Former Dublin Bus Olympians With McColl's Of Dumbarton

17th July 2009

A few views of the former Dublin Bus Olympians that have been acquired to update their double deck service fleet. In the near future I will add the single deck types that McColl's have recently acquired, the VL's would appear to be R984/5/6 & 993 SSA but again I don't know which one is which.

I know there was a link to this page recently posted on Garaiste, can anyone help me with the rest of the previous id's that are not listed here?

The Collection currently contains at least one shot of each of the 17 Olympians owned, although not necessarily in their current state, for example M396 JGB was not sold on ebay at the end of the day, it is now in fleet livery as 3034 and the last example to enter service to date, M302 JGB (3035) has recently been converted to single door.

I think the acquired vehicles are:
McColl's F'num Old F'Num Chassis Bodywork UK Reg Dublin F'num Original Reg
3016 VO5 Volvo Olympian Alexander RH M277JGB RA227 95-D-227
3021 VO6 Volvo Olympian Alexander RH N883 RGD RA285 96-D-285
3017 VO1 Volvo Olympian Alexander RH M345 JGB RA223 95-D-223
3018 VO2 Volvo Olympian Alexander RH M346 JGB RA232 95-D-232
3013 VO4 Volvo Olympian Alexander RH M271 JGB RA231 95-D-231
3031 VO8 Volvo Olympian Alexander RH N920 RGD RA284 96-D-284
3020 VO7 Volvo Olympian Alexander RH N732 RGD RA286 96-D-286
3015 VO3 Volvo Olympian Alexander RH M275 JGB RA215 95-D-215
3014 VO10 Volvo Olympian Alexander RH M274 JGB RA229 95-D-229
3019 VO9 Volvo Olympian Alexander RH N731 RGD RA245 95-D-245
3030 Volvo Olympian Alexander RH N931 RGD RA252 95-D-252
3028 Volvo Olympian Alexander RH M381 JGB RA213 95-D-213
3029 Volvo Olympian Alexander RH M258 JGB RA211 95-D-211
3032 Volvo Olympian Alexander RH M395 JGB RA236 95-D-236
3034 Volvo Olympian Alexander RH M396 JGB RA208 95-D-208
3033 Volvo Olympian Alexander RH M397 JGB RA206 95-D-206
3035 Volvo Olympian Alexander RH M302 JGB RA237 95-D-237

From Observation All Now Have LED Displays Apart From 3032 & 3035 Which Have Dot Matrix Units And All Apart From M277 JGB Have Been Converted To Single Door. M277 JGB Has Also Been Used For Support And Filming Episodes Of A TV Series.

As I intend to add the other former Dublin vehicles to this collection hopefully the following will also appear here eventually.

McColl's F'num Chassis Bodywork UK Reg Dublin F'num Original Reg
2014 Volvo B10L Alexander Ultra R984 SSA VL2 97-D-59002
Volvo B10L Alexander Ultra R985 SSA VL3 97-D-59003
Volvo B10L Alexander Ultra R986 SSA VL4 97-D-59004
2015 Volvo B10L Alexander Ultra R993 SSA VL5 98-D-2005

Volvo B6BLE Wright V167 MSY WV4/5/6/17 99-D-6004/5/6/17
2019 Volvo B6BLE Wright V168 MSY WV4/5/6/17 99-D-6004/5/6/17
Volvo B6BLE Wright V169 MSY WV4/5/6/17 99-D-6004/5/6/17
Volvo B6BLE Wright V170 MSY WV4/5/6/17 99-D-6004/5/6/17

The Rear Of 3 Olympians, VO10, VO3 And VO1. This Was Taken Before The Fleet Was Renumbered 1365x768 mccbhline06300908.JPG 2008-05-01 00:00:00	The Rear Of M345 JGB In Helensburgh, An Example Of How Some Were Originally Operated 1365x768 mccm345jgb01100508.JPG 2008-05-01 00:00:00	M345 JGB, With Added Fleetname, In Helensburgh On The 16 1365x768 Mccm345jgb02100508.JPG 2008-05-01 00:00:00	M258 JGB, 3029, With Branding For Day/Weekly Tickets Seen At The End Of Dumbarton High Street 1365x768 Mccm258jgb02220509.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00
M271 JGB, 3013, The Lowest Numbered Olympian, Seen At Balloch Turning Circle Alongside 3029 1365x768 Mccm271jgb01180409.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00	M274 JGB, 3014, Seen Passing The Vale Hospital Whilst Working The 7 1365x768 Mccm274jgb01180409.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00	M275 JGB, 3015, Seen In Alexandria 1365x768 Mccm275jgb01180309.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00	3016, M277 JGB, Seen In Glasgow On Filming Work, It Is/Was The Last Example To Be Used With Dual Doors 1365x768 Mccm277jgb01060309.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00
The Rear Of M277 JGB Showing The 3016 Fleetnumber. Here It Is Being Used For Filming Purposes 1365x768 Mccm277jgb02060309.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00	M345 JGB, 3017, Seen On Dumbarton High Street, Recently This Has Been Based At Dalmuir For Glasgow Area Schools Instead Of Service Work 1365x768 Mccm345jgb01170409.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00	M346 JGB Is Now 3018, It Is Seen In Alexandria Twon Centre On The 7 1365x768 Mccm346jgb01180309.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00	3028, M381 JGB, Turning Into Dumbarton Retail Park At The End Of A 6A 1365x768 Mccm381jgb02260609.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00
M395 JGB, 3032, Seen On The 6 In Dumbarton. It Is The Only Example To Have Been Fitted With A Dot-Matrix Display 1365x768 Mccm395jgb01220509.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00	M396 JGB Seen Outside Glasgow City Chambers. This Has Been Advertised On Ebay An Dosn't Appear To have Been Given A Fleetnumber. It Has Been Converted To Single Door 1365x768 Mccm396jgb01190609.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00	M397 JGB, 3033, Seen Heading For An Afternoon School Run. So Far It Is The Only Example With An LED Display On The Nearside 1365x768 Mccm397jgb01050609.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00	N731 RGD, Now 3019, Seen At Balloch Bus Stance 1365x768 Mccn731rgd01100409.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00
3020, N732 RGD, Seen At Dalreoch Before Taking Up A Schools Journey 1365x768 Mccn732rgd01270309.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00	3021, N883 RGD, Seen Heading For Balloch At Dalreoch 1365x768 Mccn883rgd01270309.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00	N920 RGD, 3031, Seen At Balloch Bus Station On The 6A 1365x768 mccn920rgd01311208.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00	3030, N931 RGD, Seen Working The 6 To Westcliff 1365x768 Mccn931rgd01270209.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00
Newly In Service 3035, M302 JGB, Seen On The 6A, Yet Another Slightly Different Configuration With Dot Matrix Display But Retaining Dual Doors 1365x768 mccm302jgb01170709.JPG 2009-06-27 00:00:00