Northern Counties Palatine

The Northern Counties Palatine was a double-decker body of a bus. It had a step-entrance. It was made from 1988 to 1999 by Northern Counties.

Northern Counties were bought by Plaxton in 1995, Plaxton stopped making the Palatine and replaced it with the low-floor Plaxton President in 1999.

 Northern Counties Palatine/Countybus 

The Northern Counties Countybus was a double-decker body of a bus. It had a step-entrance. It was built from 1988 to 1998 by Northern Counties.

In 1992, the bus name was changed from Countybus to Palatine.

The Palatine I body was built on the following chassis:

 Leyland Olympian chassis
 Volvo Olympian chassis
 Dennis Dominator chassis
 Volvo Citybus chassis (also called Volvo B10M)
 Scania N113DRB chassis

Some Palatines had rectangle front headlights and some had circle headlights
 Orders 
 London 
London General and London Central ordered 159 Volvo Olympians with Palatine I bodies, and 38 Volvo Citybus's with Palatine I bodies.

Capital Citybus and Ensignbus, also used Palatine Is on the Dennis Dominator chassis and the Volvo Olympian chassis.

 United Kingdom 

Yorkshire Rider, Busways Travel, Merseybus and GM Buses ordered Leyland Olympians, Volvo Olympians and Scania N113s with Palatine I bodies.

GM Buses ordered two Volvo D10Ms with Palatine I bodies, they were made with wheelchair lifts.

Maidstone & District, Kentish Bus, Southend Transport and West Riding Buses ordered Leyland Olympians and Volvo Olympians on Palatine I bodies.

In 1994, Stagecoach (Cleveland Transit) ordered five Volvo Olympians with Palatine I bodies,

In 1992, Bristol Cityline ordered thirty Leyland Olympians with Palatine I bodies.

From 1989 to 1990, Isle of Man Transport ordered thirteen Leyland Olympians with Palatine I bodies. 

In 1992, Keighley & District and Yorkshire Coastliner ordered Volvo Olympian with Palatine I bodies.

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 Northern Counties Palatine II 

The Northern Counties Palatine II was a double-decker body of a bus. It had a step-entrance. It was built from 1993 to 1999 by Northern Counties.

From 1993 to 1999, Northern Counties made the same body of a bus called the Countybus

The Palatine II body was built on the following chassis:

 Leyland Olympian chassis
 Volvo Olympian chassis
 DAF DB250 chassis
 Dennis Arrow chassis

 Orders 
 London 
Capital Citybus ordered one Leyland Olympian with Palatine II bodywork and they ordered some Volvo Olympians and Dennis Arrow's with Palatine II bodies.

In 1996, CentreWest Buses ordered 15 Volvo Olympians with Palatine II bodies. 

In 1996, The Cowie Group ordered 13 DAF DB250s with Palatine II bodies in January.

London General, Armchair Passenger Transport, Harris Bus and London Suburban ordered Palatine II bodies. 

 United Kingdom 
In 1996, MTL Trust Holdings ordered 36 Palatines. In 1998 they ordered 22 Palatine II bodies.

In 1994, Northumbria Motor Services ordered eight Palatine II bodies.

In 1995, East Yorkshire Motor Services ordered six Palatines II bodies.

Eastbourne Buses ordered one DAF DB250 with Palatine II bodywork.

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Exports
From 1996 to 1998, Northern Counties made 3-axle Palatines for Hong Kong, they were badged as Plaxtons.

Citybus ordered 55 3-axle Volvo Olympians with Northern Counties bodywork, The front of the buses were the same as the Alexander RH bus bodies.

Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation ordered 15 3-axle Palatines. The front of the buses were the same as the Alexander RH bus bodies.

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited ordered two 3-axle Volvo Olympians with Northern Counties bodywork.

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References

Other websites

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