Scania OmniCity#Articulated version

The single-decker rigid and articulated Scania OmniCity were popular in continental Europe.

Omnicities were popular in most of the Nordic countries. In Norway, Omnicities were delivered to operator Norgesbuss AS in 2006 for service in the capital Oslo. Some of these would later be sold on for further use in the Polish city of Koszalin in 2015.{{cite web|url=https://transinfo.pl/infobus/piec-uzywanych-omnicity-w-koszalinie-_more_79185/ |work=TransInfo |title=Pięć używanych Omnicity w Koszalinie |language=pl |trans-title=Five used Omnicities in Koszalin |date=10 November 2015 |access-date=20 December 2021}}{{subscription required}} Omnicities were also sold to Concordia Bus in Norway, Linjebuss in Sweden, the Helsinki Public Transport Authority and to Strætó bs in Reykjavík.{{cite press release|url=https://news.cision.com/scania/r/orders-for-96-buses,c47221 |work=Scania AB | title=Orders for 96 buses | date=30 August 2001 |access-date=20 December 2021|via=Cision}} OmniCities were also sold to the Estonian cities of Tallinn and Tartu.{{cite web|last=Niitra |first=Nils |url=https://leht.postimees.ee/354359/tartu-rajab-linnaliinibussinduses-teed |work=Postimees |title=Tartu rajab linnaliinibussinduses teed |language=et |trans-title= |date=9 December 2010 |access-date=20 December 2021}}

OmniCities were also popular in many regions of Poland. 108 rigid OmniCities were delivered to Warsaw operator PKS between 2007 and 2008. Two buses replacing accident-damaged models were also delivered to PKS in 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.ztm.waw.pl/pojazd.php?i=5&c=83&l=1 |work=Zarzad Transportu Miejskiego w Warszawie |title=Scania OmniCity (od 2007) |language=pl |trans-title=Scania OmniCity (from 2007) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227143151/http://www.ztm.waw.pl/pojazd.php?i=5&c=83&l=1 |archive-date=27 December 2016 |access-date=20 December 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://motogazeta.mojeauto.pl/Aktualnosci/Scania_OmniCity_dla_Warszawy,a,24791.html |work=mojeauto.pl |title=Scania OmniCity dla Warszawy |language=pl |trans-title=Scania OmniCity for Warsaw |date=11 June 2007 |access-date=20 December 2021}} In Kraków, 15 articulated OmniCities were delivered from 2001 to 2003,{{cite web|url=https://transinfo.pl/infobus/mpk-krakow-wycofuje-przegubowe-scanie-omni-city-_more_97127/ |work=TransInfo |title=MPK Kraków wycofuje przegubowe Scanie Omni City |language=pl |trans-title=MPK Kraków withdraws the articulated Scania Omni City |date=24 July 2017 |access-date=20 December 2021}}{{subscription required}} while OmniCities also entered service in the cities of Koszalin, Konin, Grudziądz and Słupsk, where a batch of OmniCities running on ethanol fuel were delivered in 2007.

