The Scania Coach Fleet

 

Scanias that have seen some service with Nu-Venture

Registration
Chassis/Body
Seating
Previous Owner
Year
Number
Capacity
or Loaned from
New
In
Out
E966 TEW Scania K112CRB/Van Hool Alizee DHC50FTC&G Coaches 03/8806/9606/01
E666 YDT Scania K92CRB/Van Hool Alizee HC51FTTop Deck 05/8806/9511/98
8421 RU Scania K92CRB/Van Hool Alizee HC53FSwallow Coaches 08/8802/98Current
8447 RU Scania K113CRB/Van Hool Alizee HEC49FTCunningham03/9306/96 03/06
SIL 2890 Scania K113CRB/Irizar Century 12.35C49FTIsleworth Coaches 02/9411/98 2007

Previous Registrations
E966 TEW ex E514 YWF (056/93), LIB 1745 (12/95), E966 TEW (01/97), 8421 RU (06/01)
E666 YDT ex E666 YDT (02/96), 3558 RU (11/98)
8421 RU ex F100 CWG (02/03)
8447 RU ex K200 CCC (04/97)
SIL 2890 ex L19 UER (11/98), 3558 RU (12/02)

Livery Carried
E966 TEW - Butterflies
E666 YDT - Coloured Circles
8421 RU - Swallow, but repainted plain white in 2003
8447 RU - Hot air balloons, but repainted Red/Blue/White in 2006
SIL 2890 - Dolphins



 

The first Scania/Van Hool combination to join the Nu-Venture fleet was (E666 YDT). It was also the first vehicle to wear the new style company fleetname which unlike later applications to other vehicles was painted on by hand.


In June 1996 a further two Scania/Van Hool's joined the fleet. One was this one with Alizee DH bodywork pictured on the left and the other pictured below had the newer style Alizee HE bodywork.


Two years later in 1998 a further Vanhool bodied Scania entered the fleet, but unlike all the others was a standard 53 seater not to executive specification.


Breaking from the tradition of Van Hool bodywork in November 1998 an Irizar bodied example joined the fleet. It is pictured here on a private hire in Belgium.

All the Scania coaches in the fleet are used on private hire work across the UK and Europe. They are used on school contract work as well as on the companies past and present daybreak programme. Each Scania coach has carried its own variation of the Nu-Venture livery. Vanhool (8447 RU) left the fleet during March 2006, to join the fleet of Bennetts in Devon. Scania/irizar (SIL 2890) joined the fleet of Eckford Travel during 2007.

20 March 2008