Pilkington Bus Olympian running day 28th December

[Ant158]

Pilkington Bus of Accrington are holding a farewell running day to the Olympian.

Wednesday 28th December will see up to 8 different Olympians from the Pilkingtonbus fleet operate the Clitheroe to Accrington 15 service. Special £6.50 day ticket.

Vehicles to be included, subject to availability etc, are:

P607 CAY
M231 VSX
DXZ 5956
R144 EVX
E328 MSG
E329 MSG
G306 UYK
M703 HPF

See the Pilkington Bus Facebook page for full details.

 

[Ant158]

Olympian running day plan for tomorrow 28th Dec

Allocation of Olympians for the running day tomorrow are as follows

M703HPF on 3,3A & 12 all day

G306UYK 1 & 1As all day

The rest on 15s Accrington to Clitheroe

From Accrington
DXZ5956 08.00
DXZ5957 09.30
N721LTN 11.00
M231VSX 13.05
P607CAY 14.30
R144EVX 16.00

From Clitheroe
DXZ5956 08.45
DXZ5957 10.15
N721LTN 11.45
M231VSX 13.50
P607CAY 15.15
R144EVX 16.45

This is what the plan is all subject to last minute changes

 

[the101]

Good indictment of the Leyland strain of Olympian that such a number remain in use after over 25 years. They were always an excellent and rather under-rated bus, and in their later years an ideal purchase for the small operator.

 

[daikilo]

Good indictment of the Leyland strain of Olympian that such a number remain in use after over 25 years. They were always an excellent and rather under-rated bus, and in their later years an ideal purchase for the small operator.

If I recall correctly, the Olympian was actually a derivative of the Bristol VRT and I believe initial chassis were actually built in Bristol.

 

[theblackwatch]

A nice little event, managed to ride on all 8 Olympians that were out, a couple of pics are attached.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Haha! Why waste advertising vinyls just because they've been made back-to-front, eh?

 

[carlberry]

If I recall correctly, the Olympian was actually a derivative of the Bristol VRT and I believe initial chassis were actually built in Bristol.

It used a lot of knowledge from the Titan as well. The first 995 chassis were Bristol built.

 

[Y961 XBU]

Anyone enjoy the Entertainment towards the end?