Optare Visionaire

East Lancs Visionaire/Optare Visionaire
The Original Tour Volvo B9TL with East Lancs Visionaire bodywork in London
Overview
ManufacturerEast Lancashire Coachbuilders
Optare
Body and chassis
Doors1 door
Floor typeLow floor
ChassisScania N230UD
Scania N270UD
Volvo B9TL (2 or 3 axle)
RelatedOptare Olympus
Powertrain
Capacity68 to 100 seated
Dimensions
Length10.2m to 11.9m
Width2.535m
Height4.2m to 4.3m

The Optare Visionaire was a 2-axle and 3-axle low-floor open-top body of a bus.

It was made from 2006 to 2011 by East Lancashire Coachbuilders and then Darwen Group and then Optare.

It was built on the Scania N230UD chassis, Scania N270UD chassis and Volvo B9TL chassis (2-axle or 3-axle).

History

The Original Tour Scania N230UD with Optare Visionaire bodywork in Haymarket, London in 2014

Bought by Darwen

East Lancs went into Administration in August 2007 and was bought by the Darwen Group. The body was renamed to Darwen Visionaire.

Reverse takeover by Optare

In June 2008 Darwen Group was bought by Optare, the Visionaire was renamed Optare Visionaire.

Notes

  1. ↑ known as East Lancs Visionaire

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Olympus Brochure" (PDF). Optare. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2012.
  2. ↑ Barrow, David (2021). Scania Double-Deckers. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-0767-0. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  3. ↑ Barrow, David (15 December 2021). East Lancashire Coachbuilders. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-0228-6.
  4. ↑ Walter, Richard (2019). Buses in All-Over Adverts. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-9192-3. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  5. ↑ Jenkinson, Keith A. (2020). The History of Optare. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-9695-9. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "Visionaire Description". Darwen Group. Archived from the original on 8 May 2008.

Other websites

Media related to Optare Visionaire at Wikimedia Commons