The East Lancs EL2000 is a type of single-decker bus body built on a wide variety of bus chassis by East Lancashire Coachbuilders.

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East Lancs EL2000
East Lancs EL2000 body on Dennis Dart with a double-curvature windscreen.
Overview
Manufacturer	East Lancashire Coachbuilders
Body and chassis
Doors	1
Floor type	Step entrance
Powertrain
Capacity	28 to 40 seated
Dimensions
Length	8.5m to 12.0m
Width	2.5m
Height	3.0m

Chassis

Many different chassis types, both new and secondhand, were fitted with EL2000 bodywork. These include:

• Leyland Leopard (rebodies)
• Leyland Tiger (rebodies)
• Leyland Atlantean (rebodies)
• Volvo B58 (rebodies)
• Volvo B10M (both new and rebodies)
• Volvo B6
• Dennis Falcon
• Dennis Dart
• Dennis Lance
• Scania K93
• Scania N113

The Atlantean chassis had started their lives as double-decker vehicles but were rebodied as single-deckers.

History

The EL2000 made its first appearance on rebodied Leyland Tigers at the end of 1989. It was superseded as a step-entrance body by the Flyte, starting in 1996 and stopped production in 2001.

Description

The EL2000 has an aluminium frame. It has bowed sides and a bowed top half of the rear end, with a high-set rear window.

There was some variability in the height and shape of the side windows, and the style of windscreen. One common design of windscreen was square-cornered, tapered in towards the top and curved around to the sides. Another was a two-piece flat windscreen with radiused outer corners. A third design used was a double-curvature windscreen with an arched top.

See also

• List of buses

External links

Media related to East Lancs EL2000 at Wikimedia Commons