Not quite standard
Regular visitors to Statford-upon-Avon from Stagecoach in Warwickshire's Leamington depot in the early teens were a trio of Northern Counties Palatine-bodied Volvo Olympians, 16598-600 (N518-20 XER), and for which I had a bit of a soft spot.
Whist Stagecoach operated large numbers of Palatine-bodied Olympians, these were not to the Group's standard because they were the last vehicles delivered new to management-owned Cambus in August 2005, before selling their business the following December.
They were a combination of shorter Olympian chassis and the lower Palatine bodywork, instantly recognisable by the more squat windscreen arrangement.
I caught up with 16599 emerging from Wood Street in Stratford in June 2012, looking rather unloved for a seven year old vehicle.
Not quite standard
Regular visitors to Statford-upon-Avon from Stagecoach in Warwickshire's Leamington depot in the early teens were a trio of Northern Counties Palatine-bodied Volvo Olympians, 16598-600 (N518-20 XER), and for which I had a bit of a soft spot.
Whist Stagecoach operated large numbers of Palatine-bodied Olympians, these were not to the Group's standard because they were the last vehicles delivered new to management-owned Cambus in August 2005, before selling their business the following December.
They were a combination of shorter Olympian chassis and the lower Palatine bodywork, instantly recognisable by the more squat windscreen arrangement.
I caught up with 16599 emerging from Wood Street in Stratford in June 2012, looking rather unloved for a seven year old vehicle.