East Lancs Vyking

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 Bournemouth in 2013
Overview
Manufacturer	East Lancashire Coachbuilders
Production	1999–2003 (Non-Myllenium Facelift) 2001-2006 (Myllenium Facelift)
Body and chassis
Doors	1 or 2 doors
Floor type	Low floor
Chassis	Volvo B7L Volvo B7TL
Related	East Lancs Lolyne East Lancs Nordic
Powertrain
Capacity	63 to 80 seated
Dimensions
Length	10.2 to 10.932 m (33 ft 5.6 in to 35 ft 10.4 in)
Width	2.535 m (8 ft 3.8 in)
Height	4.2 to 4.3 m (13 ft 9 in to 14 ft 1 in)
Chronology
Predecessor	East Lancs Pyoneer
Successor	East Lancs 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.

Gallery

• 
  Connexions owned East Lancs Vyking in October 2017
• 
  Wilts & Dorset Myllennium Vyking 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

• Buses portal

• List of buses