About: Volvo B7L

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The Volvo B7L is a fully low floor single-decker bus, double-decker bus and articulated bus chassis with a rear engine mounted vertically on the left of the rear overhang. It was built as a replacement for the Volvo B10L, and the Volvo Olympian. It was used as both a single-decker bus and a double-decker bus chassis largely in Continental Europe. The B7L was also available as an integrally-constructed Volvo bus - the Volvo 5000 (later replaced by 7500, with aluminium structure) and Volvo 7000 (later renumbered 7700, with stainless steel structure).

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  • The Volvo B7L is a fully low floor single-decker bus, double-decker bus and articulated bus chassis with a rear engine mounted vertically on the left of the rear overhang. It was built as a replacement for the Volvo B10L, and the Volvo Olympian. It was used as both a single-decker bus and a double-decker bus chassis largely in Continental Europe. The B7L was also available as an integrally-constructed Volvo bus - the Volvo 5000 (later replaced by 7500, with aluminium structure) and Volvo 7000 (later renumbered 7700, with stainless steel structure). Whilst similar to the B10L in design, both featuring a side-mounted engine, the B7L's engine was a Volvo D7C unit mounted vertically, as opposed to the horizontally mounted Volvo DH10/GH10 engine of the B10L; the radiator was mounted above the engine instead of the right-hand side, allowing the floor to be lower behind the rear axle. As with the B10L, B7L was also available in its articulated form named the B7LA. Unlike B10L, the B7L was available only with diesel engines. Integrally constructed Volvo 7000 bus was bodied, with CNG engines, on B10L chassis only. CNG engines were reintroduced in B9L chassis. Outside Continental Europe, the B7L was introduced in the United Kingdom in 2000, as a replacement for the Volvo B10BLE, and the Volvo Olympian. It could be fitted with Wright Eclipse body (and Eclipse Fusion body for B7LA), but proved unpopular due to the arrangement of engine and radiator limiting seating capacity, with FirstGroup being the only major customer. Volvo responded by introducing the B7RLE and the B7TL for the UK market, fitted with more conventional Transverse engines. In Ireland, Bus Éireann purchased 25 B7L's between 2001 & 2003. The double-decker version of B7L was also sold in UK, used as public bus (East Lancs Nordic body) or sightseeing bus (Ayats Bravo City open-top body). Volvo B7L and B7LA-based buses are used in Greece. In Athens, Volvo B7LAs constructed by Saracakis have been used since 1999. In Thessaloniki, the local operator OASTH introduced 22 B7LAs in 2004 with more coming in 2005 and 2006, while 54 B7Ls were introduced in 2004 and 2005 together with 15 11m B7Ls also in 2005 all constructed by ELVO. Volvo B7L used in Israel as well, but the bodyworks were Mercury by Merkavim and Hispano Habit. Mercury had Voith D864.3E transmission while Hispano had ZF Ecomat 5HP502 transmission. Metrodan, Israeli bus company served in Beersheba had Volvo B7L (Mercury bodywork by Merkavim) and Hispano Habit. Kavim had only Mercury Merkavim B7L (except one Hispano Habit), Metropoline had Volvo B7L with Mercury bodywork and Egged had B7L as well. In 2005, Wrightbus unveiled the Wright StreetCar which is a tram-like articulated bus built with modified B7LA chassis. The chassis has a shorter front overhang, the driver's cab relocated to above the front axle and the radiator relocated to the roof, giving a full-width rear window. The Volvo B7L was superseded by the Volvo B9L in 2006. (en)
