Optare Olympus

The Optare Olympus was a double-decker bus first launched as the East Lancs Olympus by East Lancashire Coachbuilders in November 2006, then renamed Darwen Olympus and, after Optare acquired the business in 2008, Optare Olympus. It was available as a body on Alexander Dennis Enviro400, Volvo B9TL or Scania chassis, with two or three axles, and is the double-decker counterpart of the Optare Esteem. The first example, on a Volvo B9TL chassis for Delaine Buses, was shown at Euro Bus Expo 2006. In 2009 Optare designed its own chassis with a Mercedes-Benz engine, and the single integral prototype, the Olympus O1030, became the basis for the Optare MetroDecker launched in 2014. An open-top version was named the Visionaire.