Optare Olympus

East Lancs/Darwen/Optare Olympus
A Reading Buses Olympus, an example bodied by Darwen Group.
Overview
ManufacturerOptare
Production2006–2011
Body and chassis
Doors1 or 2
Floor typeLow floor
ChassisScania N230UD
Scania N270UD
Volvo B9TL (2 or 3 axle)
Alexander Dennis Enviro400
RelatedScania OmniDekka
Powertrain
Capacity68 - 100 seated [1]
Dimensions
Length10.2 to 11.9 m (33 ft 5+5⁄8 in to 39 ft 1⁄2 in)
Width2,535 mm (8 ft 3+3⁄4 in)[2]
Height4.2 to 4.3 m (13 ft 9+3⁄8 in to 14 ft 1+1⁄4 in)
Chronology
PredecessorEast Lancs Myllennium Lolyne
East Lancs Myllennium Lowlander
East Lancs Myllennium Nordic
East Lancs Myllennium Vyking
SuccessorOptare MetroDecker

The Optare Olympus[a] was a 2-axle and 3-axle double-decker body of a bus. It was made from 2006 to 2011 by East Lancashire Coachbuilders[2] and then Darwen Group[3] and then Optare.[4]

The Olympus body was built on the following chassis:

In 2011, the Olympus was replaced by the Optare MetroDecker

Bought by Darwen

A Darwen Olympus on a Scania N230UD chassis operating for Network Colchester

In 2007, East Lancs went into administration and was bought by the Darwen Group. The Olympus was renamed to Darwen Olympus.[3]

Reverse takeover by Optare Olympus

In 2008, the Darwen Group did a reverse takeover of Optare. the Olympus was again renamed to Optare Olympus.[4]

Optare Visionaire

From 2006 to 2011, an open-top version of the Olympus called the Visionaire, was made.

Notes

  1. ↑ known as East Lancs Olympus and Darwen Olympus

References

  1. ↑ "Optare product information". Archived from the original on 17 August 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
  2. 1 2 "Olympus Brochure" (PDF). ELCB. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2006.
  3. 1 2 "Olympus Description". Darwen Group. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008.
  4. 1 2 "Olympus". Optare. Archived from the original on 11 February 2010.
  5. ↑ Beddall, David (2020). London's Low-floor Buses. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-0120-3. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  6. ↑ Barrow, David (2021). Scania Double-Deckers. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-0767-0. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  7. ↑ Millar, Alan (1 January 2007). Bus And Coach Recognition. Ian Allan Publishing. p. 42. ISBN 9780711031364. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  8. ↑ Batten, Malcolm (2023). Rail Replacement Buses: London and the South East. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-0869-1. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  9. ↑ Jenkinson, Keith A. (2020). The History of Optare. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-9695-9. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  10. ↑ Sheng, Jimmy (24 February 2017). "DOE41-LX09BXK". Retrieved 12 June 2023.

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