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became the first bus operator in the United
Kingdom to take delivery of the type, ordering 14 on Scania N113CRB chassis that were delivered in February 1992. These were followed in October 1993 by the delivery of ten Verdes on Dennis Lance chassis to
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Yorkshire Rider has become
Britain's biggest Plaxton Verde user, with the delivery of 48 on Dennis Lance chassis. And the Gateshead-based Go-Ahead Group has joined the growing list of Verde customers, with an order for 30 on the Volvo Bus
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standards. Throughout their service life, however, Dublin Bus' Verdes were plagued with structural problems and would return to
Plaxton's Scarborough factory more than once for remedial treatment.
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Matthews's chairmanship, Plaxton tried to reduce its dependence on the UK luxury coach market and launched the Verde city bus body last March. But the Verde has sold exceptionally slowly.
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The order includes the delivery of 30 Dennis Lance single-deck buses with
Plaxton Verde bodywork and 30 9.8 metre Dennis Darts with Plaxton Pointer bodies.
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subsidiaries. Yorkshire Rider took delivery of a total 78 Verdes between 1995 and 1996, a majority of which were delivered to
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Lyons, Mark (30 June 2022). "Go-Ahead
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Launched in March 1991 as part of
Plaxton's move away from traditional
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which accounted for over half of the Verdes built. The rest were on
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for 'Flagship' services, with a further 30 delivered under
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body manufacturing, with ambitions to export the model to
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The largest overall operator of
Plaxton Verdes was the
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404:. Other operators of Plaxton Verdes included
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738:. Stamford: Key Publishing. p. 19.
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269:at Teesside Running Day in April 2012
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618:"Rider launch flagship"
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804:at Wikimedia Commons
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265:Plaxton Verde bodied
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41:Plaxton Verde bodied
651:Coach & Bus Week
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541:. Swansea. p. 1
517:Coach & Bus Week
1048:Step-entrance buses
514:"Cardiff Verdes".
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374:Oxford Bus Company
365:for the rebranded
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148:Cummins C series (
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236:Dennis Lance
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150:Dennis Lance
120:Dennis Lance
60:Manufacturer
43:Dennis Lance
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882:Panther Cub
392:subsidiary
384:subsidiary
369:operation.
324:Cardiff Bus
248:Scania N113
160:DAF LT160 (
156:Scania N113
132:Scania N113
82:Scarborough
1032:Categories
948:Viewmaster
444:References
378:Volvo B10B
336:Dublin Bus
297:DAF SB220s
267:Volvo B10B
240:Volvo B10B
183:Dimensions
168:Volvo B10B
138:Powertrain
124:Volvo B10B
70:Production
1002:President
923:Paramount
908:Excalibur
303:Operators
250:chassis.
244:DAF SB220
230:built by
222:full-size
162:DAF SB220
128:DAF SB220
88:, England
73:1991–1997
997:Prestige
987:Palatine
928:Premiere
872:Panorama
845:Current
778:26 April
751:26 April
717:26 April
664:Chassis.
657:26 April
628:26 April
602:26 April
576:26 April
545:26 April
496:26 April
470:26 April
432:See also
388:, while
363:FirstBus
175:Capacity
78:Assembly
55:Overview
992:Pointer
982:Paladin
957:Former
943:Supreme
938:Profile
918:Paragon
903:Cheetah
895:coaches
893:Former
877:Panther
867:Leopard
860:Elite i
847:coaches
838:Plaxton
398:Catford
394:Selkent
286:midibus
283:Pointer
232:Plaxton
116:Chassis
64:Plaxton
1012:Pronto
972:Centro
967:Beaver
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316:Radley
254:Design
217:was a
204:Height
188:Length
144:Engine
101:1 or 2
47:Bootle
1017:Verde
1007:Primo
959:buses
933:Prima
855:Elite
275:coach
196:Width
98:Doors
780:2024
768:"LV"
753:2024
740:ISBN
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706:ISBN
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