East Lancashire Coachbuilders
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Bus building |
| Founded | 27 October 1934[1] |
| Founder | Walter Smith |
| Defunct | March 1, 2010 |
| Fate | Dissolved after parent company Darwen Group performed a reverse takeover |
| Successor | Optare |
| Headquarters | Blackburn, Lancashire, England |
| Products | Bus bodies |
| Website | www.elcb.co.uk |
East Lancashire Coachbuilders Limited was a builder of bus bodies founded in 1934 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England.
History[change | change source]
On 17 August 2007, the company went into administration, but was saved and bought out by the Darwen Group. The new company was called Darwen East Lancs.
In 2008, Darwen East Lancs was purchased by Optare.
East Lancs bodies stopped being built and the factory in Blackburn closed in 2012.
Products[change | change source]
Past[change | change source]
East Lancs had many different types of bodywork. They deliberately misspelled names, replacing the letter i with a letter y.
East Lancs (1934–2007)[change | change source]
- Single-decker
- Myllennium for DAF SB220, MAN 14.220, Scania N94UB and Alexander Dennis Dart
- Hyline, a high-floor variant of the standard Myllennium single-decker body but used to re-body older chassis
- Double-decker
- Lolyne for Dennis Trident
- Vyking for Volvo B7TL
- Lowlander for DAF/VDL DB250
- Nordic for 3-axle Volvo B7L/B9TL
- Myllennium Lolyne for Dennis Trident
- Myllennium Vyking for Volvo B7TL
- Myllennium Lowlander for DAF/VDL DB250LF
- Nordic for 3-axle Volvo B7L/Volvo B9TL
- Single-decker
- Spryte for Dennis Dart and Volvo B6BLE chassis
- Flyte for longer step-entrance and high-floor buses.
Darwen Darwen East Lancs (2007–2008)[change | change source]
- Single-decker
- OmniTown for Scania N94UB chassis
- Double-decker
- OmniDekka for Scania N94UD/N230UD/N270UD chassis
Optare (2008–2012)[change | change source]
- Single-decker
- Esteem for Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart, MAN 12.240, Scania N230UB, Scania N94UB and Alexander Dennis Enviro300 chassis
- Kinetec
- Double-decker
- Olympus for Alexander Dennis Enviro400, VDL DB250, Volvo B9TL and Scania N230UD chassis
- Visionaire open-top body for Volvo B9TL chassis
Kinetec series[change | change source]
The Kinetec was made in 2006. They are low-floor bodies for MAN chassis. They have the Esteem/Olympus body but with MAN's own Lion's City design front and rear.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "EAST LANCASHIRE COACHBUILDERS LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.
Other websites[change | change source]
Media related to East Lancashire Coachbuilders at Wikimedia Commons
