Plaxton Panorama

{{short description|Double decker coach bodywork}}

{{For-text|earlier Plaxton Panoramas|Plaxton (1950s to 1970s) and Plaxton Panorama Elite}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{One source|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox automobile

| name = Plaxton Panorama

| image = File:YX18LKK Stagecoach Western 50401 Volvo B11RLE with Plaxton Panorama bodywork.jpg

| caption = Stagecoach Western Plaxton Panorama bodied Volvo B11RLE

| manufacturer = Plaxton

| production = 2018 – present

| length = {{convert|14.50|m}}

| width = {{convert|2.55|m}}

| height = {{convert|3.95|m}}

| weight = ULW: {{convert|18,250|kg}}
GVW: {{convert|26,000|kg}}

| assembly = Scarborough, North Yorkshire

| sp = uk

}}The Plaxton Panorama is a double decker coach bodywork, produced by Plaxton's Scarborough factory on the newly built Volvo B11RLE chassis.

The Panorama was launched in 2018, and in standard configuration seats 87 with a toilet, or 91 without.{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Stuart |title=The Plaxton 'decker coach is back |url=https://www.busandcoachbuyer.com/plaxton-decker-coach-back/ |accessdate=5 March 2020 |work=Bus and Coach Buyer |date=6 June 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305181534/https://www.busandcoachbuyer.com/plaxton-decker-coach-back/ |archivedate=5 March 2020|url-status=live}}

Customers

The majority of Panoramas purchased have to gone to Stagecoach Group operators, with the Oxford Tube ordering 34, Stagecoach's largest single order of coaches.{{cite news |last1=Ffrench |first1=Andrew |title=£13m investment in new Oxford Tube coaches |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/18279726.13m-investment-new-oxford-tube-coaches/ |accessdate=5 March 2020 |work=Oxford Mail |date=4 March 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305180313/https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/18279726.13m-investment-new-oxford-tube-coaches/ |archivedate=5 March 2020|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Deakin |first1=Tim |title=Oxford Tube upgrade with 34 Plaxton Panorama 'deckers |url=https://www.route-one.net/top-story/oxford-tube-to-get-34-plaxton-panorama-deckers/ |accessdate=5 March 2020 |work=Route One |date=4 March 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305180538/https://www.route-one.net/top-story/oxford-tube-to-get-34-plaxton-panorama-deckers/ |archivedate=5 March 2020|url-status=live}}

See also

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