Scania Interlink joins Lucketts Travel

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Six Scania Interlinks have joined Lucketts’ fleet this year – two each for the firm’s Coliseum, Worthing and Lucketts fleets

Gareth Evans reports on Scania’s Interlinks, which have entered service across Lucketts Travel. Six Interlinks have joined – two each for the firm’s Worthing, Coliseum and Lucketts fleets.

In the space of almost 12 months, Scania’s Interlink Finesse coach has gone from a standing start to 50 on the road. The popular two-axle coach provides a high level of versatility, although a tri-axle variant joined the offering late last year, giving further choice.

Interlinks can be found in fleets large and small across the British Isles – a high-profile customer being Lucketts Travel, which has operations stretching broadly from Southampton to Brighton.

Forming part of Lucketts’ £7.5m fleet investment for 2017, six Interlinks arrived in April – two each for the firm’s Coliseum, Worthing and Lucketts fleets. The coaches are allocated to West End, Worthing and Fareham depots respectively.

Why Interlink
Asked what attracted the Fareham-based operator to the Interlink, Ian Luckett, Director at Lucketts, replied:[…]

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