Scania OmniExpress
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Scania |
| Production | 2007-present |
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| Class | Commercial vehicle |
| Body style | Single-deck coach/intercity/city bus |
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| Power output | 230-490 hp |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 4.8-7.3 (+1.5) metres |
| Length | 11.0-14.9 metres |
| Width | 2.55 metres |
| Height | 3.31, 3.40, 3.60 metres |
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| Successor | Scania Interlink |
The Scania OmniExpress is a series of semi-integral single-deck coaches, intercity buses and city buses introduced by Scania in 2007. The OmniExpress 3.40 and OmniExpress 3.60, built to respective heights, are available as coach and intercity buses on the K EB and K IB chassis throughout Europe, including Russia, and right-hand drive versions for UK and Ireland. The 3.31-metre high OmniExpress 3.20 is available as an intercity bus, also on both K EB and K IB, in most of Europe, and the OmniExpress 3.20 LE is available as a low-entry city bus on K UB chassis in the Nordic countries.
Like with other integral and semi-integral models from Scania, the OmniExpress has a letter added in front of the chassis designation, which is L from Lahti. This means that the step-entrance models will have designations LK EB or LK IB depending on which chassis they have, but it does not show the height. The low-entry 3.20 LE has designation LK UB.
In the spring of 2007, Scania announced a collaboration with Finnish bus and coach bodywork manufacturer Lahden Autokori Oy ("Lahti") to build a series of semi-integral coaches known as Scania OmniExpress. Scania and Lahden Autokori had since 2001 collaborated on the low-entry city bus Lahti Scala, built on L94UB and later K UB chassis. A new production plant in Lahti was built for the new product line. From the beginning the OmniExpress was available in two heights; 3.40 and 3.60 metres, replacing Lahden Autokori's own models Lahti Falcon and Lahti Eagle. A pre-production batch was manufactured for demonstrators and selected customers in Finland and Sweden, with normal production beginning in late 2007.
In April 2011, the 3.31-metre high OmniExpress 3.20, with a floor height of 860 mm, was launched. It replaced the Lahti Flyer 520, and came also as a replacement for the Scania OmniLine, which had been discontinued since 2009.
In August 2013, the last Lahti Scalas were delivered, which meant that also the very last bus had been built in Lahden Autokori's old production plant in the village of Villähde in Nastola (neighbouring municipality to the city of Lahti). At the same time, the new OmniExpress 3.20 LE to replace the Scala was announced. A few weeks later, in September, Lahden Autokori declared bankruptcy, which led to uncertainty for future production of Scanias in Finland. All existing orders were produced, and in April 2014 it was announced that Scania would take over the production plant in Lahti with their new subsidiary SOE Bus Production Oy from 1 May. Production of the 3.20 LE started shortly after this.
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