East Lancs Vyking
{{Short description|Low-floor double-deck bus body on Volvo B7L and B7TL chassis}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox UK Bus
| name = East Lancs Vyking
| image = File:YELLOW BUSES Bournemouth - Flickr - secret coach park.jpg
| caption = Yellow Buses Vyking bodied Volvo B7TL in Bournemouth in 2013
| manufacturer = East Lancashire Coachbuilders
| production = 1999–2003 (Non-Myllenium Facelift)
2001-2006 (Myllenium Facelift)
| doors = 1 or 2 doors
| floortype = Low floor
| chassis = Volvo B7L
Volvo B7TL
| width = {{cvt|2.535|m|ftin}}
| length = {{cvt|10.2 to 10.932|m|ftin}}
| height = {{cvt|4.2 to 4.3|m|ftin}}
| capacity = 63 to 80 seated
| related = East Lancs Lolyne
East Lancs Nordic
| predecessor = East Lancs Pyoneer
| successor = East Lancs Olympus
}}
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.
Options included air conditioning, additional CCTV, bonded glazing, double glazing, driver protection, electronic destination displays, powered wheelchair ramp.{{cite web|url=http://elcb.co.uk/vyking_spec.html |title=Vyking body specification |website=East Lancashire Coachbuilders |access-date=6 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020120200921/elcb.co.uk/vyking_spec.html |archive-date=20 January 2002}}
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
File:20171007 Connexions SP51AWW.jpg|Connexions owned East Lancs Vyking in October 2017
File:Wilts & Dorset 405.jpg|Wilts & Dorset Myllennium Vyking in Boscombe in May 2006
File:Volvo B7L Myllennium Vyking.jpg|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
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References
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