East Lancs OmniDekka

The East Lancs OmniDekka was a double-decker bus body built by East Lancashire Coachbuilders on a range of Scania bus chassis between 2003 and 2011, later sold as the Darwen OmniDekka and the Optare OmniDekka. It was launched in March 2003 on the Euro III Scania N94UD chassis, which carries an inclined transverse engine, and was later built on the Euro IV N230UD and the Euro V N270UD. East Lancs took its existing Myllennium double-deck bodywork and fitted the front cowl and windscreen of Scania's integral OmniCity, so the bus looked like a Scania product. Scania had been late to offer a low-floor double-deck chassis, and this pairing filled the gap until Scania's own double-deck OmniCity entered production in 2005 and became the usual Scania choice for London contractors. Nottingham City Transport was the largest operator by far, taking 174 over the whole run including the last 32 in June 2011, with Metrobus of Crawley, Brighton and Hove, London United and Reading Buses also buying them.