VDL SB200
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The VDL SB200 (previously known as the DAF SB200) is a light-weight 12m citybus produced from 2001 by VDL Bus International (formerly DAF Bus International). It replaced the SB220, the longest of the DAF bus chassis in the UK before the renaming of DAF Bus International.
It is originally designed for use by Arriva (VDL dealer in the UK) in order to save fuel over heavy-weight citybuses which are designed for continental Europe where buses carry large numbers of standing passengers, whereas in the UK they do not. Although some Wright-bodied examples have appeared in the UK the SB200 sells very well in VDL's home market, the Netherlands, where Arriva use large numbers for services there.
In the UK sales have been slow, not helped by the increased success that Volvo and Scania are having with heavy-weight citybuses. Apart from Arriva other notable users include Claribels in Birmingham (which took the first bus) and Fishwick of Leyland.
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