  • Volvo B7L är ett låggolvsbusschassi tillverkat av Volvo Bussar mellan 1998 och 2005. Det finns även i ledbussutförande, kallat Volvo B7LA. Det har en 7-liters 6-cylindrig dieselmotor monterad stående på längden på vänster sida längst bak, bakom bakaxeln. Chassit är identiskt med Volvo B10L bak till en bit framför bakaxeln. Bussarna med Säffle-kaross, som även kallades Volvo 5000, är till utseendet identisk med B10L-varianten, förutom ett annorlunda och asymmetriskt bakparti med en mindre bakruta placerad till höger om den bakre övre serviceluckan och kylaren på vänster sida, bredvid motorn. I Sverige fanns chassit endast tillgängligt med Säfflekaross i lättmetall (Volvo 5000). På andra marknader ute i Europa, och även i Finland fanns en variant byggd av Carrus i rostfritt stål (Volvo 7000), som aldrig såldes ny i Sverige. I många andra länder kunde även andra lokala tillverkare bygga karosser på chassit. Golvhöjden bakom bakaxeln är lägre än hos B10L i och med att många komponenter placerades till vänster i motorutrymmet, istället för under golvet. Det genomgående låga och plana golvet vid dörrarna och i mittgången gör att även dörrarna bakom bakersta axeln kan användas smidigt av alla, vilket underlättar en del i tät stadstrafik. Volvo B7L presenterades som prototyp 1998 och sattes i serieproduktion 1999, då det ersatte B10L i dieselutförande. I Sverige ersattes ledbussversionen av Volvo B7L av mitt/sidmotorchassit B9SALF inför årsmodell 2006 i slutet av 2005. Den normallånga 12-metersversionen av Volvo B7L fick ingen direkt ersättare på den svenska marknaden, då efterföljande normallånga hellåggolvsbussar endast hade gasdrift. Ville man ha en dieseldriven normallång buss i Sverige fick man därefter antingen välja normalgolvs- eller lågentrébussar i olika utföranden om man bortser från senare lanserade hybridbussar. Internationellt ersattes Volvo B7L av de dieseldrivna versionerna av Volvo B9L, vilket, i gasutförande, även ersatte gasdrivna Volvo B10L. Volvo B7L tillverkades även som två- eller treaxlad dubbeldäckare i både vänster- och högerstyrt utförande i ett antal exemplar. Enplansvarianterna av Volvo B7L fanns tillgängliga dels som tvåaxlade normallånga bussar eller som 18-meters treaxlade ledbussar. (sv)
  • Volvo B7L — серия коммерческих автобусов производства Volvo Bussar, серийно выпускаемых в период с 1998 по 2006 год вместо Volvo B10L и Volvo Olympian. (ru)
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  • Arriva North West Wright Eclipse bodied Volvo B7L serving routes in Eccles. (en)
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  • Volvo B7L — серия коммерческих автобусов производства Volvo Bussar, серийно выпускаемых в период с 1998 по 2006 год вместо Volvo B10L и Volvo Olympian. (ru)
  • The Volvo B7L is a fully low floor single-decker bus, double-decker bus and articulated bus chassis with a rear engine mounted vertically on the left of the rear overhang. It was built as a replacement for the Volvo B10L, and the Volvo Olympian. It was used as both a single-decker bus and a double-decker bus chassis largely in Continental Europe. The B7L was also available as an integrally-constructed Volvo bus - the Volvo 5000 (later replaced by 7500, with aluminium structure) and Volvo 7000 (later renumbered 7700, with stainless steel structure). (en)
  • Volvo B7L är ett låggolvsbusschassi tillverkat av Volvo Bussar mellan 1998 och 2005. Det finns även i ledbussutförande, kallat Volvo B7LA. Det har en 7-liters 6-cylindrig dieselmotor monterad stående på längden på vänster sida längst bak, bakom bakaxeln. Chassit är identiskt med Volvo B10L bak till en bit framför bakaxeln. Bussarna med Säffle-kaross, som även kallades Volvo 5000, är till utseendet identisk med B10L-varianten, förutom ett annorlunda och asymmetriskt bakparti med en mindre bakruta placerad till höger om den bakre övre serviceluckan och kylaren på vänster sida, bredvid motorn. (sv)
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