Myllennium Nordic

East Lancs Nordic
Overview
Manufacturer - East Lancashire Coachbuilders
Production - 2005-2006
Body and chassis
Doors - 1 door
Floor type - Low floor
Chassis - Volvo B9TL
Powertrain
Engine - Volvo D9C
Capacity - 102 seats
Transmission - ZF Ecomat
Dimensions
Length - 12 m (39 ft 4 in)
Width - 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Height - 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in)
Chronology
Successor - East Lancs Olympus

The East Lancs Myllennium Nordic is a type of low-floor double-decker bus body built by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. It was built on tri-axle double-decker Volvo B9TL chassis, with a length of 12 metres and a seating capacity of 102 passengers. The Myllennium Nordic body design is based on an elongated version of the East Lancs Myllennium Vyking body, with the name "Nordic" being derived from the chassis being built by a company from Sweden. The Myllennium Nordic was introduced in 2005 as the replacement for the East Lancs Nordic; following poor sales, the Myllennium Nordic was later replaced by the introduction of a tri-axle variant of the Olympus.

Operations

United Kingdom
Weavaway Travel of Newbury were the largest customer for the Myllennium Nordic, taking delivery of the first six examples to be built in April and May 2005. Further examples were later purchased Roadliner of Poole and Provence Private Hire of St Albans.
Although they did not purchase any Myllennium Nordics from new, Sanders Coaches of North Norfolk for a while operated the majority of Myllennium Nordics built for the UK, having acquired them second-hand. Lucketts Travel of Fareham now operates the majority in its 'Mortons' livery, including two bought from Sanders Coaches.
Sri Lanka
Six Myllennium Nordics were exported for operations in Sri Lanka under contract to STLB. A seventh Myllennium Nordic caught fire prior to being exported in 2010 and was scrapped.

Weavaway Travel Myllennium Nordic bodied Volvo B9TL in October 2009

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