Scania OmniLink in
Sutton Coldfield, England, in January 2021 Initially, the OmniLink was only produced in
left-hand drive configurations for the Continental European market. OmniLinks were sold in large numbers to various
Arriva subsidiaries across Europe such as
Arriva Danmark, and a total 140 OmniLinks were also sold for service in
St Petersburg in Russia by 2005, where a factory producing Scania products was formerly located. Six
ethanol-fuelled OmniLink hybrid
fuel cell buses entered service with
Swebus in 2009 on a two-year trial period in
Stockholm.
United Kingdom and Ireland From 2006, right-hand drive OmniLinks for the United Kingdom and Ireland were produced, with the first three right-hand drive models on tri-axle chassis being delivered to
Nottingham City Transport in 2007. Nottingham City Transport also trialled 3 ethanol hybrid-fuelled OmniLinks, which were used on EcoLink 30, from Nottingham to Wollaton; the trial was not a success, and the buses were later converted back to diesel.
National Express West Midlands and
National Express Dundee were the most significant operator of right-hand drive OmniLinks, taking delivery of a total of 180 two-axle OmniLinks between 2008 and 2010. Fifteen of these were initially delivered to the
Dundee operation, but these would be later transferred to the West Midlands operation. while
Arriva Midlands purchased nineteen to upgrade fleets in
Tamworth and
Derby,
Brighton & Hove purchased seven, Nine K270UB
tri-axles were delivered to
Stagecoach in Fife for use on an Express City Connect service between
Dunfermline and
Edinburgh in October 2007, three of which would later be transferred to
Stagecoach North East for similar express work. == References ==