Optare Olympus

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

The Olympus body was built on the following chassis:

 Scania N230UD chassis
 Scania N270UD chassis
 Volvo B9TL chassis (2-axle or 3-axle)
 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 chassis.

In 2011, the Olympus was replaced by the Optare MetroDecker

 Bought by Darwen 

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

 Reverse takeover by Optare Olympus 
In 2008, the Darwen Group did a reverse takeover of Optare. the Olympus was again renamed to Optare Olympus.

 Optare Visionaire 

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

 Notes 

 References 

 Other websites 

Product brochure (East Lancs)
Product information (Darwen)
Product information (Optare)
Pictures of Delaine Buses' Olympus

Olympus
Category:Low-floor buses
Category:Double-decker buses