LRT contractor orders Scanias
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WEST LONDON-based Sean coaches is buying six
new Sea ma K92 single-deck buses for operation on the London Regional Transport 283 bus service when it takes ovs.sr in March_ They will have low floor .forickheere city bus bodies; the height from the ground to the first step will be 411 nun and there will be two thrther 210inin steps into the saloon.
The buses will be equipped with Seania computer aided gearshift (CAC) equipment.
Scancoaches will need 1 I drivers for the route, to be operated on a three-year LRI contract (CM, January 4).
It already has some coach drivers who are keen to trans fer to predictable hours bus work and hopes to recruit and train sonic 18to 21-year-old school leavers.
At the end of the three-year period. Scancoaches hopes to be able to continue running the route, but if circumstances change and it loses the opera tion, the Scanias will be suitable for conversion for shorthaul coach sightseeing tours.
The company may expand into bus operations if further routes near its base go out for tender. The 283 route operates less than 1km away from its Harlesden premises.
Three other independent operators winning contracts in the latest MT tendering round, Len Wright Travel (London Buslines), Cityrama
and Ensignbus, are all to operate ex-London Buses S-type Daimler Fleet-line double-deckers on their services.