VDL DB250

DAF/VDL DB250
Arriva Shires & Essex Alexander ALX400 bodied DB250LF at Northwood tube station in 2014
Overview
ManufacturerDAF / VDL
Production1991–2007
AssemblyEindhoven, Netherlands
Body and chassis
Doors1 or 2
Floor typeStep entrance DE23
Low floor DE02
Powertrain
EngineDAF ATi RS 8.6 litre
DAF Paccar PS 9.2 litre
TransmissionVoith DIWA.3 851.3
Voith DIWA.3 854.3
ZF Ecomat 4HP500
ZF Ecomat 5HP500
Chronology
SuccessorVDL DB300

The VDL DB250 (previously called the DAF DB250) was a double-decker chassis of a bus, It had a step entrance or a low-floor. It was made from 1991 to 2007 by DAF Bus and then VDL Bus & Coach.

In November 2008, It was replaced by the Wright Gemini 2.

DB250

The DAF DB250 was a chassis of a bus, It had a step-entrance, It was made from 1991 to 1997 by DAF Bus and then VDL Bus & Coach.

The DB250 body was built on Optare Spectra bodywork and Northern Counties Palatine II bodywork.

DB250LF

The VDL DB250LF was a chassis of a bus, It had a low-floor, It was made from 1998 to 2007 by VDL Bus & Coach.

The DB250LF chassis was built on the following bodies:

References

  1. ↑ New integrated Wrightbus double-deck Bus & Coach Professional 13 December 2007
  2. ↑ Optare Spectra Bus Lists on the Web
  3. ↑ Putting on a brave face Commercial Motor 24 October 1991
  4. ↑ Jones, Stuart (14 October 1994). "Hughes DAF unveil the DAF DB250 - Northern Counties Palatine II". Bus & Coach Buyer. No. 277. Spalding: Glen-Holland Limited. pp. 15–18.
  5. ↑ Stubbings, Richard (15 February 2024). Buses of Wiltshire and Dorset: Past and Present. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-1737-2.
  6. ↑ Ackers, Simon (15 April 2022). Merseyside Buses 2010-2020. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-0941-4.
  7. ↑ Beddall, David (15 October 2023). London's Low-floor Buses in Exile. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-0649-9.
  8. ↑ Beddall, David (24 October 2022). Luton's Transport: A Journey Through Time. Pen and Sword Transport. ISBN 978-1-5267-5559-9.
  9. ↑ "DB 250+". VDL Bus. Archived from the original on 28 August 2004. Retrieved 24 September 2024. most recently augmented with the Wrightbus Pulsar Gemini body

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