Coaches for NBC
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MORE THAN half of the vehicles ordered by Nati, Bus this year will be coac and there are no Ley1; Nationals for the first time i years.
In all, 260 Leyland coaches be supplied, 240 of them 13, Tigers. Of these, 147 will f Plaxton Paramount bodies, Duple bodies (mostly Dor-nit IV, but also an unspeci number of Laser and CarriL models), and 21 will have A ander TE bodies.
Ten Royal Tiger Doyens being supplied, five with exi tive fittings for Rapide serv and five for less prestigi work.
For London commuter w 10 Olympian streamlir double-deck coaches will supplied. They are based on prototype running on National Express Bristol-Lon route.
Of the 240 double-deck sen buses on order, all but 10 wit Olympians with Eastern Co Works and Roe bodies. The maining 10 will be MCW Me buses for Northern General, of them having Cummins diesels.
In addition, East Kent is operate five MCW Metroli single-deck coaches with L10 gines and ZF manual gearbo) but they do not form part of 1983 programme.