In France, Parisian municipal operator RATP ordered over 300 OmniCities from 2006 to 2010 in both rigid 12m and articulated 18m lengths, the latter of which were operated on 'Orlybus' express services to Orly Airport.{{cite web|url=https://amtuir.org/06_htu_bus_100_ans/oa_fiches_tech/omnicity_simple/fiche_tech_omnicity_simple.htm |work=Le Musée des transports urbains de France (Amtuir) |title=Fiche technique des autobus parisiens: Scania - Omnicity-S |language=fr |trans-title=Technical sheet of Parisian buses: Scania - Omnicity-S |access-date=19 December 2021}}{{cite press release|url=https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2005/10/24/335229/951/en/Major-Paris-City-Bus-Contract-for-Scania.html |work=Scania AB | title=Major Paris City Bus Contract for Scania | date=24 October 2005 |access-date=19 December 2021|via=Globe Newswire}} 50 Omnicities were also ordered in 2003 for service in Amiens,{{cite press release|url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2003/04/08/295705/951/en/Scania-Sells-More-City-Buses-in-France.html |work=Scania AB | title=Scania Sells More City Buses in France | date=8 April 2003 |access-date=19 December 2021|via=Globe Newswire}} while fleets of OmniCities were sold to operators in Angers and Calais.{{cite web|url=https://www.francematin.info/Scania-France-livre-11-autobus-Scania-Omnicity-Euro-4-a-Angers-Loire-Metropole_a8461.html |work=France Matin |title=Scania France livre 11 autobus Scania Omnicity Euro 4 à Angers Loire Métropole |language=fr |trans-title=Scania France delivers 11 Scania Omnicity Euro 4 buses to Angers Loire Métropole| date=15 November 2006 |access-date=20 December 2021}} OmniCities were sold to Italian operators in Milan, Genoa, Bergamo and Venice,{{cite press release|url=https://mb.cision.com/wpyfs/00/00/00/00/00/01/3A/3D/bit0002.pdf |work=Scania AB | title=Breakthrough for Scania city buses in Italy | date=25 August 2000 |access-date=20 December 2021|via=Cision}}{{cite press release|url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2004/07/27/313630/951/en/Scania-lands-prestigious-order-sells-52-buses-to-Venice.html |work=Scania AB | title=Scania lands prestigious order -- sells 52 buses to Venice | date=27 July 2003 |access-date=20 December 2021|via=Globe Newswire}}{{cite web|last=La Spina|first=Francesco|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2002/01/25/amt-va-col-tango-finalmente-arriva-elfo.html |work=la Repubblica |title=L'Amt va col Tango finalmente arriva l'Elfo |language=it |trans-title=| date=25 January 2002 |access-date=4 July 2022}} while in Spain, Valencian operator EMT purchased a total of 81 rigid Omnicities from 2000 to 2004.{{cite web|url=https://www.emtvalencia.es/ciudadano/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=147&Itemid=151 |work=EMT Valencia |title=SCANIA Omnicity |access-date=19 December 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.emtvalencia.es/ciudadano/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=120&Itemid=152&lang=en |work=EMT Valencia |title=Total evolution of the fleet in the last few years (december 30th 2010) | date=30 December 2010 |access-date=19 December 2021}}

The single-decker OmniCity was first introduced in 2002 in right-hand drive for the United Kingdom market.

The earlier version of the single-decker OmniCity was known as the CN94UB. The Euro IV version was known as the CN230UB or CN270UB, the 230 and 270 indicate the maximum power (in hp) of the engine.

The Scania OmniCity single-decker has a rounded roof dome with a single-curvature windscreen and a separate destination display. Unlike the Scania L94UB and OmniLink, the OmniCity features a full low floor without the need for steps or ramps to reach the rear seats, similar to the Volvo B7L.

The Go-Ahead Group were the most popular customer of the rigid single-decker OmniCity, purchasing a total of 132 of the type, seventy of these going to Metrobus of Crawley for both its London and south-east England operations.{{cite magazine |last=Millar|first=Alan |date=9 June 2021 |title=A half century of integrals |url=https://www.keybuses.com/article/half-century-integrals |magazine=Buses |issue=796 |pages=32-36 |location=Stamford |publisher=Key Publishing |access-date=18 December 2021 |url-access=subscription}}{{cite book |last=Beddall |first=David |date=15 November 2020 |title=London's Low-floor Buses |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n1wuEAAAQBAJ |location=Stroud |publisher=Amberley Publishing |page=|isbn=978-1-3981-0120-3}}{{cite news |title=Fastway to Gatwick |url=http://www.busandcoach.com/64news3.html |url-status=dead |work=Bus & Coach Professional |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041021225834/http://www.busandcoach.com/64news3.html |date=2003 |archive-date=21 October 2004 |access-date=3 June 2023}} Additional operators of rigid single-decker OmniCities included 78 with Menzies Aviation, 42 with the FirstGroup, 48 with both Arriva UK Bus and Nottingham City Transport, and 24 with Cardiff Bus.{{cite news |title=Cardiff takes delivery of 15 new OmniCitys |url=http://www.busandcoach.com/newsstory.aspx?id=1608 |url-status=dead |work=Bus & Coach Professional |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213224608/http://www.busandcoach.com/newsstory.aspx?id=1608 |date=9 October 2007 |archive-date=13 December 2007 |access-date=25 May 2024}} Newport Bus, a popular operator of Scania buses, purchased 38 single-deckers throughout the OmniCity's UK production run, buying no more Scania products after production ended in 2011.

