Leyland Olympian Double Deckers

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1st October 2005

The first Olympian model 29602DR was released at the 2003 Showbus Rally. The EFE Olympian can be produced in three versions, version A & C are based on the Roe version of the bodywork the only major difference between the two being the shape of the front windscreen.

Version B is based on the ECW design which following the closer of the bodybuilders Lowestoft factory was adopted by Leyland as the basis for it's own version of the bodywork.

293xx Leyland Olympian Double Decker (Type A - Roe)
296xx Leyland Olympian Double Decker (Type B - ECW/Leyland)
297xx Leyland Olympian Double Decker (Type C- Roe)

The Olympian was a simplified design based loosely on Leyland Titan. The chassis was produced in various versions by Leyland and later Volvo from the 1980's until the late 1990's. The Olympian was only dropped by Volvo when low floor buses became the standard.

The Olympian was bodied by a wide range of third party body builders, however a standard ECW and Roe design was a common choice, particularly with the National Bus Company. With the closure of these long established concerns in the late 1980's the body design was adopted by Leyland's own bodybuilders.

28614 - East Yorkshire Motor Services 1200x755 2005-10-01 00:00:00	29301 - Wilts & Dorset (Route 151) 1318x981 2005-10-01 00:00:00	29302 - Wilts & Dorset (Route 150) 1228x855 2005-10-01 00:00:00	29303 - Stagecoach (Swindon & District) 1200x675 2005-10-01 00:00:00
29304 - Kentish Bus (Produced for Ian Allan Publishing), Leyland Olympian / Optare 1200x736 2007-12-27 00:00:00	29601 - Capital Citybus 1231x936 2005-10-01 00:00:00	29602 - Southern Vectis 1192x840 2005-10-01 00:00:00	29603 - Solent Blue Line 1330x1029 2005-10-01 00:00:00
29604 - Preston Bus 1225x942 2005-10-01 00:00:00	29605 - Go North East 1258x897 2005-10-01 00:00:00	29606 - Maidstone & District 1249x909 2005-10-01 00:00:00	29607 - London United (Route 140) 1192x813 2005-10-01 00:00:00
29608 - Riverside (London Buses - Route 237) 1147x825 2005-10-01 00:00:00	29608A & 29608B Riverside Bus Leyland Olympians, Produced for London Transport Museum 1200x614 2007-12-27 00:00:00	29608A Riverside Bus (London Buses) L299 / Route N9, Leyland Olympian, Produced for the London Transport Museum 1200x731 2007-12-27 00:00:00	29608B Riverside Bus (London Buses) L301 / Route N97, Leyland Olympian, Produced for the London Transport Museum 1200x730 2007-12-27 00:00:00
29609 - Northern Scottish 1200x738 2005-10-01 00:00:00	29610 - Metrobus 1200x747 2005-10-01 00:00:00	29611 - Tees & District 1200x695 2005-10-01 00:00:00	29612 - Arriva Yorkshire 1200x746 2005-10-01 00:00:00
29613 - First Eastern Counties 1200x723 2005-10-01 00:00:00	29615 - First Hampshire & District 1200x732 2005-10-01 00:00:00	29616 Chester City Transport Leyland Olympian 1200x734 2007-12-27 00:00:00	29617 Go Ahead Southern Vectis - Leyland Olympian 1200x670 2007-12-27 00:00:00
29618 Tyne & Wear (Northern General) - Leyland Olympian 1200x696 2007-12-27 00:00:00	29619 Maidstone & District (Route 4) - Leyland Olympian 1200x735 2007-12-27 00:00:00	29620 - Northumbria, Leyland Olympian 1200x740 2007-12-27 00:00:00	29620 - Northumbria, Leyland Olympian 1200x740 2007-12-27 00:00:00
29621 - Arriva The Shires (route 142), Leyland Olympian, 1200x734 2007-12-27 00:00:00	29701 - Badgerline 1324x987 2005-10-01 00:00:00	29702 - London & Country (Route 409) 1102x750 2005-10-01 00:00:00	29702SB - London & Country (Route 489) Showbus 2005 Adverts 1177x798 2005-10-01 00:00:00
34901 - Wilts & Dorset, Leyland Olympian (with coach seating) 1200x739 2007-12-27 00:00:00	34902 - Ribble Timesaver, Coach Seated Leyland Olympian 1200x720 2007-12-27 00:00:00