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The Plaxton Centro was a low entry single-decker bus bodywork designed by Bluebird Vehicles and manufactured by Plaxton.Centro
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It was launched on the VDL SB120 chassis in February 2006 with the first built for Johnson Transport of Brae in the Shetland Islands. Arriva North West & Wales was the first big fleet order with 10 registered in late 2006.Serious about buses
''Bus & Coach Professional'' 14 February 2006 In 2006, it was also made available on the VDL SB200, followed in 2007 by theNew livery and new Volvos for Blackpool
''Bus & Coach Professional'' 10 September 2010 Plaxton bodied the MAN 14.220 chassis in 2008 before this was replaced by the MAN 14.240 in 2009. Other purchasers of the Centro include
Plaxton Centro Flickr gallery
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It was launched on the VDL SB120 chassis in February 2006 with the first built for Johnson Transport of Brae in the Shetland Islands. Arriva North West & Wales was the first big fleet order with 10 registered in late 2006.Serious about buses''Bus & Coach Professional'' 14 February 2006 In 2006, it was also made available on the VDL SB200, followed in 2007 by the
MAN
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Like most other male mammals, a man's genome usually inherits an X chromosome from the mother and a Y chromosome from the f ...
12.240 and the Volvo B7RLE. The first Volvo B7RLE was purchased by Wessex Bus for the Bristol park & ride service.
In 2008, East Yorkshire Motor Services took delivery of six Centro bodied Volvo B7RLEs. In 2010, Blackpool Transport took delivery of nine B7RLEs.''Bus & Coach Professional'' 10 September 2010
Arriva
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The company was originally established on 24 October 1938 as T Cowie Ltd. Initially focused on the sale of motorcycles, it relaunched shortl ...
, Centrebus, Diamond Bus, GHA Coaches and TM Travel.
By 2010, the Centro was no longer available from Plaxton after parent company Alexander Dennis phased it out in favour of its own Enviro200 and Enviro300. The last deliveries were in late 2010 and were 2009 season-built bodies.
See also
References
External links
*Plaxton Centro Flickr gallery
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Centro
Centro may refer to:
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*Centro, Santa Maria, a neighborhood in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
* Centro, Porto Alegre, a neighborhood of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
* Centro (Duque de Caxias), a neighborhood of Du ...
Low-floor buses
Low-entry buses
Midibuses
Vehicles introduced in 2006