In September 2004, Scania announced the introduction of the OmniCity 2-axle double-decker bus to complement its OmniDekka double-decker bus sold in the United Kingdom, with the first examples entering production at Scania's Słupsk factory in January 2005. The {{convert|9|m}} OmniCity double-decker is built to full low-floor configuration and is a complete Scania integral product on the N94UD chassis, unlike the OmniDekka, which features a body by East Lancashire Coachbuilders on the same chassis.{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/buscoachbuyer-issue783/page/n3/mode/1up |date=24 September 2004 |title=Scania to build UK style double deckers in Poland |magazine=Bus & Coach Buyer |issue=783 |page=4 |location=Spalding |publisher=Glen-Holland Ltd |access-date=10 December 2024}}

An N94UD OmniCity demonstrator was delivered to Travel West Midlands in November 2005, with five more OmniCitys on Scania N230UD chassis subsequently following. The first production order was made by Lothian Buses of Edinburgh, who took delivery of five N230UD OmniCitys during 2006 for the 'Airlink' express network.{{cite news |author= |date=1 April 2005 |title=Lothian switches to Volvo/Wrights |url=http://www.busandcoach.com/newsstory.aspx?id=297 |url-status=dead |work=Bus & Coach Professional |location= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060324094632/http://www.busandcoach.com/newsstory.aspx?id=297 |archive-date=24 March 2006 |access-date=14 April 2022}} Lothian Buses subsequently ordered a further 10 buses to replace the Dennis Tridents on the network; these buses entered service in late 2007.{{cite news |title=Lothian adds more from Volvo and Scania |url=http://www.busandcoach.com/newsstory.aspx?id=1087 |url-status=dead |work=Bus & Coach Professional |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007013618/http://www.busandcoach.com/newsstory.aspx?id=1087 |date=15 November 2006 |archive-date=7 October 2007 |access-date=25 May 2024}}

Initially, the OmniCity double-decker was in limited production until the Euro IV version was launched. The reason for this was that the new Euro IV Scania engine was a five-cylinder 9-litre EGR engine as opposed to its Euro III predecessor, which was a six-cylinder 9-litre engine. The chassis designation had also changed to N230UD or N270UD.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

462 double-decker OmniCities were produced for London's bus operators, with London United and London Sovereign, then owned by Transdev, purchasing 206 OmniCities, while the East London Bus Group, the former operations of Stagecoach London owned by Macquarie Bank, purchased 174 OmniCities.{{cite book |last=Batten |first=Malcolm |date=15 April 2019 |title=East London Buses: The Twenty-First Century |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bZOSDwAAQBAJ |location=Stroud |publisher=Amberley Publishing |page=|isbn=978-1-4456-8068-2}} London United donated their first double-decker OmniCity to the London Bus Museum in February 2022.{{cite magazine |author= |date=1 February 2022 |title=London Scania donated to museum |url=https://cbwmagazine.com/london-scania-donated-to-museum/ |magazine=Coach & Bus Week |location=Peterborough |access-date=5 February 2022 |url-access=subscription}} Outside of London, many Go-Ahead companies purchased OmniCities, with Bluestar, Southern Vectis and Wilts & Dorset purchasing 61 as part of Go South Coast. 33 OmniCities were also purchased by Metrobus and Brighton & Hove.

