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Scania OmniCity | |
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Overview | |
Manufacturer | Scania |
Production | 1996–2012 (Europe) 2002-2011 (UK, Single Decker) 2005-2012 (UK, Double Decker) |
Assembly | Silkeborg, Denmark (DAB) Katrineholm, Sweden Słupsk, Poland |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Complete bus |
Body style | Single-decker/double-decker city bus |
Layout | Transverse rear-engine design |
Doors | 1, 2, 3 or 4 |
Floor type | Low floor |
Related | Scania OmniLink |
Powertrain | |
Engine | |
Power output | 250–310 hp |
Transmission | ZF |
Dimensions | |
Length | 10000mm, 10600mm, 10900mm, 11950mm, 12200mm, 18100mm |
Width | 2500mm |
Height | 3000mm, 4200mm and 4380mm |
Chronology | |
Successor | Scania Citywide LF Scania Fencer (UK Market) |
The Scania OmniCity is an integrally constructed transverse-engined low floor city bus that was available from Scania on the European market between 1997 and 2012.
The OmniCity was introduced in September 1996 as the first product based on the 4-series bus range.[1] The first prototypes were built in the former DAB plant in Silkeborg, Denmark, and serial production continued there in 1997, joined by Scania's plant in Katrineholm, Sweden. From 1999 it was also built at the plant in Słupsk, Poland. Production in Silkeborg ended in early 2000, and Katrineholm in 2004, with only a few test buses in 2005 to 2006. Since then all have been built in Poland.[2]
In 2006, the OmniCity was upgraded from the 4-series to the new N-series, which also included a thorough facelift, with the large rectangular front headlamps being replaced by smaller, round items, and further tweaks carried out to the rear styling.[3]
The Scania Citywide was launched in 2011 as a replacement for the OmniCity, except for the right-hand drive markets, where Scania have chosen to rely on external bodywork manufacturers, including Alexander Dennis. With a total of more than 2200 units for the United Kingdom, the last few OmniCities were built in 2012.