinetec | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | East Lancashire Coachbuilders |
| Production | 2006-2010 |
| Body and chassis | |
| Doors | 1 |
| Floor type | Low floor |
| Chassis | MAN 18.240 (Kinetec) MAN ND283F (Kinetec+) |
| Related | East Lancs Esteem East Lancs Olympus |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | MAN |
The East Lancs Kinetec is a type of low-floor bus body manufactured by East Lancashire Coachbuilders for single and double-decker MAN Truck & Bus chassis. Both variants, built with Alcan aluminium extrusions, were launched at the 2006 Euro Bus Expo, notably featuring front fascia panels from MAN's integral Lion's City bus.
Design
[edit]Kinetec single-deck
[edit]The standard Kinetec is a single-deck bus body based on East Lancs' existing Esteem body. Reviews from its launch at the 2006 Euro Bus Expo were very poor.[citation needed]
Kinetec+ double decker
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The Kinetec+ is a low-floor double-decker bus body on the MAN ND283F (A48) chassis, marketed as a variant of East Lancs' existing Olympus double-deck body. The engine of the bus was fitted longitudinally at the rear left-hand corner of the body, wide single tyres were fitted at the rear to reduce wheel arch intrusion into the lower deck, and a portal axle allowed for the Kinetec+ to be built with a step-free floor.[1]
The first prototype Kinetec+ body was built to a 4 metres (13 ft) low-height design to fit European Union regulations, but which has been criticised.[specify] Another prototype built to Transport for London specification, with a roof height of 4.3 metres (14 ft), had been planned, however this never materialised.[citation needed]
Operators
[edit]Stagecoach West Scotland took delivery of ten Kinetec single-decks on MAN 18.240 chassis in 2006.[1] While new into service, some of these buses suffered from windows falling out of their frames.[2]
See also
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- East Lancs OmniTown, an East Lancs body also built with a chassis manufacturer's front fascia
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Euro Bus Expo '06: New show, new vehicles". Bus & Coach Professional. 24 October 2006. Archived from the original on 6 November 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ Brown, Stewart (29 August 2007). "East Lancs rescue: winners and losers". Bus & Coach Professional. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
The company has also had problems with new Esteem-bodied MANs for Stagecoach in Scotland, on which windows were falling out.
External links
[edit]Media related to East Lancs Kinetec at Wikimedia Commons
