Northern Counties Palatine

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Northern Counties Palatine
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A Warrington Borough Transport bus with Northern Counties Palatine bodywork.
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Lower Saloon of a Northern Counties Palatine Leyland Olympian
Overview
Manufacturer Northern Counties
Body and chassis
Doors 1 or 2 door
Floor type Step entrance
Chassis Leyland Olympian, Volvo Citybus, Volvo Olympian, DAF DB250, Scania N113
Powertrain
Engine Cummins & Gardner (Leyland Olympian)
Volvo (Volvo Citybus and Volvo Olympian)
DAF (DAF DB250)
Scania (Scania N113)
Transmission Voith or ZF
Chronology

The Northern Counties Palatine is a step-entrance double-decker bus body built by Northern Counties of Wigan, UK. It was built mainly on Leyland Olympian and Volvo Olympian chassis, although some were also built on DAF, Volvo B10M Citybus and Scania chassis. Two variants existed, the Palatine I (known as "Palatine" before 1992) which had a flatter windscreen, and the Palatine II (launched in 1993) which had a curved windscreen resembling that of the single-decker Northern Counties Paladin.

MTL were a notable buyer, a batch of high-specification Palatine IIs entered service in 1996 on the 'Cross River' services through the Mersey Tunnels. Another batch of 22, branded as 'The Millennium Fleet' began operating on Merseyside in 1998.

It was superseded by the Plaxton President body.

Variants

See also

External links

  • Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons

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