It is the smaller version of the Neoplan N4016 full-size bus.

It has a rounded roof dome similar to the N4016 and a double-curvature windscreen with a separately mounted destination sign.

It is 9 m (30 ft) long and 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) wide, and is powered by a horizontal MAN or DAF engine with Voith or ZF Friedrichshafen transmission.

They were in service until 2008, when they were sold on to Heartlands Bus in the Midlands.

In mid to late 2010, the three right hand drive N4009s were scrapped and retired.