The East Lancs Vyking is a type of double-decker bus body built by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. It is the double-deck version of the Spryte. It continued the long line of 'misspelt' names which continued until the Scania OmniDekka. It was built on the Volvo B7TL chassis. The name "Vyking" was derived from the chassis being built by a company from Sweden.

East Lancs Vyking
Yellow Buses Vyking bodied Volvo B7TL in Christchurch in 2010
Overview
Manufacturer	East Lancashire Coachbuilders
Body and chassis
Doors	1 or 2 doors
Floor type	Low floor
Chassis	Volvo B7L Volvo B7TL
Powertrain
Capacity	63 to 80 seated
Dimensions
Length	10,200 to 10,932mm
Width	2,535mm
Height	4,200 to 4,300mm
Chronology
Predecessor	East Lancs Pyoneer
Successor	Optare Olympus

Options included air conditioning, additional CCTV, bonded glazing, double glazing, driver protection, electronic destination displays, powered wheelchair ramp.[1]

Myllennium Vyking

The East Lancs Myllennium Vyking was a facelift East Lancs Vyking; they were built between 2001 and 2006. The Myllennium Vyking was built either as a closed-top or an open-top bus. The majority of Myllennium Vykings were produced for the United Kingdom on Volvo B7TL chassis, although a small number of open-top buses were produced for continental Europe on Volvo B7L chassis, for example in Luxembourg and Paris.

Specifications

The structure of the Vyking was built using the Alusuisse "System M5438" system, for optimum strength. Glazing was with laminated glass, and gasket glazing came with the bus as standard - with bonded glazing available - and had hopper opening windows. The heating was thermostatically controlled and windows and air vents provided ventilation. The seating was trimmed in customer's required moquette. The floor had a 12mm Xyligen Basileum treated Finnish Birch combi plywood floor on the lower deck and both decks a non-slip flooring. Electrical features were the fluorescent light on the bus' ceilings, and twin circular halogen headlights. Also, CCTV was available. Destination displays only came as manual as standard, doors were air operated and were made of toughened glass. A simple driver's compartment was designed, to make the driver's job easier. Two pack acrylic paint was available for the exterior.[2]

Gallery

• 
  Connexions owned East Lancs Vyking in October 2017
• 
  Wilts & Dorset East Lancs Vyking with the "Myllennium" face in Boscombe in May 2006
• 
  Rear end view of an open-top Myllennium Vyking in Luxembourg, showing the differing rear-end layout of the Volvo B7L chassis used in Europe.

See also

• Dennis Trident 2
• DAF DB250
• List of buses

Related buses

• East Lancs Myllennium
• East Lancs Lolyne
• East Lancs Lowlander
• East Lancs Myllennium Nordic

References

External links

• Volvo

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