Darwen Olympus
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- For the older version of this bus body, see East Lancs Olympus.
 One of the first Olympus to be delivered under the Darwen Group name, this one owned by Cardiff Bus. |
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| Specifications | |
| Width | 2.52m |
| Length | 10.2 to 12m |
| Height | 4.2 to 4.35m |
| Passenger capacity | 68 - 100 seated |
| Options | Air conditioning, seatbelts, CCTV and electronic destination displays. |
The Darwen Olympus is a double-deck variant of the Darwen Esteem bus body, it is available on Alexander Dennis Enviro 400, VDL DB250, Volvo B9TL and Scania N230UD/N270UD chassis.
The body was originally the East Lancs Olympus, but after East Lancs went into administration in 2007, they were bought by the Darwen Group, and the body was renamed.
The first East Lancs example was built on a Volvo B9TL chassis for Delaine Buses and was launched at Euro Bus Expo 2006. This was meant to be a higher specification model for Ham's of Flimwell, but was not ready in time for the show meaning the bus didn't show its full potential.
At the beginning of January 2007, Reading Buses ordered six Olympus for their Loddon Bridge FastTrack park and ride contract to replace Optare Excels. They had Scania chassis and entered service - in a yellow and blue livery - in July 2007.
In London, some bus operaters had purchased Olympus with Scania chassis, Transdev London and Metroline have these buses operating on routes 148 and 7 respectively. The order from Cardiff Bus (one of which was shown at Coach and Bus live 2007) and Arriva Yorkshire are the first buses to be delivered under the Darwen name.
An open-top version of Olympus, the Visionaire, is also built.
East Lancs stated that the Olympus will replace the OmniDekka on Scania chassis, which is 10.6 or 11.9 metres in length.
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