Plaxton Centro

Plaxton Centro
Arriva North West & Wales VDL SB120 with Plaxton Centro bodywork in 2008
Overview
ManufacturerPlaxton
Production2006 - 2009
AssemblyScarborough
Body and chassis
Doors1
Floor typeLow floor
Low entry
ChassisVDL SB120
VDL SB200
MAN 12.240
MAN 14.220
MAN 14.240
Volvo B7RLE
Powertrain
EngineCummins ISBe (VDL)
MAN (MAN)
Volvo (Volvo B7RLE)
Dimensions
Length8.9 to 12.0 m (29 ft 2 in to 39 ft 4 in)
Width2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Height3.0 m (9 ft 10 in)
Chronology
SuccessorAlexander Dennis Enviro300

The Plaxton Centro was a single-decker body of a bus. It had a low-floor. It was built from 2006 to 2009 by Plaxton.[1]

The Centro body could be built on the VDL SB120 chassis,[2][3] VDL SB200 chassis,[1] MAN 12.240 chassis,[4][5] MAN 14.220 chassis,[1][better source needed] MAN 14.240 chassis[1][better source needed] and Volvo B7RLE chassis.[2][6][7]

In 2007 Plaxton was purchased by Alexander Dennis.[8][9] In 2009 Alexander Dennis replaced the Centro with the Enviro200 and Enviro300

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Centro Plaxton
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Serious about buses Bus & Coach Professional 14 February 2006
  3. ↑ Arriva places first fleet order for Centro Archived 2018-07-23 at the Wayback Machine Bus & Coach Professional 10 April 2006
  4. ↑ Devoy, David (15 September 2017). Glasgow and Dunbartonshire Independents. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-7447-6.
  5. ↑ Seamarks, Gary (15 October 2019). Bedfordshire Independent Buses. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-9142-8.
  6. ↑ Euro Bus Expo '06;New show, new vehicles Archived 2018-07-26 at the Wayback Machine Bus & Coach Professional 24 October 2006
  7. ↑ Neoman update - Meridian boosts MAN[permanent dead link] Bus & Coach Professional 9 October 2007
  8. ↑ Plaxton bought by ADL Archived 4 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine Bus & Coach Professional 14 May 2007
  9. ↑ Alexander Dennis buys Plaxton The Herald 15 May 2007

Other websites

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