Ellisons Travel of St Helens has added two more Irizar i8 integrals to its fleet, supplied by Irizar UK.
Their arrival takes to 20 the number of i8 integrals delivered to the Merseyside operator since the model’s launch in 2016, and to over 40 the total number of Irizar integral coaches supplied across the same timeframe.
Both newcomers are 55-seaters, with each position trimmed fully in leather and with extra padded wings and lateral displacement at aisle positions. Three-point belts are also fitted along with magazine nets, drop-down tables, and footrests.
Ellisons’ customary metallic blue livery has been applied and the coaches have cantrail lighting and black-tinted side windows.
A Bosch Smart Series audio-visual system and twin monitors are included, while the crew gets leather upholstered driver and courier seats, along with a steering wheel finished in the same material.
Power in both coaches is from the DAF MX-13 engine developing 530bhp coupled to the ZF Traxon automated manual gearbox.
The operator has again chosen the camera monitoring system offered by Irizar in lieu of conventional mirrors on the i8. Six of the operator’s coaches now have those cameras; Ellisons Travel was the UK launch customer for that product on the Irizar i8 integral in 2022.