The Scania OmniCity is identified due to its unique chassis. Notably, the chassis has the engine mounted on the rear right corner (hence on the inside, there are only three seats at the very rear of the bus). However, this means the Scania is put off for intrusion of the interior. The related Scania OmniLink has a transversely mounted engine which avoids this problem.

Older Scania Omnicities have the same intrusion problem, but this is present on Scania N94UD chassis instead and the radiator is nearside mounted instead of offside mounted. Positives about this are the rear seats being able to go further back due to the relocation of the engine and gearbox. An interesting quirk of these buses are the fact that these are on N230UD and N270UD chassis’ and have a rear window - albeit tiny due to the radiator and engine - but Alexander Dennis built units have a lack of a rear window downstairs, this being due to the radiator and engine components being larger than the OmniCity and also have the destination display.

The single-decker articulated (or "bendy bus") version of the OmniCity was first introduced in 1996. The articulated OmniCity built by 2006 was known as the CN94UA.

In the United Kingdom, a demonstrator toured London between 2004 and 2005, but failed to win any orders in place of the Mercedes-Benz Citaro.{{cite book|last=Wharmby|first=Matthew|title=The London Bendy Bus|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fcxODAAAQBAJ|accessdate=18 December 2021|date=2016|publisher=Pen & Sword Transport|isbn=978-1-78383-172-2|pages=44-45}} After other trials around the country, this bus was bought by Lothian Buses in April 2008, and then acquired by Nottingham City Transport after it left Lothian Buses in late August 2009. In 2005, Travel West Midlands ordered a batch of eleven articulated OmniCities, while First Greater Manchester placed eighteen in service, predominantly on services between Manchester and Bury.{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Stewart |title=Shaking up Manchester |url=http://www.busandcoach.com/featureStory.aspx?id=639 |url-status=dead |work=Bus & Coach Professional |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111102546/http://www.busandcoach.com/featureStory.aspx?id=639 |date=3 March 2006 |archive-date=11 November 2007 |access-date=25 May 2024 |quote=In terms of investment, First Manchester added 140 Volvo B7RLEs and 18 Scania OmniCity artics to its fleet in 2005-06, and this year will see a further 120 B7RLEs being delivered.}} A batch of nineteen of high-specification artics also entered service with Cardiff Bus in 2006 on the high-profile 'Baycar' network.{{cite magazine |last=Clark|first=Rhodri |date=19 July 2018 |title=Fork or circle? |url=https://www.keybuses.com/article/fork-or-circle |magazine=Buses |location=Stamford |publisher=Key Publishing |access-date=18 December 2021 |url-access=subscription}}

The Euro IV/V/EEV articulated version of the OmniCity was known as the CN280UA. In the United Kingdom, eleven were purchased by Menzies Aviation for use on shuttle services around Heathrow Airport, after purchasing ten on the previous chassis.

File:Scania CN94UB in Warsaw.jpg|PKS Scania OmniCity in Warsaw, 2007

File:Scania Omnicity 9308 RATP, ligne 63, Paris.jpg|RATP Scania OmniCity in Paris, 2016

File:Arriva North West and Wales 2061.jpg|Arriva North West and Wales 4-series OmniCity in Liverpool in 2007

File:Travel West Midlands 4697.jpg|Travel West Midlands 4-series OmniCity demonstrator in 2006

File:Southern Vectis 1109 HW58 ASU.JPG|Southern Vectis N-series OmniCity in 2009

File:First Manchester bus 12015 (YN05 GYR), 29 July 2007.jpg|Articulated First Greater Manchester 4-series OmniCity in 2007

File:BNSC 15382 R100.jpg|Stagecoach Manchester Bee Network branded OmniCity in 2024

File:YT09BKA RATP Group London United SP41 - SP40041 Scania OmniCity.jpg|A London United Busways OmniCity On Route H98 to Hayes End

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