East Lancs Flyte

East Lancs Flyte
East Lancs Flyte
	Arriva North West East Lancs Flyte bodied Scania L113CRL in Merseyside in July 2007
Overview
Manufacturer	East Lancashire Coachbuilders
Production	1996–2001
Body and chassis
Doors	1 door
Floor type	Step entrance
Chassis	Scania L113CRL; Scania K112CRB and K113CRB (rebodies); Volvo B6 (rebody) (photo); Leyland Tiger (rebodies); Volvo B10M (new and rebodies); KIRN Mogul
Powertrain
Capacity	34 to 50 seated
Dimensions
Length	varies
Width	varies
Height	3.23m
Chronology
Predecessor	East Lancs EL2000
Successor	East Lancs Hyline

The East Lancs Flyte is a type of single-decker bus body built on several different chassis rebodied and original types by East Lancashire Coachbuilders as the replacement for the East Lancs EL2000 from 1996 to 2001.

Chassis

Chassis types on which the Flyte was built include:

Scania L113CRL^[1]
Scania K112CRB and Scania K113CRB (rebodies)
Volvo B6 (rebody) (photo)
Leyland Tiger^[2] (rebodies)
Volvo B10M (new and rebodies)
KIRN Mogul (unique chassis, bodied for Yorkshire Traction)^[3]^[4]

History

The Flyte was introduced in 1996 as a step-entrance counterpart to the Spryte. It was essentially a development of the Opus 2 design which had appeared earlier the same year. The Flyte had a new front end design based on the Spryte (though two Volvo B10Ms for Delaine Buses had the Opus 2 front end).

A large proportion of the Flyte's orders were for the rebodying of older chassis and this model has a double-curvature windscreen with a roof dome. In the severely dwindling market for step-entrance rebodies, the Flyte was superseded by the East Lancs Myllennium-based Hyline around 2000–2001.

Competitors (bodywork)

References

^ Coupland, Paul (7 July 1997). ""The Scania L113CRL/East Lancs Flyte B49F was new in April 1997 and is seen at the White Rose Shopping Centre, not that long after." (image)". Fickr. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
^ Foster, Steve (18 February 2010). ""Leyland Tiger / East Lancs Flyte. This fine looking machine is a rebodied Tiger with a 1999 East Lancs Flyte body. Seen at Bishops Lydeard near Taunton in February 2010, B11JYM came from the well respected fleet of Jim Stones." (image)". Flickr. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
^ Mitchelhill, Gary (28 July 2004). ""Yorkshire Traction - 0208 - 1901HE - Traction-Group20040085" (image)". Flickr. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
^ Simons, Richard (August 2001). ""Yorkshire Traction 208 is making the U-turn at the top of Barnsley East Interchange. It is the unique KIRN Mogul 232 with East Lancs Flyte bodywork which entered service in 2001." (image)". Flickr. Retrieved 14 December 2020.

External links

Media related to East Lancs Flyte at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Coupland, Paul (7 July 1997). ""The Scania L113CRL/East Lancs Flyte B49F was new in April 1997 and is seen at the White Rose Shopping Centre, not that long after." (image)". Fickr. Retrieved 14 December 2020.

[2] Foster, Steve (18 February 2010). ""Leyland Tiger / East Lancs Flyte. This fine looking machine is a rebodied Tiger with a 1999 East Lancs Flyte body. Seen at Bishops Lydeard near Taunton in February 2010, B11JYM came from the well respected fleet of Jim Stones." (image)". Flickr. Retrieved 14 December 2020.

[3] Mitchelhill, Gary (28 July 2004). ""Yorkshire Traction - 0208 - 1901HE - Traction-Group20040085" (image)". Flickr. Retrieved 14 December 2020.

[4] Simons, Richard (August 2001). ""Yorkshire Traction 208 is making the U-turn at the top of Barnsley East Interchange. It is the unique KIRN Mogul 232 with East Lancs Flyte bodywork which entered service in 2001." (image)". Flickr. Retrieved 14 December 2020.

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