One of a small number of blogs featuring buses that caught my eye appearing at the NEC at ‘Euro Bus Expo 2018’.
A double helping today and more tomorrow!
The Plaxton Panther LE is basically a low floor front end married to the rear end of a coach.
Thus giving the operator and passengers the benefits of low floor accesibility and the ride and comfort that coach passengers accept as normal.
Ideal for the longer interurban routes where I expect such vehicles will spend most of their time.
Volvo B8RLE / Plaxton Panther LE /1
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Volvo B8RLE / Plaxton Panther LE /2
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Volvo B8RLE / Plaxton Panther LE /3
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
The drivers ‘workplace’.
Volvo B8RLE / Plaxton Panther LE 4
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
The interior showing both high and low level seating arrangements.
Standing in the low floor area is like being in a church. The headroom is amazing.
Good to see that ‘the old timers’ got an invite.
HVM 901F ‘Manchester Corporation Transport’ No. 1001. Leyland Atlantean PDR/1 / Park Royal
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Given the type name ‘Mancunian
Is it really 50 years ago since I journeyed to Manchester just to have a ride on this?
EHA 424D ‘Birmingham & Midland Motor Omnibus Co.’ (Midland Red) D9 No. 5424. BMMO / Willowbrook
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Although the bulk of the types bodies (105) were built by ‘BMMO’ themselves. The last 45 built were completed by Willowbrook at Loughborough.
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