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2 unusual facts about Leyland Olympian


Bus Vannin

Such vehicle types included Leyland Atlanteans from Merseyside PTE, Portsmouth Transit, SELNEC and Tyne & Wear PTE, Leyland Olympians from Devon General, Dublin Bus and Stagecoach, and Leyland Lynxs from Halton Transport.

East Kent Road Car Company

Later when MCW ceased production the Company turned to once again to Leyland for new buses, these being Olympians with Northern Counties bodywork.


London Central

In 1988 it re-opened under the guise of Bexleybus, a unit set up by London Buses under de-regulation, and had a large and varied allocation from Iveco/Robin Hoods and MCW Metroriders to Leyland Olympians and Daimler Fleetlines.

United Automobile Services

The 'last United bus' statement was not entirely accurate as there were still some Optare MetroRiders in service in United livery at the time, though bearing 'Darlington Roadranger' fleetnames rather than 'United', as well as several scrap Optare Vectas in United and TMS liveries and a withdrawn Leyland Olympian in Tees livery which was not removed until 2007.


see also

MASS Engineering

The Company also owns 12 Scania N113DRB deckers with Northern Counties bodywork and four further ex-Hong Kong 11m Leyland Olympian/Alexanders with air-conditioning as replacements for its fleet of Leyland Titans.