page_title: East Lancashire Coachbuilders
section_title: Scania series
hierarchical_section_title: East Lancashire Coachbuilders / Products / Until bought by Darwen / Scania series
caption_attribution_description: Scania OmniDekka 447 for Transdev, Kensington Church Street, London, 29 April 2006. Picture taken by me, Thomas Blomberg. This picture can be found in gallery Scania AB
context_page_description: East Lancashire Coachbuilders Limited was a manufacturer of bus bodies and carriages founded in 1934 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England.
  In 1994 the company expanded into new premises and commenced a programme of development that resulted in a range of single and double deck buses which was the primary source of income for the company.
  On 17 August 2007, the company went into administration, but was saved and bought out by the Darwen Group the next day. It is thought that the problem was a direct consequence of changing to the Euro IV chassis, with a shortage of Scania chassis being a factor. After the purchase, the Darwen Group rebranded the company as Darwen East Lancs.
  In 2008, Jamesstan Investments, an investment company controlled by the Darwen Group, purchased another bus manufacturer, Optare. Later, in June 2008, a reverse takeover was performed, with the Darwen name disappearing in favour of Optare's. This brings East Lancs name into the Optare Group, with an expanded range of vehicles.
  Production of all the original East Lancs bodies ceased by 2011, and the premises in Blackburn closed in 2012.
context_section_description: This series are the last surviving variants of the myllennium series. They are now part of their own series. These have the standard body but with Scania own front styling.
  Single-decker
  OmniTown for Scania N94UB chassis
  Double-decker
  OmniDekka for Scania N94UD/N230UD/N270UD chassis
caption: Scania OmniDekka in London, run by Transdev London
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