Optare Esteem

East Lancs / Darwen / Optare Esteem
The Sussex Bus Volvo B7RLE with Optare Esteem in Brighton in September 2014
Overview
ManufacturerEast Lancashire Coachbuilders
Optare
Production2006 - 2009
AssemblyBlackburn
Body and chassis
Doors1 or 2
Floor typeLow floor
ChassisScania N94UB
Scania N230UB
Volvo B7RLE
MAN 12.240
Alexander Dennis Dart SLF
Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart
Alexander Dennis Enviro300
RelatedOptare Olympus
Optare Visionaire
Powertrain
Capacity33 - 43 seated
Dimensions
Length10.7 to 12.2 metres
Width2.52 metres
Height2.90 metres
Chronology
PredecessorEast Lancs Myllennium

The Optare Esteem is a single-decker body of a bus, It had a low-floor, It was made from 2006 to 2009 by East Lancashire Coachbuilders and then Darwen East Lancs and then Optare.

The Esteem body was built on the following chassis:

References

  1. ↑ "Esteem Brochure" (PDF). ELCB. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2007.
  2. ↑ "Esteem Description". The Darwen Group. Archived from the original on 18 February 2008.
  3. ↑ "Optare Esteem". Optare. Archived from the original on 17 August 2008.
  4. ↑ Beddall, David; Farrer-Beddall, Liam (15 November 2023). London's Scania Buses. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-1318-3.
  5. ↑ Ackers, Simon (15 June 2024). Stagecoach Merseyside. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-2271-0.
  6. ↑ Batten, Malcolm (30 April 2024). Border Towns Buses of London Country Transport (North of the Thames) 1969-2019. Pen and Sword Transport. ISBN 978-1-3990-9612-6.
  7. ↑ Jenkinson, Keith A. (15 August 2020). The History of Optare. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-9695-9.
  8. ↑ Devoy, David (15 September 2017). Glasgow and Dunbartonshire Independents. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-7447-6.
  9. ↑ Beddall, David (2023). London's Enviro200 Buses. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-0643-7. Retrieved 9 June 2023.

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