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From the heady days of Tilling and NBC ownership, the number of doubledeckers in the fleet has shrunk dramatically and no new doubledeck buses have been seen in over twenty years. Of the forty or so deckers remaining in 2005 was this Northern Counties bodied Volvo Olympian new to Stagecoach subsidiary, Viscount. Olympian 34018 (P546EFL) came to First from the Stagecoach Cambus fleet in December 2003.
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Olympian 34282 (P182TGD), like 34018 was seen in summer 2005 in Colchester. This Alexander bodied example arrived from First Leicester, but was new to Strathclyde in 1986 as VO82.
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Northern Counties bodied 34302 (L302PWR) has paused by Tescos on the outskirts of Colchester city. This Olympian hails from West Yorkshire where it was new as Yorkshire Rider 5302.
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Originally Strathclyde LO63 (L163UNS), this Leyland Olympian/Alexander, 31198, was a new arrival in the First Essex fleet when seen at North Weald in 2007. |
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