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Colwick awarded by Nottinghamshire County
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chassis. Yorkshire
Traction were the largest operator of Sprytes built on these chassis, taking delivery of a total 25 produced on both the B6LE and B6BLE chassis between 1999 and 2000. Fifteen Spryte bodied B6BLEs were also supplied in 1999 to
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buses at the time. Designed by in-house designer John Worker, the Spryte body has a double-curvature windscreen, a rounded front bumper which rose in the middle, and notably featured an arched top with a rounded roof dome housing the
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followed with the delivery of 31 Sprytes for use on its
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also took delivery of eight Spryte bodied Darts in early 1997. Smaller operators of Spryte bodied Dart SLFs included
Express Travel of
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respecitvely taking delivery of both a new Spryte on Dennis Dart SLF chassis and a former East Lancs demonstrator for services in
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Low floor bus body on Dennis Dart SLF and Volvo chassis
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705:"First Lincs lowfloors in Skegness".
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960:East Lancashire Coachbuilders
777:"Express Travel buys Sprytes"
761:"East Lancs vehicle orders".
625:"Dart SLF hits first century"
623:Morgan, Mike (27 July 1996).
235:East Lancashire Coachbuilders
64:East Lancashire Coachbuilders
680:"Tracky puts in £4.5m order"
594:Morgan, Mike (6 July 1996).
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564:"Spryte body specification"
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601:Coach & Bus Week
404:Lincolnshire RoadCar
381:Luton & District
373:London & Country
357:Rossendale Transport
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802:"Fleet additions".
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369:British Bus
346:Volvo B6BLE
326:August 2024
259:Bournemouth
201:Predecessor
138:Volvo B6BLE
98:John Worker
73:1996 - 2001
1227:Categories
1142:Visionaire
1042:Myllennium
547:References
537:equivalent
450:Nottingham
253:Rear of a
196:Chronology
167:Dimensions
154:Powertrain
134:Volvo B6LE
86:Lancashire
70:Production
1243:Midibuses
1149:OmniDekka
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462:Folkstone
446:Dunn-Line
434:Stratford
296:Operators
267:Alusuisse
241:chassis.
228:low floor
211:Successor
120:Low floor
88:, England
82:Blackburn
1176:See also
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1001:European
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94:Designer
78:Assembly
55:Overview
1137:Olympus
1101:Pyoneer
1091:Cityzen
1032:Kinetec
574:24 June
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144:Related
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1047:Hyline
1027:Esteem
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