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THE REAL BUSES The Olympian was a simplified design based loosely on Leyland Titan. The chassis was produced in various versions by Leyland and later Volvo from the 1980's until the late 1990's. The Olympian was finally dropped by Volvo when low floor buses started to became the standard. The Olympian was bodied by a wide range of third party body builders during its life, however a standard ECW and Roe design was the most common particularly within the National Bus Company. With the closure of these long established concerns in the late 1980's the body design was adopted by Leyland's own bodybuilders. THE EFE MODEL The first Olympian model 29602DR was released at the 2003 Showbus Rally. The EFE Olympian can be produced in three versions, version A & C are based on the Roe version of the bodywork the only major difference between the two being the shape of the front windscreen. Version B is based on the ECW design which following the closer of the bodybuilders Lowestoft factory was adopted by Leyland as the basis for it's own version of the bodywork. A coach seated version of the model was introduced into the range in 2008, it uses the same body casting as the 296 series bus models but has high backed seating units inside.  |
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| Cat No. | Operator | Fleet No. | Registration | Route No. | Destination |
| Type A - Leyland Olympian Roe | |||||
| 29301 | Wilts & Dorset | 3911 | CUB 70Y | 151 | Compton Acres Bournemouth |
| 29302 | Wilts & Dorset (Route 150 - Badger Beer Adverts) | 4910 | CUB 67Y | 150 | Swanage |
| 29303 | Stagecoach Swindon | 113 | UWW 7X | 55 | Swindon |
| 29304 | Kentish Bus | 754 | E154OMD | D9 | Bank via Tower |
| 29305 | Strathcldye's Buses | LO 45 | A374TGB | 37 | Castlemilk |
| 29306 | Liverpool Motor Services | E156OMD | -- | 35 | Halewood |
| Type B - Leyland Olympian ECW | |||||
| 29601 | Capital Citybus (Walthamstow Citybus Ltd) | 143 | J143YRM | 86B | Dagenham Dock |
| 29602 | Southern Vectis | 711 | F11 SDL | 6 | Blackgang |
| 29603 | Solent Blue Line | 722 | G722WDL | 26 | B. Waltham & Swanmore |
| 29604 | Preston Bus | 136 | G36 OCK | 16 | Farringdon Park |
| 29605 | Go North East | 3737 | B737GCN | 8 | Barnard Castle |
| 29606 | Maidstone & District Motor Services | 5888 | A888PKR | 5 | Hastings |
| 29607 | London United Busways | L296 | G296UYK | 140 | Heathrow Airport Central Bus Stn |
| 29608 | Riverside Bus (London United Busways Ltd) | L305 | L305UYK | 237 | Sunbury Village |
| 29608A | Riverside Bus (London United Busways Ltd) | L299 | L299UYK | N9 | Trafalgar Square |
| 29608B | Riverside Bus (London United Busways Ltd) | L301 | L301UYK | N97 | Heathrow Airport Central |
| 29609 | Northern Scottish | NLO 16 E | TSO 16X | 305 | Elgin |
| 29610 | Metrobus | -- | K816HMV | 357 | Croydon East Stn & Fairfield Halls |
| 29611 | Tees & District | 237 | A237GHN | 295 | Northallerton |
| 29612 | Arriva Yorkshire | 597 | B597SWX | 182 | Pontefract |
| 29613 | Eastern Counties | 111 | H103KVX | 17 | Sprowston |
| 29614 | East Yorkshire | 651 | G301UYK | 103 | Hull Station |
| 29615 | First Hampshire | 34810 | G410HJN | 34 | Gosport Ferry |
| 29616 | Chester City Transport | 11 | F882VSJ | 15 | Saughall |
| 29617 | Southern Vectis | 725 | TIL6725 | 6 | Ventnor |
| 29618 | Tyne & Wear Transport (Northern General) | 3743 | B743GCN | 5 | Heworth |
| 29619 | Maidstone & District | 5890 | A890PKR | 4 | Hastings |
| 29620 | Northumbria | 5890 | A890PKR | 4 | Hastings |
| 29621 | Arriva Serving the Shires | 408 | WDC212Y | 306 | Newcastle |
| 29622 | Isle of Man Transport | 87 | BMN 87G | 6 | Douglas |
| 29623 | Trent (Midland General Anniversary Livery) | 714 | B714HVO | 148 | Mansfield |
| 29624 | North Western | 608 | A147OFR | 57 | Pierhead |
| Type C - Leyland Olympian Roe | |||||
| 29701 | Badgerline Ltd | 8614 | A814THW | X29 | Bristol |
| 29702 | London & Country | LR30 | TPD130X | 409 | East Grinstead |
| 29702SB | London & Country (Showbus adverts) | LR29 | TPD129X | 489 | Walton-On-The-Hill (Epsom Tadworth) |
| Leyland Olympian With Coach Seating | |||||
| 34901 | Wilts & Dorset | 3901 | A901JPR | X4 | Bath & Salisbury |
| 34902 | Ribble Timesaver | 2170 | C170ECK | 761 | Blackpool |
| 34903 | Eastern National (Badgerline Group) | DT 4019 | C419HJN | 102 | Harwich via Manningtree and Great Oakley |
| 34904 | Southern Vectis | 717 | G717WDL | 4 | via Osbourne Ryde |
| 34905 | Damroy Coaches | 710 | TIL6710 | 309 | Blandford |
| Double Deck Model Index | ||
| 29301 | 29601 | 29701 |