Darwen Group

The Darwen Group was a bus builder. They were founded in Blackburn, Lancashire, England.

The company was created from the purchase of East Lancashire Coachbuilders who went into administration (law) in August 2007.

In June 2008 Darwen performed a reverse takeover with the then bus builder OptareBus and Coach.com  Roy Stanley company buys Optare, 12 March 2008 (now Switch Mobility). After the reverse takeover, the Darwen name was changed to Optare UK Ltd.

Products

Single-decker
Darwen Esteem
Built for the Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart, Scania N94UB Alexander Dennis Enviro300 and MAN 12.240 chassis. It used to be a East Lancs product, it was called the East Lancs Esteem.

Darwen Panaire
This is a open-top Esteem. It is the only open-top single-decker bus offered in the UK although no orders were taken.

Double-decker
Darwen OmniDekka
Built for the Scania N230UD/N270UD chassis. It used to be a East Lancs product, it was called the East Lancs Omnidekka. It replaced the ELC Scania N94UD.

Darwen Olympus
Built for the Volvo B9TL, Alexander Dennis Enviro400 and Scania N230UD/N270UD chassis. It used to be a East Lancs product, it was called the East Lancs Olympus.

Darwen Visionaire
Built so far on the Volvo B9TL chassis. It used to be a East Lancs product, it was called the East Lancs Visionaire.

 References 

 Other websites

Category:Switch Mobility
Category:Bus manufacturers
Category:2007 establishments in England
Category:2008 disestablishments in England