. for other uses see east lancs disambiguation . east lancashire coachbuilders ltd. type private industry bus building founded 1934 headquarters blackburn lancashire england products bus bodies website www.elcb.co.uk east lancs olympus one of the last east lancs badged products this one run by metroline 1987 high capacity east lancs body on scania k92 chassis one of the last built to this flat fronted style lolyne run by transdev yellow buses east lancashire coachbuilders limited was a manufacturer of bus bodies and carriages founded in 1934 in blackburn lancashire england . in 1994 the company expanded into new premises and commenced a programme of development that resulted in a range of single and double deck buses which was the primary source of income for the company . on 17 august 2007 the company went into administration but was saved and bought out by the darwen group the next day . it is thought that the problem was a direct consequence of changing to the euro iv chassis with a shortage of scania chassis being a factor . 1 after the purchase the darwen group rebranded the company as darwen east lancs . in 2008 jamesstan investments an investment company controlled by the darwen group purchased another bus manufacturer optare . later in june 2008 a reverse takeover was performed with the darwen name disappearing in favour of optare s. this brings east lancs name into the optare group with an expanded range of vehicles . production of all the original east lancs bodies ceased by 2011 and the premises in blackburn closed in 2012 . contents 1 products 1.1 past 1.1.1 older past bodies 1.1.2 lolyne and spryte series 1.1.3 myllennium series 1.2 until bought by darwen 1.2.1 scania series 1.2.2 esteem and olympus series 1.2.3 kinetec series 2 east lancs subsidiaries 3 references products edit past edit east lancs has had many different styles of bodywork . they had a tradition of using cacography mostly replacing a letter i with a letter y which continued until the esteem and olympus series . older past bodies edit greenway el2000 predecessor to the flyte cityzen predecessor to the omnidekka pyoneer predecessor to the lolyne lolyne and spryte series edit in the early 1990s east lancs created a new style of bus body . like most east lancs buses this body style didn t have a definite name and was named by its chassis as follows double decker lolyne for dennis trident vyking for volvo b7tl lowlander for daf vdl db250 nordic for 3 axle volvo b7l b9tl single decker spryte for dennis dart and volvo b6ble chassis flyte for longer step entrance and high floor buses . myllennium series edit myllennium vyking owned by wilts & dorset in 2001 a new body was launched . again the product didn t have a definite name it varied according to the chassis . double decker myllennium lolyne for dennis trident myllennium vyking for volvo b7tl myllennium lowlander for daf vdl db250lf nordic for 3 axle volvo b7l volvo b9tl single decker myllennium for daf sb220 man 14.220 scania n94ub and alexander dennis dart hyline a high floor variant of the standard myllennium single decker body but used to re body older chassis until bought by darwen edit the generation until east lancs went into administration continues the tradition of misspelt names but each has a different name and does not vary on the chassis . scania series edit scania omnidekka in london run by transdev london this series are the last surviving variants of the myllennium series . they are now part of their own series . these have the standard body but with scania own front styling . single decker omnitown for scania n94ub chassis double decker omnidekka for scania n94ud n230ud n270ud chassis esteem and olympus series edit the esteem was launched early in 2006 . the olympus was launched at the euro bus expo 2006 and its lower dash is the same as the esteem . the visionaire launched in summer 2007 with arriva s original london sightseeing tour . single decker esteem for alexander dennis enviro200 dart man 12.240 scania n230ub scania n94ub and alexander dennis enviro300 chassis double decker olympus for alexander dennis enviro400 vdl db250 volvo b9tl and scania n230ud chassis visionaire open top body for volvo b9tl chassis production of these buses continued under darwen ownership . kinetec series edit the only kinetec built run by reading buses the kinetec series was launched at the euro bus expo 2006 . they are designed as low floor bodies for man chassis . they have the esteem olympus body but with man s own lion s city design front and rear . single decker kinetec double decker kinetec east lancs subsidiaries edit east lancs also ran sub divisions of the company in addition to the production of buses british city bus east lancs overseas the export of east lancs buses nw bus & coach repairs a bus and coach repairs business in the north west of england references edit elc goes into administration v t e optare buses including past east lancashire coachbuilders and darwen group buses products current solo sr versa tempo sr metrocity metrodecker discontinued optare alero bonito citypacer columborider delta excel metrorider prisma rapta sigma spectra starrider vecta toro solo tempo solera soroco rapido viedo discontinued east lancs darwen el2000 greenway maxci european opus 2 spryte flyte myllennium omnitown kinetec esteem panaire 1984 style double deck e type cityzen pyoneer lolyne hyline vyking lowlander myllennium lolyne myllennium vyking myllennium lowlander nordic omnidekka olympus visionaire see also main companies optare who had a reverse takeover of darwen group who acquired east lancashire coachbuilders related companies british city bus darwen east lancs darwen lpd darwen north west east lancs overseas retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title east lancashire coachbuilders & oldid 734378978 categories bus manufacturerseast lancashire coachbuilders1934 establishments in englandcompanies established in 1934companies based in 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