The model -
towards the end of April 2012 it was announced that Model 1 were to
produce no less than four versions of the Citybus MAN NL262, namely 1569
in Cityflyer livery on route A10, 1501 in Stagecoach
style livery on route 85, 1516 on route 12A and 1537 in
standard livery on route 11. 1569 and 1501 were the first to be released in early June with 1516 and 1537 following on 22nd June.
The bus
- Citybus purchased sixty of these single-deckers in 1998 and they were
allocated fleet numbers 1501-1560. A further twenty were added in 2000
(1561-1580). The last 11 of the batch were sold in 2004/5 to New
Lantao Bus, Discovery Bay Transport and one to an operator in New
Zealand. In 2006, 1560-1569 underwent modifications which included
the removal of the centre exit doors and the fitting of luggage racks,
and emerged in Cityflyer colours, ready for the launch of the new
Cityflyer route A10 from Aberdeen to the airport - further details of
this launch can be found here.
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