A 2-axle Volvo Olympian with Northern Counties Palatine II bodywork.

A 2-axle Northern Counties Palatine 2 bodied Volvo Olympian.

Hong Kong Citybus's Volvo Olympian at South Horizons, Ap Lei Chau. Citybus Limited ( is one of the three major bus operators in Hong Kong. South Horizons (海怡半島 is a residential area on the island of Ap Lei Chau, in Hong Kong.

Volvo Olympian owned by Kowloon Motor Bus in Hong Kong. "KMB" redirects here For the record label see KMB Jazz.

Volvo Olympian owned by SBS Transit in Singapore. SBS Transit Limited () is a Public transport operator in Singapore.

For Volvo's low floor double-decker also known as Volvo Olympian, see Volvo B9TL. The Volvo B9TL is a Low-floor Double-decker bus built by Volvo Buses since 2002

The Volvo Olympian was a rear-engine double decker bus built by Volvo in Irvine, Scotland, United Kingdom. A double-decker bus is a Bus that has two levels While double-decker long-distance coaches are in widespread use around the world double-decker city buses are Volvo Buses is a Subsidiary and a business area of Volvo which became an independent division in 1968 Irvine ( Gaelic: Irbhinn) is a coastal New town in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located It was first built in 1992 and replaced the Leyland Olympian and the Volvo Citybus. The Leyland Olympian was a Double-decker bus built by British Leyland / Leyland Bus in the United Kingdom from 1980 The Volvo B10M is a popular mid-engined Bus and coach chassis built by Volvo between 1978 and 2001

The design was based on its predecessor Leyland Olympian, but the chassis had been modified and more Volvo parts were used. The Leyland Olympian was a Double-decker bus built by British Leyland / Leyland Bus in the United Kingdom from 1980 It could be fitted with Cummins L10 or Volvo TD102KF engine (later Volvo D10A Euro II engine became the standard), coupled to Voith or ZF gearbox. Cummins Inc ( is a corporation of complementary business units that design manufacture distribute and service diesel and Natural gas Engines and related European emission standards define the acceptable limits for exhaust emissions of new vehicles sold in EU member states The Voith AG which is headquartered in Germany, is a family-run corporation in the mechanical engineering sector with worldwide operations ZF Friedrichshafen AG is a leading worldwide supplier of driveline and Chassis technology It was available with Alexander R-type, Northern Counties Palatine and East Lancs E Type/Pyoneer bodywork. Walter Alexander is also the name of participant in the OJ Simpson Robbery Case Walter Alexander Coachbuilders was a Scottish The Northern Counties Palatine is a Step-entrance Double-decker bus body built by Northern Counties of Wigan UK The East Lancs E Type is a type of double-deck bus body built on different chassis by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. The East Lancs Pyoneer is a type of bus body built on the Volvo Olympian, Dennis Arrow and Volvo B10M by East Lancashire Coachbuilders

The Volvo Olympian remained as popular as the Leyland Olympian in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. Also, a large number of Olympians had been exported to Hong Kong and Singapore; most of them were air-conditioned. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Singapore The term air conditioning refers to the cooling and dehumidification of indoor air for Thermal comfort.

Production of Volvo Olympian ended in 2000. It had two low-floor successors: the 2-axle Volvo B7TL and the 3-axle Volvo Super Olympian. Volvo B7TL is a Low-floor Double-decker bus which was launched in 1999 and replaced the 2-axle version of Volvo Olympian (its 3-axle version Volvo Super Olympian, also known as B10TL, is the Low floor replacement of the 3-axle version of Volvo Olympian Double-decker bus