The East Lancs Pyoneer is a type of bus body built on the Volvo Olympian, Dennis Arrow and Volvo B10M by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. East Lancashire Coachbuilders Limited was a manufacturer of Bus bodies and Carriages founded in Blackburn in 1934 For Volvo's low floor double-decker also known as Volvo Olympian see Volvo B9TL. The Dennis Lance is a single-decker Bus built by Dennis between 1991 and 2000 it was built to replace the Dennis Falcon. The Volvo B10M is a popular mid-engined Bus and coach chassis built by Volvo between 1978 and 2001 East Lancashire Coachbuilders Limited was a manufacturer of Bus bodies and Carriages founded in Blackburn in 1934 The name continues the pattern of using 'misspelt' product names, started by the Cityzen. The East Lancs Cityzen is a type of bus body built on the Scania N113 chassis by East Lancashire Coachbuilders.
History
The high floor Pyoneer was launched around 1997, to complement the earlier Cityzen. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The East Lancs Cityzen is a type of bus body built on the Scania N113 chassis by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. However, the model was very short lived due to the low floor bus revolution, with the first double decker example (a DAF/VDL DB250) appearing in 1998. DAF DB250 open top busjpg|thumb|right|250px|A DAF DB250 double decker bus with Northern Counties Palatine II bodywork new to Metrobus in 1995 converted to an Low floor buses took hold in 1999, and orders of the Pyoneer slowed. This led East Lancs to design a new low floor version of the Pyoneer. The Pyoneer's design influenced its successors, all three of the Lolynes, as well as being similar to the single-deck version of the Lolynes, the Spryte. This article is about the East Lancs Lolyne the East Lancs bus body on the Dennis Trident. This article is about the East Lancs Lolyne the East Lancs bus body on the Dennis Trident. The East Lancs Spryte is a single-decker bus body built by East Lancashire Coachbuilders.
See also
External links
- East Lancs website
- A fotopic collection of Pyoneers - Go North East (these buses were previously with Nottingham City Transport). Go North East was originally the founding company of the Go-Ahead Group. Nottingham City Transport (NCT is the major bus operator of the English city of Nottingham, running a comprehensive network of services in the Nottingham
- A Pyoneer - Strathtay
