Scania E300s

[starrymarkb]

First ones are now out and about? Most of the restyle is at the rear with a central exit door.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/david_92/6241761745/sizes/l/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thejamster/6241720793/

What do you think? Should they roll this out to the MANs and Dennis chassis (which look a bit at odds with the rest of the Enviros)

 

[anthony263]

These are what Stagecoach wales are having in March to replace our Volvo B10m's on serve 172 Aberdare - Rhondda Valleys - Bridgend - Porthcawl.

Hopefully these will be a lot better than the enviro 200 darts.

 

[OMGitsDAVE]

That rear window looks disgusting, ive never liked the back of the E300s!

 

[Ivo]

No front end shots? :?

E300s using the current bodies we all know look OK but nothing special. I do prefer modern Scania bodies to Dennis vehicles (although from my perspective that's not saying much; when did Dennis last make a vehicle that the enthusiast would enjoy? Or is that just where most I've known were either Darts or given 3-speed gearboxes?), but the older ones weren't that appealing. Hoping to see more of these around soon!

 

[trentside]

Some have recently started arriving at Stagecoach East Midland's depot in Worksop for use on the 19 service to Dinnington and Rotherham.

Here's a shot of the front end, found on Flickr;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/63730085@N07/6362655259/in/photostream

 

[mbonwick]

What do you think? Should they roll this out to the MANs and Dennis chassis (which look a bit at odds with the rest of the Enviros)

Production on MAN and Volvo chassis has been discontinued.

Not sure what you mean by Dennis chassis - the only other chassis option for the E300s now is an ADL chassis.

 

[markydh]

The thing that really strikes me is how high the back seats are. Almost as bad as the MAN E200s, which are awful for this.

 

[fgwrich]

Interesting, we also seem to have had a delivery from Agecoach reccently, again aload of 61 plate Enviros...So i'll have to take a closer look at one tommorow - certainly sounded different to our normal drats!

 

[Schnellzug]

It's very hard to keep track of what's what with these new-fangled things. So this is the new version, is it. By jiminy, those rear seats look higher than a B6BLE.
(What are the ones in Exeter, by the way? Are they MANs, or is it MEN?)

 

[starrymarkb]

It's very hard to keep track of what's what with these new-fangled things. So this is the new version, is it. By jiminy, those rear seats look higher than a B6BLE.
(What are the ones in Exeter, by the way? Are they MANs, or is it MEN?)

The 59 plate Park and Rides/Leather Seated ones are MAN E300s
The 60/11 plates with "ex-citi" branding are AD Enviro200 Darts