Britain's first low floor double decker, Underhill estate
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Britain's first low floor double decker, Underhill estate
Image: © Richard Vince Taken: 10 Jan 2014
Loading at the Westcroft Avenue terminus of route 11 from Wolverhampton town centre, National Express West Midlands 4001, a DAF DB250LF/Optare Spectra, was the first low floor double deck bus built for service in Britain. Launched with much fanfare in (if memory serves) 1998, it was not however the first such vehicle to enter service in Britain, being beaten to that honour by a few hours by a similar vehicle operated by a small Bristol based independent operator called Abus (if memory serves).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.618878
Longitude
-2.097