What is Optare Olympus?
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox UK Bus | name = East Lancs/Darwen/Optare Olympus | image = Reading Transport 859.JPG | caption = A [[Reading Buses]] Olympus, an example bodied by Darwen Group. | manufacturer = [[Optare]] | production = 2006–2011 | width = {{convert|2,535|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elcb.co.uk/brochures/olympus.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061218103104/http://www.elcb.co.uk/brochures/olympus.pdf|title=Olympus brochure|archive-date=18 December 2006|website=elcb.co.uk/}}</ref><!-- 2.52m given in previous Optare Olympus article, but no ref --> | length = {{convert|10.2 to 11.9|m|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}} <!-- up to 12 m given in previous Optare Olympus article, but no ref --> | height = {{convert|4.2 to 4.3|m|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}} <!-- up to 4.35 m given in previous Optare Olympus article, but no ref --> | capacity = 68 - 100 seated <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.optare.com/op_olympus.htm|title=Optare product information|access-date=24 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080817030036/http://www.optare.com/op_olympus.htm|archive-date=17 August 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> | floortype = [[Low-floor bus|Low floor]] | doors = 1 or 2 | operator = [[Metroline]], [[Metrobus (South East England)|Metrobus]], [[London United Busways|London United]] and others | predecessor = [[East Lancs Myllennium Lolyne]]<br />[[East Lancs Myllennium Lowlander]]<br />[[East Lancs Myllennium Nordic]]<br />[[East Lancs Myllennium Vyking]] | successor = [[Optare MetroDecker]] | chassis = [[Scania N230UD]]<br />Scania N270UD<br />[[Volvo B9TL]] (2 or 3 axle)<br /> [[Alexander Dennis Enviro400]] | related = [[Scania OmniDekka]] }} The '''Optare Olympus''' (known as '''East Lancs Olympus''' and '''Darwen Olympus''') was a [[2-axle]] and [[3-axle]] [[low-floor bus|low-floor]] [[double-decker bus]] [[coachwork|body]]. It was built between 2006 to 2011 by [[East Lancashire Coachbuilders]] and then [[Darwen Group]] and then [[Optare]] respectively. It was built on [