The Volvo Olympian was a rear-engined 2-axle and 3-axle double decker bus chassis manufactured by Volvo at its Irvine, Scotland factory. The first was...
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The Volvo Super Olympian was a low-floor double-decker bus manufactured by Volvo. It replaced the 3-axle version of Volvo Olympian. The chassis had the...
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The Volvo B9TL is a low-floor double-decker bus built by Volvo from 2002 until 2018. It superseded the Volvo Super Olympian and the Volvo B7TL. The 2-axle...
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Leyland Bus (section Acquisition by Volvo)
to DAF Trucks a year prior. The Volvo B10M chassis would also enter production alongside the Leyland Lynx and Olympian at the Workington factory at the...
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The Volvo B7TL is a low-floor double-decker bus chassis which was launched in 1999 and replaced the 2-axle version of the Volvo Olympian (its 3-axle version...
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Leyland Olympians in regular revenue-earning service were withdrawn by Rotala-owned Preston Bus in December 2016. Both the Leyland Olympian and its Volvo successor...
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1884–1890 Olympian Hiawatha, a passenger train Leyland-MCW Olympian, a single deck bus Leyland Olympian, a double decker bus Volvo Olympian, a double...
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Volvo Buses (Volvo Bus Corporation; formal name: Volvo Bussar AB), stylized as VOLVO, is a subsidiary and a business area of the Swedish vehicle maker...
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Olympian and Volvo Olympian chassis, although smaller sized orders were also built for customers on DAF DB250, Dennis Arrow, Dennis Dominator, Volvo B10M...
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B10M production but fell out of favour after Volvo re-engineered the Leyland Olympian as the Volvo Olympian in 1993. The B9M was launched in 1982 as a light-weight...
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the Volvo B10L, and the Volvo Olympian, used as both a single-decker bus and a double-decker bus chassis largely in Continental Europe. The Volvo B7L...
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FDD2 Volvo Ailsa B55 Volvo Citybus Volvo B5TL Volvo B5LH Volvo B7TL Volvo B8L Volvo B8RLE Volvo B9TL Volvo Mexico Volvo Olympian Volvo Super Olympian Wright...
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bodied Leyland Olympian at Shau Kei Wan Neoplan Centroliner painted in the standard wavy livery Refurbished Alexander R bodied Volvo Olympian in Causeway...
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Blazefield Holdings Group. In June 2000, a fleet of Alexander Royale bodied Volvo Olympian double-deck vehicles were delivered and entered service on the routes...
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end of CMB's franchise. Two Volvo Olympian air-conditioned buses were retained, being sold to Citybus in 2001 with a Volvo B6LE acquired in return. Some...
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List of bus types used in London (section Volvo Buses)
National (1972) Leyland Olympian (1984) Leyland Tiger (1927) Leyland Titan (1927) Leyland Titan (B15) (1978) MCV EvoSeti (on Volvo B5LH) MAN 12.240 (MCV...
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version of Swedish Säffle body for the Volvo B10L Ensignbus D type bodied Volvo Olympian Metro Ultra bodied Volvo B10L P.S.V. Circle (1995), W. Alexander...
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namely the Leyland Olympian, Volvo Ailsa B55, Scania BR112DH, Dennis Dominator, Dennis Trident 3, Mercedes-Benz O305 and Volvo B10MD Citybus. In 1984...
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third-generation Gemini 3 in 2013. Additionally, the body was available on Volvo Super Olympian chassis in Hong Kong between 2003 and 2005, marketed as the Wright...
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of five years. In 2013, the last non-air-conditioned public bus, the Volvo Olympian 2-axle, was phased out of service whereas SMRT Buses introduced its...
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by Volvo in 1988, which then discontinued most of its product range but kept the Olympian. Volvo reengineered and renamed it as the first named Volvo Bus...
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rear-engined bus chassis Volvo B10TL (Super Olympian), a low-floor rear-engined tri-axled double-decker bus chassis Volvo C10M, a coach chassis based on the B10M...
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Substitute vehicles used have been Dennis Trident 2 and Volvo Olympian double deckers, and Dennis Dart and Volvo B10M single deckers. Stagecoach London double deckers...
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The Volvo B8L is a 3-axle bus chassis, for double-decker buses, manufactured by Volvo Buses since 2016, with pre-production batches being produced as...
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The Volvo B8R is a 7.7-litre engined coach and intercity bus chassis manufactured by Volvo since 2013 for Euro VI markets. It was designed as a replacement...
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following: Dennis Dominator Dennis Arrow Leyland Olympian Scania N113DRB Volvo B10M Volvo Olympian The E Type bears a strong visual resemblance to the...
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Volvo BZL is a full-size zero tailpipe emissions battery electric bus chassis for both single-deck buses and double-deck buses, manufactured by Volvo...
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The Volvo 9700 is a range of coaches manufactured by Volvo. It was introduced in 2001 as a replacement for the Carrus Star and Vector/Regal models. There...
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The Volvo B5LH (initially known as the Volvo B5L Hybrid, also known as the Volvo BRLH) is a low-floor hybrid electric bus chassis for both single-decker...
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The Volvo BZR (also known as BZRLE for low-entry model) is a full-size step entrance and low entry battery electric bus chassis manufactured by Volvo since...
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