Mar 27, 2025 · Switch , formerly Optare until 2020, has announced that it is undertaking a consultation process in relation to the potential closure of its bus building facility in Sherburn-in-Elmet in North.
Aug 3, 2020 · Optare's specialty was the Solo, in differing lengths supplied in a reasonably fast time frame. This made it popular with the smaller operators and with operators who needed vehicles quickly.
Feb 6, 2022 · Optare made several improvements to the MetroRider (as they styled its name), including to the anti-corrosion treatment, making better use of galvanised steel, extruded alluminium sections,.
Oct 1, 2025 · Are there any Optare Alero buses still in service? Or is my presumption correct that they are all gone? This bus was so short lived. I remember there was a brief period when a lot of.
Apr 8, 2011 · A few of the problems with optare solos i have noticed seem to be down to how they are maintained. I have been on 1 of the couple that have arrived at first cymru which sturggled up a small.
Oct 30, 2024 · Go Ahead Optare Olympus fleet are in rows 1595 to 1610. If you copy each registration plate number into Flickr / Internet images, you'll find examples of routes they operate; and that might.
Feb 12, 2024 · I recently heard Switch are restarting production of the Solo, albeit under the Optare brand. They will be Euro V1 and will be of the SR model, I understand Stagecoach has ordered sixty.
May 29, 2025 · Good afternoon. During my childhood growing up in Chelmsford,Essex I used to love travelling on the old Optare Solo 2s that First Chelmsford owned. They.
Nov 20, 2023 · Thought I would share since not many Optare Excels with Mercedes Benz engines are still around. Here are some photos of preserved 2002 Mercedes Benz Optare Excel 2, FD02SFN, ex.
Jul 1, 2019 · From a passenger point of view the optare versa is the best or preferred option. I have the choice of Versas to Leeds and Streelites to Bradford. It's harder to compare across operators; First.
