The Scania L113 was a step entrance and

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chassis manufactured by

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in Sweden between 1989 and 1998. It is a

compartment to the

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N113.

Design

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The L113 was largely a cross between the N113 and K113, with the front section of its chassis of a similar height to that of the N113, and an 11-litre engine that was mounted longitudinally as per the K113. However, it differed from both models by having this engine inclined to the side.''Buses Yearbook 2009'' (Ian Allan Publishing, 2008)

Sales

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, the L113 was sold mainly as an interurban bus with bodywork by a range of manufacturers including Carrus and Ajokki of Finland and

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of Denmark. It was also sold as a

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in South America.

Australia

Sydney Buses purchased 102 step entrance L113CRB, 156

L113CRL and 50 14.5 metre step entrance L113TRBs bodied by

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between January 1993 and April 1998.

Estonia

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, the L113CLB was made bodies by Duple Metsec but build at Baltscan in Estonia, most common body was Duple Metsec T-76 City, others were also available. Only one Duple Metsec T-76 City was preserved as museum example.

Portugal

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, the L113 was sold between 1993 and 1998. The most common bodyworks was the

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Tricana and Irmãos Mota Atomic UR95, but it was also available with Irmãos Mota Atomic UR89 or CAMO Camus bodyworks, all of them as city buses. However, the L113 was also sold as a

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, almost all of them using Irmãos Mota MKIII bodywork, but they could also be seen bodied with CAMO Riviera.

Singapore

A total of 77 L113s were supplied to

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– Trans-Island Bus Services taking 50 with

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bodies and 15 with Greek built ELBO bodies between 1995 and 1997, and

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taking 12 with Soon Chow bodies in 1995.

United Kingdom

The L113 was introduced to the United Kingdom in 1994, with 511 delivered.Scania L113
Bus Lists on the Web Early examples had step-entrance Northern Counties Paladin and

bodies, while

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offered the European and later the

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. However, the L113 sold best with the low-entry Wright Axcess-Ultralow with 330 such vehicles built, the majority for

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emission limits. The L113 was thus replaced by the 9-litre engined L94.

References

External links

{{Scania AB timeline 1968–1999 Bus chassis Low-entry buses L113 Step-entrance buses Tri-axle buses Vehicles introduced in 1989